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The General and the Ambassador®

Diplomacy & Defense:  Behind the scenes conversations between senior US military leaders and US Ambassadors on their joint work across the globe from Afghanistan to Haiti to advance US national security.  

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Japan’s Triple Disaster: Helping an Ally in Need with Admiral Robert Willard and Ambassador John Roos

May 24, 2019

In 2011 Japan was hit by an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. Admiral Robert Willard (fmr. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command) and Ambassador John Roos (fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Japan) talk about the devastation, nuclear radiation fears and coordinating the massive U.S. disaster assistance program for this key...

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Cyber Security: Foreign Attacks and U.S. Cyber Policy with General Keith Alexander and Cyber Coordinator Chris Painter

May 10, 2019

General Alexander and Coordinator Painter discuss U.S. responses to cyber attacks from Russia, Iran and China, the urgent need for stronger defense & cyber as a tool of national power.

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