Jim slife attorney commander general jim slife. I am really happy to welcome general james slife, commander of air force special Operations Command. Welcome. For those of you who dont know a lot about air force special Operations Command, of the air force component of u. S. Special Operations Command, it has approximately 20,800 activeduty reserves and Air National Guard and civilian professionals underneath him. He was born outside detroit, michigan and grew up in hot springs, arkansas. He was commissioned through the the program and has spent majority of his career in operations and has deployed extensively long and other type of aircraft. Its great to have you. Thank you. Todayood to be with you and i appreciate the opportunity to honor offer a few remarks and i look forward to getting into the questions. As i think about the opportunities in front of us as we sit here in 2020. This is a really exciting time to be at the air force special Operations Command. Career, imck on my the f
He was born outside detroit, michigan and grew up in hot springs, arkansas. He was commissioned through the rotc program and has spent the majority of his career in operations and has deployed extensively long and other type of aircraft. Its great to have you. Lt. Gen. Slife thank you. Its good to be with you today and i appreciate the opportunity to offer a few remarks and i look forward to getting into the questions. As i think about the opportunities in front of us as we sit here in 2020, ive got to tell you, this is a really exciting time to be at the air force special Operations Command. I feel that way because as i look back on my career, im the first commander of the air force special Operations Command that has spent his entire career in an air force that has such a thing as the air force special Operations Command. I really kind of grew up and came of age during the formative years of the special Operations Forces. The 20 year period between 1980 in the failed Iranian Hostage
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The Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4th, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of ukrainian studeniranian studentd the u. S. Embassy in the wake of the iranian revolution in february of 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages on january 20th, 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 440, some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of students shoutinging antiamerican slogans and tauntingly burning the American Flag traumatized a nation and presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies as the 2012 movie, argo and they continue to weigh on the public discourse. So here, today, we want to explore this Lasting Impact on the hostage crisis a bit further and we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which
52 americans were held hostage in the u. S. Embassy in tehran. Next, the Wilson Center hosts a panel discussing how the iran hostage crisis has impacted. S. Foreign policy since then. Good morning. Welcome to the Wilson Center. My name is christian osterman, and i have the privilege to direct the history and Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of iranian students who stormed the u. S. Embassy, the combination of worsening relations between this country and iran in the wake of the iranian revolution in february 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages in 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students breaching the u. S. Embassy, shouting antiameri