The 2001 Fletcher Conference

The Thirty-first Annual IFPA-Fletcher Conference was held Nov. 14-15 in Washington, D.C., to examine and advance ways to better focus our national power on the full range of security challenges confronting America.

Fletcher Conference participants included, Tom Ridge, Director, Homeland Security; Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Gen. Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget, as well as current and former national security policy makers, senior military officials, Congressional leaders, internationally recognized security specialists, corporate and industry leaders and representatives from the national news media. With over 400 attendees in attendance, the Fletcher Conference provided a high-level forum for the new Administration to discuss its national security vision with specific focus on more effective use of the diplomatic, economic, and military instruments of national power.

The United States Army is a cosponsor of the Fletcher Conference along with the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc. (IFPA); The International Security Studies Program (ISSP) of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Net Assessment.

Full video and transcripts are available now here.