[applause] thank you very much. C with him back to the afternoon session of the National Security forum. My name is juan zarate and im the chairman of ft center and sanctions and finance but if you are here morning i was privileged to be able to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation and i hope you did as well. Bear in mind that we are not just people in this room, great goodlooking crowd by the way but we are being livestream so we need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoon session and first of all kudos to have ftd and cliff may in the whole team for settling this discussion with two of the most important if not the most important figures in National Security is circling now with the National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster with us this afternoon so a real honor and privilege i think for olivas to have general mcmaster with us today. I have been asked to introduce general mcmas
Countering Global Security threats. This is an hour and ten minutes. Please be seated. Welcome back to the afternoon session of ftds National Security forum. My name is juan sa rotty, chairman of ftds center on sanctions and illicit finance. If you were here this morning, i was privileged to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. I hope you did as well. Bear in mind that we are not just the people in this room, great, good looking crowd, by the way, but were being live streamed, so we need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session. And, first of all, kudos to fdd and cliff may and the whole team for assembling this discussion with two of the most important, if not the most important figures in National Security, certainly with now the National Security advisor, h. R. Mcmaster, with us this amp. Is so a real oven and privilege, i think, for all of us to have general mcmaster
Welcome back to the afternoon session of the National Security forum. My name is juan zarate, if you were here this morning i was privileged to be sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. I hope you did as well. Bear in mind were not just the people in the room, great, good looking crowd, but were being livestreamed so we need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session and kudos to the whole team for assembling this discussion with two of the most important, if not the most important figures in National Security, certainly with now the National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster with us this afternoon. So, a real honor and privilege, i think, for all of us to have general mcmaster with us today. Ive been asked to introduce general mcmaster as well as mark who will conduct the interview. Mark as you know is the ceo for foundation of defendings and democracies, one of the great min
We need to be on our best behavior. I have the distinct honor and privilege of introducing this afternoons session. First of all, kudos to fdd and cliff may and the whole team for assembling this discussion with two of the most important, if not the most important figures in the National Security. Certainly with now the National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster with us this afternoon. So a real honor and privilege i think for all of us to have general mcmaster with us today. Ive been asked to introduce general mcmaster as well as Mark Dubowitz who will conduct the interview. Mark is the ceo as the founder of defense one of the great minds in the world of National Security in particular on iran policy, the use of sanctions, the use of financial pressure in our National Security. Let me introduce general mcmaster for those of you who dont know him. He of course is the 26th assistant to the president for National Security affairs. He is the president s National Security adviser. General mc
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning everybody. Thank you to entire cap team for putting together this ideas conference. Thank you to the staff here at the four seasons for looking after us so well. Im glad we could bring a little bit of l. A. Weather here for at least a couple of days in washington. Enjoy it while it lasts i hear. Thanks to all of you mostly for coming here and being a part of this most urgent and important conversation. For the last few months commentators have been calling this a big moment for the Democratic Party. And they are right. I believe this is an even bigger moment for the American People, a bigger moment for our country. For practically my entire lifetime and maybe yours we have heard politicians at events like this talking about how we are on the cusp of a technological revolution, one that will forever alter the way we work, the way we learn, the way that we communicate, flying cars, solar energy, robots that will make us breakfast. T