Morgan D. Ortagus

Founder, Polaris National Security and Former State Department Spokesperson

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At A Glance:

Morgan Ortagus is the founder of Polaris National Security. She served as the spokesperson for the State Department under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Biography

Morgan Ortagus is the founder of . She served as the spokesperson for the State Department under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

26
September 2024
Past Event
Defense Innovation and the New Cold War
Featured Speakers:
Senator Tom Cotton
Joe Lonsdale
Shyam Sankar
Nadia Schadlow
Mackenzie Eaglen
Richard Berger
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Morgan D. Ortagus
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)
26
September 2024
Past Event
Defense Innovation and the New Cold War

This threat environment is teaching American defense planners and policymakers hard lessons about the need to adapt and change the way the United States budgets, tests, acquires, and deploys new and existing weapon systems. Join 91ÆÞÓÑ for two panels that will discuss these lessons and why Washington urgently needs to apply them. 

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Tom Cotton
Joe Lonsdale
Shyam Sankar
Nadia Schadlow
Mackenzie Eaglen
Richard Berger
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Morgan D. Ortagus
18
December 2023
Past Event
The Perils of Corporate Engagement with China
Featured Speakers:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
David Asher
Miles Yu
Gabe Noronha
Moderator:
Morgan D. Ortagus
The Chinese World Trade Center. (Getty Images)
18
December 2023
Past Event
The Perils of Corporate Engagement with China

Please join 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute’s China Center for a panel on leading US corporations’ involvement with the PRC, and the future of US corporate engagement with China.

The Chinese World Trade Center. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
David Asher
Miles Yu
Gabe Noronha
Moderator:
Morgan D. Ortagus
13
December 2023
Past Event
Clarity on Hamas’s Terror Campaign and Sexual Violence
Featured Speakers:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Sen. Joni Ernst
Rep. Beth Van Duyne
Rep. Julia Letlow
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Moderator:
Morgan D. Ortagus
Participants hold up posters of hostages as thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
13
December 2023
Past Event
Clarity on Hamas’s Terror Campaign and Sexual Violence

Please join Sens. Joni Ernst and Marsha Blackburn and Reps. Beth Van Duyne and Julia Letlow for an event at 91ÆÞÓÑ with Senior Fellow Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, moderated by former State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus.

Participants hold up posters of hostages as thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Sen. Joni Ernst
Rep. Beth Van Duyne
Rep. Julia Letlow
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Moderator:
Morgan D. Ortagus