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Faint-hearted, it belongs ott brave -- it belongs to the brave. so were determine thed to deter aggression and prevent conflict and to establish communities guardrails, and our new initiatives are part of a government-wide approach that draws on all tools of national power to meet china challenge. now, this department has been stepping up its efforts on china since the very first days of the biden administration. our china task force sharpened departments priorities and charted a path to greater...

That right here in california. nobody innovates better than the united states of america. but we cant take that for granted. and at the department of defense, that means that serious changes to some of the ways that weve done business must be done. so lets face it, for far too long its been far too hard for innovators and entrepreneurs to work with the department. and the barriers for entry into this effort to work with us in national security is often too steep, far too steep. you know, in my r...

>> the form and fashion where we ended up finding them and how they got there, totality would be determined if theres any applicable extra charges or not but i think it lends to the original charge that if theres no culpability, why would you be in a warehouse in detroit? in terms of their distress, chief and i talked about that, i dont want to get to into that, it could be distress because there, or the totality of the situation. >> some members of your department expressed frustration think th...

Us. so the department has to do the better. let me el you about some steps that were taking the way to transform the way we do business. first, were paving new pathways for american innovators and entrepreneurs to work with us. consider the defense advance research projects agency, better known as darpa. it is legendary for scientific breakthroughs. but now darpa is also connecting its top research teams with corporate leaders and u.s. investors so that the those teams can build successful busin...

Happens, was signed into law by president reagan. this program helps american firms to pursue r&d tailored to the department thes unique tech requirements -- departments unique tech requirements and so far this year, weve awarded funds to more than 2500 small businesses working on ground-breaking tech. were also doing more to integrate the departments innovators into tech hubs around the country where academics and business leaders and innovators thrive. so we recently opened defense innovation ...