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COMMISSION CHAIR TO ADDRESS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN NORWAY
Corporation
Commission Chairman Denise Bode has been invited to represent the United States
at the Conservative Women’s Conference in Oslo, Norway this weekend.
Bode
says she is honored by the invitation.
“To
be asked to represent elected women in the U.S. at this important international
conservative conference is a tremendous opportunity. I will share our experiences here in Oklahoma with domestic
terrorism as well as what we are doing at the state and federal level to
respond appropriately.”
The
conference is sponsored by the International Democrat Union (IDU) and the
Westminster Foundation for Democracy. The IDU provides a forum in which Parties
holding similar beliefs can come together and exchange views on matters of
policy, in order to learn from each other and speak with one voice to promote
democracy around the globe. The IDU is composed of over 80 member Parties from
over 60 countries. It is the only international organization of its kind with
full members from both Russia and the USA. Many of its members come from
democracies that were established over the past decade. The idea was first proposed by
then-President Ronald Reagan to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Founding members include Prime Minister
Thatcher, then Vice-President George Bush Sr., German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,
and now-French President Jacques Chirac.
Chairman
Bode is one of approximately 70 delegates from some 27 countries attending the
conference. All are senior members of their respective governments, most of them in elected positions.
Chairman
Bode will be speaking on the issue of the war on terrorism on a panel with the
Secretary of Defense of Norway. She is
a member of the Governor’s Security and Preparedness Executive Panel that was
formed after the 9-11 attacks, and chairs the Panel’s committee on energy and
infrastructure. In addition, at the
national level she serves on the special panel, Committee on Critical
Infrastructure, formed by the National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC).
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