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DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 27th\, the Strauss Center for International
  Security and Law and the Clements Center for National Security will host 
 Dr. Joshua Geltzer for a conversation on how our government works to free 
 Americans who are wrongfully detained overseas. Dr. Geltzer has served in 
 various senior White House roles\, including Deputy Assistant to the Presi
 dent and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor\, where he advised directly on U
 .S. efforts to secure the release of hostages and wrongful detainees abroa
 d.  In 2025\, he received the James W. Foley American Hostage Freedom Awar
 d for his work to create a new federal structure for recovering Americans 
 held abroad.\n\n \n\nJoin us for an inside look at how the U.S. government
  confronts one of the most urgent and sensitive challenges in national sec
 urity. Registration is required.\n\n \n\nRegister here\n\n \n\nBiography\n
 \nJoshua Geltzer is a partner at WilmerHale\, focusing on a wide array of 
 cutting-edge national security issues\, including artificial intelligence\
 , the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)\, crisi
 s management\, cybersecurity and national security-related litigation. As 
 the former top national security lawyer for the White House\, Dr. Geltzer 
 offers both strategic counsel and practical legal advice to clients naviga
 ting the statutory and regulatory issues associated with emerging technolo
 gies across all sectors. \n\n \n\nDr. Geltzer joined the firm after servin
 g as Deputy Assistant to the President\, Deputy White House Counsel\, and 
 Legal Advisor to the National Security Council (NSC)\, providing legal cou
 nsel to the President and White House leadership on matters of national de
 fense\, intelligence and foreign relations. Before that\, he was Deputy As
 sistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor\, where he a
 dvised on counterterrorism\, election security\, migration management\, an
 d the release of US hostages and wrongful detainees. Dr. Geltzer also serv
 ed as Special Assistant to the President and Special Advisor on Countering
  Domestic Violent Extremism\, overseeing the development and implementatio
 n of the country’s first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic 
 Terrorism.
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LOCATION:SRH 3.122\, LBJ School of Public Affairs
SUMMARY:Taken Hostage: How the U.S. Government Frees Hostages Held Abroad
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