Country nobly. Welcome. I have a great pleasure of having Anders Rasmussen with us, former danish primer to, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and secretarygeneral of nato. Most recently he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well as the founder of the alliance of democracies which we will get to a little later. Thrilled to see my old friend haynes here, the former Deputy National security adviser, more importantly the Deputy Director of the cia and she is currently at columbia university. Also with us today is michelle flournoy, the under secretary of defense for policy, the cofounder and ceo, the managing partner at west executive advisors helping a lot of small companies. I told them to make opening remarks. I will keep them very very brief because we had a long day and covered a lot of ground. I think we talked about research and applications and talent. This notion of the Global Positioning or geostrategic positioning is one that is founded on the notion of norms and values and t
[ applause ] good afternoon, everyone. So as we settle in, i often pick a word for the day, it kind of governs how i conduct myself often times and just my frame of mind. But today im going to pick an image of the day. If you look at our screen one of our commissioners shared with me this image and i think it really sets the tone and the stage and underscores the importance of why were here. And of course the significance of this panel. Now this is a chinese book. For kindergarteners and circle, even if you dont speak chinese, circled are two letters, a. I. Kindergarten. Text book. A. I. Now, the senator talked about us tooling ourselves and getting ready from grade school to grad school. Now were talking about kindergarten or even prek if were going to be keep ahead and really stay number one when it comes to a. I. So i just wanted to start with this image. Because again, it really, for me, underscores the urgency of why this commission was formed and why you think and know its so imp
This commission is so good. They produce 120 questions for me to interrogate this panel with. laughs so this is actually a ten hour session, not a one hour session. I am thrilled to be here with this panel, some old friends and new friends are with me on stage. To my immediate left his Andrea Thompson known to many of you. She was the former under secretary of state for arms control. She was the National Security adviser to the Vice President , and most importantly, 25 years of service, time in combat zones and certainly served her country nobly. So andrea, welcome. I have the great pleasure of having mr. Rasmussen with us, the former danish prime minister, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and formerly the country generally of nato. Most recently though he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well is the founder of the alliance for democracies, or of democracies can which we will get you a little bit later. Thrilled to see my old friend Gabrielle Haines here, as many of you know she w
[applause] thanks, chris. Can you hear me . By the way, the staff for this commission is so good. [applause] they produce 120 questions for me [laughing] to interrogate this panel with. So this is actually a ten hour session, not a one hour session. I am thrilled to be here with this panel, some old friends and new friends are with me on stage. Stage. To my immediate left his Andrea Thompson known to many of you. She was the former under secretary of state for arms control. She was the National Security adviser to the Vice President , and most importantly, 25 years of service, time in combat zones and certainly served her country nobly. So andrea, welcome. I have the great pleasure of having islanders with us, the former danish prime minister, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and formerly the country generally of nato. Most recently though he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well is the sound of the alliance for democracies, or of democracies can which we will get you a little bit
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