Armed with HIMARS, Ukraine seeks to retake territory lost to Russia in the south

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69% : The State Department's Role," with Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Jessica Lewis; Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd Robinson; and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Kathryn Insley; and Dafna Rand, director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Assistance https://www.csis.org/events/security-assistance-ukraine-state-departments-role2 p.m. 2154 Rayburn -- House Oversight and Reform National Security Subcommittee: "Protecting Military Servicemembers and Veterans from Financial Scams and Fraud" http://oversight.house.gov2 p.m. -- Government Executive Media Group virtual discussion: "Advancing Soldier-First Modernization," with retired Army Lt. Gen. John Morgan, partner at IBM Consulting; retired Army Col. John Kuenzli, human resources branch chief at IBM Federal and Army Account Solutions; Tom Saracene, regional vice president for sales at Salesforce; and Michael Parker, vice president and business development executive at Salesforce https://www.govexec.com/feature/Advancing-Soldier3 p.m. 290 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland -- Center for Strategic and International Studies discussion: "Maritime Security Dialogue: Naval Aviation Update," with Navy Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, commander of Naval Air Forces and commander of Naval Air Force at the U.S. Pacific Fleet; Navy Rear Adm. James Downey, program executive officer for aircraft carriers at the Navy; Rear Adm. Andrew Loiselle, director of Air Warfare Division, N98, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Ward Carroll, director of outreach at the U.S. Naval Institute https://www.csis.org/events/maritime-security-dialogue-naval-aviation-update3:15 p.m. -- Foundation for Defense of Democracies book discussion: Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, with author Michael Gordon; retired Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, Michele Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy; and moderator Bradley Bowman, senior director, FDD Center on Military and Political Power https://www.fdd.org/events/2022/07/13/degrade-and-destroyTHURSDAY | JULY 1410 a.m. 1616 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. -- Center for Strategic and International Studies conference on "Homeland Cruise Missile Defense," with Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerk, commander of the U.S. Northern Command; Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command; and Navy Adm. Charles Richard, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command https://www.csis.org/events/homeland-cruise-missile-defense10 a.m. -- Arab Center virtual discussion: "Biden's Trip to the Middle East: Objectives and Potential Outcomes," with Cinzia Bianco, Gulf research fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations; Zaha Hasan, fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East Program; Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now; and Khalil Jahshan, executive director of the Arab Center https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register10 a.m. -- Center for Strategic and International Studies virtual discussion: "Xi's New Global Security Initiative," with Manoj Kewalramani, chair of the Indo-Pacific research program at the Takshashila Institution; Sheena Chestnut Greitens, associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Public Affairs; and Taylor Fravel, professor of political science and director at MIT's Security Studies Program https://www.csis.org/events/xis-new-global-security-initiative10:30 a.m. -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini to the Pentagon12 p.m. -- Hudson Institute virtual event: "Regaining the High Ground against China," with Diana Maurer, director, defense capabilities and management, Government Accountability Office; Derek Trunkey, principal analyst, Congressional Budget Office; Mark Gunzinger, director, future concepts and capability assessments, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies; Bryan Clark, senior fellow and director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute; and Timothy Walton, senior fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-regaining-the-high-ground2 p.m. -- Brookings Institution discussion on "The National Defense Strategy and great power competition," with former Defense Secretary Mark Esper; and Michael O'Hanlon, co-director of the Brookings Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-national-defense-strategy2:30 p.m. 1200 16th St. N.W. -- George Washington University Project for Media and National Security Defense Writers Group conversation with Richard Marles, deputy prime minister and defense minister of Australia https://nationalsecuritymedia.gwu.eduQUOTE OF THE DAY"I don't want to over, you know, appear overly optimistic here, but history is full of examples of small countries like this who display their will and are able to hold their own.

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