Modernization efforts aimed at improving military readiness. Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming. I am with the Foreign Policy program and it is my distinct honor to have the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy, here with us. Of the armys id on modernization of its future force, but first, a brief introduction and i ask you to give him a big welcome. That a few thoughts by him to frame our topic. We will follow up with a little discussion between him and me and then go to your questions. It will be a crisp, quick session. Mister mccarthy is a proud native of chicago, has a bachelors degree in history which seems appropriate given the aura i have around all of the traditions and histories in the country. Then he joined an Operational Army unit, was deployed to afghanistan during his period as a soldier. He saw combat with the rangers. Since that time, he has done all kinds of additional things you would want somebody to do that has the kind of job he has today. He has work
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Really appealing in a way that is very unique to this particular kind of has the local record. Ms. Rios thank you very much. Professor wake thank you very much. Pleasure to talk to you. We are looking pleasure to talk to you. Yearsare looking back 70 and the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. Up next, richard frank, author of downfall the end of the Imperial Japanese empire. He discusses american and japanese strategies and japans eventual surrender. It is about one hour and 15 minutes. Such ank it is always great pleasure to be back in kansas city, which is, in fact, my home area. It is indeed an honor to be her on behalf of harry truman. Expected lessve for someone is speaking on his behalf. I have been working on this area, this issue, now for about 25 years or more. And what of the things i have learned over the years is that i need to start a little earlier than 1945. In fact, what i need to do is really talk about the whole context of the Asian Pacific war in the second w
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