And i welcome you to this if it today. The commander of u. S. Space command and commander of air force Space Command at Peterson Space of course at colorado. Were so lucky to have them join us public conversation with doctors and who director security project here. In general is going to speak first. And then well have a moderated conversation followed by an audience q a. There are very few things that can be considered bipartisan nature in washington so concern over space as base threats are one of those as i hope you dont try me and walking me the general. [applause] thank you i greatly appreciate the invitation and more portly for your leadership. I was enjoying coming to csis. I have to apologize to the team because i always get more out of these engagements that i give. It is a great and i hope that well get to that. While the group really good conversation and some things i can take away and i continue to work on. About three years ago, a little over three years ago, right before
Were so lucky to have them join us public conversation with doctors and who director security project here. In general is going to speak first. And then well have a moderated conversation followed by an audience q a. There are very few things that can be considered bipartisan nature in washington so concern over space as base threats are one of those as i hope you dont try me and walking me the general. [applause] thank you i greatly appreciate the invitation and more portly for your leadership. I was enjoying coming to csis. I have to apologize to the team because i always get more out of these engagements that i give. It is a great and i hope that well get to that. While the group really good conversation and some things i can take away and i continue to work on. About three years ago, a little over three years ago, right before he took the commander position. Since i past held a dinner series when we brought folks and to talk about the challenges in space. I always marvel if i was p
The committee will come to orde order. Thank you all for coming today and for our witnesses for joining us as we examine the current state of the us russia relationship to deal with the Russian Federation. Its time to assess our relationship as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events leading to the collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wal wall, solidarity selection victory in poland many former soviet states with prosperous democracies with memberships in the eu. Mister putin has taken russia down a darker path many suffer while oligarchs enrich themselves russia make sure only kremlin approved officials make the cut with those who military and organization in those outlets the russian people are inhumanely present and tortured to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russian Federation make it painful for the average russian but also makes it harder for those around the world he has meddled in american intellections sewing chaos propping up the
Working. This is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to orde order. Thank you all for coming today and for our witnesses for joining us as we examine the current state of the us russia relationship to deal with the Russian Federation. Its time to assess our relationship as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events leading to the collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wal wall, solidarity selection victory in poland many former soviet states with prosperous democracies with memberships in the eu. Mister putin has taken russia down a darker path many suffer while oligarchs enrich themselves russia make sure only kremlin approved officials make the cut with those who military and organization in those outlets the russian people are inhumanely present and tortured to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russian Federation make it painful for the average russian but also makes it harder for those around the w
And its my pleasure to welcome you to this event today featuring general john raymond whose command of u. S. Space command, and command of air force Space Command in colorado. We are lucky to have him join us for a public conversation with todd harrison, director of airspace security project here at csis and general raymond is going to speak first and then they will have moderated conversation following by audience q a. There are very few things that are considered bipartisan nature in washington but concern over space and space threats are one of those and so i hope you will join me in welcoming general raymond. Thank you. Greatly appreciate the invitation and more importantly thanks for your leadership and wise counsel. I always enjoy coming to csis and had to apologize to the csis team because i always get more out of these engagements that idea. A great, id hope will get to that, have a really good conversation and are some things i could take away and continued to work on. I will