Talked about u. S. Military strength in a discussion at the Heritage Foundation. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome all of you here in the auditorium and everyone online, as well. Its a great pleasure for us to be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for some type teleworking. But this is my first day back for a while. Im very pleased to be back here today for this very important hl Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for sometime teleworking but this is my first day back for a while but im very pleased to be back here today for this very important event. Of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of military strength. Now this is the seventh addition of the index. And the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open source and authoritative assessment of Ame
Foundations executive Vice President dr. Kim holmes. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome to all of you here in the auditorium and everyone online as well. Its a great pleasure for us to be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. We have been away for some time teleworking. This is my first day back for a while, but i am very pleased to be back here today for this very important event of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of u. S. Military strength. This is the seventh addition of the index and the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. It is to provide both the leaders of this country and also premierican public a opensource and authoritative assessment of Americas Armed forces and their ability to protect the nation. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open
Be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for some type teleworking. But this is my first day back for a while. Im very pleased to be back here today for this very important hl Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for sometime teleworking but this is my first day back for a while but im very pleased to be back here today for this very important event. Of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of military strength. Now this is the seventh addition of the index. And the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open source and authoritative assessment of Americas Armed forces and their ability to protect the nation. On i think that weve not only achieved that ball but we have continued with this effort this years addition is the best ever. In addition to its usual breadth of subjects our index alw
John the program is entitled the origins of the militaryindustrial complex and features dr. Daniel ellis, who is this years staff fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Dan has advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years. Dan did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, military construction, and he does many more things at crs. He holds a phd in Political Science from George Washington university. And at crs, as many of you know, he is the author of many reports on defense, trade and security. , this project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. This is funded by a gift left by th
And nasdaq. Strong market gains for the Bluechip Companies. Just using two of them as an example, we have apple up three dollars, microsoft up at 146. They have been higher than that earlier. Microsoft up earlier. Did they hit bottom this week . A lot of people have been buying them. Were asking that question. I hope a bottom for a lot of companies. Oil moving up to 25. Barrel. Its down 15 cents now. The government is buying oil but the petroleum written for the petroleum reserve. Whats he going to do about the russian and saudi attack on american drillers. We will ask that question to him. Gas prices tumbling. The National Averages 2. 17 a gallon falling about two cents a day. In oklahoma the averages a dollar 80. In california its 3. 25. According to gas buddy we will be down to a National Average of well under two dollars very soon. Lets get to the spreading virus. We will show you Street Scenes from around the world. Same story all over. Ghost towns, empty streets. Economists at a