Transcripts All2022202320242025 Steven J. Morani Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment2025 General Eric M. SmithCommandant, USMC2025 Jared Stout, Chief Government & External Affairs Officer, Axiom Space2025 Maureen Farrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense African Affairs2024 Lieutenant General Philip Garrant, Commander, Space Systems Command 2024 Brendan Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense Energy, Installations & Environment, And Chief Sustainability Officer 2024 Dr. John Nagl, Col. Chase Metcalf, “Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force”2024 Admiral Lisa Franchetti Chief of Naval Operations 2024 Jane Harman, Chair, Eric Edelman, Vice Chair, David Grannis, Executive Director Congressional Commission on the National Defense Strategy2024 Denny Tamaki, Governor of Okinawa2024 Vice Admiral Frank “Trey” Whitworth, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency2024 Christopher P. Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict2024 Colonel David Butler, Communications Adviser to Chief of Staff of the Army2024 Admiral (Ret.) Mike Mullen, Charles Phillips, Defense Innovation Board2024 John F. Kirby, White House National Security Communications Adviser; Mark Schauerte, co-host Director of Career Development Institute of Politics, University of Chicago; Thom Shanker, co-host and moderator2024 Roll-out of Congressional Report on Nuclear Terrorism2024 The Honorable Mac Thornberry, Ylli Bajraktari, Special Competitive Studies Project2024 Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO2024 Ambassador Eric S. Edelman, General (Ret) C. Robert Kehler, and Franklin C. Miller discussing Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Strategy, & National Defense2024 The Honorable Bill Blair Defense Minister for Canada, Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the United States2024 Edmon Begoli, Amir Sadovnik, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for AI Security Research2024 Dr. John F. Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense Space Policy2024 Roger D. Carstens, Special Presidential Envoy Hostage Affairs2024 Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, Commander, Air Forces US Central Command2024 General CQ Brown, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff2024 Senator Jack Reed Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee2024 Bob Hale, Chair Ellen Lord, Vice-Chair Congressional Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform2024 The Honorable Christine Wormuth Secretary of the Army General Randy A. George Chief of Staff of the Army2024 General Bryan P. Fenton, Commander, Special Operation Command and Command Sergeant Major Shane W. Shorter Senior Enlisted Leader, Special Operations Command2024 Ylber Bajraktari, Luke Vannurden, Special Competitive Studies Project and Juliana Suess, Sidharth Kaushal, UK Royal United Services Institute for Defense & Security Studies2024 Dr. Ely S. Ratner, ASD Inco-Pacific Security Affairs2023 Madelyn R. Creedon, Rebecca L. Heinrichs, Congressional Commission2023 Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense2023 Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, Commander, Air Forces US Central Command2023 Nika Gvaramia – Journalist2023 Mieke Eoyang, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Cyber Policy2023 General James B. Hecker Commander, US Air Forces Europe And US Air Forces Africa2023 Bob Hale, chair and Ellen Lord, vice-chair Congressional Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform2023 Dr. Mara E. Karlin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategies, Plans, and Capabilities2023 Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall2023 Nathaniel C. Fick, Ambassador at Large Bureau of Cyberspace & Digital Policy2023 Denny Tamaki, Governor of Okinawa2023 John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction2023 Jessica Lewis, Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs2023 The Honorable Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, Command Sergeant Major Michael A. Grinston, Sergeant Major of the Army2023 Senator Jack Reed, Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee2023 General David H. Berger, Commandant, US Marine Corps2022 Chidi Blyden, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs2022 Dr. Colin H. Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy2022 Ylber Bajraktari, Justin Lynch, Peter Mattis, Luke Vannurden, Special Competitive Studies Project2022 Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs2022 Dr. Eric Schmidt, chair of the Board of Advisors, and Robert Work, member of the Board of Advisors, of the Special Competitive Studies Project2022 General Stephen J. Townsend, Commander, US Africa Command2022 The Hon. Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister & Defense Minister of Australia2022 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Meredith A. Berger, Energy, Installations, and Environment2022 Representative Adam Smith, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee2022 Ambassador Julianne Smith U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO2022 Lieutenant General B. Chance Saltzman, Deputy Chief for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear for the United States Space Force2022 General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command2022 Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense2022 General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army2022 Senator Jack Reed, Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee2022 Dr. Derek M. Tournear, Director of the Space Development Agency2022 General Edward M. Daly Commander, Army Materiel Command2022 Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering2022 David Spirk, Chief Data Officer of the Department of Defense2022 Transcript Archive