Our views online and those watching on cspan today. Im the founder and president of fdd and im a pleased to welcou to our event today, ruthless prioritization, the armys realization of the National Defense strategy. We are honored today to host acting secretary of the army ryan mccarthy. Thank you so much for coming again. Working overtime to the road americas military power, to threaten our interests and those who are our allies. In the light of these challenges and to support the National Defense strategy the army has achieved commendable progress on readiness, minimization and reform over the last couple years but the threats remain significant and the budgets remain finite. There is much more work to do, and we are ready to reform this effort. As many of you in our audience know we are focused exclusively on National Security and foreign policy. We are nonpartisan and accept no funds from foreign governments, never have and never will. This event is hosted by ftd center on military