Good morning. I am peter lewis. We are at the John Hopkins International school. Before making my introductory remarks, i think we will start by asking everyone to silence or turn off your cell phones. We just finished our Holiday Season and i got an opportunity of going to a couple of movies so i am very mindful. It is a great honor to welcome you to todays presentation of the National Defense strategy. The nds is the foundational document that determines how the department of defense will contribute to the president s whichal Security Strategy was released in december of 2017. A first in a decade. It is highly anticipated not only because of the amount of time that has passed, but also because its author is the 26th of defense, our guest, jim mattis. As many of you know, before he became secretary, secretary mattis had a long and distinguishing career and the United States worrying core. United states marine core. Secretary mattis was a distinguished sick that visiting fellow at the
He discussed the implications of a potential Government Shutdown on military operations and urged congress to provide budget predictability for the Defense Department. This is just over 45 minutes. Peter good morning. Im peter lewis, vice dean at the Johns Hopkins University School of advanced international studies. Before making my brief introductory remarks, i think we will start by asking everyone to silence or turn off your cell phones. We just finished our Holiday Season and i had the opportunity to go to a couple movies so i am very mindful of turning off cell phones and silencing our devices. It is a great honor to welcome you to todays presentation of the National Defense strategy. The nds is the foundational document that determines how the department of defense will contribute to the president S National Security strategy which was released in december of 2017. This nds is the first in a decade. It is highly anticipated not only because of the amount of time that has passed s
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Event was hosted by the National History center. Welcome to this ongoing series hosted by the National History center. We bring perspective to Current Issues and try to provide historical content that can help to inform policymakers and deal with difficult issues. I would like to start first before introduce this mornings topic and speakers, to think the Carnegie Mellon foundation for funding our program. I would also like to thank the office of congressman Gerry Connolly for arranging meeting space. Above all, i thank, congressmann physics from the 11th the district a phd in physics from the 11th district of illinois. And his communication director for their help in organizing the briefing. As always, thanks to amanda perry for organizing the briefings, she is our assistant director. Some of you may remember a cover from the new yorker that came out just a few weeks ago. I will show you an example. It shows robots going about their daily work, coffee and their lunch pails. The rest of
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