We will be talking about secretary james new book. I have read it and listened to it. That is what we are going to talk about. Maam, first and foremost, to break the ice, what inspired you to tell your story . , i wore debra throughout my life i have been active in the business of our National Security closer to 40 years. I have always been a civilian and i have worked in congress, worked in the pentagon for my several tours and been in private industry always working on defense issues. While i was making my way up, i would always look up to the people above me and there were very few women at that point to look up to but there were a couple. And some men. I would wonder to myself about how their lives must be perfect. And how they were able to attain these high. And here was my life which had some successes but plenty of failures and i felt like a hot mess compared to these role models. I know now that was not true. That everybody has something. I wanted for the next generation of wom
20minute discussion. Good afternoon, everyone. Im going to get us start right on time here today since we have a lot to discuss. Its my privilege to well you to todays event, demographic decline, national cries or moral paining here at American Enterprise institute. My name is ryan streeter, the director of the domestic policy studies here and im glad that weve got such a great panel and what i think will be a real interesting discussion for you today so im going to introduce our panelists and moderator starting on the far right over here which is purely a positional statement with Nick Eberstadt, the political commentator here where he writes and researchers on demographics and Economic Development and has a thing to say about north korea from time to time which if things get real slow we can get into that. Man of diverse interest. Hes testified before congress on numerous occasions and served as a consultant and advisers to the u. S. Government and in 2012 nick was awarded the presti
Weve got such a great panel and what i think will be a real interesting discussion for you today so im going to introduce our panelists and moderator starting on the far right over here which is purely a positional statement with Nick Eberstadt, the political commentator here where he writes and researchers on demographics and Economic Development and has a thing to say about north korea from time to time which if things get real slow we can get into that. Man of diverse interest. Hes testified before congress on numerous occasions and served as a consultant and advisers to the u. S. Government and in 2012 nick was awarded the prestigious bradley prize. Next to him is philip cohen, associate of professor at university of maryland and has had a longstanding interest in gender, family and social change and hes published extensively on the gender of labor within families and between men and women outside of families. In addition hes maintain and strong issue in measurement issues in house
Now policy experts analyze shifting demographic numbers in the u. S. And what they mean for the countrys future. The American Enterprise institute hosted this power and 20minute discussion. Good afternoon, everyone. Im going to get us started right on time here today since we have a lot to discuss. Its my privilege to welcome you to todays event. Demographic decline, National Crisis or moral panic here at the American Enterprise institute. Im ryan streeter, prikt director of policy studies. Im so glad to have a great panel and what i think will be an interesting discussion for you today. So, im going to introduce our panelists and moderator starting on the far right over here. Which is purely a positional statement with nick, the henry went chair and economist here at aei and he writes extensively on demographics. And he has a thing or two to say on north korea, so if things get slow, we can get into. Hes testified before congress on numerous occasions and has served a a consultant and
Air force secretary under president obama was among the speakers at a womens Leadership Conference in washington, d. C. This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. All right. Good morning. Honored to bem able to moderate you this morning. We will be talking about secretary janes new book. I have read it and listened to it. That is what we going to talk about. , first and foremost, to break the ice, what inspired you to tell your story . Throughout my life i have in the business of our National Security closer to 40 years. I have always been a civilian and i have worked in congress, worked in the pentagon for several tours and been in private industry always working on defense issues. , ile i was making my way up would always look up to the people above me and there were very few women at that point to look up to but there were a couple. And some men. I would wonder to myself about how their lives were perfect. And here was my life which had some successes b