safety of our citizens, for the defense of our democracy and for the security of our world. so we re going to do our part. we ll meet the challenges of the 21st century, but we will face them with fortitude and not fear. democracy has always been our road map to success and security, and i wouldn t trade it for anyone else s. thank you very much. [applause] arthel: well, in less than 30 minutes secretary austin delivered a pretty he was i speech there hefty the speech there ending with the goal of america to transform the way that we cobusiness, to connect with new talent who who will help the u.s. to win the a.i. revolution which will maintain military edge in the world. and he began, of course, on the