Years of the early work on u. S. Terror. From politics, policy and leadership. My husband, john mccain, fought his whole life to promote american characterdriven leadership and democracy to the public, and its incredibly important today to carry that legacy forward by any means possible. Todays installment, the roles of freedom and democracy in American Foreign policy, will feature general. R. Mcmaster who served in the military for 34 years, and held the position of the 26th 26th assistant to at the president for National Security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. He will be talking about his new pock, battlegrounds, the fight to defend the free world. With dr. Michael crowe, the president of Arizona State university, Mccain Institute trustee and a dear friend to my family. Were honored to host a pair of thoughtfully general mcmaster and professor crowe on what will be a timely discussion on u. S. Foreign policy. Go ahead and begin. Great. Glad to s
Science and precision is starting precisely at 2 30 and zero seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year, on one of the hottest nights of the summer, nearly a half Million People crowded onto the national mall. They werent there for a protest or to celebrate a national holiday. And they werent there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead a half Million People went there, drenched in sweat, to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected onto the Washington Monument, commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there are a half Million People on the mall and it aint a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one of the epochal moments in the history of mankind. As we look out over our space landscape today, what we see is very different from the lan
Blown away by the fantastic talk that there was on sustainability. Thank you, again, for that wonderful tour deforce of the imperative for sustainability in our future. Allow me to recognize and thank our sponsors for their support and commission for the council. And i want to thank lockheed martin. Pepsico, snapon, deloitte, air chairman sponsors asu, university of california san diego, as well as our benefactors and patrons, hntv, michigan state, university of michigan. Verizon, Marquette University and white cap investment. Without this we could not do the forum and we thank you very very much for that. Well, we have a full day of very exciting talks, as well as the release of some of the critical annual policy work at the counsel of competitiveness. Calling for our clarion call that we will release shortly and i want to really just frame that in a few overarching facts about the good and bad of our economy right now. The good news, of course, is that gdp growth over the past two qu
Benefited their students, online courses and their benefits to nontraditional students such as members of the military. Thank you for attending the summit on innovation in education and thanks to all of you who will present this morning. Were excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and ek per tease in one room, and i know were eager to hear from all of you. Before we begin, i want to say a quick word about innovation, about the focus on innovation. This year, i embarked on our rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institutions that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. I continue to travel country to see the great work thats being done and ive been inspired by the educators and administrators ive met thus far, but theres still not enough. We need more like them and like you. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. , does not have all the answers.
Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to be here. Were going to talk about the university of Maryland University college, which is a public Online University, that is designed here we go. Designed from the ground up to provide affordable, accessible, quality and careerrelevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. And to understand who we are, i need to tell you the story of umuc. We were established in 1947, at the university of maryland, as a department that was charged with serving adult students, particularly those who were returning g is from world war ii. In 1949, we became the First University to send faculty overseas to teach our trips stationed in germany. And this was the beginning of umucs global reach. By 1956, we had established divisions to deliver Higher Education in both europe and asia, and in 1963, we became the first u. S. University to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. In 1970, we became an independent, fully accredited