When you are connected you are not alone. Cox supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other television next, discussing force in the creation as is 10 years a senior at this divisor to the joint chiefs of staff. He talks about quality of life for military families, military recruitment and threats from china. This is hosted by the air and space force association. Force association. Thank you to all the people joining us online and from across the globe. Its a real honor to be here with the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, susie colon lopez. They are the only airmen to serve as see agut since the position was created. He advises the chairman on all issues that impact enlisted force. That means his focus is ensuring the enlisted force is properly trained, postured and sustained. They are a true and proven warrior, who has served in every operating theater over the past 33 years. All that comes to an end when they will be succeeded by serge
Plane ticket or a visa when you could simply go to mexico and cross the border and get away like 1. 7 million others did . Big National Security failure that we will pay the price for someday. I hate to leave it on that note, but i think the optimism is often the future. If we ever do get an enforcement administration, i think you gentlemen could contribute a lot to the effort. We will. [applause] thank you. Thank you so much for taking the time to come today and to share your ideas and answer questions. I want to thank all of you in the audience were watching for attending today. Who are watching for attending today. Cspans washington journal, a live form involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and Public Policy. From washington to across the country. Coming up, monday morning, we will talk about campaign 2024 and the future of the Republican Party with ethics and Public Policy Center Senior fellow henry olson. And then jesse burns, the Senior Editor of the
And im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General richardson is an army aviator flying helicopters. Shes trained soldiers, deployed into a rack into iraq and afghanistan, has seen policymaking at the highest levels and understands the role of congress. I had the pleasure of meeting her when she was in the role of legislative liaison, where she met relationships with members of congress to establish policy and fund the army, and also got to meet her again during her deployment to afghanistan, where i saw her lead in a complex and challenging security environment , so i can think of no better leader than general richardson to tackle these tough issues and strengthen our relationship. Its a privilege to have you today. Thank you very much. Its my honor to be here and have the
Next, army general laura richardson, commander of the u. S. Southern command talks about security challenges facing latin america. A Virtual Event hosted by this the center for strategic and International Studies which includes migration, and her connex trafficking, Climate Change, checking the amazon rain forest and competing with china amidst their investment in infrastructure in the region. This is about 50 minutes. Central and south america is arguably a divisive region in competition with authoritarian actors. For example, the peoples republic of china is doing things like investing in Critical Infrastructure across the region including strategically useful ports as well as cyber and space facilities that could be used by beijing civilian and military agencies. Russia continues its support of authoritarian and malign actors across the area including disinformation campaigns and those are only part of the strategic challenges to the United States that are emanating from that region
All of these are on the agenda of the United States southern community. I am the director of the more womens, more Power Initiative and im joined by my colleague, the director of the project. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of the United States Southern Command to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General richardson is an army aviator flying blackhawk helicopters. She has trained soldiers, she has deployed into iraq and afghanistan in combat. She seen policymaking at the highest level of the white house and understands the role of congress. I was fortunate to meet her, first while in a key role of legislative liaison or she built relationships with members of congress to establish policy and importantly, fund the army. I also got to meet her again during her deployment to afghanistan. Where i saw her lead in a very complex and challenging security environment. I can think of no better leader than general richardson to tackle t