Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, senator tom cotten from arkansas. Part two after his keynote address as well as q a will be a lively debate on Missile Defense with joe and rebecca from the henriksen institute. We want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible so ill keep my remarks short. Washington is faced with severe challenges when it comes to missiles throughout the world. Obviously north korea is very much in the news due to the development of the short, medium and longrange missiles and the ability to actually hit the homeland at some point. Senator cotton has been at the forefront of advocating for a robust strategy. His remarks will be around 20 minutes. That will open the floor for questions for about 25 minutes. Keep in mind during the q a, the state your name and affiliation as we are on the record as you can see by the cameras. Also if time is limited, please keep your question compact and precise. With that, senator cotton. Thank you all for
Cspan. Org or listen using the cspan radio app. Now, sender tom cotton talks about u. S. Priorities following his remarks, spending and technology. This event was hosted by the center for the national interest. Time is short. Good afternoon. I serve as the director of at the center Port National interest in washington, d. C. Welcome. Those joining us on Facebook Live in cspan3. Today we present not a one part but a twopart discussion. Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me senator tom cotton from arkansas, part two will be what i hope is a lively with two others. I will keep my remarks brief. Obviously, goes without saying that washington is faced with severe challenges. Obviously, north koreas for a much in the news. The development of its short, medium, and long grange missiles. Senator cotton is at the forefront, advocating for the best strategy. His remarks will be around 20 minutes or so. After that, questions for about 25 minutes. Please remember to state your name int
All right, why dont we get w started since time is short. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is harry kazianis. Welcome to our friends here in the flesh as well as thosese joining on Facebook Live and ast well as cspan3. Today we present a real treat, not one but twopart discussion on u. S. Missile defense policy. Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me on my right, senator tom cotton from arkansas, part two after senator cottons keynote address as well as q a session a lively debate on Missile Defense with joe and rebecca from the hudson institute. Now im going to keep remarks very brief as we want to spend as much time as possible with senator cotton, obviously it goes by saying that washington faces severe challenges when it comes to missiles and proliferation of missiles throughout the world. Obviously north korea is very much in the news and the abilities to actually at some point hit the homeland. Senator cotton has been at theue forefront of advocating for a robust Miss
The question is no longer whether America needs a national missiledefense, but how and when America will end its vulnerability toballistic missile attack.