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SUMMARY:Spy Chat LIVE with Chris Costa
LOCATION:Hybrid
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person Spy Chat. This will be a timely discussion of the latest intelligence\, national security\, and terrorism issues with a very special guest. Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa will lead the briefing. Costa\, a former intelligence officer of 34 years with 25 of those in active duty in hot spots such as Panama\, Bosnia\, Afghanistan\, and Iraq\, is also a past Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council. He will be joined by General Bryan P. Fenton\, Former Commander\, United States Special Operations Command.  General Fenton is a retired career Special Forces (Green Beret) Officer. He served as the 13th Commander of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)\, located at MacDill Air Force Base\, FL. He oversaw all Special Operations for the US Department of Defense with 70\,000 Army\, Navy\, Air Force\, and Marine Special Operations personnel and an annual budget of $14 billion. Before assuming command of USSOCOM\, General Fenton served as the Commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)\, headquartered at Fort Bragg\, NC. Prior to that\, he was the Senior Military Assistant for two US Secretaries of Defense. General Fenton&rsquo\;s other general officer assignments include: Deputy Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command\; Commander of US Special Operations &ndash\; Pacific\; and Deputy Commanding General of the US Army&rsquo\;s 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. He has commanded at all levels and his Joint and Special Operations assignments include: Director of Operations (J3) at the Joint Special Operations Command\; Brigade\, Battalion\, and Squadron Commands\; multiple overseas Task Force Commands\; Detachment Commander and Operations Officer in 1st Battalion\, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)\; as well as Infantry Rifle Platoon Leader and Executive Officer in Bravo Company\, 4th Battalion\, 502 Infantry Regiment (Berlin).  General Fenton deployed multiple times\, participating in Operation Joint Forge (Bosnia)\; Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan/Africa)\; Operations Iraqi Freedom and Inherent Resolve (Iraq)\; and Operation Pacific Eagle (Philippines). He has served in multiple Areas of Responsibility including US Southern Command\; US European Command\; US Africa Command\; US Central Command\; and US Indo-Pacific Command.  Following the speakers&rsquo\; discussion of key issues\, you&rsquo\;ll be able to ask questions whether you are attending online or in-person.  The in-person event will have open seating available on a first-come\, first-serve basis.      Assistive listening devices will be available for the in-person program.  Auto-generated closed captioning will be available for this program when viewed online.  &nbsp\;    The Spy Museum does not endorse\, approve\, or support the opinions stated by guest speakers. Statements made by speakers do not represent the position or opinion of the International Spy Museum.
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