Good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. Im ken winestein, president and ceo of hudson institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom, and prosperity through strong and engaged u. S. International leadership. I want to welcome both of our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important potential threats facing the United States is that of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attacked the other day in new york which just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrace had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team. In his august 24th speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we must prevent weapons being used against us and around the world. For that matter. We have done a lot in the Homeland Security space. I should note that
Good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. Im ken winestein, president and ceo of hudson institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom, and prosperity through strong and engaged u. S. International leadership. I want to welcome both of our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important potential threats facing the United States is that of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attacked the other day in new york which just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrace had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team. In his august 24th speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we must prevent weapons being used against us and around the world. For that matter. We have done a lot in the Homeland Security space. I should note that
Good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. Im president and ceo of hudson institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom and prosperity through strong and engaged u. S. International leadership. I want to welcome both our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important threats, potential threats in the United States is out of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attack the other day in new york. Just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrorist had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team and his 21 speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we must prevent weapons being used against us and around the world. We have done a lot in the Homeland Security space. I should note we are the home of the bio Defense Commission cha
Cyber espionage. The hack of opm is the latest example. Do the chinese steal our Naval Technology and apply it to their navy, and as a corollary to that, are you aware of any evidence concerning china stealing u. S. Civil Nuclear Technology and diverting it to its nuclear navy . Sir, im not personally aware of any instances of another nation stealing our Nuclear Technology and applying to their navy, including china. That may be happening, im not briefed on any intelligence that would implicate that. I think its wellunderstood that there is Cyber Espionage that occurs. We have concerns from time to time about our cleared defense contractors for example in their Cyber Security. I think Frank Kendall and at l is working hard to tighten that up as best we k. I was reflecting on this earlier we talk about Nuclear Matters. As a sort of graduate of the Navy Nuclear Propulsion program. One of the things that has intrigue said me intrigued me over the years, the element of Human Performance th
Later. Every month, every year, that is why we need you so badly. To demand elected officials confront the truth. More jobs will be created that eliminating the damages of Climate Change and mitigating them. Then will be kept by not doing anything about it. Same with immigration. I recently had the opportunity to meet with lee kwan you before he died. He was the president of singapore, a brilliant guy who wrote extensively on the future of india china, the United States and russia. He recently passed away. I was coming from mumbai india to meet with abahbed, and i got a call from singapore, what i sit down and meet with kee lee kwan yu. We were talking about how rapidly she has consolidated power in china. We were talking about how quickly she consolidated power in a said about five minutes into it, i said mr. President what are the chinese doing now . Meaning what are they contemplating next . And he said they are in the United States. They are looking for the buried black box. I look