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Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, senator tom cotten from arkansas. Part two after his keynote address as well as q a will be a lively debate on Missile Defense with joe and rebecca from the henriksen institute. We want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible so ill keep my remarks short. Washington is faced with severe challenges when it comes to missiles throughout the world. Obviously north korea is very much in the news due to the development of the short, medium and longrange missiles and the ability to actually hit the homeland at some point. Senator cotton has been at the forefront of advocating for a robust strategy. His remarks will be around 20 minutes. That will open the floor for questions for about 25 minutes. Keep in mind during the q a, the state your name and affiliation as we are on the record as you can see by the cameras. Also if time is limited, please keep your question compact and precise. With that, senator cotton. Thank you all for
Why dont we get started since time is short. Good afternoon, everyone. I serve as the director of defense studies here at the center for National Interest in washington, d. C. Welcome to our friends here with us in the flesh as well as those joining us on Facebook Live and as well as cspan 3. We present to you a real treat. Not one but two part discussion on u. S. Missile defense policy. Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me on the right, senator tom cotton from arkansas. Part two, keynote address, as well as a q and a session. Now, im going to keep my remarks very brief as we want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible. Obviously it goes without saying that washington faces severe challenges when it comes to the missiles and proliferation of missiles throughout the world. Obviously north koreas very much in the news it due to the developments of its short, long range missiles and its ability to actually at some point hit the homeland. Senator cotton has been
The time is short. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Harry Kazianis and i serve as the chairman of the National Center for interest, and welcome to friends in the flesh as well as those joining us on Facebook Live and cspan 3. Today, we are presenting a treat and not one but twopart discussion on the u. S. Missile defense policy. Part 1 is with the gentleman sitting next to me on the right, senator tom cotton from arkansas, and part two after senator cottons keynote address and keynote address is going to be Rebeccah Heinrichs and joseph cirincione. And obviously, north korea is very much in the news, and due to the short range and ba lis h tick missiles dews due for the fact that it could reach the homeland. And senator cotton has been at the forefront, and his remarks will be around 20 minutes or so, and after that, we will open up the floor for about 20 minutes. In the q and ash state your nam and affiliation as we are very much on the record as you can see from the cameras here, and as