WHAT:
Robert S. Weiner, White House spokesperson during the Bill Clinton administration and top aide to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, will be the keynote speaker at the National Forum on Obama and Christian Loyalty at Wayne State University. The event marks the official launch of Michigan Chronicle senior editor Bankole Thompson's latest book on the intersection of faith, politics and governance, "Obama and Christian Loyalty."

Weiner, who wrote the epilogue to the book, was also the director of the Daily Press Briefing Room at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver where President Obama was nominated.

WHEN:
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, 10 a.m.-noon.

WHERE:
Wayne State University Law School's Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium.

MORE INFO:
Thompson's "Obama and Christian Loyalty" is the second book in a six-part series on the Obama presidency. "Obama and Jewish Loyalty" and "Obama and Business Loyalty" are set for release in 2012.

For more information on "Obama and Christian Loyalty" and the National Forum on Obama and Christian Loyalty, visit Global Mark Makers at http://www.globalmarkmakers.com.

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