WEBVTT 00:00.420 --> 00:02.587 well , good morning everyone and Peggy 00:03.380 --> 00:05.640 thank you so much for that very kind 00:05.650 --> 00:09.100 introduction . The Reagan Foundation , 00:09.100 --> 00:11.670 an institution has been a great host 00:12.490 --> 00:15.250 but you know , it feels a little unfair 00:15.260 --> 00:17.800 to be expected to give a speech after 00:17.800 --> 00:21.790 Peggy Noonan . And as you 00:21.790 --> 00:24.100 pointed out , Peggy the last time that 00:24.100 --> 00:26.360 we saw each other was actually in Iraq 00:26.360 --> 00:28.870 in a dusty conference room in the 00:28.870 --> 00:31.610 pallets in the palace at Baghdad . So 00:31.610 --> 00:35.510 this indeed is a bit nicer and uh , I'm 00:35.510 --> 00:37.732 delighted to be here . I'm delighted to 00:37.732 --> 00:40.720 be here with an outstanding delegation 00:40.720 --> 00:42.550 from the Department of Defense 00:42.560 --> 00:45.320 including Secretaries , Warmth 00:45.330 --> 00:47.750 Secretary Del Toro and Secretary 00:47.750 --> 00:48.260 Kendall 00:55.480 --> 00:57.647 as well as members of the Joint Chiefs 00:57.647 --> 00:59.960 combatant commanders and more . So 00:59.960 --> 01:01.960 let's give the Joint Chiefs and the 01:01.960 --> 01:04.293 combatant commanders around of applause . 01:09.130 --> 01:11.610 We also have a distinguished bipartisan 01:11.610 --> 01:13.777 delegation here from the United States 01:13.777 --> 01:16.350 Congress and I always appreciate your 01:16.350 --> 01:18.680 constructive partnership and I'm 01:18.680 --> 01:20.513 confident that we'll keep coming 01:20.513 --> 01:22.780 together to keep America secure , 01:22.790 --> 01:25.810 including the passing of a full year 01:25.820 --> 01:27.850 omnibus appropriation . 01:33.600 --> 01:35.767 And I look forward to working with you 01:35.767 --> 01:38.420 in the coming weeks And in the 118th 01:38.420 --> 01:41.880 Congress , I wanted to see ambassadors 01:41.880 --> 01:45.560 and defense ministers from allied and 01:45.560 --> 01:48.650 partner countries . So welcome . 01:49.830 --> 01:52.930 Now it's already been a very productive 01:52.930 --> 01:56.410 trip to California And yesterday was a 01:56.410 --> 01:58.632 proud day for our country in the United 01:58.632 --> 02:01.290 States Air Force . I was in Palmdale to 02:01.290 --> 02:04.180 participate in the historic unveiling 02:04.180 --> 02:07.150 of the B- 21 raider and that's the long 02:07.150 --> 02:09.670 range strike stealth bomber . That will 02:09.670 --> 02:11.781 soon be the backbone of the Air Force 02:11.781 --> 02:15.300 bomber fleet . The B- 21 was developed 02:15.300 --> 02:17.300 over seven years by our partners at 02:17.300 --> 02:19.850 Northrop Grumman . So it was a really 02:19.850 --> 02:22.200 proud day for for Kathy and and very 02:22.200 --> 02:24.780 well done by the way . And it shows 02:24.780 --> 02:27.490 that we're clear eyed about What it's 02:27.490 --> 02:30.740 gonna take to keep America secure in 02:30.740 --> 02:33.600 the 21st century . You see the B-21 is 02:33.600 --> 02:35.544 an extraordinary display of combat 02:35.544 --> 02:38.290 power in a major advance for American 02:38.290 --> 02:40.860 deterrence . And making this bomber 02:40.860 --> 02:43.490 required harnessing the driving forces 02:43.490 --> 02:46.030 of american innovation and ingenuity 02:46.960 --> 02:50.330 and drawing on both free minds and free 02:50.330 --> 02:52.900 enterprise and ladies and gentlemen , 02:52.910 --> 02:56.210 only one country on earth consistently 02:56.210 --> 02:58.360 delivers that combination and that's 02:58.360 --> 03:00.082 the United states of America . 03:07.720 --> 03:10.740 American power , innovation and values . 03:10.740 --> 03:12.962 Make the U . S . Military the strongest 03:12.962 --> 03:15.770 fighting force in human history and 03:15.770 --> 03:18.070 make no mistake , we're gonna keep it 03:18.070 --> 03:18.730 that way . 03:24.980 --> 03:26.980 And so our job is simple . We don't 03:26.980 --> 03:29.720 lose focus because of polls or politics . 