INTRODUCTION
First let me begin by thanking Brent Scowcroft for his words of introduction. It is an honour to be introduced by someone with such a record of service to this country. I know that Gen Scowcroft has recently highlighted the importance of taking care of the transatlantic relationship as we go through difficult times. That is very much the focus of my speech today. And if the announcement of a $500bn budget cut doesn’t count as difficult times, I don’t know what does.
Seventy years ago this month, in January 1942, Winston Churchill was in the United States for the Arcadia Conference; the Conference that set the strategy for the Allied victory in the Second World War.
The despatch of US Army, Navy, and Air Forces to Britain was imminent; marking the second time in a century the United States had come to the aid of the democratic nations of Europe in time of need.
And it wouldn’t be the last time.
- PHILIP HAMMOND, DEFENCE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
- International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence
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