Years, including as commander of the field army. General lamb is a renowned on crisisleadership, planning, and counterinsurgency. He served in Senior Leadership roles in iraq and afghanistan alongside the u. S. Generals betray trays, crystal, eus, crystal, petr and mattis, further cementing that special bond that connects the United States and united kingdom. Graham is a dear friend and i am grateful he has taken the time, along with your friends over your right shoulder, in the cool helmet, to join us. We are delighted today to be general jim mattis, United Statesthe secretary of defense following a storied career in the United States marine corps. Theral mattis rose over course of four decades, was commander of u. S. Central command, and while all of that is probably well known, what might not be well known is that gwen graham was teaching at when graham was teaching at yale, he ask our students to lay out their strategy for afghanistan, and as a prize, he told the students he would