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NEWS EXPO 2007
Pastor v. Corsi: The great debate over North America
Proponent of integration faces off with leading skeptic from WND

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Posted: February 8, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern



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American University Professor Robert Pastor

WASHINGTON – Robert Pastor, the architect of the "North American Community" that would integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, will publicly debate his proposals with author and WND columnist Jerome Corsi at NEWS EXPO 2007 in Washington, May 11.

It will be the first debate of its kind between a major proponent of North American integration and an outspoken critic.

Pastor wrote "Toward a North American Community," a book promoting the development of a North American union as a regional government and the adoption of the amero as a common monetary currency to replace the dollar and the peso.

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He was vice chairman of the May 2005 Council on Foreign Relations task force entitled "Building a North American Community" that presents itself as a blueprint for using bureaucratic action within the executive branches of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada to transform the current trilateral Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America into a North American union regional government.


Jerome Corsi

He calls for the establishment of a North American Community, which some view as a significant step toward a European Union-style system of regional or continental governance.

"Increasing interdependence offers additional costs and opportunities," he told the North American Forum in Canada last fall. "To mitigate the dangers and expand the benefits of a more integrated and less regulated market requires continental plans and institutions. It requires a new consciousness among both leaders and people – a new way of thinking about our neighbors. This will take time, but we want to begin the journey."

Pastor continued: "Our purpose is to build a greater sense of being a part of North America. We do not want to displace the pride each of us feel in our countries, but rather to supplement that with a feeling of being North American. We do so not to build a fortress or to separate ourselves from the world. On the contrary, we want to connect better with our closest neighbors in order to strengthen our ability to compete in the world and to serve as a models for other regional groups."

Pastor said narrowing the gap in income "may be the single most important issue on the North American agenda."

Corsi, meanwhile, is the author of "Atomic Iran" and co-author with WND columnist Craig R. Smith of "Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil." He is working on a book about the North American agenda.

The great debate between Pastor and Corsi is just one of many reasons for attending NEWS EXPO 2007. It will also be the first national gathering in which all declared and undeclared 2008 presidential candidates are invited to speak and answer questions from attendees.

"There are a great many announcements being made, Internet videos produced, press releases written and hats thrown into rings by presidential candidates," said Joseph Farah, director of NEWS EXPO 2007. "But this will be the first chance for real Americans to grill these guys and gals. We'll see how many of them will take the opportunity for some unscripted moments and tough questions in the biggest room in D.C., with likely live national television coverage."

That's the challenge WND's founder is laying down. He's not sugar-coating it. He's going to make sure that NEWS EXPO 2007 is different from other candidate forums.

"In some ways, we'll make it easy for the candidates to address the conference," he explained. "We know they all have busy schedules, so we will offer them great flexibility over the two days. Give us a commitment of 30 minutes or more and you are on the fast-moving program. But at NEWS EXPO 2007, candidates will be invited to briefly state their case in 10 minutes, reserving at least 20 minutes for an open-mike Q&A from the floor."

This is one more reason to attend NEWS EXPO 2007. It's your chance to get in on the action of the 2008 presidential campaign in a whole new interactive way.

If you'd like to be a part of the excitement of NEWS EXPO 2007, there's more good news. Sign up today and save $265 off the regular registration cost and make yourself eligible for a free cruise for two with WND next January.

All registrants to NEWS EXPO 2007 are automatically eligible for a special drawing for two free tickets to WND's luxurious Holland America Caribbean 10th anniversary cruise set for January 2008. That's right. You can win a cruise for two just by signing up – and your odds are good because somebody attending that conference is going to win.

The drawing for those tickets will also be held at News Expo. Winners will get a free window stateroom on the cruise that will be the culmination of WND's 10-year anniversary celebration.

The cruise offer is for all those who register for the entire two-day NEWS EXPO 2007 event in Washington. It includes two full days of programming – debates, Q&As with top newsmakers, open mikes on the floor, lively interaction between attendees and speakers, multimedia presentations – a Friday 10-year anniversary bash for WND and a big Saturday night awards banquet featuring Ann Coulter.

Other highlights of NEWS EXPO 2007 include a keynote address by columnist-author Ann Coulter and presentations by Joseph Farah, David Kupelian, Aaron Klein and Joan Peters.

NEWS EXPO 2007 promises to be unlike any other conference held in Washington – or, for that matter, anywhere else.

NEWS EXPO 2007 takes place in the biggest room in the nation's capital, the Washington Hilton – the same venue as the annual White House Press Correspondents Dinner.

"I promise no academic speeches, no long, boring panel discussions," says Joseph Farah, founder of WND and a director of NEWS EXPO 2007. "The goal is to keep the audience on the edge of their seats throughout two days of interpersonal news engagement. It's an opportunity for ordinary people to come mix it up with the news professionals and newsmakers they watch on television."

There are many conferences where national issues are debated and discussed. But never before, he says, has an event like this been organized with the specific intent of breaking news – bringing attention to under-reported stories, ideas, whistleblowers and newsmakers in a forum designed especially for those on the front lines.

News junkies, bloggers and long-established news organizations will sit side by side and have equal access to the news makers.

Topics explored will include border security, immigration, plans for a "North American Union," Islamic terrorism, the Middle East conflict, religious freedom, the proper role of a free press in a free society and "the culture war."

Join WND's founders, Joseph and Elizabeth Farah, at the 10th anniversary celebration of the leading independent news source on the Internet.

Join Coulter & Company for the first annual "Courage in Media Awards" presentations.

Make plans now to participate in NEWS EXPO 2007 in Washington, D.C., May 11-12.

Think of it as the world's fair of news!

NEWS EXPO 2007 is planned as the first of a series of annual events to explore news in a new way, to put under the bright lights of examination ideas, stories and activists worthy of more examination, to demystify the process of news gathering, to honor the best, the bold and brave in media work and, most of all, to uphold the highest calling of the American free press – to seek the truth – and, in this case, have fun doing it.

Are you a news junkie? Are you a blogger? Are you a part of the New Media? Are you part of the mainstream media and just trying to understand the changing dynamics of the news business? Do you really believe that the truth will set us all free?

Many more exciting speakers and presenters will be added to the program in the weeks ahead. But News Expo 2007 is already shaping up as the most important Washington conference of the year.

All you have to do is sign up now to participate in NEWS EXPO 2007.

And, again, you can save up to $265 by registering early for the full conference experience – including the keynote address by Ann Coulter at the awards gala grand finale evening Saturday night.

Be sure to get extra savings by booking your rooms at the Hilton Washington now and locking up the special conference discount.