Prepare and train for it. He spokes in Salt Lake City to talk to leaders on the international stage. It was hosted by the utah council of kip diplomacy. Its an hour and 10 minutes. As a proud arm brat, its my privilege to introduce general david d perk perkins. Hes responsible for training and educating professionals and designing the future u. S. Army to support National Security. A graduate of the u. S. Military academy at west point in 1980. General perkins held numerous leadership positions over his career. These include special assistant to the speaker of the house, 104th u. S. Congress. Battalion commander in macedonia. Brigades commander, leading over 300,000 personnel during the invasion of iraq, executive assistant to the vicechairman of the joints chief of staff and division commander. The u. S. Forces from iraq in 2010 through 2011. Most recently, some november 2011 to february of to 14, general perkins commanded the u. S. Armys premier education and Leader Development insti
Host got to leave it there and i apologize only because were done with this threehour program where we looked at free speech. Time for us to conclude. We take you towe now take you ts institution in washington, d. C. A form looking over Security Matters over 21st century security, looking at the Trump Administration and Security Matters. We will take you to that forum right now. Allow them to take off from where i leave. We will have broad discussion up here amongst ourselves. To my left is former secretary of defense robert hale. He has been through the battles of iraq and afghanistan and sequestration and shutdown. He has seen it all in the obama years where he was for the most of that time. He is speaking today under his own auspices. He is my former boss, i worked with him at the Congressional Budget Office 25 years ago. I know. Twoeflects badly at least ways, the amount of time and your progeny, so to speak. He then went to the air force and was the comptroller through the 1990s f
Forum. Let me introduce each of the gentlemen here and then i will say a couple of broad words about where we stand in the Defense Budget to allow them to take off from where i leave off. We will have broad discussion among ourselves and go to you about half way through. Immediately to my left is former under secretary of defense who is pentagons comptroller. Bob has been through the battles of not only iraq and afghanistan but sequestration and shut down and has pretty much seen it all in the obama years where he was the comptroller for most of that period of time. He has been with hamilton but speaking today under his own and is also my former boss. I worked for him at the Congressional Budget Office. After that reflects badly in two ways by the time but as things turned out bob went to the air force and was comptroller throughout the Clinton Administration and spent a number of years in various pursuits. And then tom wright is sitting in the middle today. Tom is my colleague at broo
And it limits on its Nuclear Program are lifted. Senator corker. Iran has misled us in the past when it comes to their Nuclear Program. Senator markey. What a condemnation of iran. What an indictment of this nuclear deal with iran. But this indictment comes from the supporters of the deal. In spite of their own words these democrats have chosen to give iran billions of dollars that would be used to fund terror and war and ultimately put iran on the path to Nuclear Weapons. So let there be no mistake for history about the consequence of these democrats choice. With iran detonates a nuclear device, these democrats will bear responsibility. When i read launches a missile capable of hitting the United States, these democrats will bear responsibility. With iran kills more americans as it has in iraq and afghanistan, lebanon, saudi arabia and elsewhere, these democrats will bear responsibility. When iran imprisons american hostages, these democrats will build responsibility. When iran attack
By the end of 18, well in the army be down to about 233,000 of civilian employees. I havent done the exact math, but its roughly equivalent to the percentage reduction we have in our instrength as well. We cant do what we need to do as an army without these civilians doing it. You were very gracious in noting that, but do have to be in balance. When it comes to the operational force, youve stated it very correctly. Were challenged on all three of those legs right now, frankly. But particularly given the environment that were seeing across the globe and the likelihood of that next unforeseen thing, which is another thing that keeps me up at night, readiness has to be our number one concern at the moment. Weve managed our developmental programs. We have set aside our major acquisition programs for major developmental programs for the 2020s and beyond not because we think thats the best thing for our soldiers, but because its required by this fiscal reality. Rather what wed like to have f