The u. K. Pearmanent speck tarry spoke earlier today about defense strike thategy and rela with the Strong Alliance with the u. S. From the atlantic counsel, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic counsel. Im frank miller and a member of the board here at counsel, and the principal of the group. Were all very pleased today to have the opportunity to hear from steven who is the permanent secretary at the minister of defense in london. Steven became the permanent secretary in april of 2016 prior to that he was department of energy and Climate Change and had a distinguished career before that both in government and in the private sector. For those of you that dont know, the permanent secretary is the governments principle advisor on defense and has responsibility for policy, finance and planning as a deputy accounting officer. The principal, the sorry, the permanent secretary sets strategy for defense including Corporate Strategy and Overall Organization ma
Americas Cable Television companies, and its brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next, the uks permanent secretary at the ministry of defense talks about Defense Strategy and relations with nato, the u. S. , and European Union. From the Atlantic Council, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. For those of you who dont know me, im frank miller. Im a member of the board here at the council. And the principal of the group. Were all very pleased today to have the opportunity to hear from steven lovegrove, the permanent secretary at the ministry of defense in london. Steven became the permanent secretary in april of 2016. Prior to that he was the permanent secretary for the department of energy and Climate Change and had distinguished career before that both in government and in the private sector. For those of you who dont know, the permanent secretary is the governments principle adviser on defense and has responsibility for pol
Americas Cable Television companies, and its brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next, the uks permanent secretary at the ministry of defense talks about Defense Strategy and relations with nato, the u. S. , and European Union. From the Atlantic Council, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. For those of you who dont know me, im frank miller. Im a member of the board here at the council. And the principal of the group. Were all very pleased today to have the opportunity to hear from steven lovegrove, the permanent secretary at the ministry of defense in london. Steven became the permanent secretary in april of 2016. Prior to that he was the permanent secretary for the department of energy and Climate Change and had distinguished career before that both in government and in the private sector. For those of you who dont know, the permanent secretary is the governments principle adviser on defense and has responsibility for pol
The middle class has been a major issue, the condition of the middle class in this country. The people at the Pew Research Center that said the american middle class is losing ground. We want to get your thoughts this morning on what policy is needed to help the american middle class. Byare going to break this up income. Here is the headline to the poll. They didnt couple of months back. Its very relative to this campaign. People say the government doesnt do enough to help the middle class. There are mixed views on which class the democratic hearty favors. This is a chart. They asked 1500 people which social classes do the republicans and democrats favor. Said republicans favor the rich. When those same people were asked about democrats, 31 said they bring the poor. 32 say they favor the middle class and 26 say the rich. There are some overview points. There are now roughly as many adults in middle Income Housing as in lower or upper income households. This is a shift from four decades
General keith alexander, until recently, the head of nsa and of Cyber Command at the pentagon, has characterized the cyber theft of American Intellectual property as ill quote the greatest transfer of wealth until history. And of course, were on the losing end of it. But no estimate can fully capture the real impact of trade secret theft. When other countries and foreign businesses steal our trade secrets, they are stealing our ideas. They are stealing our innovation. Most importantly, they are stealing our jobs. In my own state of rhode island, we continue to face unexpectedly high unemployment despite having some of the most innovative businesses in the country. If we do not protect our businesses, we are letting that innovation go to waste and we are letting american jobs go overseas. In the past, some companies were reluctant to talk about this issue because no one likes to admit that they have been victimized. But many are not coming forward to speak out because they recognize how