SOUTHCOM commander, Coast Guard commandant to discuss emerging Western Hemisphere challenges

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

10.03.2014

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U.S. Southern Command

WASHINGTON - U.S. Marine Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft will host a program titled “Emerging Challenges in the Western Hemisphere” at 1 p.m., Oct. 7 in the Abraham Lincoln Hall Auditorium on Fort Lesley J. McNair, in Washington.

The event is open to the media.

Michael Miklaucic of the Institute for National Strategic Studies will moderate a discussion between Zukunft and Kelly. Following the discussion, Miklaucic will moderate a panel with:

1. Michael Braun - Managing partner, SGI Global, LLC, and former chief of operations, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

2. Douglas Farah - Senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center and adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies

3. Celina Realuyo - Professor of practice, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University

Media members must show government-issued ID upon entering the base. There will be parking available at Fort McNair.

For more information about U.S. Southern Command visit www.southcom.mil.

RELATED LINKS:

Biography, Gen. John Kelly: http://www.southcom.mil/aboutus/Pages/General-John-F--Kelly.aspx

Biography, Adm. Paul Zukunft: https://www.uscg.mil/flag/biography/PaulZukunft.pdf

Additional information about the event: http://cco.dodlive.mil/cco-and-the-perry-center-emerging-challenges-in-the-western-hemisphere/

• Date Taken: 10.03.2014
• Date Posted: 10.03.2014 14:35
• Story ID: 144222
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US