03:29.730 --> 03:32.150 The U . S . Military is here to fight 03:32.160 --> 03:34.610 and win our nation's wars and we will 03:34.610 --> 03:36.800 always work to deter conflict whenever 03:36.800 --> 03:39.460 we can . But if we are forced to defend 03:39.460 --> 03:42.370 ourselves , we will win and we will win 03:42.370 --> 03:46.090 beyond doubt . Now , as President biden 03:46.090 --> 03:49.660 has said , we stand in a decisive 03:49.670 --> 03:52.950 decade and these next few years will 03:52.960 --> 03:56.270 set the terms of our competition with 03:56.270 --> 03:59.330 the people's republic of china and they 03:59.330 --> 04:01.386 will shape the future of security in 04:01.386 --> 04:03.650 europe and they will determine whether 04:03.650 --> 04:06.580 our Children and grandchildren inherit 04:06.590 --> 04:10.440 an open world of rules and rights or 04:10.440 --> 04:12.607 whether they face emboldened autocrats 04:12.607 --> 04:16.430 who seek to dominate by force and fear . 04:19.140 --> 04:21.870 As some of you may know , I was at the 04:21.870 --> 04:24.610 Halifax International Security Forum in 04:24.610 --> 04:28.000 Canada two weeks ago and I was 04:28.000 --> 04:30.111 introduced to a brave young Ukrainian 04:30.111 --> 04:33.860 soldier and we spoke briefly about what 04:33.860 --> 04:36.480 she'd seen in her her fight to defend 04:36.480 --> 04:40.320 her country . The 04:40.320 --> 04:42.550 next day I saw that young soldier again 04:44.290 --> 04:46.770 and she was weeping because six of her 04:46.770 --> 04:50.260 brothers and sisters in arms had been 04:50.260 --> 04:52.316 killed overnight by Russian forces . 04:54.250 --> 04:57.520 And through her tears , she presented 04:57.520 --> 04:59.700 me with the Ukrainian flag signed by 04:59.700 --> 05:02.450 some of the fighters who liberated the 05:02.450 --> 05:06.370 city of Kherson and she told 05:06.370 --> 05:09.130 me that the next day she was headed 05:09.130 --> 05:11.360 back to Ukraine to rejoin the fight . 05:13.740 --> 05:15.796 And so ladies and gentlemen , that's 05:15.796 --> 05:18.160 what's at stake in this decisive decade . 05:19.450 --> 05:21.650 So let me reaffirm a basic american 05:21.650 --> 05:25.400 truth in the struggle between those 05:25.410 --> 05:28.340 fighting to defend democracy and those 05:28.340 --> 05:30.850 bent on imperial aggression . The 05:30.850 --> 05:33.260 United States stands with the forces of 05:33.260 --> 05:36.850 freedom and we are 05:36.850 --> 05:38.850 determined to use american power to 05:38.850 --> 05:41.610 defend our great democracy and to bend 05:41.610 --> 05:43.780 the arc of history towards liberty . 05:44.790 --> 05:47.380 And I am confident that America is up 05:47.380 --> 05:51.250 for the great competitions ahead . You 05:51.250 --> 05:55.250 know President Reagan liked to tell 05:55.250 --> 05:58.900 the story of an elderly british woman 05:58.900 --> 06:01.230 whose home was bombed during the blitz 06:01.230 --> 06:04.610 of London and when the Rescuers 06:04.620 --> 06:07.620 arrived they found a bottle of brandy 06:07.620 --> 06:09.600 that she had stored behind her 06:09.600 --> 06:12.130 staircase , which was the only thing 06:12.130 --> 06:15.300 actually still left standing and so she 06:15.300 --> 06:17.780 was barely conscious and one of the 06:17.780 --> 06:21.770 rescuers pull the cork out of 06:21.770 --> 06:23.881 the bottle to give her a taste of the 06:23.881 --> 06:26.940 brandy and she came around 06:27.900 --> 06:30.320 and immediately said , hey put that 06:30.320 --> 06:32.370 back , that's for emergencies 06:37.250 --> 06:39.417 now , that's the spirit that we need , 06:40.450 --> 06:42.283 this is no time to hold back our 06:42.283 --> 06:46.240 resources or our resolve to meet this 06:46.240 --> 06:48.407 moment . We're going to need help from 06:48.407 --> 06:50.990 Congress industry and more and I hope 06:50.990 --> 06:53.046 that you will join us in this mighty 06:53.046 --> 06:56.490 task to shape this decisive decade . 