professor yonah alexander. [applause] we brought together today, yonah has brought together today a very experienced and senior panel to discuss these issues. we have a key note speaker who's currently serving as the director of the defense intelligence agency and the -- i'd like to introduce general al gray, the 29th commandant of the marine corps, chairman of the poe tamack institute board of regents. i know he'll kick me off the stage. grayisms published this last year by the potomac institute which documents -- [laughter] all of the things he said. general gray: i want to add my welcome to all of you and we're particularly honored this afternoon to have a very distinguished general officer speak to us in his key note address. general vincent stewart is a great leader, has been -- is a great marine and i'm very honored, really, to have a chance to tell you a little bit about him. his biography is in your notes there so i won't go through all that, but i do want to mention that general stewart not only has ha

professor yonah alexander.ause] we brought together today, yonah has brought together today a very experienced and senior panel to discuss these issues. we have a keynote speaker who is currently serving as the director of the defense intelligence agency and the, i would like to introduce general al gray, the 29th commandant of the marine corps and chairman of the potomac institute, before he gets here and kicks me off the stage i know, the published this last year bit potomac institute which documents -- all those things general gray has said. i want to add my welcome to all of you, we're particularly honored this afternoon to have a very distinguished general officer, speak to us, in this keynote address. general vincent stewart is a great leader. has been, and is a great marine. i'm very honored, really to have a chance to tell you a little bit about him. his biography is here. so i won't go through all of that. i mention general stewart not only had and held all of the key command assignments in the signal

yonah said how great you are and all that. thank you all for joining us and the like that every member, there is hope. i'm the eternal optimist, therefore, you're going to have to suffer with me here. we're going to be successful in all these endeavors because we are building the right kind of teamwork. we are building the right kind of partnerships around the world. we are doing the right kind of things in many places, and we understand that it's not just a military thing, far from the. it's an economic challenge, a political challenge, a societal challenge, a technology channel -- challenge. and again we've got to make sure that the people who are right now supporting this crazy isis and the rest, these people need to understand that isis and what they stand for is going to get beaten. and wants you beat them, the people will lead them, believe me. that's the way it happened with the former soviet union and that's the way it's going to happen in the future. so thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >>