I am the senior president for asia and japan chair here. Before we get started we have to do a brief safety announcement. About 10 fourstar admirals and generals in the room. This former boy scout will be in charge if there is a need to evacuate. We will head out and had around the corner. We will head out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation. There should be headsets on your chair and if you have any problems just wave and somebody will come help you. Leave them on the chair when you are finished. Then weake them home will send the new Defense Force Rapid Deployment force to your house to retrieve them tonight. Eight here to hear from distinguished former flag officers from the United States and japan who participated in this years u. S. Japan military stasis forum which was established by the asiapacific initiative. We will tell you what we have been up to the past couple of days. Is very wellknown in washington and around the world. He is an awardwinning journalist, columni
Alliance with regional and Global Security challenges, this is from hosted by the International Strategic studies. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for coming. Its friday afternoon in august and you know, im delighted that your Summer Vacation plans include csis, but its really a testament to how important, influential and respected our panel today is. Im the senior vicepresident for asia and japan here csis at georgetown. Before we get started we always do a brief safety announcement. And we have about ten fourstar admirals and generals in the room, but this former boy scout will be in charge. If there is a need to evacuate and ill let you know, but well head out and head around the corner to National Geographic down 17th street. Out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation and there should be headsets on your chair. If you have a problem, wave and someone will help you. Please leave them on the chair, if you take them home wed send the new
Everybody. We are really glad you were here. For those of us joining online and certainly in person, welcome to the second installment of the Strategic Landpower dialogue. On general bob brown i am general bob brown. We cannot do it without the support of General Dynamics make in this series happen. Thank you for the great support to make this possible. He opened up the first Strategic Landpower dialogue a few weeks ago, pointing out the longoverdue need to have a forum like this to discuss Strategic Landpower. We could not have picked a better kickoff event than having secretary wormuth and now confirmed chief of staff randy george. They did a great first job on the dialogue. But there is no better way to follow up than getting general Charlie Flynn, commanding general big u. S. Army pacific, an incredible war fighter and pacific expert, here to discuss the role of land power. I saw when i was u. S. Army Pacific Commander that the indopacific is a region where we most fall victim to t
Everybody. We are really glad you were here. For those of us joining online and certainly in person, welcome to the second installment of the Strategic Landpower dialogue. On general bob brown i am general bob brown. We cannot do it without the support of General Dynamics make in this series happen. Thank you for the great support to make this possible. He opened up the first Strategic Landpower dialogue a few weeks ago, pointing out the longoverdue need to have a forum like this to discuss Strategic Landpower. We could not have picked a better kickoff event than having secretary wormuth and now confirmed chief of staff randy george. They did a great first job on the dialogue. But there is no better way to follow up than getting general Charlie Flynn, commanding general big u. S. Army pacific, an incredible war fighter and pacific expert, here to discuss the role of land power. I saw when i was u. S. Army Pacific Commander that the indopacific is a region where we most fall victim to t
Foreign policy achievements of barack obama and the legacy of michelle obama. Exploring the american story, watch American History tv saturdays on cspan 2. Find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online any time at cspan. Org history. Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. Were funded by these Television Companies and more. Including cox. When youre connected, youre not alone. Cox, supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers. Getting you a front row seat to democracy. U. S. Army pacific commanding general Charles Flynn spoke about challenges in the indopacific region during a conversation hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Gen. Brown good mornin, everybody. We are really glad you were here. For those of us joining online and certainly in person, welcome to the second installment of the strategic landpower dialogue. On general bob brown i am general bob brown. We cannot