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Dinner w/Secretary Kendall

January 3 @ 6:00 pm 8:30 pm EST

As Secretary Kendall works toward the public rollout of the U.S. Air Force’s Great Power Competition plan, he looks forward to an early and open dialog with a small group of BENS members. Our conversation will center around artificial intelligence’s influence on the battlefield, the imperative to modernize to meet this influence, and the budgetary concerns inherent in such change.

$125 – $500

Cost: $125 – 500

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