Dr. Bob Bowman's "Patriots Tour" at Reynolds Auditorium

Dr. Bob Bowman
will be speaking at Duke University Reynolds Auditorium in the Bryan Center.
7-10 pm, Friday August 3rd.
Doors open at 6:30 for 'Meet & Greet'

Dr. Bowman's "Patriot Tour", is not just a 9/11 truth event (The symptom of an even larger problem), but is a rally for all activists, regardless of issue preference, to come together in solidarity to confront the domestic problems we all face. If not familiar with the event or the man, his slogan is "Follow the Constitution, Honor the Truth, Serve the People". More info is here at ThePatriots.US including his home page letter to Patriots.

Bio: Dr. Bob Bowman , Lt. Col., USAF, ret. is President of the Institute for Space and Security Studies, Executive Vice President of Millennium III Corporation, and retired Presiding Archbishop of the United Catholic Church. The recipient of the Eisenhower Medal, the George F. Kennan Peace Prize, the President's Medal of Veterans for Peace, the Republic Aviation Airpower Award, the Society of American Military Engineers' ROTC Medal of Merit (twice), the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters, and numerous other awards, he is one of the country's foremost authorities on national security. Dr. Bowman spent several years as an unpaid "People's Lobbyist" to Congress. Colonel Bowman flew 101 combat missions in Vietnam and directed all the DoD "Star Wars" (Space Defense Initiative) programs under presidents Ford and Carter. He has been an executive in both government and industry, and has chaired 8 major international conferences. Professor Bowman taught at 5 colleges and universities, serving as Department Head and Assistant Dean. His Ph.D. is in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering from Cal tech. He has lectured at the National War College, the United Nations, Congressional Caucuses, the Academies of Science of six nations, and the House of Lords.

Despite his involvement with space programs and defense, he emerged as an early public critic of the Strategic Defense Initiative during the Ronald Reagan administration. On The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, he called it "the ultimate military lunacy, easily overwhelmed and vulnerable". Bowman publishes Space & Security News (1983) (ISSN 1071-2569), and authored two books on the subject of SDI. He is also a critic of an outgrowth of the SDI program, the Bush administration's proposed National Missile Defense.

Dr. Bob Bowman ran for President in the Reform Party in 2000 and was the Democratic candidate for the US Congress from the 15th Congressional District of Florida in 2006, receiving 43% of the vote in the 15th district. Bob and his wife of 51 years, Maggie, have 7 children and 21 grandchildren.

$5 suggested donation at the door, more would be most welcome