Carter discussed efforts to modernize the military at the tech summit monday. To do airent decision strikes against the taliban in afghanistan. This is about an hour. Thank you for having me here, for organizing an extraordinary gathering and for riding on the airplane with me to all over the world. We do very much appreciate that. I want to thank all of you. All of you participantsss from what is america wonderful, innovative, open technology community. It is one of our countrys great strengths. I am committed to building at the pentagon and innovators throughout the nation. From the tech innovators in Silicon Valley, yes, but many other hubs and places around the country. I visited Silicon Valley four times as secretary of defense, but a week before last was with the submarine engineers in an electric boat in connecticut. It is very widespread. It is the pride of the country and the strength of the country, our entire Technology Base. As we continue building these bridges, i am also
Meet with all the time, we understand in politics that you have to say things over and over again for them to penetrate. You in the news business, we tell you once, and weve given you the news. Therefore is no longer news and we dont have to report it again. These things that matter need to be on the front page day after day. With interesting angles and different takes and new perspectives. We get some of that. I dont wnat to shortchange the journalism out there. We need more of that if we are going to get people to focus on what is important. [applause] if we could thank our panel for this clicks on american on American History tv, we will washington journal with guest craig shirley, author of reagans revolution. At 10 00 on road to the white house rewind, in 1976 Republican National convention, and a close race between gerald ford and Ronald Reagan for the nomination. Acceptancefords speech and remarks from Ronald Reagan. I believe the Republican Party has a platform that is a banner
The middle part gets more interesting and relevant for today where the secretary spends time in boston and other corporations working in the field of technology and innovation. That is what he brought with him back to the pentagon and part of what is at the core of what he is tried to do. He was a distinguished fellow at Stanford Hoover institution. He was an advisor to goldman sachs. At Harvard Kennedy school he was the professor of science and international affairs. Of a miterhe boards corporation. , longer ago, even longer ago, he had his degree from yale where he studied physics and medieval history, of course. Before he gets medieval on all of us, will let him get to his speech and hear what he has to say. A round of applause for secretary of defense. [applause] thank you, kevin, thank you for having me here and organizing and extort nearing and extort nearing gathering and writing on the airplane with me. We do very much appreciate that. I want to thank all of you. s fromyou part
Who are within the department. In the labs, schools, on the battlefield. You heard from some of them today. Our innovators, our Senior Leaders involved in both of these critical and interconnected missions. Alongside the Many Technology and business and academic leaders who joined the discussion today, they play a Critical Role in accelerating the spirit and innovation we need to maintain our edge in a complex and changing world. What i wanted to do is describe the logic of my commitment to this agenda. The actions we are taking to pursue it. Describe how these efforts and they continued creativity and engagement of so many of you will enable us to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Now, when i began my career as kevin pointed out in physics, most technology of consequence of originated in america. Much of that was sponsored i the government, articulate he the much of that was sponsored by the government particularly the , department of defense. Today we are still sponsors, but
Here today. Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for the Dallas Morning News for hosting this event. If you were up earlier today, questions of diversity in the newsroom, diversity on the panel, it is not always easy to embrace all kind of diversity in any given event, but i want to celebrate this event having done such a remarkable job of embracing ideological diversity. Eventterrific to be at an cosponsored by the george bush library, the george w. Bush president ial center. I want to put you out of your suspense. Can democracy survive . Yes. [laughter] the question were all wondering and talking about today, how . How bad is it actually. . What we do about the issue. We all know a couple basic facts. Much is a shift in how embers of each party to each other unfavorably. 1984, 60 of democrats beat on 16 democrat youd open unfavorably. Now itng percent of 43 . Perhaps, the more Interesting Data point, the one that suggests that issues are no longer ideological, but have become