Good morning. Welcome to the hudson institute. We are honored and privileged to be hosting this great event, a conversation with robert obrien, the assistant to the president on National Security affairs, otherwise known as National Security adviser. I want to welcome all of you here who were able to join us, and the audience watching live stream from the hudson website. But also a very special welcome , to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today, and were delighted to have you here, if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who was been able to participate in this discussion. This i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson, particularly given the fact that we are less than a week away from the election when so many of these issues that were going to be talking about today, the question of what america is going to do, where americas going to go from here, those issues are going to be decide
But also a very special welcome to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today, and were delighted to have you here, if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who was been ablo participate in this discussion. This i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson, particularly given the fact that we are less than a week away from the election when so many of these issues that were going to be talking about today, the question of what america is going to do, where americas going to go from here, those issues are going to be decided very, very soon. And so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to understand as a guide to what takes place, regardless of who it is who will be sitting in the oval office come january january 21. I want to say a few words about our distinguished guest. Robert obrien was born in los angeles and graduated from the university of california berkeley with a law
Watch book tv this weekend on cspan two. Now, Robert Obrien talks about u. S. Relations with china and russia, crating more business relationships in africa and cybersecurity threats. Institutet the hudson for little more than one hour. Morning. Welcome to the hudson institute. Privileged to and be hosting this great event in conversation with the Robert Obrien assistance to the president on National Security affairs, otherwise known as the National Security advisor. I want to welcome all of you here who are able to join us and our audience watching on livestream. Welcome toy special our very special cspan audience who be following this event on cspan2 today. We are delighted to have you here if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who has been able to participate. This will be one of the most interesting events we have done here at hudson, particularly that we are less than one week and some the election of these issues we are talking about today, questions about what americ
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