Challenges that australia is facing with the wildfires that are impacting australia in such a dramatic and negative way. And they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. As well, we also are focused on the passenger list of the aircraft that was lost in iran two days ago. All of those souls are in our thoughts and in our prayers today. Im john allen. Im the president of the brookings institution. And were very honored to have you with us. Happy new year. Were very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy, who is our distinguished guest and our great ally in helping to study the future of the United States army, the defense department, and the challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was confirmed last year by the u. S. Senate, and after having served in that capacity as an acting secretary for a number of months, he has now assumed the full responsibilities on all the matters relating to our great United States army, to inc
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
New protests in hong kong. No cigar. Shinzo abes Ruling Coalition wins the upper house but has failed a getting a super majority. We will have the results of the reaction. After a volatile week, stocks closed lower on friday amidst news of mounting tensions in the persian gulf. The Federal Reserve will limit a rate cut to a quarter of a point. Sophie we are setting up for a soft start to a busy week. On thursday, we will get south korean gdp numbers, ahead of which we will get export data in about an hours time. We are moving into high gear on the earnings front, with about 200 Japanese Companies reporting this week. Watching asahi. Switching up the board to check in on oil. Persian gulf tensions are extending a rally. Theleen lets check in on first world news. The Hong Kong Government has denounced the actions of protesters who targeted chinas main headquarters in the city as a peaceful mass rally turned violent late sunday evening. Gas asfired tear demonstrators converged on beijings
John good morning, and welcome to the brookings institution. My name is john allen. I am the president of bookings and im pleased this morning to welcome our honored guest the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. General dunford has been chair of the joint chiefs of staff since 2015 and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. Generalnded all forces in afghanistan before that. Dunford and i have known each other for many years since we , were captains, in fact. And i can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion sixth marines from me at camp lejeune in north carolina. And years later in kabul we would repeat that ceremony as he took command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our countr
The brookings institution. My name is john allen. I am the president of bookings and im pleased this morning to look mauer honored guest, the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. Been chairford has of the joint chiefs of staff and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. They commanded all forces in afghanistan. General dunford and i have known each other for many years since we were captains, in fact. I can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion marines at camp lejeune in north carolina. Years later in kabul we would repeat that. He would take command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our country and to the world. In peace and in crisis and in war. And as the u. S. Navigates multi