[applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. And this lecture series which is , about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which you know, needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield and with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners and the future military leaders from around the world, a place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with a
A gentleman for whom i have tremendous respect in the field of military history more widely. We share a great interest in the First World War and have both done work in that era. His work is not at all limited can see war i as you today, but to world war ii and other conflicts in American Military history. The militarynth museum and library a joint awarded him the Military Museum and Library Literature award for Lifetime Achievement in military writing. I cannot think of anybody who deserves it more. [applause] thanks very much, ed. Are you ready to take to the air . Are you tired of being on the ground . Have you had enough no . You are about to get more but from above. Look above you. T51, but it is in the insignia and colors of the 15th air force, not the eighth. There is a b17 somewhere up there. I told the panel that if i got high enough on what they discussed, i would fly the damn thing. Be ready for a tremendous performance. It could get very physical, not just scholarly. But i
[applause] thank you. This lecture series has been ongoing almost since the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series in the library. This is probably my last introduction because i have been drafted by the president. Some of you can identify with that. To go to washington to save the republic, which needs saving. Say, theys like to command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware. It plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield. And with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our and futurepartners military leaders from around the world. A place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with the future defense minister from india were a future commander of the Israeli Defense force might meet the future commander of the arab legion. Communication has been incubated. It
Additional funding is provid by. Corporate funding is provided by. David miliband, welcome to firing line. Good to be with yoaret. You are the president and the ceo of the International Rescue committee, Global Relief organition that was founded by Albert Einstein in 1930. Hard to do better than that, can you . No, i dont think so. Ar yoalso the former foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and a member former member of the labour party in parliament. I first must ask you about developments in the news this week. President trump ordered the killing of Iran Quds Force Major General soleim last week. Had to say about it. Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attackson merican diplomats and military personnel. T we caught him in thect and terminated him. In your opinion, was President Trump co to do this . Well, obviously, we havent seen the evidence that President Trump referred to, in terms of the imminent attack on u. S. Forceset or on u. S. A is obviously whatuestion the conse
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