A Reagan Forum Podcast

Robert O’Brien

For our last podcast in January, we’ll wrap up last month’s Reagan National Defense Forum, with our closing session with National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien. The program began with remarks by National Security Advisor O’Brien, followed by a moderated conversation with Fox News co-anchor of America’s Newsroom Bill Hemmer, which included discussions on the historic importance of the Reagan military build-up, President Trump’s initiative to rebuild the armed services, the Trump Administration’s Iran policy, the U.S.-China trade war, and a host of other topics in the concluding session of our 2019 Defense Forum. Let's Listen.

Mattis and Panetta

As we continue to bring you some of the panels and discussions at last month’s Reagan National Defense Forum, in this week’s Reagan Forum podcast we’ll look at panel number 10, entitled “From Syria to China: The Role of freedom and democracy in defense policy.”  The panelists included two former secretaries of state – General James Mattis and the Honorable Leon Panetta. Let’s listen.

Service Chiefs

Defense Forum, in this week’s Reagan Forum podcast we’ll look at our first Fireside Chat of the day, Training and Equipping the Joint Force to Execute the In our continuation of bringing you some of the panels and discussions at last month’s Reagan National National Defense Strategy. During this panel, we brought together all of the service chiefs of the United States Military for a conversation to discuss what measures the services are taking to implement the National Defense Strategy and their efforts to build the military we need for the future. Let’s listen.

Jeff Bezos

In this week’s Reagan Forum podcast we’ll look at our second Fireside Chat of the day, which was a conversation with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.  Mr. Bezos discussed the need for big technology companies to work with the U.S. government, what the national security community can do to recruit and retain technical talent, and ways big organizations can remain nimble and innovative. Let's listen. 
 

New Year

In this week’s A Reagan Forum Podcast, we’re going to go back to last year’s “Words to Live By” podcast featuring Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s 1985 joint message for the 1986 new year.

Christmas

Yesterday was Christmas.  And from all of us at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, we wish you and your family the happiest and heathiest of holiday seasons. In this week’s A Reagan Forum Podcast, we’re going to go back to last year’s “Words to Live By” podcast featuring President Reagan’s thoughts and messages to the American people on Christmas Let’s listen.

Mark Esper

On December 6 and 7, 2019, the Reagan Foundation and Institute held its annual Reagan National Defense Forum.  In an era where the threats to our national security are increasing in number and complexity, the Reagan National Defense Forum allows senior leaders from the defense community to come together with viewpoints on how best to deal with these challenges. This year’s Defense Forum’s keynote address was delivered by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Mark Esper, followed by a Q&A led by Fox News Anchor Bret Baier. Let’s listen.
 

Nikki Haley

On December 12, 2019, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley came to the Reagan Library to discuss her new book, With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace. Let's Listen

A Reagan Forum ”Dr. Robert Ballard”

On September 11, 2017 we hosted Dr. Ballard, the man responsible for finding the Titanic, as we discussed the story behind finding the Titanic for our exhibit we had on display at the time.  It was a fascinating program where he took the audience on a journey of ocean exploration. Let's Listen. 

A Reagan Forum ”Thanksgiving”

Today is Thanksgiving.  And from all of us at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, we wish you and your family the happiest and heathiest of thanksgiving. In this week’s A Reagan Forum Podcast, we’re going to go back to last year’s “Words to Live By” podcast featuring President Reagan’s thoughts and messages to the American people on thanksgiving.Let’s listen.