Telecommunication policy conference in washington at the National Press club. Thats where fcc chair pie was joined by Administration Officials and leaders. Well show you about three hours of this conference and well start with the discussion on the future of the internet. Okay. Well, everyone is so quiet that i think we should get started. That was really that was really good. Im randy may, president of the Free State Foundation, and im pleased to welcome you to the Free State Foundations ninth annual Telecom Policy conference. I want to extend an especially warm welcome to our cspan audience. Im a selfconfessed cspan junkie. Some of you may have heard me say that before. My mom, may she rest in peace, she always worried when i told her i was a cspan junkie, not really knowing what i meant by that, but im always pleased and grateful when cspan is here, and welcome to the cspan audience. This years annual Conference Follows on the heels of the tenth Anniversary Gala last december. So wi
At the reagan president ial library in california, former defense secretaries dick cheney and leon panetta talks about donald trumples policies. This was part of the Reagan National defense forum. Its an hour and 15 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Panel Session eight. Former secretaries of defense, sses the state of our national defense, where we are and where we need to go. Please welcome barbara starr, cnn pentagon correspondent. [applause] i guess they are not going to introduce us. [laughter] the Vice President of the United States. [applause] are we taking a picture . You all know the other two guys. [laughter] alright. Here we go. We are taking a group picture, against my will. Let me set the stage for this session. I have standing room only and i guarantee that nobody is here to hear what i have to think. Well have a very, interesting session. Uspect he had and i think i suspect. Barbara like most of the things i do, this is special to me because i do is a long time, v
At the reagan president ial library in california, former defense secretaries dick cheney and leon panetta talks about donald trumples policies. This was part of the Reagan National defense forum. Its an hour and 15 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Panel Session eight. Former secretaries of defense, sses the state of our national defense, where we are and where we need to go. Please welcome barbara starr, cnn pentagon correspondent. [applause] i guess they are not going to introduce us. [laughter] the Vice President of the United States. [applause] are we taking a picture . You all know the other two guys. [laughter] alright. Here we go. We are taking a group picture, against my will. Let me set the stage for this session. I have standing room only and i guarantee that nobody is here to hear what i have to think. Well have a very, interesting session. Uspect he had and i think i suspect. Barbara like most of the things i do, this is special to me because i do is a long time, v
At the reagan president ial library in california, former defense secretaries dick cheney and leon panetta talks about donald trumples policies. This was part of the Reagan National defense forum. Its an hour and 15 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Panel Session eight. Former secretaries of defense, sses the state of our national defense, where we are and where we need to go. Please welcome barbara starr, cnn pentagon correspondent. [applause] i guess they are not going to introduce us. [laughter] the Vice President of the United States. [applause] are we taking a picture . You all know the other two guys. [laughter] alright. Here we go. We are taking a group picture, against my will. Let me set the stage for this session. I have standing room only and i guarantee that nobody is here to hear what i have to think. Well have a very, interesting session. Uspect he had and i think i suspect. Barbara like most of the things i do, this is special to me because i do is a long time, v
International Affairs Committee and the Bard International Affairs Program will commute to this session. We have had an incredibly interesting conversation about the state of the nation and we are moving into challenging territory which our chair cedric more will take you through. But let me mention something about the choice of today. Today being april first. There were a few chuckles, april fools day, why would you do it . But in fact april fools day is the perfect day for a conversation of this kind because as you know, the role of the full was to speak truth to power. And, it is not just speaking truth to the powerful but the power can reside in conventional ideas and assumptions. We won in to challenge it in a an open and respectful way. I am going to introduce the panel but i want to Say Something about the process. You notice there are two empty chairs. These chairs belong to you in the audience, at least temporarily. Because the process invite you to join me table at some point