Pasco Reporter

Americans United For A Stronger Economy issued the following announcement.

Monday, Mar 09, 2020 2:00 PM-3:00 PM EDT

Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.

Washington, DC

20036

Brookings is closely monitoring developments with the global spread of COVID-19. Out of an abundance of caution, we are asking any visitors to Brookings to reschedule their visit, tune in via webcast, or conduct their meeting by phone or videoconference if they or someone they reside with has traveled within the past 14 days to a country designated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as “Level 3 – Avoid Nonessential Travel” or “Level 2-Practice Enhanced Precautions.”

More than 18 years after the 9/11 attacks, the United States has shifted its focus to competition with near-peer great competitors while still deterring rogue states like Iran and North Korea. During the latter years of President Obama’s administration and the early years of President Trump’s — through the 2018 National Defense Strategy, in particular — the U.S. has placed China’s ascendance at the heart of national security policymaking. But ongoing challenges with Russia, Afghanistan, the broader Middle East, and the Korean peninsula will continue to demand U.S. attention and resources.

General David Petraeus — former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and commander of multinational forces in Iraq during the President George W. Bush-era surge — is a distinguished practitioner and analyst of national security. On March 9, he will join Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon in a wide-ranging conversation on the international security environment, the state of the armed forces, and the emerging threats facing the United States.

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