Kenow today. He currently serves as ceo of Business Executives for National Security. He joined there in january 2020 following 39 years of distinguished military service and served for three years as the commander of the u. S. Central command and he prior to serving as the commander of Central Command he commanded the u. S. Special Operations Command and the special joint Operations Command in addition to his current role as the executives for National Security he is also a distinguished senior fellow in National Security at the middle Eastern Institute and we have the president of the middle east institute here. He has got to talk about the theme that has come up through other discussions this morning, which we are all aware of but werent exactly sure what to think about and i think a moment about 30 minutes we will know exactly what to think about it, about how we should think about Great Power Competition in the gulf so. Im delighted to introduce general joseph votel. He sent to th
Kenow today. He currently serves as ceo of Business Executives for National Security. He joined there in january 2020 following 39 years of distinguished military service and served for three years as the commander of the u. S. Central command and he prior to serving as the commander of Central Command he commanded the u. S. Special Operations Command and the special joint Operations Command in addition to his current role as the executives for National Security he is also a distinguished senior fellow in National Security at the middle Eastern Institute and we have the president of the middle east institute here. He has got to talk about the theme that has come up through other discussions this morning, which we are all aware of but werent exactly sure what to think about and i think a moment about 30 minutes we will know exactly what to think about it, about how we should think about Great Power Competition in the gulf so. Im delighted to introduce general joseph votel. He sent to th
Hearings, there are many experts who would contend the complexity of the geopolitics that led to the u. S. Retreat from europe created an opening for putin and the ukraine. Clearly we must closely coordinate with our european friends for the sanctions against russia to work but i think without any doubt we can all agree on one point and that is that the United States must take the lead. I believe the administration the legislation passed with unanimous consent in both houses of congress. It authorized the president to provide much needed military and humanitarian aid to ukraine and imposes additional sanctions against russia. This legislation was necessary in december. And it is certainly necessary today. Now, we all want a diplomatic solution. But this can only come about when at the cost of continuing to ravage ukraine is simply too high. Providing nonlethal equipment like night vision goggles is all well and good. Giving ukrainians the ability to see russians coming, but not the wea
It comes back operationally, we do tolerate failure. The first thing in the field, this is not a zero mentality. People make mistakes. Theres fog and friction and we reward innovation and i think it exists. Constitutional ly institutionally, its a little harder. But in the acquisition realm the processes are not they grind on so its not that they dont reward innovation. Its that innovation and new ideas dont naturally arise from it because theres a risk aversion. Everybody wants a piece of it, they want to add their requirement to it. Its hard to get the process right. Intellectual intellectually, you read other things, you read small wars journal, every major interesting piece that are at odds often with what the secretary and the chief are saying. Thats a great thing. And the army has this incredible ferment. Do those people stay in the army . Are they punished for . I never really sayee that. The army is a culture, and so i have no doubt we have certain cultural biases. We try to no
It creates that kind of opportunity. Chicago, but also across the city. I do not want to see this. I do not want this to turn into you are older members preaching fires. That is wasting her time. I have seen it held to the fire. You are wasting time asking us about our commitment. You ought to know about what has happened. And tryto stay on point to deal with the agenda. We will talk about solutions. Let me ask you this. From thequestion national pta. Called the National Emergency summits. July 4ke about the weekend here in chicago, 1000. This is about Immediate Intervention. What Immediate Intervention do you suggest or support to help protect our men today and tomorrow while we provide the longterm intervention. Work and athis from home. Would you recommend military protection . It is an emergency summits. Today . S used i will tell you what i suggest. Every block should have a lockup. Every block should have a block club. The problem starts at the local level. Interaction to deal wi