And Foreign Policy. Tel he is a graduate of west point, army,ear veteran of the serves as a professor at Georgetown University and has visiting professor at the National Defense university. He serves on the board of marine corps the University Foundation and the Advisory Boards for the west for oral history and operation renewed hope. Me in welcoming jim. [applause] you for coming to what should be an extraordinary event. Pete is not only a great friend but he defines the definition of american. Graduate of princeton and harvard. We wont hold that against him. He served in the u. S. Army. Right . Yes. Is another mark in his favor. Three combat tours, right . Three tours. Yes. Three tours. Combatnze stars, infantry man badge. Extraordinary, including now working with fox news. Put his life on the line im not really sure what possessed him to write this, but i think in the arena is both, you know, courageous, dangerous politicallyy incorrect. In the world in which you live, something tha
I am the senior president for asia and japan chair here. Before we get started we have to do a brief safety announcement. About 10 fourstar admirals and generals in the room. This former boy scout will be in charge if there is a need to evacuate. We will head out and had around the corner. We will head out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation. There should be headsets on your chair and if you have any problems just wave and somebody will come help you. Leave them on the chair when you are finished. Then weake them home will send the new Defense Force Rapid Deployment force to your house to retrieve them tonight. Eight here to hear from distinguished former flag officers from the United States and japan who participated in this years u. S. Japan military stasis forum which was established by the asiapacific initiative. We will tell you what we have been up to the past couple of days. Is very wellknown in washington and around the world. He is an awardwinning journalist, columni
Alliance with regional and Global Security challenges, this is from hosted by the International Strategic studies. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for coming. Its friday afternoon in august and you know, im delighted that your Summer Vacation plans include csis, but its really a testament to how important, influential and respected our panel today is. Im the senior vicepresident for asia and japan here csis at georgetown. Before we get started we always do a brief safety announcement. And we have about ten fourstar admirals and generals in the room, but this former boy scout will be in charge. If there is a need to evacuate and ill let you know, but well head out and head around the corner to National Geographic down 17th street. Out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation and there should be headsets on your chair. If you have a problem, wave and someone will help you. Please leave them on the chair, if you take them home wed send the new
Payment model. And transitioning from a fee for service to a value based reimbursement system. This event was hosted by the National Institute for Healthcare Management foundation. Its about two hours. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chockley. President and ceo of foundation and im just dlieded to welcome you all here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their concern for what rising healthcare costs do to americans. And the need to increase value in our Healthcare System. So each of them will present their own ideas of how to increase value or how they are increasing value in the Healthcare System. A nonprofit nonpartisan organization. And we believe by bringing people together with different perspectives, we can improve healthcare through evidence and collaboration. We have a wonderful audience today. I recognize some of y
Administration, cash sunscene, talked about his new book. Representatives from twitter, facebook and google testified before congress tuesday. As to russias influence on the 2016 elections. On wednesday, two hearings, live on cspan3, 9 30 achl eastern the Senate Intelligence committee. At 2 p. M. , hear testimony from sean edgette of twitter and kent and walker, general counsel for google. Watch them live, online or listen live on the free cspan radio app. A panel of healthcare policy officials shared their views on lowering costs while trying to maintain quality. Topics included changes in payment models and transitioning from a fee for service to a valuebased reimbursement system. This was hosted foundation. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chalkly. Im delighted to welcome you here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their