NEW ORLEANS — Morton Kondracke, Chairman of America’s Campaign for Medical Breakthroughs, and Executive Editor for Roll Call, Capitol Hill’s independent newspaper is the keynote speaker at tomorrow’s opening ceremony of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Annual Scientific Assembly.
Kondracke is expected to focus on current political trends and the future of such contentious long-term issues as Medicare, Social Security, defense versus domestic discretionary spending and tax reforms.
A former panelist for The McLaughlin Group, an “original” and 16-year regular on the NBC/PBS public affairs show seen on 350 stations nationwide, Kondracke has covered nearly every phase of American politics and foreign policy. He has been a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel and a co-host of The Beltway Boys. In November 1994, he won the Washington Post’s coveted Crystal Ball Award as the only journalist to predict the Republican Congressional landslide.
The AAFP is meeting in New Orleans through Sunday. Hundreds of courses and lectures are being offered and more than 3,500 participants are expected to attend. For more information, or to register to attend the opening ceremony, please call the telephone number above or visit the AAFP Press Room, located at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, room 231.
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Morton Kondracke , Renowned Political Journalist, Opens AAFP Annual Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Contact:
Leslie Champlin
American Academy of Family Physicians
(800) 274-2237, Ext. 5224
lchampli@aafp.org
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