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#StateofDefense

For the first time, Defense One brought its popular, annual special report to the stage to discuss today’s military and the most important stories expected in the year to come. Our editors sat with top-ranking officials, stakeholders and thought leaders across Washington for conversations about today’s national security plan and their recommendations for the future.

Agenda

Opening Remarks
From the Hill: State of Defense Spending and Oversight
 
  • Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
  • Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
  • Moderated by: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
A Discussion on the National Defense Strategy
Session Presented by Our Underwriter Grant Thornton
 
  • Major General Paul T. Johnson, Senior Strategic Advisor, Security & Defense, Grant Thornton Public Sector; Former Director of Operational Capability, U.S. Air Force
  • Moderated by: Robert Shea, Principal, Grant Thornton
From the Formers: What's the Best Advice for Trump's Year 2?
 
  • Jeremy Bash, Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies LLC; former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and CIA (2009-2011) Leon Panetta
  • Derek Chollet, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor,Security and Defense Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Mieke Eoyang, Vice President, National Security Program, Third Way
  • The Honorable Mary Beth Long, Co-Founder and Principal, Global Alliance Advisors, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
  • Moderated by: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
Closing Remarks

Speakers

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)

Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Senator Gary Peters (D-MI)

 Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Jeremy Bash

Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies LLC; former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and CIA (2009-2011) Leon Panetta 

The Honorable Mary Beth Long

Co-Founder and Principal, Global Alliance Advisors, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security

Mieke Eoyang

Vice President, National Security Program, Third Way

Derek Chollet

Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Security and Defense Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Kevin Baron

Executive Editor,
Defense One

Major General Paul T. Johnson

Senior Strategic Advisor, Security & Defense, Grant Thornton Public Sector; Former Director of Operational Capability, U.S. Air Force

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