Steve Beren is a speaker, writer, blogger, and activist on the issues of international terrorism, the Iran nuclear threat, and the relationship between politics and morality.  Beren is the 2008 Republican candidate for Congress against far left Democrat incumbent Jim McDermott.  For information about the 2008 Steve Beren for Congress campaign, go to www.berenforcongress.com

In the 1960s and 1970s, Beren was a Vietnam antiwar activist and socialist, but since then he has become a patriot, a Christian, and a Republican.   Beren supports our troops and our mission in the U.S.-led war against terrorism.  He has a special insight into the motivations of the current antiwar movement, and the fallacies of their arguments. 

A native of New York City, Beren moved to Seattle in 1987.  As a former antiwar activist, Beren has a unique perspective on the activities of today's radicals and far left extremists.  A former Democrat, Beren came to realize that the Democrats were weak on national security, and considers himself a "9/11 Republican."  He and his wife live in Seattle, where they are members of Christian Faith Center. 

Beren is a powerful speaker and gifted debater, and has appeared at meetings, conferences, rallies, panel discussions, debates, and on talk shows. 

In June 2008, in Olympia, Washington, he debated antiwar professor David Hyde before an audience of college students at South Puget Sound Community College. 

Steve Beren sees border security as a national defense issue, and opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants.  In May 2008, at a conference in Gig Harbor, Washington, Beren debated immigration policy with Tony Benegas of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. 

Seattle Times editorial writer and libertarian Bruce Ramsey and Steve Beren debated about the war against terrorism at a March 2008 conservative meeting in Bellevue, Washington.

Beren was the 2006 Republican candidate for congress in Washington State's 7th congressional district, debating far left incumbent Jim McDermott three times. 

In October 2006, before an audience of Seattle high school students, Steve Beren represented the Republican Party in a three-way debate with former Washington State Governor Mike Lowry (Democratic Party) and Aaron Dixon of the Green Party. 

Beren was a panelist at the July 2005 Young Republican National Convention in Las Vegas, and was the keynote speaker at the February 2005 Columbia County (Oregon) Lincoln Day Dinner. 

In April 2003, at a meeting sponsored by the University of Washington Young Democrats, he debated liberal journalist Matt Zemek on the war against terrorism and on the need for regime change in Iraq.  

In March 2003, Steve Beren took on radio talk show host Dave Ross, one-on-one, in an hour of debate on the liberation of Iraq. 

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, Beren felt he had a responsibility to do what he could (as a private citizen activist) to help win the war against terrorism. In particular, he seeks to bring his message to young people, challenging the leftist political domination of our nation's campuses.