Dir. of National Intelligence James Clapper, Sec. Deborah James, CIA's David Cohen Interviewed at Aspen Security Forum Today

ASPEN, Colo., July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHAT: Upcoming live video from the 2015 Aspen Security Forum, as well as video and transcripts from previously recorded sessions, are as follows:

Thursday, July 23
Homeland Security in the Age of ISIL
Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security
Moderated by: Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker
Transcript: http://aspensecurityforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Homeland-Security-in-the-Age-of-ISIL.pdf
Video: https://youtu.be/lfyUibbHQ3g

Friday, July 24
A Look into SOCOM
Joseph Votel, Commander, US Special Operations Command
Moderated by: Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News
Video: https://youtu.be/lcbNsz2kXFg

Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism
Gilles de Kerchove, Counterterrorism Coordinator, European Union
Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Rashad Hussain, Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, Department of State
Juliette Kayyem, Founder, Kayyem Solutions LLC; Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intergovernmental Affairs
Moderated by: Chris Isham, Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, CBS News
Video: https://youtu.be/qn_qthkxQAw

Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Harbinger of Things to Come?
11:00 – 12:00pm MT, 1:00 – 2:00pm ET
LIVE here: https://youtu.be/BjspTaZrERg
Gordon Chang, Contributor, Forbes.com; Author, The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World
Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Harry Harris, Commander, US Pacific Command
Moderated by: Massimo Calabresi, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine

The Proverbial Public-Private Partnership: Cooperation and Conflict in the Relationship between Government and Industry in Cyberspace
12:45 – 1:45pm MT, 2:45 – 3:45pm ET
LIVE here: https://youtu.be/M7Ev-Wx3VT8
Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation
Michael Chertoff, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Michael Leiter, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Leidos; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Tim Reardon, Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Solutions, Lockheed Martin
Moderated by: Shaun Waterman, Editor, POLITICO Pro Cybersecurity

A Word from the Intelligence Community
1:45 – 2:45pm MT, 3:45 – 4:45pm ET
LIVE here: https://youtu.be/TVWwS3Ebdwk
Robert Cardillo, Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
David Cohen, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Nick Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderated by: Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News

Whither NATO—The Cold War Redux?
3:00pm – 4:00pm MT, 5:00 – 6:00pm ET
LIVE here: https://youtu.be/losjDFuB1uU
Evelyn Farkas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
Sergey Kislyak, Ambassador of Russia to the US
Doug Lute, US Ambassador to NATO
Peter Wittig, Ambassador of Germany to the US
Moderated by: Eli Lake, Columnist, Bloomberg View

Flying the Unfriendly Skies: The Air Force's Role in National Security
4:00 – 4:45pm MT, 6:00 – 6:45pm ET
LIVE here: https://youtu.be/AdDubhgM3Q0
Deborah James, Secretary, US Air Force
Moderated by: Jennifer Griffin, National Security Correspondent, Fox News

Herding Cats: Synthesizing the Intelligence Community
5:00 – 6:00pm MT, 7:00 – 8:00pm ET
LIVE here: https://youtu.be/-1dWq0sxRlY
More than a decade after its creation, the Director of National Intelligence gives an accounting of ODNI's progress to date and the work that remains to be done.
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
Moderated by: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

WHERE: Daily video highlights from the Aspen Security Forum will be posted at http://aspensecurityforum.org/media/video-library/asf-2015/, and event updates will be featured at www.twitter.com/AspenSecurity, www.twitter.com/aspeninstitute, and www.facebook.com/aspeninstitute. Stay engaged on social media with #AspenSecurity.

For a complete list of currently confirmed speakers and moderators and the agenda, please visit www.aspensecurityforum.org. The 2015 Aspen Security Forum is presented by the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program in partnership with CNN. Sponsors for the 2015 Aspen Security Forum are IBM, Intel Security, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Target.

Please note that we're producing many of these transcripts on a rush basis so accuracy has not yet been verified and the video serves as the authoritative record.

About The Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute's Homeland Security Program works to heighten public awareness as to the nation's continued vulnerability to terrorism, and to persuade the nation to take the necessary steps to close the gap between how secure we should be and how secure we actually are. For more information, please visit www.aspeninstitute.org/security.

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.

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