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| Aspen Institute to have forum on dealing with threats
WASHINGTON,[url=http://www.lorcal.com/Christian-Louboutin-Evening-10/]Christian Louboutin Discount[/url], May 28 () -- Dealing with traditional and terrorist threats in a time of budget constraints will be center stage at this year's Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.The Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program key speakers at the July 17-20 event include U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano; Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh; Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Adm. William McRaven; National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander; Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole; and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen.Among others participating are former commander of U.S. Africa Command Gen. Carter Ham; former commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces Afghanistan Gen. John Allen; and the European Union's Counter-terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove."This summer's forum will explore the tension in a time of budget austerity and war weariness, between focusing on 'traditional' threats from nation-states and the continuing threat of terrorism at home and abroad,[url=http://www.lorcal.com/Christian-Louboutin-Pigalle-15/]Christian Louboutin Men[/url]," said Clark Ervin, director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program."The discussions at the forum will focus on current international issues facing the homeland security community including the prospect of a nuclear Iran, the civil war in Syria, saber rattling on the Korean Peninsula, the geo-political implications of the rise of China, and the rise of al-Qaida in Africa."Additionally, in the wake of Boston, another focus will be on the newly stimulated concerns about 'homegrown terrorism' and the vulnerability of 'soft targets.'" |
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