2014 Aspen Security Forum
July 23 - 26, 2014 | Aspen, CO
“This We'll Defend:” The Army's Role in Defending the Nation Against Today's Security and Fiscal Challenges
Speaker: Ray Odierno, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
U.S. Counterterrorism Tools from Diplomacy to Sanctions to Drones
Speaker: John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of Justice
Speaker: Mike Vickers, Under Secretary for Intelligence, Department of Defense
Speaker: Juan Zarate, Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism
Moderator: Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News
TSA: Toward a Risk-Based Approach to Aviation Security
Speaker: John Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News
Rethinking the U.S. National Security Apparatus
Speaker: Michael Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Director, National Security Agency
Speaker: Mike Leiter, Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Speaker:John McLaughlin, Former Acting and Deputy Director, CIA;
Speaker: Eric Olson, Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Moderator: Eric Schmitt, National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
Assessing the Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security
Moderator: Dina Temple-Raston, Counterterrorism Correspondent, NPR
Striking the Right Balance between Security and Liberty
Speaker: Raj De, General Counsel, National Security Agency
Speaker: Robert Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Speaker: John Rizzo, Former Deputy and Acting General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft
Moderator: Greg Miller, National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post
The Future of Warfare
Speaker: Dawn Meyerriecks, Deputy Director, Directorate of Science and Technology, CIA
Speaker: Steve Chan, Director, Network Science Research Center, IBM
Speaker: Lynn Dugle, President, Raytheon Intelligence, Information, and Services; Vice President, Raytheon Company
Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
Intergovernmental Cooperation in Counterterrorism
Speaker: Matt Olsen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Speaker: Robert Mueller, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Speaker: Ralph Boelter, Vice President, Corporate Security, Target; Former Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moderator: Mike Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Bringing into Balance the Military Instrument of Power
Speaker: Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moderator: Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, “60 Minutes,” CBS News
From Terrorism to Cold War-like Conventional Military Adventurism—Is Europe Up to the Test?
Speaker: Gilles De Kerchove, Counterterrorism Coordinator, European Union
Speaker: Douglas Lute, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Speaker: Peter Westmacott, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the U.S.
Moderator: Elise Labott, Foreign Affairs Reporter, CNN
Afghanistan & Pakistan: Lessons and Prospects
Speaker: Jeff Eggers, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, National Security Council
Speaker: Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S.
Speaker: Jalil Abbas Jilani, Ambassador Pakistan to the U.S.
Speaker: John Allen, Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan
Moderator: Kimberly Dozier, Contributing Writer, The Daily Beast
“National” Security and “Homeland” Security
Speaker: David Heyman, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: John Negroponte, Former Director of National Intelligence
Speaker: Frances Townsend, Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Michael Crowley, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, TIME Magazine
WMD: The Nightmare Scenario
Speaker: Huban Gowadia, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Laura Holgate, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, National Security Council
Speaker: Andrew Weber, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, Department of Defense
Speaker: Michael Fey, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, and General Manager of Corporate Products, Intel Security
Moderator: Yochi Dreazen, Managing Editor, Foreign Policy
“Pivoting” to Asia
Speaker: Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
Speaker: Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the U.S.
Speaker: Christopher Hill, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Moderator: Josh Rogin, Senior Correspondent, The Daily Beast
Challenges Facing the U.S. Navy
Speaker: Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
Does Politics Still Stop at the Water's Edge?
Speaker: Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Speaker: Michael McCaul, Chairman, House Committee on Homeland Security
Moderator: Josh Gerstein, Senior White House Reporter, POLITICO
Reflecting on the 9/11 Commission: Are We Safer Today?
Speaker: Charles Allen, Former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
Speaker: Jeremy Bash, Former Chief of Staff, Department of Defense; Former Chief of Staff, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Richard Ben-Veniste, Former Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Moderator: Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker
Security Challenges in the Ever-Evolving Cyber Realm
Speaker: Richard Ledgett, Deputy Director, National Security Agency
Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
The View from the West Wing
Speaker: Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Margaret Warner, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
The Mideast in Crisis, Again
Speaker: Mohamed Tawfik, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the U.S.
Speaker: Robert Ford, Former Ambassador of the U.S. to Syria; Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
Speaker: Dennis Ross, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Central Region, National Security Council; William Davidson Distinguished Fellow and Counselor, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Correspondent, CBS News
Defense Support of Civil Authorities — The Role of DOD in Homeland Security
Speaker: Charles Jacoby, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command
Moderator: Ken Dilanian, Intelligence Writer, The Associated Press
The Global Threat Picture as the Defense Intelligence Agency Sees It
Speaker: Michael Flynn, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Evan Pérez, Justice Reporter, CNN