A Discussion with Commissioners of the Final Report of the US Strategic Posture Commission

October 2023

Past Event

A Discussion with Commissioners of the Final Report of the US Strategic Posture Commission

Past Event

Hudson Institute

October 23, 2023

The B-21 Raider was unveiled to the public at a ceremony on December 2, 2022, in Palmdale, California. (US Air Force via DVIDS)

October 2023

Past Event

Speakers:

Madelyn R. Creedon

Chair, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Commissioner, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Marshall Billingslea

Commissioner, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Rose E. Gottemoeller

Commissioner, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and Research Fellow, Hoover Institution

Robert M. Scher

Commissioner, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and Head of International Affairs, BP America

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The fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act established the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States to review US nuclear weapons policy, strategy, and force structure and to conduct an assessment of America’s near-peer competitors. Earlier this month, the commission released its final report on America’s strategic posture, the first such report since 2009.

Join commission members and Hudson Senior Fellows Rebeccah L. Heinrichs and Marshall S. Billingslea as they host commission Chair Madeline R. Creedon and commission members Rose E. Gottemoeller and Robert M. Scher for a discussion on the report’s findings and its implications for the future of America’s strategic posture.

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