Annual meeting of the association of the association of the united dates army. You know him. He is wellknown and is known internationally. The privilege of serving alongside of him, and you can define our keynote speaker with one word, and i would choose patriot. His veryhat he is at core. They dos and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of ladieshe honorable and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense, the honorable james mattis. [applause] thank you. Attis take you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, general. Is an absolute delight to be here with you all, and i do appreciate being invited to Something Like this. I probably could find no place in washington, d. C. , today to be more inhome back with you. Secretary mccarthy, it meeting in those uncertain days after afghanistan, and we served for many years after that. Thank you for coming back, sir. It is a pleasure to serve with you once again. General millie, we served together. We have known each other over ,
You know him, he is well known us, internationally, and i had the privilege of serving alongside him. That he ask me to define him with one word, i would simply choose patriot. That is what he is. At his very core. And gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense, the honorable jim mattis. [applause] thank you. I can find no place near washington dc that i find a place so much like home than being here with you. Those very concerned days after 9 11 in afghanistan, we served together for many years after that as well. Sir, you for coming back it is a pleasure to serve with you once again. , we have searched together and we know each other. You have thers, dna of iwo jima in your veins you bleed white and blue. Aly,eant major d besides deciding to go on the Obstacle Course this morning, the army 10 minor yesterday, i think it was just your warm up for this morning. In the tradition of army ncos where you lead from upfront cos,tradition of army n where you lead from upfront, thank y
Very core. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense and the honorable jim mattis. [applause] thank you. Thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, general. Hes an old friend of many years and its an absolute delight to be here with you all. I do appreciate being invited to Something Like this. I can we found no place in washington dc today that i feel more at home then here amongst all of you. Acting secretary mccarthy, we first met each other in those very uncertain days after 911 in afghanistan and we served together for many years after that. Thank you for coming back to the colors, sir, its a pleasure to serve with you once again. General millie, we have served together, we know each other over many years, you have the dna of he was you must in your veins and you bleed red white and blue and the army could not be in better hands right now. Sergeant major daily, besides deciding to go out on the Obstacle Course this morning that Army Ten Miler yesterday
I would choose patriot, thats what he is. At his very core. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense, the honorable jim attis. [applause] [applause] secretary mattis thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. And thank you, general hamm, old friend of many years. Its an absolute delight to be here with youall. I do appreciate being invited to Something Like this. I can probably find no place in washington, d. C. , today that i feel more at home than here among all of us. Mccarthy, we ry first met each other in those very uncertain days after mccar in afghanistan and we served together for many years after that. Thank you for coming back to the colors, sir. Its a pleasure to serve with you once again. General millie, we served together, we know each other over many years. Ou have the d. N. A. Of iwo jima in your veins. You bleed wheed, red, white, blue. The army could not be in bert hands. Sergeant major daily, besides deciding to go on the Obstacle Course this morning
Im responsible for your safety tonight. Follow my instructions, please do that, please sit down. The exits are behind us. Other people are here to help him. I come back for everybody. Over here to the right, two lefts when we get to the screen, i ordered ice cream. Nothing was going to happen. This is an extraordinary evening, general h. R. Mcmaster gave us the opportunity to celebrate. A remarkable institution, National Security council, four gentlemen, i got three or four more in the audience. My goal is to help all of you understand how the institution works and some of the big question, i will try to be the moderator. The first thing i want to ask you, the National Security council sits at the fault line of american constitutional governance. There is no question congress has a right to oversee the actions of departments like the Defense Department, the state department and no question the press, the right of privacy in his decisionmaking, we call that executive privilege. The Nati