And Lieutenant General jt thompson, commander of nato allied land command. Our panel will be led and moderated by patrick tucker, defense one technology editor. Thank you all. [applause] all right, thank you all for joining us today. Thisso pleased to have Exceptional Panel here to discuss the future of the United States army and the incredibly important theater, the european theater, and, you know, ive been covering different aspects of u. S. Army activity in europe for some time. Theres one question that is usually sort of a perfunctory. Uestion this year, that is not exact with the case. I will go to you, jt, as well as you, chris. I wonder if you can talk to me a little bit about the current status and your feelings about the military to military with turkey. How is that right now . How quickly is that changing . Jt i maintain strong relations with my counterparts in turkey within the parameters of u. S. Policy at any given time. We spend time going back and forth and visiting each
Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio
Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio
Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio
it s my great pleasure to introduce today, i ll put it this way, first, my friend mary. but also, professor i sarotte for our discussion of her latest book, not one inch. we usually say, and i think it s true in this case, that the other needs no introduction. they all give one and a moment. in this case all say this book needs no introduction, at the, moment because it s been, for all the right reasons, splashed across reviews and op-ed pages and public conversations and public discussions of the contemporary moment of where nato stands and where it stood historically. so, this is really, i feel fully justified in saying the book of the hour. before we get to this extraordinary and extraordinarily timely new book, let me say a few words about professor sarotte. professor sarotte is the distinguished professor at john hopkins university here in washington, d. c.. in addition to not one inch, which is a book that s going to be appearing in many many languages in the months