Defense Writers Group
March 19, 2020
DWG: This is a special phone call with General McConville and Secretary McCarthy of the United States Army. Thank you very much, gentlemen, for taking a few minutes for this group of journalists.
As everyone knows, this started out as being a dinner which was going to be on a different basis, but for now I believe, I’m just going to confirm this, it’s going to be on the record.
Right?
So I’m going to launch right in and ask one question and if people could maybe ask one question and at most a single follow-up. We’ve really only got a few minutes here. Read more.
Defense Writers Group
4 February 2020
DWG: Welcome everyone to Defense Writers Group breakfast. Welcome to our honored guest, a four star General Gus Perna, Commander in charge of materiel for the U.S. Army. Read more.
Ms. Rose Gottemoeller
Former NATO Deputy Secretary General and former Undersecretary of
State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
&
Mr. Tim Morrison
Former Senior Director for Europe and Russia, National Security
Council, Trump White House
Dinner Conversation
Moderator: Welcome to all of you. I know coming out for an evening away from families and friends to discuss nuclear weapons isn’t for everyone. So we have the really hard core national security reporters here tonight! Thanks for coming. This dinner and the one coming in March are made possible by support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. I hope many of you will also join us on March 17th, we’ll talk about that at the end. But I want to specifically thank Carl Robichaud and Patricia Nicholas of Carnegie Corporation of New York for their efforts and for their support that’s making these two conversations possible. I also want to welcome just a few other people who aren’t journalists who are in the room. First of all, two former colleagues of Rose’s, Michael Elliott, retired Senior DoD executive who was integral to the development of policy related top nuclear weapons and to the international negotiations which Rose led at one point, that led to the current treaty, New START. And Richard Trout, who is a retired naval intelligence officer, served as intelligence advisor for officials in both the Bush and Obama administrations, and those who were negotiating the nuclear arms control issues with the Russians. They could be the speakers tonight, but instead they’re just here. I hope you’ll pipe up when appropriate. Read more
Defense Writers Group
15 January 2020
DWG: Thank you very, very much for taking time, especially after being our for a dignified transfer so late last night. A lot of interest, as always, in the Army and in what you have to say about it. I remember the last time you were with us here at the Defense Writers Group you were the Acting Secretary, and then subsequently you reverted to being Under Secretary under the current Secretary of Defense. Now you are the Secretary of the Army. So it’s been quite a ride already. Read more.
Defense Writers Group
14 January 2020
DWG: Secretary Lord, thank you so much for coming to speak to Defense Writers today. As you can see, you draw a crowd. There will probably be a few stragglers, so it will be quite a large number of people today. I’ll ask the first question as moderator, and then I’m making a list of people who make little signals to me that they’re interested in being on the list and we’ll get through as many as we can. Read more.
