Announced events. First, during this anniversary year, the mission will be renaming its executive Conference Room after madeleine albright, our 64th secretary of state. Many of you knew her. I you did. And the first woman to ever, ever serve in that role in the United States. Now, as many of you know, secretary played a crucial role in advocating for nato enlargement, leading to the inclusion of several central and Eastern European countries. She also natos involvement, conflict resolution and peacekeeping peacekeeping efforts, particularly during the balkan wars of the 1990s. Albrights diplomatic finesse and Strategic Vision strengthen natos role as a cornerstone of transatlantic security cooperation, and it is so fitting that we honor her tonight, particularly with so many of my u. S. Colleagues here that had a very close and special relationship with secretary albright, including blinken and former jim obrien, jamie rubin and susie george, among others. Second, id like to draw your
Many of you knew her. I you did. And the first woman to ever, ever serve in that role in the United States. Now, as many of you know, secretary played a crucial role in advocating for nato enlargement, leading to the inclusion of several central and Eastern European countries. She also natos involvement, conflict resolution and peacekeeping peacekeeping efforts, particularly during the balkan wars of the 1990s. Albrights diplomatic finesse and Strategic Vision strengthen natos role as a cornerstone of transatlantic security cooperation, and it is so fitting that we honor her tonight, particularly with so many of my u. S. Colleagues here that had a very close and special relationship with secretary albright, including blinken and former jim obrien, jamie rubin and susie george, among others. Second, id like to draw your attention to a very unique that weve borrowed from the nato archives, and this one might surprise you a little bit. Natos first cookbook. Yes, thats right. Cookbook. You
Announced events. First, during this anniversary year, the mission will be renaming its executive Conference Room after madeleine albright, our 64th secretary of state. Many of you knew her. I you did. And the first woman to ever, ever serve in that role in the United States. Now, as many of you know, secretary played a crucial role in advocating for nato enlargement, leading to the inclusion of several central and Eastern European countries. She also natos involvement, conflict resolution and peacekeeping peacekeeping efforts, particularly during the balkan wars of the 1990s. Albrights diplomatic finesse and Strategic Vision strengthen natos role as a cornerstone of transatlantic security cooperation, and it is so fitting that we honor her tonight, particularly with so many of my u. S. Colleagues here that had a very close and special relationship with secretary albright, including blinken and former jim obrien, jamie rubin and susie george, among others. Second, id like to draw your
Renaming its executive Conference Room after madeleine albright, our 64th secretary of state. Many of you knew her. I know you did. And the first woman to ever serve in that role in the United States. Now, as many of you know, secretary albright played a crucial role in advocating for nato enlargement, leading to the inclusion of several central and Eastern European countries. She also championed natos involvement in conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts, particularly during the balkan wars of the 1990s. Albrights diplomatic success and Strategic Vision strengthened natos role as a cornerstone of transatlantic Security Cooperation and it is so fitting that we honor her tonight, particularly with so many of my u. S. Colleagues here that had a very close and special relationship with secretary albright, including secretary blinken and former colleagues jim obrien, jamie reuben and suzy george among others. Second, id like to draw your attention to a very unique item that weve borr
Charter communications supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to democracy. Remarks now from the u. S. Ambassador to nato, Julianne Smith. She and Foreign Policy analysts are commemorating the 75th anniversary of nato at Georgetown University. Live coverage on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] all righty. Welcome to the nato 75 charting a new course conference. Posted by the Georgian Center for Security Studies and sponsored by the institute for the studies diplomacy, the bmw seven for german and European Studies, and the European Center for International Affairs. Our program and will begin shortly. Please take a moment silence any cell phones and a reminder we follow georgian universities