Talked about u. S. Military strength in a discussion at the Heritage Foundation. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome all of you here in the auditorium and everyone online, as well. Its a great pleasure for us to be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for some type teleworking. But this is my first day back for a while. Im very pleased to be back here today for this very important hl Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for sometime teleworking but this is my first day back for a while but im very pleased to be back here today for this very important event. Of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of military strength. Now this is the seventh addition of the index. And the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open source and authoritative assessment of Ame
Foundations executive Vice President dr. Kim holmes. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome to all of you here in the auditorium and everyone online as well. Its a great pleasure for us to be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. We have been away for some time teleworking. This is my first day back for a while, but i am very pleased to be back here today for this very important event of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of u. S. Military strength. This is the seventh addition of the index and the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. It is to provide both the leaders of this country and also premierican public a opensource and authoritative assessment of Americas Armed forces and their ability to protect the nation. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open
Be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for some type teleworking. But this is my first day back for a while. Im very pleased to be back here today for this very important hl Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for sometime teleworking but this is my first day back for a while but im very pleased to be back here today for this very important event. Of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of military strength. Now this is the seventh addition of the index. And the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open source and authoritative assessment of Americas Armed forces and their ability to protect the nation. On i think that weve not only achieved that ball but we have continued with this effort this years addition is the best ever. In addition to its usual breadth of subjects our index alw
Exactly that up to this very moment. In a few minutes, we will hear from the 71st secretary of state, antony blinken. He has served as a secretary of state, Principal Deputy National Security advisor, as a Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff director, many other positions in the u. S. Government. He will be joined by the distinguished u. S. Senator mitt romney representing utah. Senator romney is a former governor for massachusetts, the founder of the bain company. He was a president ial candidate in 2012 and famously pointed out that russia was a threat that we needed to prioritize as the number one threat to america. These are two statesmen who are leading the fight to protect the United States today. They are protecting our interests, our security, and our democracy both at home and abroad. Secretary blinken, as many of you know, just returned from china and from the middle east, so we have the privilege of hearing firsthand about his work and the challenges and perhaps some pr
At cspanshop. Org. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was interviewed by Utah Republican Mitt Romney at a recent forum hosted by the mccain institute. The secretary answered questions about the israelhamas war, competition with china, and the ongoing conflict between ukraine and russia. This is just over an hour. I was at munichs security conference when ms. Navalnys mother got news that her husband was killed, and i have never seen a woman stronger, with more grace, more dignity up against the world stage then misses navalny was that day and in the days and weeks after that than mrs. And was that day and in the days and weeks after that. She humbled me. Those of us who have suffered loss understand what that means, but to suffer loss in the way they did it is extremely impactful, so i just want you to know your mother is a real inspiration to me because she was strong, dedicated, and i watched her move those few days in munich like nothing else. Shes amazing. My job is to welcome all o