06:57.110 --> 06:59.420 We're driving hard to further 06:59.420 --> 07:01.970 strengthen America's deterrence . We're 07:01.970 --> 07:03.920 taking on the generational pacing 07:03.920 --> 07:06.420 challenge posed by the people's 07:06.420 --> 07:10.070 republic of china . And we're tackling 07:10.070 --> 07:13.330 the acute threat of Putin's Russia and 07:13.330 --> 07:15.552 defending the rules based international 07:15.552 --> 07:18.440 order that keeps us all secure and 07:18.440 --> 07:20.570 we're going to do all of this the 07:20.570 --> 07:23.820 american way by drawing on the full 07:23.820 --> 07:25.970 force of american innovation in 07:25.970 --> 07:28.192 american industry to ensure that we get 07:28.192 --> 07:30.450 our warfighters what they need before 07:30.450 --> 07:34.100 they needed . And at this 07:34.100 --> 07:37.360 hinge in history , we're carrying 07:37.360 --> 07:40.540 forward the great american tradition of 07:40.540 --> 07:42.960 strong principal global leadership 07:43.940 --> 07:46.760 alongside our stalwart allies and our 07:46.760 --> 07:50.150 valued partners in the service of human 07:50.150 --> 07:54.110 freedom . So let's start 07:54.120 --> 07:57.340 with american deterrence . It lies at 07:57.340 --> 07:59.173 the core of the national defense 07:59.173 --> 08:01.284 strategy that guides the department . 08:01.970 --> 08:04.026 We've got the right strategy and the 08:04.026 --> 08:06.230 right operational concepts and they're 08:06.230 --> 08:07.841 driving us to make the right 08:07.841 --> 08:10.130 investments for our warfighters . So 08:10.130 --> 08:11.852 we're upgrading and honing and 08:11.852 --> 08:13.908 strengthening our armed forces for a 08:13.908 --> 08:16.520 changing world even as we shore up the 08:16.520 --> 08:18.464 strong foundation that has kept us 08:18.464 --> 08:22.280 secure for decades . Because in 08:22.280 --> 08:26.070 our imperfect world , deterrence does 08:26.080 --> 08:28.650 come through strength and we will 08:28.650 --> 08:30.872 continue to make clear to any potential 08:30.872 --> 08:33.094 foe the folly of aggression against the 08:33.094 --> 08:36.770 United States at any time or any place 08:36.780 --> 08:38.900 in any theater or any domain . 08:48.200 --> 08:51.430 So in our deterrence means air power . 08:53.620 --> 08:56.440 So in our fiscal year 2023 budget , the 08:56.440 --> 08:59.540 department has requested more than $56 08:59.540 --> 09:02.590 billion dollars for air power focused 09:02.590 --> 09:06.230 on the F 35 the F 15 E X fighters . The 09:06.230 --> 09:08.720 B 21 bomber mobility aircraft and 09:08.720 --> 09:12.070 manned systems . An american air power 09:12.070 --> 09:14.070 helps deter conflict every day from 09:14.070 --> 09:16.490 joint exercises with our indo pacific 09:16.490 --> 09:19.730 partners to aerial drills with our 09:19.730 --> 09:21.674 allies . To protect NATO's eastern 09:21.674 --> 09:25.440 flank , deterrents 09:25.440 --> 09:29.030 means sea power . So we're investing in 09:29.030 --> 09:31.030 the new construction of nine battle 09:31.030 --> 09:34.310 force ships in our Columbia class 09:34.310 --> 09:37.490 ballistic missile submarines . And just 09:37.490 --> 09:39.820 last month , one of our ford class 09:39.830 --> 09:42.880 nuclear powered carriers made its first 09:42.880 --> 09:44.270 transit to europe 09:47.080 --> 09:50.740 deterrence means long range fires like 09:50.740 --> 09:52.907 the time our systems that have been so 09:52.907 --> 09:56.470 crucial to Ukraine self defense . Long 09:56.470 --> 09:58.430 range fires will be vital for 09:58.430 --> 10:00.486 contingencies in the indo pacific as 10:00.486 --> 10:03.550 well . So we're investing in land based 10:03.550 --> 10:06.120 hypersonic missile batteries in an air 10:06.120 --> 10:09.110 launched hypersonic cruise missile and 10:09.110 --> 10:12.550 the USs Zumwalt will become the first 10:12.550 --> 10:15.600 navy platform to field hyper sonics 10:18.290 --> 10:19.957 deterrents means cutting edge 10:19.957 --> 10:22.770 capabilities In domains where 21st 10:22.770 --> 10:24.548 century conflicts could erupt , 10:24.548 --> 10:27.160 including space and cyberspace . 