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Combatting #disinformation: "We can't compromise our American values in the process" BrigGen Richard Angle, Deputy Commanding General, Jt Special Operations Command, tells #FutureSecurityForum
Dangers of taking on #disinformation

"If you engage in it, those pushing it win. If you ignore it, those pushing it win" per BrigGen Angle
"We need to seize the initiative. We beed to own the narrative. And we need to expand the concept of persistent engagement in #cyberspace to persistent engagement in information operations" per BrigGen Angle

"Need to impose a cost"
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#Taliban-#Afghanistan talks-"We need to make sure to support this & give it a chance to work" per former Defense UnderSec Michele Flournoy at #FutureSecurityForum

"We have to be very careful..."
"I think if the US were to withdraw unilaterally or precipitously we could actually undercut the negotiations and particularly the leverage of the Afghan government and Afghan civil society" per Flournoy
Can the #Taliban be trusted? "They're at the table & they're now talking & this is a move in the right direction" former CENTCOM Cmdr, ret. Gen. Joseph Votel told #FutureSecurityForum
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"I think it's impossible to imagine that after a pandemic like this, w/nearly 200,000 Americans dying from this, that we wouldn't have a broader notion of national security" per former @DeptofDefense UnderSecretary for Policy Michèle Flournoy told #FutureSecurityForum

re #COVID
"From a national security standpoint this has exposed some of our own vulnerabilities that have to be addressed whether it's in our supply chain vulnerabilities or our ability to have, to produce & stockpiles the right materials" ret. Gen. Joseph Votel told #FutureSecurityForum
"We need to make sure that we have a response architecture in place to address that" per Votel

Outside of US, #COVID19 also "adds another layer of environmental complexity to the areas in which we operate. It's going to be a persistent factor" he adds
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