Its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all get cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch a very important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say word about that but first i want to recognize some very distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of our Organization Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice who was here with us. [applause] and youll be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour. She will be one of our conversationalists. Our other cochair, harvard ever does professor, could not be here with his buddies very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to our former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill cohen and mrs. Janet cohen. Welcome secretary. Janet, welcome. [applause] i want to pay tribute to one of i think one of the people who for me a bodies bipartisanship whos involved in every effort to
Became the highlight of the century. We will be looking at this story of the higher, and faster and farther of aviation, but first i want to talk about the Aerospace Museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year between the National Mall building, and so looking at the story of the atmosphere that i am working in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft. 67 are on display in the National Mall building and what is supporting the artifacts is 67,000 small and medium artifacts, but what we will talk about today is the story of higher, faster and farther which is seen as a cliche throughout the history of aviation, but it has a real meaning to it. And in which we look at the people who made the quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. And so, the idea of flying the highest altitude and the fastest speed and the longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane, and also the invention of the Wright Brothers and what t
Electronics association and the intelligence and National Security alliance. Thank you. I was going to try and get you fired up here because the initial plenary session, we were a little bit subdued. So i want you to feel free to get enthusiastic here. We have a great panel coming. Lots of cheer for them. We are going to have a great discussion. So welcome back. Before we jump into this next session, let me remind everyone that for the plenaries here in the maryland ballroom you can email questions to the panel. And pope flee we will have a logo up that says questions intel summit. Org. By the miracle of technology they are going to appear on an ipad with vince. Vince, if you didnt get the word at some point larry is going to tell you last question. Okay . So it is now my pleasure to introduce the moderator of our Defense Intelligence plenary, Lieutenant General vincent stewart, u. S. Marine corps come on, come on [ applause ] retired. Thats the part i was waiting for. [ laughter ] and
That for the plenaries here and the maryland ball room, you can email questions to the panel. And hopefully well have a logo up that says questions intelsummit. Org. Lair is going to get your questions. By the miracle of technology, theyre going to appear on an ipad with vince here. Vince, if you didnt get the word, at some point larrys going to tell you last question, okay . So, its now my pleasure to introduce the moderator of our Defense Intelligence plenary Lieutenant General vincent stewart, u. S. Marine corps come on, come on retired. Thats the part i was waiting for. And vince is the founder and ceo of stewart global solutions, an International Consulting firm. He retired from the u. S. Marine corps in april of this year after more than 38 years of service to the nation. So, join me in thanking vince for his service. A career intelligence officer, vince served as the 20th director of the Intelligence Agency where he was the first africanamerican, the first jamaican american, and
Help, need more credentials , need moreskills to survive in the current economy. Watch after words at 9 pm eastern on the tv on the cspan2. The pentagon wants to put more money into developing emerging technologies, asking congress for an additional 8 billion nextbudget year. Defense Department Intelligence officials recently talked about why they have put in the Largest Research and Development Budget request in 70 years. The our 10 minute was hosted by the armed forces indications and Electronic Association and the intelligence and National Security alliance area. Thank you. I was going to try and get you fired up here because those initial plenary sessions were a little bit subdued so i want you to feel free to get enthusiastic here. We got a great coming so lots of cheering for them and are going to have a great discussion. So welcome back. Before we jump into this next session, but he reminded everyone that for the plenary share and the maryland ballroom, you can email questions t