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COVID lessons from SOF to Silicon Valley

Posted: May 12th, 2020

The Cipher Brief recently hosted General Joseph Votel (Ret.) for a member’s briefing on lessons learned from SOF to Silicon Valley and how the US needs to pull together to be ready for the next crisis.

General Votel joined Business Executives for National Security (BENS) as their CEO and president in January of this year, after a 39-year military career, where he commanded special operations and conventional forces at every level. He last served as a Commander of U.S. Central Command, where he was responsible for U.S. and coalition military operations in the Middle East, Levant, and Central and South Asia. His career included combat in Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq. And he notably led the 79-member coalition that successfully liberated Iraq and Syria from the Islamic State caliphate.

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