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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Signalgate

by jpitney | Apr 5, 2025 | intelligence

Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The biggest surprise about this whole brouhaha is that even experienced Washington hands did not expect the Signalgate scandal to have legs for long. After all, how many Americans know who the Houthis are, where Yemen is, or why the...

Failed State Update: The High Cost of Producing Housing

by jpitney | Apr 4, 2025 | California Politics, Homelessness, Housing

The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California Evidence and Policy Recommendations Jason M. Ward, Luke Schlake https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3743-1.html In this report, the authors present analyses of production cost differences among...

The Test

by jpitney | Apr 3, 2025 | Congress, Debate, Debt, Deliberation

Mike Johnson (the former Michel guy, not the current speaker): The framers of the Constitution were in good measure geniuses who had a vision for the future and took lessons from the accomplishments and failures of the budding European democracies. That genius is not...