CPAC keeps NRA executive Wayne LaPierre’s name off schedule after Florida shooting

By Sarah Bedford

Published February 20, 2018 8:15pm ET

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CPAC keeps NRA executive Wayne LaPierre’s name off schedule after Florida shooting — Sources familiar with the situation said Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's executive vice president and CEO, will still deliver his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week as planned. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) | Alex Brandon

Organizers for the Conservative Political Action Conference withheld the name of a top National Rifle Association executive from the schedule of speakers they released on Monday, just days after a young shooter killed 17 children and adults in a Parkland, Fla., high school.

But sources familiar with the situation said Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president and CEO, will still deliver his speech at CPAC this week as planned.

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