10:28.660 --> 10:32.200 And finally , deterrence means a safe , 10:32.200 --> 10:36.060 secure and effective nuclear arsenal as 10:36.060 --> 10:37.782 the ultimate backstop to deter 10:37.782 --> 10:40.250 strategic attacks on our country and 10:40.250 --> 10:43.610 our allies , including NATO japan and 10:43.610 --> 10:46.540 the republic of Korea . And so that's 10:46.540 --> 10:50.030 why Our fiscal year 2023 budget 10:51.120 --> 10:53.370 Includes $34 billion dollars to 10:53.370 --> 10:55.860 continue modernizing our nuclear triad 10:57.310 --> 10:59.590 and to bolster our nuclear command and 10:59.590 --> 11:02.810 control and communications . You know , 11:02.820 --> 11:04.931 when you add that up , that's a lot . 11:05.650 --> 11:08.950 But we've got more to do So let me urge 11:08.950 --> 11:10.570 Congress to pass an on time 11:10.570 --> 11:12.810 appropriation so that we can get the 11:12.810 --> 11:14.977 capabilities to further strengthen our 11:14.977 --> 11:18.610 deterrence now to complete , to 11:18.610 --> 11:21.500 compete in this decisive decade . We've 11:21.500 --> 11:24.320 sharpened the departments focused on 11:24.320 --> 11:26.460 our primary theater of operations , 11:27.550 --> 11:30.720 which is the indo pacific and we're 11:30.720 --> 11:34.300 working to be able to mobilize and 11:34.300 --> 11:37.660 deploy american troops more quickly and 11:37.660 --> 11:39.827 investing in military construction and 11:39.827 --> 11:42.049 logistics and infrastructure across the 11:42.049 --> 11:45.730 region . We've requested billions 11:45.770 --> 11:48.120 to modernize the marines into a highly 11:48.120 --> 11:51.420 mobile expeditionary force to 11:51.750 --> 11:54.570 maneuver better in the critical first 11:54.570 --> 11:56.459 island chain . We're investing in 11:56.459 --> 11:58.960 nibble new groupings like the army's 11:58.960 --> 12:02.380 multi domain task forces . And as we 12:02.380 --> 12:05.260 strengthen our deterrence were 12:05.260 --> 12:08.330 fortified by the allies and partners 12:08.340 --> 12:10.380 who share our values . 12:12.210 --> 12:14.160 Here's one Simple Military Truth . 12:15.930 --> 12:18.170 Our allies and partners are a 12:18.170 --> 12:22.090 phenomenal force multiplier . And as 12:22.090 --> 12:24.440 Margaret Margaret Thatcher once said , 12:25.430 --> 12:29.100 we will not stay free for long if 12:29.100 --> 12:32.990 we have no allies or no friends or no 12:32.990 --> 12:36.560 alliances . Our network of alliances 12:36.560 --> 12:39.110 and partnerships is a core of strategic 12:39.110 --> 12:42.070 strength and no other country on earth 12:42.070 --> 12:45.040 has anything like it . So just a few 12:45.040 --> 12:47.262 weeks ago , the american carrier strike 12:47.262 --> 12:49.096 group named for President Reagan 12:49.620 --> 12:51.660 conducted operations alongside the 12:51.660 --> 12:53.660 Canadian and Japanese navies in the 12:53.660 --> 12:56.700 Philippine sea . And days later the 12:56.700 --> 12:59.550 strike group came together again with 12:59.550 --> 13:01.717 the Japanese , japanese and Australian 13:01.717 --> 13:04.070 and indian forces for the annual 13:04.080 --> 13:07.500 malabar exercise . As one of the 13:07.500 --> 13:09.389 american commanders described our 13:09.389 --> 13:12.510 operations . We have Australian 13:12.920 --> 13:15.710 Australian supply ship bringing 13:15.710 --> 13:18.220 millions of gallons of fuel and food 13:18.220 --> 13:21.300 and supplies to a carrier strike group 13:22.260 --> 13:24.730 escorted by Japanese , Canadian and 13:24.730 --> 13:28.410 American warships . Now that type of 13:28.410 --> 13:30.900 cooperation is rare and precious in 13:30.900 --> 13:33.350 world history , but for the United 13:33.350 --> 13:35.570 States and our allies and partners , 13:35.580 --> 13:39.250 it's all in a day's work or consider 13:39.250 --> 13:43.030 the Aucas partnership . Next week , 13:43.030 --> 13:44.919 I'll welcome my Australian and UK 13:44.919 --> 13:46.950 counterparts to Washington for an 13:46.950 --> 13:49.120 important august defense ministerial 13:50.360 --> 13:52.193 And so we're working together on 13:52.770 --> 13:54.980 advanced capabilities such as Ai and 13:54.980 --> 13:57.147 hypersonic and we're charting the best 13:57.147 --> 13:59.780 pathway for Australia to acquire a 13:59.780 --> 14:02.870 nuclear powered , conventionally armed 14:02.870 --> 14:05.190 submarine as early as possible , 14:06.510 --> 14:09.360 all while upholding the highest 14:09.360 --> 14:11.820 nonproliferation standards . 