A morning and thank you for coming to the event. Its a pleasure to cohost the conference. Like to thank our partners, the cree institute for Industrial Economics and trade in the create Aerospace Industries for cohosting. Im lisa, i have the honor of introducing are for speakers today. Before i would like to mention a word about safety. We have a very secure building and to not expect any emergency situations. If something does occur please exit the building using the staircases and emergency exits. Please walk toward the geographic building. Then there i will give you further instructions if necessary. I wonder do surfers two speakers. [inaudible] briefly introduces two. Prior to joining he served as director of the Economic Research division. Also an advisor for government organizations and private sector organizations. He had a notable career as an economist. Thank you. Good morning and welcome. Glad to have you here. Simply so many are here for the program. This is our 30th weve be
And spoke at the center for strategic and International Studies conference about defense cooperation between the United States and south korea. This is about an hour. Good morning, thank you all for coming to your event, u. S. South koreas defense acquisition and security cooperation. A a pleasure for s pleasure for csis to host of this. I would like to thank our partners, the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and trade in Aerospace Industries for cohosting. Im lisa, i have the honor of introducing are for speakers introducing our first speakers today. Before i do that, i would like to mention a word about safety. We have a very secure building and do not expect emergencies to arise. If something does occur, please exit the building using the staircases and emergency exits. Please walk toward the National Geographic building on m street behind csis. I will give you further instructions, if necessary. Now, i would like to introduce , dr. Johnspeaker hamre, who will give opening r
Its will on a minority group. So there are all kinds of reasons for violence. But one of the phenomenon that we are now seeing is he very specific promotion of violent extremism that oftentimes is twisting and distorting. And i think ultimately defying the hedicts of one of the worlds great religions, islam, and groups like al shabab and isil and boko haram. And the question is how do we fight back against those ideologies that allows us still to be true to the values of peace and tolerance and due process and rule of law. So the United States is obviously committed to this fight against terrorism. And we are working with countries and partnering with countries all around the world to go after, whether it is al qaeda, boko haram. But what weve also said is in order to defeat the extremist ideologies it couldnt just be police, military and security. It has to be reaching into communities that feel marginalized and making sure they feel they are hurt. Making sure the young people in thos
Your folks from michigan. I want to tell you that i wanted to be here today because i had such a great time being in michigan. It started in, i dont remember if it was a Shopping Center in detroit. I remember walking in and the place was absolutelyjampacked. And everybody was so nice and you know, theres that thing, what is it . Michigan nice is maybe what they say . I knew a little bit about michigan but i never really spent a lot of time in michigan and i have just absolutely fallen in love with your communities and with your folks and i asked them you know, i was in what is it . Grand valley peak . This was with all those students in an unbelievable experience at grand valley. And then i went to lansing and we had the most Incredible Group of young people. Look, i want you all to understand something particularly when im with the young people. Folks, i dont want anything. Ive had an unbelievable career. When i finish my next couple of years, i will have Held Public Office for 30 yea
Would meet the authors of dallas in 1963 step two. Steves a curator at texas state university. Hes the author several other books including the literary outlaws. Those on a professor of journalism at the university of texas at austin. Ive read a couple recent interviews. When you are in and pr can you describe in the early 60s dallas could become the most singular city on planet earth. I was wondering if you could start by explaining what he meant by that. Sure. I think im a little biased to speak in such broad terms as he wrote a book about dallas called a substitute. In the years prior to the assassination, it seemed like there is no other place like that cd, certainly in america. But we had better wear a handful of people who lived above the cloud and who are forming a confederacy really is antikennedy fervor. Another french. They are tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people who leave their loved president kennedy or the minimum respected his office. Our book is real