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Current, Former Defense Leaders Talk National Security, Part 2

  • Defense.gov
  • June 21, 2022 | 46:52

Current and former defense leaders participate in a lunchtime discussion on actions needed to protect national security. Participants include: Michèle A. Flournoy, former under secretary of defense for policy; Mac Thornberry, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Ruth E. Berry, deputy assistant secretary of state, Mieke Eoyang, deputy assistant secretary of defense; Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security; and Carole House, director of cybersecurity and secure digital innovation at the National Security Council for the White House.