News Section: Election 2012
Today's RNC Schedule: Thursday, August 30
BRADENTON -- Tonight is the final evening of the Republican National Convention. Mitt Romney will give his official address to the delegates sometime between 10 and 11 p.m. EST. The Republican presidential nominee is scheduled to be introduced by Florida's junior Senator Marco Rubio, whose remarks will immediately precede Romney's. Governor Jeb Bush will also address the convention this evening.
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7 p.m.
• Convention convenes
• Call to order
• Introduction of Colors US Central Command Joint Forces Color Guard Team
• Pledge of Allegiance by Dylan Nonaka
• National Anthem sung by SEVEN
• Invocation by Ken and Priscilla Hutchins
• Remarks by U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (FL)
• Reagan Legacy Video
• Remarks by Newt and Callista Gingrich
• Remarks by Craig Romney
8 p.m.
• Remarks by former Governor Jeb Bush (FL)
• Remarks by Bob White, chairman of Romney for President campaign
• Remarks by Grant Bennett
• Remarks by Tom Stemberg
9 p.m.
• Remarks by former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey
• Remarks by Jane Edmonds, former Massachusetts Secretary of Workforce
• Remarks by Olympians Michael Eruzione, Derek Parra and Kim Rhode
10 p.m.
• Remarks by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (FL)
• Remarks by presidential nominee Mitt Romney
• Benediction by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
• Speaker Boehner declares convention adjourned
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