Welcome to the Dreier Roundtable

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Dreier Roundtable at
Claremont McKenna College

Hon. David Dreier ’75

Former Congressman David Dreier ’75 shares his excitement launching the Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College, his alma mater. The Dreier Roundtable is an integral part of fulfilling CMC’s unique role as a leading institution for leadership in business and government.

Meet the Fellows

The Dreier Roundtable is proud to present the DRt fellows here for the upcoming academic year of 2025.

Group photo of the inagural student fellows of the DRT

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Dreier Roundtable Civility Award

KNBC-TV political reporter Conan Nolan interviews former Congressman David Dreier ’75 and Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) at CMC during the 2024 Dreier RoundTable Civility Award ceremony.

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Reaganism Redux: Mitch McConnell v. Isolationism

by jpitney | Dec 17, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Military

Mitch McConnell at Foreign Affairs: [For] years, congressional opponents of military spending absurdly insisted that there be parity between increases in defense spending and increases in nondefense discretionary spending, holding military power hostage to pet...

Ghost Newspapers

by jpitney | Dec 15, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers, Uncategorized

Marc Caro at Poynter writes about "ghost newspapers" -- publications that nominally continue to exist but have lost most or all local news reporting. While the nation’s ever-widening news deserts have drawn much attention, the ghost papers represent another dire...

Reform “Buy American”

by jpitney | Dec 14, 2024 | Economic Policy, Trade

Colin Grabow, associate director at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies The next Congress should prioritize repealing or significantly reforming numerous Buy American–style laws that force the federal government to purchase American...