guest: damon wilson, any guests? guest: that was his farewell speech, his last speech in europe, was a very significant speech, one from the heart that he's wanted to deliver for a long time. it delivered a tough message to our european allies, that not giving up on nato now -- he wasn't saying nature 10 broken today. he was saying that, left unchecked, nato has a dim and dismal future. trying to underscore the importance of europeans recommitting to investment, this is a tough conversation to have in the midst of a euro zone crisis, a sovereign debt crisis, but he was right to force the conversation. that said, those who have been following the alliance throughout its history, the alliance has always been faced with a storyline of whether it's broken, whether it's divided, the end of nato. i think each time the alliance has demonstrated its resilience, to adapt and rise to the challenge, and while it has problems, it's been the best tool, the best vehicle we've had to address a lot of security challenges, and i thin

guest: damon wilson, any guests? guest: that was his farewell speech, his last speech in europe, was a very significant speech, one from the heart that he's wanted to deliver for a long time. it delivered a tough message to our european allies, that not giving up on nato now -- he wasn't saying nature 10 broken today. he was saying that, left unchecked, nato has a dim and dismal future. trying to underscore the importance of europeans recommitting to investment, this is a tough conversation to have in the midst of a euro zone crisis, a sovereign debt crisis, but he was right to force the conversation. that said, those who have been following the alliance throughout its history, the alliance has always been faced with a storyline of whether it's broken, whether it's divided, the end of nato. i think each time the alliance has demonstrated its resilience, to adapt and rise to the challenge, d while it has problems, it's been the best tool, the best vehicle we've had to address a lot of security challenges, and i think

damon wilson on the far right, not necessarily the far right of the views of the panel. he is the executive vice president of the council. before joining the council, he served president george w. bush on the security council. his previous government positions include the chief of staff and executive secretary in baghdad, as well as from 2001 until 2004 deputy director of the private office of the nato secretary general. facing for my direction, the left of the panel, certainly not be left in the use -- the left in views, he, too, served under george w. bush. mr. miller served for 31 years under seven secretaries of state in a series of progressively senior positions. is also the world's most foremost -- he is also the world's most foremost expert on nuclear weapons policy. before launching the foundation for the u.s. office, she certainly corporate sector as the vice-president of international relations for europe's largest media company. she founded the brussels office and served as director. she has served on the atlantic council's strategic advisory group. she also s

. >> damon wilson here at the atlantic council. i the question that you might pick up on some of the pieces of this, michele. two pieces to this. one is the role of other arab states and was played out in libya. seen what they've done as part of this operation is quite remarkable. i think some of the training of the rebel forces in particular some of the arms. i wanted to talk a little bit about the varying roles of other arab countries in the conflict in libya it's up there and sort of what the implications of that, how that plays a. for example, morocco and jordan also joined the uae and airports are formally becoming part of the nato council that was part of conducting the operations. interesting political decisions on the part of morocco and jordan. saudi everybody very key role in arabic still staying back in some of this. if you could sort of play that out a little bit. and second, what is the impact of what's happening right now in libya on the arab spring, on the awakening more broadly? how does this play both in syria and

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damon wilson on the far right of the panel, not necessary for far right of the view of the panel, is the executive vice president of the atlantic council here and before that was director of the international security program. before joining the council he served as special assistant to president george w. bush on the national security council and senior director for european affairs. is previous government positions included chief of staff and executive secretary of the nested embassy in baghdad, as well as from 2001-2040 served as deputy director of the private office of nato secretary-general robertson. on the left of the panel facing from my direction, also not the left necessary of the view, we have frank miller it was a principal of the scowcroft group and before that he served as a special assistant to president george w. bush on the nsc staff covering defense policy and arms control. mr. miller served for 31 years in the u.s., including 22 years serving under seven secretaries of defense, and this is a progressively senior positions. he also is in my view the world's foremost