Very nice to see you its an honor to welcome you to the aspen insecurity for him. Youre probably the busiest person on the planet these days. I just want to say to welcome you what an honor it is for us ladies and gentlemen the 27 secretary of defense he has been for the past year and previously secretary of the army. Very distinguished record of Public Service activeduty after graduation from west point for ten years and then the reserve for 11 years. We look forward to a good conversation. I thank you have met our moderator before as a mutual friend of ours. From Bridgewater Associates he also has a distinguished career Public Service as under secretary of treasury and even i Work Together while we were in these two roles also a graduate of west point not the same year of secretary esper but at the same time. I will turn this over to you. Thank you. Secretary esper thank you for joining us today growing up in western pennsylvania and carry throughout your great career. I dressed appr
Recent threats from militia extremists and accelerationists, including the Boogaloo Movement, who seek to accelerate society toward violent collapse. Anything that is threatening institutions, we also look at it. That is what we are doing today. It is incredibly irrelevant to me which groups we look at so long that we are looking at the principal ones that threaten peoples lives. Some of these Extremist Movements stream from ideologies that are decades old. Others are both having new. Others are relatively new. These threats range from decentralized and leaderless accelerationist networks to more structured militia groups. Antigovernment extremism is one of the Common Threads, but we often see overlap with antiimmigrant, antisemitic, antiblack, antimuslim ideologies as well, bringing these extremists into common cause with others who are extremist in nature. We have an opportunity to discuss the current Threat Landscape from these movements so we can develop an understanding of how the
Public service activeduty after graduation from west point for ten years and then the reserve for 11 years. We look forward to a good conversation. I thank you have met our moderator before as a mutual friend of ours. From Bridgewater Associates he also has a distinguished Career Public Service as under secretary of treasury and even i Work Together while we were in these two roles also a graduate of west point not the same year of secretary esper but at the same time. I will turn this over to you. Thank you. Secretary esper thank you for joining us today growing up in western pennsylvania and carry throughout your great career. I dressed appropriately so were glad to have you here. Will turn it over to and then have a conversation. Thank you for that. Im glad to see you and that youre both doing well. So to say a few things up front to set the stage when i was confirmed over one year ago with the National Defense strategy. We are now in the era of great competition our chief competito
Affecting the end extremist. Acceleration is, including politics. Theres not something on the left, theres something on the right. Ititt, involves violence, offeng society, writingpr institutions that we ought to look at. Its incredibly relevant today with groups we look at, the principal ones that occur in peoples lives. This comes from ideology that decades old, others are relatively new. Decentralized acceleration structured militia groups. Antigovernmentle extremism is oe of the common threatsc, doesnt overlap, anti black, anti muslim, extremist into common cause with others extremist in nature. We have a collective opportunity to discuss the threat sose we cn develop an understanding of how they flourish ins our communitis and in online spaces. Weve seen horrific acts of violence recently, a man in texas arrested after streaming on Facebook Live searching for Law Enforcement officers to ambush. In june, a man california shot and killed in w protective serve officer in wounded one
Greetings and salyut asian all right lets start this party off with a bang with one of the most Important News stories currently taking place in these United States of america im talking of course about the trumpet administrations deployment of armed fatigue clad teams of identified federal agents to major u. S. Cities like portland and chicago under the guise of protecting federal property these agents have snatched us citizens off the streets in the dead of night never used Blunt Force Trauma chemical weapons upon mothers fathers and military veterans for simply exercising their right of freedom of speech and assembly and tragically it appears that the checks and balances that normally prevent one branch of the u. S. Government from taking actions like these do not see. Seem to be working at all on friday u. S. District judge Michael Mosley mn should strike down or going to turn in general Allen Rosenblum request for a temporary restraining order against the federal forces operating