we are there are delighted to have admiral john papp with us here today to talk about these issues. the admiral was appointed in july 2014 as special representative for the arctic. he is the 24th commandment of the coast guard, has handa 39-year career in the coast guard, a graduate of the coast guard academy, whomaster degrees, none security studies and one in management. as a coast guard officer has served on six ships, commanding four of them, including what i'm relie blue informed is the u.s. government's only active sailing tall ship, the eagle. i'm also informed on the ship he is frequently found in the sails, inspecting the rigging, sailor's sailor, not just a leader but a leader held in high regard in the coast guard. it seems to me extremely appropriate to have a sailor's sailor serve as our cub transcribe's representative to the arctic in this upcoming period. so we're delighted to have you here. thank you very much four -- for your service and for being here today. the floor is yours. [applause] >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. what a great crowd. this is wonderful.

we are therefore delighted to have admiral john papp here to talk to us about these issues. the admiral was appointed in july 2014 at a special representative for the arctic. he is the 24th commander of the coast guard. he has had an illustrious 39 year career in the coast guard, the graduate of the coast guard academy,, two master's degree one in securities study and one in management and is a coast coast guard officer he has served on six ships commanding for them including what i'm informed as the u.s. government only active ship the coast guard training ship eagle. i'm also reliably informed that on the ship he is free only found in the sales inspecting the rigging. not just a leader but a leader held in higher regard than the coast guard and his colleagues and the rest in defense and security community. it seems to me extremely appropriate to have a sailor service are represented to the arctic subcommittee so we are delighted to have you here and thank you very much for your service and thank you for joining us here today. the floor is yours. [applause] >> good morning

we are therefore delighted to have admiral john papp with us today to talk about these issues. admiral was appointed in july 2014 as special representative for the arctic. his the 24th commander of the coast guard. he has had an illustrious 39-year career in the coast guard. a graduate of the coast guard academy, two master's degrees, and has served on six ships, commanding four of them, including what i am informed of as the u.s. government's only tall ship, the eagle. i am informed on that ship he is frequently found up in the sails inspecting the rigging, sailor to sailor, not just as a leader, but held in high regard in the coast guard and the rest of the defense and security community. it is appropriate to have a sailor's sailor be our country's representative to the arctic in this upcoming period. we are delighted to have you here and thank you for being here today. [applause] admiral papp: good morning ladies and gentlemen. what a great crowd. this is wonderful. i feel great. i think i met here at brookings when i was the commandant. it is pronounced commandant. canadian