We are really excited to have them here. They know what is going to happen in this summit because everything is worked out. I dont know how much theyre going to share with us but i suspect it will be a good session. It will be a conversation led by Chris Johnstone who leads our japan program. So can i ask you for your very enthusiastic applause, welcome, ambassador yamada and ambassador emanuel. Thank you, doctor. Thank you for joining us. Thanks to all of you for being here today. I am Senior Advisor and japan chair. We will have a 30 minute or so conversation up here and try to open things up for a question or two at the end. So let me start. This is the First Official visit of a japanese Prime Minister to the white house since 2015. These visits are a big deal. I think this is only the fifth that the Biden Administration has done since it took office. Theyre a prime opportunity to showcase progress in the relationship and highlight the importance of the alliance. I would like to off
We are really excited to have them here. They know what is going to happen in this summit because everything is worked out. I dont know how much theyre going to share with us but i suspect it will be a good session. It will be a conversation led by Chris Johnstone who leads our japan program. So can i ask you for your very enthusiastic applause, welcome, ambassador yamada and ambassador emanuel. Thank you, doctor. Thank you for joining us. Thanks to all of you for being here today. I am Senior Advisor and japan chair. We will have a 30 minute or so conversation up here and try to open things up for a question or two at the end. So let me start. This is the First Official visit of a japanese Prime Minister to the white house since 2015. These visits are a big deal. I think this is only the fifth that the Biden Administration has done since it took office. Theyre a prime opportunity to showcase progress in the relationship and highlight the importance of the alliance. I would like to off
[inaudible conversations] good morning everybody. Welcome. Its a Beautiful Day in the start up with going to be a really exciting week. I want to say thank you to all of you for coming. Delighted to have you here. And let me just say last week we released a report in the armitage series and id like you to take a look at it but its looking at the next step we can take in strengthening its alliance. Its a remarkable accomplishment in these last years we have succeeded at a high point. Its really been remarkable whats been accomplished during his tenure and we are excited to have him here especially having a speech in front of the joint session of congress. Thats really rare so thats exciting time. We were very fortunate to have two ambassadors here in buster yamada and ambassador rahm emanuel. They have been working hard for the last three weeks. He said he was out running the marathon this weekend and that explains a lot why hes fit and trim. [laughter] but we are excited to have him he
We are really excited to have them here. They know what is going to happen in this summit because everything is worked out. I dont know how much theyre going to share with us but i suspect it will be a good session. It will be a conversation led by Chris Johnstone who leads our japan program. So can i ask you for your very enthusiastic applause, welcome, ambassador yamada and ambassador emanuel. Thank you, doctor. Thank you for joining us. Thanks to all of you for being here today. I am Senior Advisor and japan chair. We will have a 30 minute or so conversation up here and try to open things up for a question or two at the end. So let me start. This is the First Official visit of a japanese Prime Minister to the white house since 2015. These visits are a big deal. I think this is only the fifth that the Biden Administration has done since it took office. Theyre a prime opportunity to showcase progress in the relationship and highlight the importance of the alliance. I would like to off
Cspan. Org landmark cases. Earlier today u. S. Northern commander general Lori Robinson and Southern Commander testified on their operations including how they handled the threat of Ballistic Missile attacks and whats being continue to combat the opioid drug crisis. Speaking before the Senate Arms Services committee this is an hour and 50 minutes. We will call the meeting to order. Were going to receive testimony from two of my favorite people, general Lori Robinson. I have to say i taught her everything she knows from when she was Wing Commander at Tinker Air Force base in oklahoma, and from kurt ted, commander for the u. S. Southern command. I think there is a lot of overlap. Weve talked all three of us have talked about this between the north and the south command, and i think thats one reason senator mccain would want to have these meetings together. The new National Defense strategy and the nds identifies in protecting the homeland sustaining american advantages in the western hem