my second question would be to bill coker. can you discuss what impact government can have on the markets on climate change because i know it's a discussion we've had in the past. but i'd like to get it on the record today. >> policy would be huge. if government established policy that carbon emissions will be reduced by 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2050, etcetera. the market has always adapted to policy. if government would take the leadership position here, then a tremendous amount can be done to reduce carbon emissions. the challenge regarding what government can do is to reduce carbon emissions, it needs to be done on a global basis. it wouldn't be sufficient for us to declare in san francisco we're going become 100% carbon-free by 2040 but the rest of the word -- world does nothing. it needs to be government actions around the world. n now, one piece of good hope is the u.s. has become a huge producer of natural gas. just as the emerging world, which largely is dependent upon coal production to bring energy to their own markets

betsy fischer martin, lisa matthews, bill lord, danny cellnet, and the press club staff, especially lyndsay underwood, laura coker, and bill mccarran. [applause] i also want to say a special thank you to the members of american legion post 20, which is based right here at the national plus club -- national press club. thank you so much for coming today. [applause] so is our nation prepares to celebrate veterans day and observe the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, today's guests will discuss the state of the department with providing patient care and benefits for more than 20 million u.s. military veterans and their families. v.a. secretary robert wilkie will share with us the progress he has made since taking office on july 30, 2018. i think 100 days ago. and his goals for the future. history will be has a very personal connection to our nation's armed forces. he is an officer in the u.s. air force reserve. before joining the air force, he served in the u.s. navy reserve with the joint forces intelligence command, naval special warfare group two, and the office of naval intelligence. he grew up an arm

we have lisa matthews, laurie russo, tamara hinton, danny celtic, bill more, club staff members lindsay underwood, laura coker and our executive director, thank you, everybody. [applause] >> we are so very excited to welcome here today world renowned presidential historian it was a prize-winning author doris kearns goodwin. [applause] >> she has just published her seventh book, "leadership in turbulent times" and that is the book we are discussing here today. if you haven't purchased a copy we are putting them outside and she will be signing books after today's event. the sale of each book benefits the national press club journalism institute which does so much good work to support press freedom and promote professionally relevant and scholarships. leadership in turbulent times examined how four men, two of whom are immortalized on mount rushmore overcame obstacles to become iconic presidents. you have spent five decades studying the president featured in this book, abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt, franklin delano roosevelt and lyndon baines johnson. today's discussion should be both educational and illum

betsy fisher martin, lori russo, tamara hinton, bill lord, danny celnick and the press club staff, including lindsay underwood, laura coker, and executive director, laura mccarron. >> as president trump travels the country promoting candidates for the upcoming midterm elections, one of the topics he frequently mentions is his plan to establish a sixth branch of the u.s. armed forces. two weeks ago, the united states air force, led by heather wilson, our speaker today, delivered to the pentagon a proposal detailing the structure of a space force military department, which is to be included in the administration's fiscal year 2020 budget. to establish this new combat command, the proposal noted, would require an estimated $13 billion over five years, in added defense funding. it will also add another 13,000 employees to the federal payroll, flkding a new service secretary. just last week, secretary wilson asserted in a speech that we can no longer view space as a function. it is a war-fighting mission. she also called it a mission which requires a separate department that, i quote, puts that war fighter's focus on space ope