connie mariano and gloria feldt to the festival, and we will begin with dr. mar yang owe's presentation -- mariano's presentation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, becky, and thank you all for being here today. this is a challenge because i like to be unlimited physically, and i'm sort of limited right now physically as my colleague will agree, but we're going to handle it the best we can. in about 12 minutes i want to share you the journey which i outline in my book and encourage you to look at. one of the joys of being first or is you, obviously, get all the attention of being the first in a particular field, but the sadness is, number one, that you had to be the first in that particular field. but the other is the hope that people will follow you so you won't be the last. let me share with you a story. we're all here because we like stories, books are about stories, and we're going to talk about leadership. and in a lot of ways my life, my story, my journey is one about finding that i am a leader and becoming a leader. i live in arizona, i live in scott

connie mare -- mariano and gloria feldt. again, go to signing area one, tent b, and books will be available there for purchase. and thank you again for coming to the festival. as a friend of the festival, please, go to our web site, thank you. .. >> now sarwar kashmeri argues that natives historic function seven largely taken over by the european union security alliance and says that if it is said to -- to survive it must take on a different role. about 55 minutes. >> i am just thrilled to be here think the foreign policy association which has played such an important role in the development of what i do. i want to thank all the cadets who are here from was. west point is one of the most aspiring places that i have had privilege to go to. every time i go there i am in of of the careers of these young women and men. and so i simply cannot start without saying thank you for your service. [applause] nato, i believe, is an increasingly dysfunctional organization. and if it continues to go the way it is now it will become rather