14:13.110 --> 14:14.888 Now , our network of allies and 14:14.888 --> 14:18.180 partners just didn't happen . It is a 14:18.180 --> 14:20.640 direct result of decades of american 14:20.640 --> 14:23.820 leadership and our friends know 14:24.580 --> 14:26.700 that will stand with them to support 14:26.710 --> 14:29.440 freedom of navigation and to defend the 14:29.440 --> 14:31.720 rights of small countries to not be 14:31.720 --> 14:34.470 bullied by larger ones and to defend 14:34.470 --> 14:36.570 stability and sovereignty and the 14:36.570 --> 14:38.514 potential for prosperity that they 14:38.514 --> 14:42.160 bring . Now . The national defense 14:42.170 --> 14:44.281 strategy is clear eyed about our main 14:44.281 --> 14:47.380 competitors and that starts with the 14:47.380 --> 14:51.160 people's republic of china . In recent 14:51.160 --> 14:55.160 decades its military has embarked on 14:55.160 --> 14:57.280 a breakneck program of modernization 14:58.840 --> 15:01.620 and the P . R . C . Is the only country 15:01.630 --> 15:04.610 with both the will and increasingly the 15:04.610 --> 15:07.210 power to reshape its region and the 15:07.210 --> 15:09.580 international order to suit its 15:09.590 --> 15:12.520 authority , authoritarian preferences . 15:13.610 --> 15:16.980 So let me be clear , we will not let 15:16.980 --> 15:19.760 that happen . And that begins with 15:19.760 --> 15:21.816 America's combat credible deterrence 15:22.490 --> 15:24.657 we're going to sustain and sharpen our 15:24.657 --> 15:26.823 warfighting advantages so that the P . 15:26.823 --> 15:28.740 R . C . Can never conclude that 15:28.740 --> 15:30.940 aggression is in its best interest . 15:32.890 --> 15:34.834 We're aligning our budget as never 15:34.834 --> 15:37.180 before to the china challenge . We're 15:37.180 --> 15:39.230 making the department's largest 15:39.230 --> 15:42.910 investment ever in R . And D . And 15:42.910 --> 15:46.300 forging stronger capabilities and we're 15:46.300 --> 15:50.280 modernizing training and equipping the 15:50.290 --> 15:52.670 the U . S . Military contingencies in 15:52.670 --> 15:53.670 the indo pacific 15:57.210 --> 15:59.250 D . O . D . Is finally making 15:59.260 --> 16:02.610 fundamental and unprecedented shifts in 16:02.610 --> 16:04.770 attention and resources towards Asia 16:06.280 --> 16:08.002 and ladies and gentlemen , the 16:08.002 --> 16:10.002 department is putting its focus its 16:10.002 --> 16:12.224 time and its money where its mouth is . 16:12.870 --> 16:15.140 And so we're matching our investments 16:15.150 --> 16:18.040 with new operational concepts suited to 16:18.040 --> 16:20.040 21st century deterrence in the indo 16:20.040 --> 16:22.450 pacific and we're bolstering our 16:22.450 --> 16:24.672 forward presence in the region to build 16:24.672 --> 16:27.230 a more lethal mobile and distributed 16:27.230 --> 16:30.060 force posture and we'll keep investing 16:30.060 --> 16:32.338 in a strategy of deterrence and denial . 16:33.870 --> 16:37.330 Now we're not doing this alone . I 16:37.330 --> 16:39.810 just returned last week from Southeast 16:39.810 --> 16:43.310 Asia where I met in cambodia with 16:43.320 --> 16:45.487 defense leaders from around the region 16:46.000 --> 16:48.222 and nearly every one of them shares our 16:48.222 --> 16:50.910 vision of a free and open indo pacific , 16:51.990 --> 16:54.101 a region in which countries large and 16:54.101 --> 16:56.730 small can chart their own futures and 16:56.730 --> 16:58.841 have the capabilities to defend their 16:58.841 --> 17:02.090 own interest . We're also deeply 17:02.090 --> 17:04.201 committed to responsibly managing our 17:04.201 --> 17:07.570 competition with the PRC even as we 17:07.570 --> 