Event summary: The LSU Law Center and the U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Series College Program will host a free panel discussion on current national security and military issues as well as government policies. Media and Public are invited.

• Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
• Time: 2 p.m.
• Location: LSU Law Center, 1 East Campus Drive (corner of East Campus Drive and Dalrymple), McKernan Auditorium
                Paid parking available in LSU Union Square Garage, located at the corner of East Campus Drive and Raphael Semmes.
• Questions: 225-578-5722

The Eisenhower Series College Program, established in 1969 as a United States Army War College academic outreach program, to encourage dialogue on national security matters and other public policy issues between students at the Army's senior educational institution and public at colleges and universities throughout the United States, will be held Wednesday, April 20, at 2 p.m., at LSU Law Center’s McKernan Auditorium. McKernan Auditorium is located at Room W200 on the second floor of the Law Center.

The LSU Law Center and the U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Series College Program will host a free panel discussion on current national security and military issues as well as government policies. The event is open to the public.

Taylor Porter Managing Partner Skip Philips worked with LSU Law Center and the Eisenhower Series College Program to organize the event. Philips is an adjunct professor of law at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he teaches courses on Professional Responsibility and Insurance Law. He is a retired major general in the U.S. Army Reserve. He was last assigned as Commanding General, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, New Orleans, Louisiana, where he commanded more than 30,000 Army Reserve soldiers in the United States. He is the Army Reserve Ambassador for Louisiana.

This is the sixth year the Law Center has hosted the U.S. Army War College on its campus, and this year’s topics to be discussed include:

• STEM education as a national imperative
• Climate change and its impact on national security
• Use of force under international law
• Autonomous weapon systems and remotely piloted aircraft
• Cyber security disaster response
• Defense support to civil authorities

Guest speakers include Lt. Col. Tom Asbery of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Col Lance D. Clark of the U.S. Air Force, Staff Judge Advocate Col. Nicholas F. Lancaster, Lt. Col. Antonio M Paz of the U.S. Army and Lt. Col. Matthew Strub of the Wisconsin Army National Guard.

The Eisenhower Series College Program typically participates in about a dozen academic, business, and civic programs each year at select universities, and team members participate in constructive, candid exchanges on current national security and military issues. Panel members address current government policies and share personal views based on their own experiences, research, and reflection. Each Eisenhower Program member also serves as the team's specialist on specific national public policy issues such as: Defense Transformation, Stability Operations, Peacekeeping, Future Threats, Information Warfare, International Drug Trafficking, International Terrorism, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Civil-Military Relations, and numerous other issues associated with national security. Panel members are also prepared to discuss current social issues and their impact on both National Security and America's Armed Forces.

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