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Jim slife attorney commander general jim slife. I am really happy to welcome general james slife, commander of air force special Operations Command. Welcome. For those of you who dont know a lot about air force special Operations Command, of the air force component of u. S. Special Operations Command, it has approximately 20,800 activeduty reserves and Air National Guard and civilian professionals underneath him. He was born outside detroit, michigan and grew up in hot springs, arkansas. He was commissioned through the the program and has spent majority of his career in operations and has depl...

He was born outside detroit, michigan and grew up in hot springs, arkansas. He was commissioned through the rotc program and has spent the majority of his career in operations and has deployed extensively long and other type of aircraft. Its great to have you. Lt. Gen. Slife thank you. Its good to be with you today and i appreciate the opportunity to offer a few remarks and i look forward to getting into the questions. As i think about the opportunities in front of us as we sit here in 2020, ive got to tell you, this is a really exciting time to be at the air force special Operations Command. ...

Good morning, everyone. Im dr. Kathleen hicks, and im so pleased to have joining me this morning the chief of staff of the army. General, welcome to csis. Thank you, dr. Hicks. Great to be here with you. Wonderful. Theres so many things we should be talking to you about today. But i know we have a limited amount of your time. I really want to focus more than anything on the pacific. And i know you come from the region relatively recently. The National Defense strategy is prioritized, and especially china and russia. But i think most people, when they think about the army, are thinking obviousl...

Next a virtual discussion on current u. S. Strategy in the indopacific region. We heard about u. S. Relations with china and india, the impact of covid19 in those countries, and u. S. Troop withdrawal from germany. Held during a virtual discussion by the center or strategic and international studies, this is half an hour. Good morning. Im cynthia nics. Im happy to have with me general james mcconville. Gen. Mcconville its great to be here with you. Dr. Hicks i know we have a time ount of your ms. Hicks, i know we have a limited amount of your time. Theyre not often thinking about the pacific. ...

Out war to defeat the virus, this horrible virus. You see how terrible it is, especially when you look at the numbers from yesterday. We explained why we are extending nationwide guidelines to slow the spread for 30 days. We have the power to save countless lives. We are attacking the virus on every front with social distancing, economic support for workers, rapid medical intervention and very serious innovation, and banning dangerous foreign travel that threatens the health of our people. And we did that earlier, far earlier than anyone would have thought, been way ahead of anyone else. In th...