17:09.681 defend our interests , our allies and 17:09.681 --> 17:13.230 our partners . While I was in 17:13.230 --> 17:17.060 cambodia , I met with General 17:17.060 --> 17:20.270 wei the P . R . C . S . Minister of 17:20.270 --> 17:23.740 National Defense and I made clear 17:25.400 --> 17:27.289 that great powers need to compete 17:27.289 --> 17:29.310 responsibly and keep lines of 17:29.310 --> 17:32.580 communication open and build guardrails 17:32.580 --> 17:35.490 at multiple levels . And I also 17:35.490 --> 17:38.410 underscored our serious concerns about 17:38.410 --> 17:40.410 the increasingly dangerous behavior 17:40.410 --> 17:42.354 that we're seeing from P . L . A . 17:42.354 --> 17:44.730 Aircraft flying in the indo pacific and 17:44.730 --> 17:46.730 I made clear that the United States 17:46.730 --> 17:48.563 will continue to fly to sail and 17:48.563 --> 17:50.720 operate wherever international law 17:50.730 --> 17:51.630 allows . 18:00.200 --> 18:03.510 You know , great powers must choose 18:03.510 --> 18:05.460 responsibility over recklessness . 18:07.420 --> 18:10.920 Great powers must communicate with 18:10.920 --> 18:14.230 candor and respect the hard work , 18:14.240 --> 18:18.000 hard won system of international 18:18.000 --> 18:20.400 laws and alliances and norms and 18:20.400 --> 18:22.470 agreements that has made us all more 18:22.470 --> 18:25.740 secure and prosperous since the end of 18:25.740 --> 18:29.730 World War Two . You know , 18:29.730 --> 18:31.950 we can't take that open and stable 18:32.480 --> 18:36.390 order for granted and that's one 18:36.390 --> 18:38.334 key reason that the world has come 18:38.334 --> 18:41.790 together to condemn and resist . 18:41.790 --> 18:43.810 Russia's reckless war of choice in 18:43.810 --> 18:47.650 Ukraine in this decade will be 18:47.650 --> 18:50.570 decisive for security in europe as well 18:50.570 --> 18:53.900 as in Asia . Let's be clear about what 18:53.900 --> 18:57.260 we've seen in Ukraine . Russia wasn't 18:57.260 --> 19:00.780 provoked . Russia wasn't threatened . 19:02.490 --> 19:06.340 Russia wasn't attacked instead one 19:06.340 --> 19:10.050 man chose war and Putin's war is not 19:10.060 --> 19:12.290 the result of NATO expansion . It is 19:12.290 --> 19:16.250 the cause of NATO expansion . And 19:16.250 --> 19:18.306 now because of the Kremlin's longing 19:18.306 --> 19:20.361 for a vanished empire , europe faces 19:20.361 --> 19:22.760 its worst security crisis since the 19:22.770 --> 19:24.603 since the end of World War Two . 19:26.950 --> 19:29.840 And a member of the U . N . Security 19:29.840 --> 19:33.370 Council . Let me say that again . 19:34.120 --> 19:36.860 A member of the U.N . Security Council 19:36.870 --> 19:39.480 is waging war to deny democracy to more 19:39.480 --> 19:40.980 than 43 million people 19:43.300 --> 19:45.580 with deliberate cruelty . Russia is 19:45.580 --> 19:47.302 putting civilians and civilian 19:47.302 --> 19:49.540 infrastructure in its gun sights . 19:50.540 --> 19:52.762 Russian forces have killed thousands of 19:52.762 --> 19:54.860 Ukrainian citizens even as millions 19:54.860 --> 19:58.810 more have fled and Russian attacks 19:59.010 --> 20:01.520 have left Children dead , 20:02.540 --> 20:05.880 school shattered and hospital smashed . 20:08.670 --> 20:12.100 So Russia's neighbors view its imperial 20:12.100 --> 20:14.720 aggression with growing alarm 20:16.130 --> 20:19.780 and Putin's war of choice has given 20:19.780 --> 20:22.520 everyone on earth a preview of a world 20:22.520 --> 20:24.590 of tyranny and turmoil that nobody 20:24.590 --> 20:25.812 would want to live in 20:29.620 --> 20:31.676 and Russia's assault on its peaceful 20:31.676 --> 20:34.810 neighbor has shown every country on 20:34.810 --> 20:38.770 earth the dangers of disorder . And 20:38.770 --> 20:40.714 so that's why so many countries of 20:40.714 --> 20:42.881 goodwill have raced to get Ukraine the 20:42.881 --> 20:44.659 capabilities to defend itself , 20:44.920 --> 20:46.753 Including some 50 members of the 20:46.753 --> 20:48.864 Ukraine Defense Contact Group that we 20:48.864 --> 20:52.210 created and led . And that's why are 20:52.210 --> 20:54.290 united and resolute NATO allies have 20:54.290 --> 20:56.123 bolstered the alliance's forward 20:56.123 --> 20:58.490 defenses and reinforced its eastern 20:58.490 --> 21:01.430 flank . And it's why the United States 21:01.430 --> 21:03.680 has raised our total number of service 21:03.680 --> 21:07.430 members deployed in europe From 80,000 21:07.430 --> 21:10.450 to more than 100,000 and permanently 21:10.460 --> 21:12.571 permanently forward station forces in 21:12.571 --> 21:16.080 Poland In hammered home our Ironclad 21:16.080 --> 21:18.358 commitment to NATO and to Article five . 21:20.010 --> 21:22.950 But let's be clear , we will not be 21:22.950 --> 21:26.020 dragged into Putin's war , but we will 21:26.020 --> 21:27.990 stand with Ukraine as it fights to 21:27.990 --> 21:30.610 defend its citizens and its sovereignty 21:30.620 --> 21:32.787 and we will stand strong with our NATO 21:32.787 --> 21:35.740 allies and we will defend every inch of 21:35.740 --> 21:36.840 NATO territory . 21:48.120 --> 21:50.940 Now that young Ukrainian fighter 21:52.510 --> 21:56.330 in her comrades in arms have 21:56.330 --> 21:58.710 shown the moral and military power of a 21:58.710 --> 22:01.320 free people roused to its defense 22:02.770 --> 22:04.770 and her fellow citizens on the home 22:04.770 --> 22:07.220 front have shown immense resilience in 22:07.220 --> 22:10.540 the teeth of Russian aggression from 22:10.540 --> 22:13.660 President biden on down . Us leadership 22:13.670 --> 22:16.740 has been vital to Ukraine's success 22:18.140 --> 22:20.196 and we're going to support Ukraine's 22:20.196 --> 22:22.660 right to defend itself for as long as 22:22.660 --> 22:26.410 it takes now , our ability to shape 22:26.420 --> 22:30.220 this decisive decade rests on 22:30.220 --> 22:32.150 America's enduring advantages in 22:32.150 --> 22:35.970 national security . So we work hard to 22:35.970 --> 22:38.026 draw on the full range of talents of 22:38.026 --> 22:40.800 the american people and were driven by 22:40.800 --> 22:43.560 the power of patriotism in our restless 22:43.560 --> 22:47.040 spirit of innovation . Our free 22:47.050 --> 22:49.070 enterprise system is key to our 22:49.070 --> 22:52.080 national defense . Our defense 22:52.080 --> 22:55.760 industrial base is unmatched and we've 22:55.770 --> 22:59.170 got to keep it that way . You know , 22:59.170 --> 23:01.170 our outstanding deputy Secretary of 23:01.170 --> 23:03.400 Defense Catholics and I meet regularly 23:03.410 --> 23:07.180 with industry leaders , including some 23:07.180 --> 23:09.180 new partners that used to think the 23:09.180 --> 23:11.513 pentagon was just too hard to work with . 23:13.820 --> 23:16.380 And from the World War two mobilization 23:17.080 --> 23:19.640 to the M raps that I saw in Iraq are 23:19.640 --> 23:22.010 public private defense partnership 23:22.020 --> 23:24.460 protects american troops in the field . 23:26.050 --> 23:28.217 So we're working to to strengthen that 23:28.217 --> 23:30.790 industrial base for the long haul . 23:31.950 --> 23:33.728 We're also working closely with 23:33.728 --> 23:35.450 Congress to secure a multiyear 23:35.450 --> 23:37.672 procurement authorities and allow us to 23:37.672 --> 23:39.283 meet the needs of tomorrow . 23:41.950 --> 23:44.560 Now , our partners in the private 23:44.560 --> 23:46.430 sector have flagged a consistent 23:46.430 --> 23:50.180 problem even when they can see a way to 23:50.180 --> 23:52.180 deliver a promising technology to a 23:52.180 --> 23:54.780 military customer , securing the 23:54.780 --> 23:58.510 necessary , necessary capital to to 23:58.520 --> 24:00.900 bring that capability to scale is hard 24:02.820 --> 24:04.320 and sometimes impossible . 24:07.170 --> 24:10.500 So we've listened and we've acted . 