Mister donovan, before we get to july 1969, started 1957, what was the effect of sputnik on this country . Guest the first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. We went crazy. Somehow they out science us. Started wondering what was next . Bombs coming down . Nuclear bombs . Space stations with Nuclear Missiles . And of course it created nasa a year later. Had to respond somehow at the height of the cold war. A lot of people now dont understand how tense everything was. A lot of people thought world war iii was starting. Host did the fact that sputnik happened, did we have a Space Program at all at that point . Guest space might be stretching it. We had a satellite program. You heard of werner von braun, the nazi in charge of the program in germany. We scooped him up and lots of other scientists and engineers under the auspices of a topsecret program called operation paperclip. He was in charge of one of the programs, air force, navy, army had their own programs for
Our views online and those watching on cspan today. Im the founder and president of fdd and im a pleased to welcou to our event today, ruthless prioritization, the armys realization of the National Defense strategy. We are honored today to host acting secretary of the army ryan mccarthy. Thank you so much for coming again. Working overtime to the road americas military power, to threaten our interests and those who are our allies. In the light of these challenges and to support the National Defense strategy the army has achieved commendable progress on readiness, minimization and reform over the last couple years but the threats remain significant and the budgets remain finite. There is much more work to do, and we are ready to reform this effort. As many of you in our audience know we are focused exclusively on National Security and foreign policy. We are nonpartisan and accept no funds from foreign governments, never have and never will. This event is hosted by ftd center on military
At the foundation for defense and democracy, he addressed the armys recruitment efforts and preparedness to do with existing and emerging Global Security threats. This runs one hour. Welcome to the foundation for defense of democracy, a special welcome to our viewers online and those watching on cspan today. I am the founder and president , and i am pleased to welcome you to our event today, ruthless prioritization, the armys defense strategy. We are honored to host acting defense secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy. As secretary esper and general millie highlighted in the army Posture Hearing earlier this year, the army confronts a Global Security environment that is increasingly competitive, and volatile. We see great power adversaries working overtime to erode americas military power and threaten our interests and those of our allies. In light of these challenges, and to support the National Defense strategy, the army has achieved commendable progress on readiness, but in a vision
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