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Friday, September 16th
Davenport Grand Hotel
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6:00pm Reception
7:00pm Dinner

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WPC's 2022 Annual Dinner Keynote Speaker:

Former Congresswoman and 2020 Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard

Former Congresswoman and 2020 Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is a combat veteran with deployments to the Middle East and Africa. She currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves working as a Civil Affairs officer.

She first served in elected office in the Hawaii State House of Representatives when she was 21 years old. Due to the attacks on 9/11, she enlisted in the Army National Guard. In 2004, Tulsi gave up an easy re-election campaign and volunteered to deploy to Iraq with the 29th Brigade Combat Team where she served in a medical unit. 

After returning home in 2006, she worked in the U.S. Senate as a legislative aide to the late Senator Danny Akaka, who was Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. She then volunteered for a second Middle East deployment as a Platoon Leader. 

Having experienced first-hand the true cost of war, and in memory of her brothers and sisters in uniform, she ran for Congress at 31 years old, vowing to honor their lives and sacrifice. Tulsi prevailed in a difficult election and went on to serve for eight years in Congress as a member of the Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs Committees, where she dealt with highly sensitive national security issues. Tulsi is the first female combat veteran to ever run for president.

She has always done her best to put country before party and approaches every issue, domestic and foreign, through the lens of what will best ensure the safety, security, and freedom of the American people.

VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard: Honoring Veterans, need to go beyond lip-service to action

Historian and political analyst Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is one of America’s best known and most prolific historians.

He is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a Professor Emeritus of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College.  

Mr. Hanson is also a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services and appears frequently on Fox News Channel. 

Among numerous awards, honors, and fellowships, Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 and the Bradley Prize in 2008. 

Hanson is the author of hundreds of articles, book reviews, scholarly papers, and newspaper editorials on matters ranging from ancient Greek, agrarian, and military history to foreign affairs, domestic politics, and contemporary culture. He has written or edited 17 books and has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, and New York Post, among others. 

Hanson received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1975, attended the American School of Classical Studies and received a Ph.D. in classics from Stanford University in 1980.

Register below to see them speak at our Annual Dinner in Spokane!

WPC’s Annual Dinner has become one of the largest policy gala events in the country. The event brings together people from all over the region to discuss free-market ideas and celebrate the impact Washington Policy Center is having in Washington state. The event takes place in two locations on both sides of the state in Spokane and Bellevue. These evening galas feature two keynote speakers in each location and presents an annual Champion of Freedom Award. Past speakers include Amb. Nikki Haley, Charles Krauthammer, General James Mattis, Trey Gowdy and more. This is an event you will not want to miss!

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