Strategic command. Thank you very much. [laughter] i want to see how long you can stand to attention. Thank you. Its my pleasure to introduce my several of the u. S. Navy, a mariner who commands the following position. He assumed his current post as the 16th president of the National Defense university this past september. He will provide welcoming remarks. Hi. Thank you, john. General heighten, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar on the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. Proud that wend are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on th e npr, and as a former commander of some of the Strategic Forces, it is particularly satisfying for me to be able to contribute to a discussion so fundamental to the nations security. It is a vital part of our mission to support the development of national policy, and we are proud of the great work our Rese
Past september. He will provide welcoming remarks. Hi. Thank you, john. General heighten, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar on the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. Proud that wend are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on th e npr, and as a former commander of some of the Strategic Forces, it is particularly satisfying for me to be able to contribute to a discussion so fundamental to the nations security. It is a vital part of our mission to support the development of national policy, and we are proud of the great work our Research Staff does in support of key initiatives like the Nuclear Posture review and the defense strategy. Such Research Also helps to ensure we can bring the most topical content and the deepest insights into our classrooms. That is where we are helping to prepare the next generation of National Security leade
Commander, general john titan. He looked at the nuclear interviews with past and present included the emergence of new and complex threats are on the rise. Potential threats include those from russia, china, iran and north korea. This is little more than one hour. Thank you very much. Seated. If it is my pleasure to introduce vice adam all of the u. S. Navy in his a submariner can [inaudible] use since his current post of the 16th president of National Defense university this past december he will provide welcoming remarks. Thank you, john. General heitman, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guest, ladies investment, good morning. Welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar in the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. As president im pleased and proud that we are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on the npr. As a career summering officer and former commander of several strategic courses is particularly satisfying for me to b
Fury. We then look at how attorney general Jeff Sessions is using the Justice Department to roll back decades of progress. On civil rights, Voting Rights, rights and reform. As a whole, i think, has been unfairly maligned and blamed for an acceptable of a few bad actors. Speak with the head of the Civil Rights Division at the department of justice in the Obama Administration until january. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration sent mixed messages wednesday over the possibility of nuclear war with north korea, as secretary of state Rex Tillerson sought to defuse tensions, while defense secretary james mattis threatened a Nuclear Attack. On wednesday, mattis warned north korea not to take any action that could result in the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. His comments came a day after trump startled the worldand reportedly, his own advisors, advisersthreatening
Internally, to execute on that. President omotalde thank you. Commissioner wald commissioner wald thank you both for coming in. Its good to see both of you again. So, this is sort of a follow to commissioner hoyos question. If you achieve your goals, this can be a ripple effect. Youre going to have vast numbers of new writers and those people are going to the park, if thats the technical term, in San Francisco and a lot of them are going to get on other kinds of public transportation. Whether its bike were buses or whatever. So, i would welcome, at least assurance, or it is not a big discussion, that you are not only talking to the departments about its expertise, but that you are at least trying to get sort of a candle on all the parts of the city family in San Francisco that will be impacted by the achievement of your goals. Particularly, in terms of ridership. Both in terms of increasing the number of people who ride and how they get to your vehicles. Its not just in San Francisco.