By Claudette Roulo
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
ASPEN, Colo., July 23, 2014 – Over the next four days, U.S.
defense, security and diplomatic leaders are gathering in Aspen, Colorado, for
the annual Aspen Institute Security Forum.
Attendees include Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"Events like the Aspen Security Forum provide the
chairman an opportunity to listen to key thinkers grappling with some of the
most-pressing issues facing our military and our nation, as well as to share
his own thoughts," said Army Col. Ed Thomas, the chairman’s spokesman.
The forum is held every summer on the campus of the Aspen
Institute, an educational and policy studies organization. It consists of panel
discussions as well as in-depth conversations with leaders involved in security
issues across government.
"General Dempsey's hour-long moderated session with
CBS's Lesley Stahl will center on how we use our military as a national
instrument of power in a world marked by terrorism and failing states in some
regions and rising nationalism in others," Thomas said.
Dempsey is scheduled to speak tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. EDT.
The forum starts tonight at 8 p.m. EDT, with Army Chief of
Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno discussing the Army’s role in defending the
nation against today’s security and fiscal challenges.
Other slated speakers at this year’s forum include: Michael
Vickers, undersecretary of defense for intelligence; Jeh Johnson, director of
Homeland Security; and representatives from the National Security Agency, the
Central Intelligence Agency, and the Transportation Security Agency, as well as
numerous senior defense officials.
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