Speeches

John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum
November 14, 2018 — HOWELL: Good evening and welcome again to the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum and to the Institute of Politics. The Institute of Politics [IOP] is a living memorial to President Kennedy with the mission of engaging and inspiring young people to politics and public service. Tonight, the Institute is fortunate to be joined by our esteemed guest, General... MORE

USSTRATCOM at DoDIIS Worldwide Conference
August 13, 2018 — Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM): Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Omaha. It is a neat place. I was interested, [U.S. Army] Gen. [Raymond] Thomas [commander of U.S. Special Operations Command], to see the reaction that went from everybody getting excited about going to Tampa, Florida in August. Has anybody... MORE

U.S. Strategic Command Space and Missile Defense Symposium Remarks
August 7, 2018 — General John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM): Good morning, everybody. It’s good to be home. It’s always good to come back home. I got to spend some time with my parents this week. Thanks for all of you in the audience that asked about my dad last night. He’s struggling a bit, but it’s good to spend a couple of days with... MORE

U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium Opening Remarks
August 1, 2018 — General John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM): Good morning, everybody. As Bob Taylor said, welcome. Secretary [Ellen] Lord, [Under Secretary of Defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics], distinguished visitors, people that came from all over the world to be here in Omaha for the next couple of days, I can’t tell... MORE

U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium Media Roundtable
August 1, 2018 — Colin Clark, Breaking Defense: Let’s stick with the context of the deterrence conference. A year ago, Markus Garlauskas, the DNI [Director of National Intelligence] North Korea officer said that it was his assessment that North Korea would not give up its nukes at any price. We’ve had the Singapore meeting. Is it your assessment that this is still... MORE

The Mitchell Institute Triad Conference
July 17, 2018 — Gen. Hyten: Good morning, everybody. Holy cow. 0710 and we’re talking nuclear deterrence. I don’t know who came up with the agenda, but I appreciate kicking it off. I’ll try to get some light into the room early in the morning. I know it will be technical, so if you need coffee, find it. If I fall asleep before you do, please wake me up. First of... MORE

John H. Glenn Lecture on Space History
June 13, 2018 — Gen. Hyten: Good evening, everybody. That video was pretty spectacular. But let me tell you, that last picture was a little bit awkward. So if there’s any small children in the room, I’m sorry if that scared you. I have to look at my face in the mirror every morning when I wake up, and that’s enough for me, and it’s in normal size. Oh, my... MORE

34th Space Symposium Media Roundtable
April 24, 2018 — Media: This is Ahmad [Khan] from Pakistan. I’m a guest editor of Astropolitics.I would like to have a question about [inaudible] and I know your position, you are the STRAT commander, mostly I know you are nuclear mission. The first question is that I’m working on space security. Do you think that in case [inaudible] nuclear war and the ongoing... MORE

AUSA: Army Air & Missile Defense Hot Topic 2018
February 28, 2018 — General John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM): Good morning, everybody. First of all, thanks very much, Jim [U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command SMDC/ARSTRAT)]. Thanks for leading the soldiers, for you and [your wife] Angie leading the... MORE

Nuclear Posture Review Discussion at National Defense University
February 16, 2018 — General John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM): Well good morning everybody. Honorable [Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy David] Trachtenberg and [Vice] Adm. [Frederick] Roegge [National Defense University president], Fritz. It’s good to be here, thanks very much for giving me the opportunity to come and speak to... MORE