my name is michael anderson and i m the board director here at the atlantic council. on behalf of the our center for strategy and security and for defense practice, i would like to welcome you to this exciting second installment of our 2022 series, a conversation with secretary christine wormuth on the national defense strategy. thank you so much for joining us today. when the atlantic council launched the series in 2009 our vision was to establish flagship speakers for the most important security challenges now and in the future. this series has been useful for defense companies like us to help us better understand challenges and priorities in order to inform our investments and partnerships, particularly when it comes to research and development, better preparing ourselves to meet huge research capability needs. today s event is the second installment in 2022. last year we were honored to kick off the series with a discussion on advancing army priorities with john whitley a
priorities during remarks at the atlantic council. she also noted a number of challenges including recruitment and the china-indo pacific region. this is one hour. welcome, everyone. my name is michael anderson and i m the board director here at the atlantic council. on behalf of the our center for strategy and security and for defense practice, i would like to welcome you to this exciting second installment of our 2022 series, a conversation with secretary christine wormuth on the national defense strategy. thank you so much for joining us today. when the in 2000 our vision was to establish flagship speakers for the most important security challenges now and in the future. this series has been useful for defense companies like us to help us better understand challenges and priorities in order to inform our investments and partnerships, particularly when it comes to research and development, better preparing ourselves to meet huge research capability needs. today s event is
thank you so much for joining us today. when the atlantic council launched the series in 2009 our vision was to establish flagship speakers for the most important security challenges now and in the future. this series has been useful for defense companies like us to help us better understand challenges and priorities in order to inform our investments and partnerships, particularly when it comes to research and development, better preparing ourselves to meet huge research capability needs. today s event is the second installment in 2022. last year we were honored to kick off the series with a discussion on advancing army priorities with john whitley and general james mcconville. general mcconville has been a frequent guest at the commander series. the year prior he featured in a discussion on adapting army operations to prevail in competition for peers. today s events will add to our further track record on army leadership engagement. we are delighted again to host the secret
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Nurse with ebola. Its the first known case of the disease being contracted in the united states. She treated the liberia man who died from the virus last week. Another person who came into close contact with the Health Care Worker has been placed in isolation. Brian webb reports. Reporter a hospital worker treating ebola patient Thomas Duncan was infected with the virus while wearing a mavgs gown, gloves, and other protective clothing. If this individual was exposed, which they were, it is possible that other vims were exposed. Reporter Health Officials believe the workers somehow breached protocol and theyre trying to determine exactly what happened. One of the areas we look at closely are things like how you take off the gear that might be infected or contaminated. Reporter the name of the female patient has not been released. Crews started cleaning outside her Apartment Building and plan to clean inside on monday. City workers went door to door handing out flyers to alert neighbors.