[applause] thank you very much. C with him back to the afternoon session of the National Security forum. My name is juan zarate and im the chairman of ft center and sanctions and finance but if you are here morning i was privileged to be able to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation and i hope you did as well. Bear in mind that we are not just people in this room, great goodlooking crowd by the way but we are being livestream so we need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoon session and first of all kudos to have ftd and cliff may in the whole team for settling this discussion with two of the most important if not the most important figures in National Security is circling now with the National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster with us this afternoon so a real honor and privilege i think for olivas to have general mcmaster with us today. I have been asked to introduce general mcmas
Countering Global Security threats. This is an hour and ten minutes. Please be seated. Welcome back to the afternoon session of ftds National Security forum. My name is juan sa rotty, chairman of ftds center on sanctions and illicit finance. If you were here this morning, i was privileged to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. I hope you did as well. Bear in mind that we are not just the people in this room, great, good looking crowd, by the way, but were being live streamed, so we need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session. And, first of all, kudos to fdd and cliff may and the whole team for assembling this discussion with two of the most important, if not the most important figures in National Security, certainly with now the National Security advisor, h. R. Mcmaster, with us this amp. Is so a real oven and privilege, i think, for all of us to have general mcmaster
Welcome back to the afternoon session of the National Security forum. My name is juan zarate, if you were here this morning i was privileged to be sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. I hope you did as well. Bear in mind were not just the people in the room, great, good looking crowd, but were being livestreamed so we need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session and kudos to the whole team for assembling this discussion with two of the most important, if not the most important figures in National Security, certainly with now the National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster with us this afternoon. So, a real honor and privilege, i think, for all of us to have general mcmaster with us today. Ive been asked to introduce general mcmaster as well as mark who will conduct the interview. Mark as you know is the ceo for foundation of defendings and democracies, one of the great min
Threats. He also briefly took questions including one about the niger attack that left four u. S. Soldiers dead. Good afternoon. Please be seated. Welcome back. Im the chairman of ftds center on sanctions and elicit finance. If you were here this morning, ways privilege tobd able to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. I hope did you as well. Bear in mind that we are not just the people in this room. Great good looking crowd, by the way. But were being live streamed. So we need to be on our best behavior. I hlt honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session. Kudos to fdd and cliff may and the whole team for asem am blg this discussion with two of the most important if not the most important figures in National Security. Certainly with now the National Security adviser hr mcmaster with us this afternoon. So a real honor and privilege i think for all of us to have general mcmaster with us today. Ive been asked toinlt deuce ge
Welcome back. Im the chairman of ftds center on sanctions and elicit finance. If you were here this morning, ways privilege tobd able to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. I hope did you as well. Bear in mind that we are not just the people in this room. Great good looking crowd, by the way. But were being live streamed. So we need to be on our best behavior. I hlt honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session. Kudos to fdd and cliff may and the whole team for asem am blg this discussion with two of the most important if not the most important figures in National Security. Certainly with now the National Security adviser hr mcmaster with us this afternoon. So a real honor and privilege i think for all of us to have general mcmaster with us today. Ive been asked toinlt deuce general mcmaster as well as Mark Dubowitz who will conduct the interview. Mark is the ceo of the foundation for defensive democracies. One of the gre