Good morning, everyone. Today i am wearing orange to observe that unjointed 21st, 2013, a High School Student from the south side of chicago marched in president obamas second inaugural parade. One week later he was shot and killed on a flagrant in chicago. Soon after his childhood friends commemorated her life by wearing orange. They chose the color because hunters wear orange in the woods to protect themselves from others. And so this day which would have been her birthday is the day that we wear orange. Every day more than 90 americans are killed you to gun violence. Thats why again, so many of us are wearing orange to Mark National gun violence awareness day. I thought it would be important for us to come together today because yesterday President Trump announced his decision to pull out of the paris climate agreement. It was a stunning abdication of American Leadership walking away from the agreement is extremely dangerous. This was my flagship issue. We all wanted to pass healthc
Mass destruction. He spoke to the Arms Control Association about the Trump Administration strategy for north korea, relations with russia and the iran nuclear agreement. Welcome back everyone. Welcome back then please find your seats so we can resume here at the Arms Control Association net annual meeting with our first keynote speaker of the day. Thank you. Once again, im darrell kimball, director of the Arms Control Association. My friends are here for our 2017 Arms Control Association annual meeting. Please to have with us today Christopher Ford whose special assistant to the president and senior director for weapons of mass instruction and counter proliferation policy at the National Security council. Chris who has extensive experience on these issues has been on the professional staff of the Senate Relations committee, banking committee, easter on the personal staff of a senator Susan Collins as her National Security advisor and before that he served at the state department as a s
Cspan picture on the road to the white house, best access to the candidates, at town Hall Meetings, speeches, rallies and meet and greets. You are taking your comments on twitter, facebook and by phone, and always every Campaign Event we cover is available on our website cspan. Org. This week president ial candidate governor Chris Christie campaigned in New Hampshire. The new Jersey Republican spoke about National Security at this twohour event in new london. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome. I used to be the executive council representing new london back when it used to be in the second district. Also the former merrimack county attorney for new london. Ive got the great pleasure of introducing to you a man who i truly believe is going to make a real difference for our nation and for all these people are in this room tonight. Until this is actually 55th town hall meeting. Im not sure if thats right. [applause] i keep telling the g
Our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. Perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around. And i had a lot of those kinds of duties while i was assigned to korea. But it was the most pleasant experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. And he then became our secretary of defense. And many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses weve ever had. Hes currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and a freeman Foley Institute of international studies. He is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at Stanford University and serves as codirector of the Nuclear Risk Reduction initiative and preventive defense project. Please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. applause what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of americas mille
Experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. And he then became our secretary of defense. And many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses weve ever had. Hes currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and a freeman Foley Institute of international studies. He is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at Stanford University and serves as codirector of the Nuclear Risk Reduction initiative and preventive defense project. Please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. applause what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of americas millery power, the uss macon island. What a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the First Responders of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the milit