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Retired U.S. Navy Admiral to Headline 2019 Higginbotham Lecture

The Center for American and International Law (CAIL) has announced that William McRaven, the retired U.S. Navy four-star admiral who led the Navy Seals raid that killed Osama bin Laden, will be the featured speaker of the 2019 Higginbotham Lecture on April 17 in Houston.

A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, McRaven was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. His talk is titled “The Rule of Law in a Troubled World.”

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