24:11.750 --> 24:13.917 Our Defense Innovation unit is focused 24:13.917 --> 24:15.880 on identifying priority technology 24:15.880 --> 24:19.090 areas and using faster methods to get 24:19.090 --> 24:20.868 that tech into the hands of war 24:20.868 --> 24:24.040 fighters . And earlier this week , I 24:24.040 --> 24:25.707 announced the creation of the 24:25.707 --> 24:27.540 department's Office of Strategic 24:27.540 --> 24:31.320 Capital . This important office will 24:31.320 --> 24:34.320 work to secure us private sector 24:34.320 --> 24:36.260 investment in critical defense 24:36.260 --> 24:38.600 technology areas , ensuring that 24:38.610 --> 24:40.660 technology developed in America 24:40.670 --> 24:43.530 benefits America And it's an example , 24:43.540 --> 24:45.596 an example of how we're creating the 24:45.596 --> 24:47.262 conditions for innovation are 24:47.262 --> 24:49.400 innovators innovators to succeed . 24:51.290 --> 24:53.590 You know , this kind of change doesn't 24:53.590 --> 24:56.950 always move as smoothly or as quickly 24:56.960 --> 25:00.940 as I'd like . But we are determined to 25:00.940 --> 25:03.051 change the way that the pentagon does 25:03.051 --> 25:05.900 business and to create a true 25:05.900 --> 25:07.750 innovation ecosystem . 25:10.230 --> 25:11.910 Let me make one last point . 25:14.970 --> 25:17.250 American firepower is extraordinary . 25:19.430 --> 25:22.280 But over the course of my brief 41 year 25:22.290 --> 25:25.880 career in uniform , I learned that the 25:25.880 --> 25:27.991 source of our strength isn't just our 25:27.991 --> 25:31.210 weapons , it's our democracy 25:32.870 --> 25:35.540 and that democracy demands something of 25:35.540 --> 25:39.500 us all . It's a daily referendum 25:39.510 --> 25:42.710 that asked us all what we are willing 25:42.710 --> 25:45.220 to give to the cause of american ideals 25:45.220 --> 25:49.110 and human freedom . It's time to ask 25:49.110 --> 25:52.820 ourselves what each of us will do to 25:52.820 --> 25:56.110 help shape this rare and malleable 25:56.120 --> 25:59.000 moment in the course of human events 26:00.000 --> 26:02.780 now our soldiers , sailors , airmen , 26:02.790 --> 26:05.610 marines and guardians risked their 26:05.610 --> 26:08.700 lives every day for all of our security . 26:10.280 --> 26:14.130 And even in times of challenge or 26:14.140 --> 26:17.750 in hours of division , the american men 26:17.750 --> 26:19.750 and women who wear the cloth of our 26:19.750 --> 26:21.694 nation , inspire us all with their 26:21.694 --> 26:25.190 unity of purpose and they challenge us 26:26.020 --> 26:28.030 to put our shoulder to the wheel 26:30.250 --> 26:32.370 to seize this moment to make America 26:32.370 --> 26:35.200 more secure in the world more just 26:37.010 --> 26:39.121 to rally together with our allies and 26:39.121 --> 26:43.050 partners who magnify our strength and 26:43.050 --> 26:45.860 to prove again that that the democratic 26:45.860 --> 26:49.370 ideals of America's founding still 26:49.370 --> 26:52.410 provide the world with a powerful 26:52.410 --> 26:56.360 beacon of hope . So 26:56.360 --> 26:59.510 let me quote President Reagan one last 26:59.510 --> 27:02.680 time and this time about what history 27:02.680 --> 27:03.680 remembers . 27:06.360 --> 27:09.420 Yes , the deeds of infamy and injustice 27:09.430 --> 27:11.870 are all recorded , he said . 27:13.370 --> 27:15.481 But what shines out from the pages of 27:15.481 --> 27:18.910 history is the daring of the dreamers 27:20.390 --> 27:23.130 and the deeds of the builders and the 27:23.130 --> 27:23.850 doers . 27:26.540 --> 27:29.420 So in this decisive decade , 27:32.060 --> 27:34.660 let us pledge again to be the dreamers , 27:35.940 --> 27:38.460 the builders and the doors 27:40.210 --> 27:42.210 and let us forge a world of greater 27:42.210 --> 27:44.860 security , prosperity and liberty . And 27:44.860 --> 27:47.010 let us meet America's challenges with 27:47.010 --> 27:49.950 confidence and courage in a can do 27:49.950 --> 27:53.280 spirit and let us come together 27:53.940 --> 27:57.220 to build a brighter , safer future for 27:57.220 --> 27:59.350 this country that we love and the 27:59.350 --> 28:02.430 democracy that we defend . Thank you 28:02.430 --> 28:04.652 very much and may God continue to bless 28:04.652 --> 28:05.470 the United States of America .