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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Bloomberg p m L Podcast. I'm pim Fox.

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Speaker 1: Along with my co host Lisa Bramowitz. Each day we

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Speaker 1: bring you the most important, noteworthy, and useful interviews for

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Speaker 1: often don't hear the word nuclear in tandem with the

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Speaker 1: idea of peace in the Middle East, and yet here

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Speaker 1: we are. We are joined by retired General Keith Alexander

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Speaker 1: and president of iron Net cyber Security, and he joins

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Speaker 1: us here at the Bloomberg New Energy Summit. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for being here. I want to start with

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Speaker 1: this idea that an increase in nuclear development in the

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Speaker 1: Middle East could somehow foster peace. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: think of nuclear weapons is being very close to nuclear

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Speaker 1: power plants. Explain how this, how this could be? Well,

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Speaker 1: that's a great question, and thanks for that, because you

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Speaker 1: see that the Middle East is getting nuclear power. They

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Speaker 1: won't have oil and gas forever. They've got to make

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Speaker 1: a transition for their economies. Several of us got together

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Speaker 1: and said, how do we help do this in a

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Speaker 1: way that ensures security, not only future energy for both

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Speaker 1: of those Because at the end of the day, that

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Speaker 1: security is something the United States is going to be

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Speaker 1: involved in. It's a vital national interest to our country.

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Speaker 1: So how do we work with the Middle East to

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Speaker 1: get good nuclear power that works, that is secure, and

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Speaker 1: those are the key ingredients that we brought in the

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Speaker 1: Middle East. There are allies. What goes on in the

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Speaker 1: Middle East will effect the rest of the world. We

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Speaker 1: can't back off on. And from my perspective, the United

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Speaker 1: States has to be involved and how they build their

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Speaker 1: nuclear plants, how they secure them, and how we work

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Speaker 1: with them. The greatest concern is somebody builds it and

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Speaker 1: of the world. So we see this is a great opportunity.

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Speaker 1: You could look at things like wind solar, but those

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Speaker 1: and so you need a durable energy base. I think

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Speaker 1: for the future that's going to be nuclear for us.

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Speaker 1: We see this as a great opportunity not only in

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Speaker 1: world is going to have to do the same. So, now,

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Speaker 1: how do we take that step to ensure you have secure,

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Speaker 1: the starting point. General Alexander uh you're one of the

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Speaker 1: world's experts on cyber security. Not only have you head

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Speaker 1: a distinguished you're in the military, but now to your retirement,

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Speaker 1: uh in founding your company and the president of IronNet

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Speaker 1: cyber Security. And I'm wondering would you offer to people

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Speaker 1: listening to this about their own security online in the

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Speaker 1: while perhaps not financially as a huge as some may

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Speaker 1: now of all that attention. The Wired magazine had a

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Speaker 1: there's two parts to what you brought out. One is

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Speaker 1: The second part, what happens to our cybersecurity online and

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Speaker 1: how do we protect that? So things like you're personally

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Speaker 1: not currently there. Um well, the Saudis have asked for

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Speaker 1: So it is going nuclear. So you have that already

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Speaker 1: vital that we get that straight. So one of the

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Speaker 1: it's secured not only in cybersecurity, but in physical space

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Speaker 1: as well. And for us that means working with our allies.

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Speaker 1: I want to thank you very much for coming in

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Speaker 1: Energy Finance Summit. Entire General Keith Alexander of the U. S. Army,

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Speaker 1: of course, thank you, General for your service to our nation.

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Speaker 1: Much affreciating Chris Ailman, who is giving us a round

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Speaker 1: of high fives right now, chief Investment Officer of California

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Speaker 1: State Teaches Retirement System, known for riding that bicycle to

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being here. Uh. Chris almen

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Speaker 1: when you can't really sell their shares? And Facebook is

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Speaker 1: a prime example of this. You yourself have deleted your

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Speaker 1: next twenty and thirty years. Okay, But just to push back,

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Speaker 1: you pressure them to do something that might work out

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Speaker 1: patient capital. They're tired of people flying in and out

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Speaker 1: of their stock. They they themselves since they've they've invested

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Speaker 1: next time you met you, all right, Chris Silman. He

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Speaker 1: a great question because it's sort of a contradiction, right,

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Speaker 1: So that's a big part of our criteria. The two

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Speaker 1: we'll talk more on that, we'll see how it goes.

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Speaker 1: And just quickly, what do you want to get out

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Speaker 1: of this New Energy summit that you're attending here in

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Speaker 1: New York. Well, I think this is a This New

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Speaker 1: Energy Summit is a great place to meet senior people

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Speaker 1: both in the supply chain. Already today met battery uh,

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Speaker 1: and then financiers who are at the looper camp for

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Speaker 1: the whole system. Everybody's here, so the ecosystems here, So

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Speaker 1: this is where they action is to sort of get

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Speaker 1: a sense of how eighteen is going to shape up.

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Speaker 1: At nineteen, I just can feel the energy in the air,

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Speaker 1: so to speak Tom Warder, Thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: being here. Tom Warder, President, chief executive officer at sun Power,

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Speaker 1: which is based in San Jose. Uh here with us

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