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Former GEOINT keynote speaker Gen. Robert Kehler, U.S. Air Force, Commander, Air Force Space Command, recently sat down with Defense Systems magazine to discuss the challenges of defending cyberspace, Global Positioning System capabilities and space assets. As many of our reader know, he oversees Air Force network and cyberspace operations; manages a global network of satellite command-and-control, communications, missile warning and launch facilities; ensures the combat readiness of the United States’ intercontinental ballistic missile force; and is responsible for space system development and acquisition. He leads more than 43,000 personnel who are assigned to 86 locations worldwide. Check out the full Q&A here.

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Happy Friday to one and all! Welcome once again to our Friday’s Food for Thought post exclusively on got geoint? This week’s theme is all about GEOINT 2009. The most epic and premiere event of the year is just 16 days away, and we are counting down! By the way, have you all checked out the commemorative video from 2008? You can view it out here. And, did you all notice some changes to got geoint? We have added a section where we feed in photos of readers wearing their got geoint? t-shirt. So, please feel free to email us your photos at pressideas (at) usgif.org, and we will surely make sure a photo of you is featured on got geoint?. How cool is that? Happy Friday!

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 video post. For the past 10 weeks, we have been showcasing videos of keynote addresses from top defense and intelligence leaders from GEOINT 2008. It has been amazing to relive these speeches and it surely gets the got geoint? staff pumped up for GEOINT 2009. To date, we have showcased all of the GEOINT 2008 keynote videos that we have on file. So, what better way to cap off our Wednesday GEOINT 2008 Video series than to replay the commemorative video from Nashville. So, scroll down and enjoy reliving the memories.

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 video series. Today, we are featuring a very special keynote from the Honorable James R. Clapper Jr., Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, Office of the Secretary of Defense. Gen. Clapper has been called the “father” of GEOINT and we were honored that he shared his vision on the history and future of the geospatial intelligence tradecraft when we first launched this blog at GEOINT 2008. To read that Q&A, click here. And, now to re-live his GEOINT 2008 presentation, scroll down.

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 video post. First, we have to ask…is everyone getting excited for GEOINT 2009? 102 days to go and we are counting down every day. Literally, USGIF is counting down the days with the GEOINT 2009 count down clock on the new symposium site. Once again, let’s look back at GEOINT 2008 with another dynamic presentation from the intelligence community leader. Today’s keynote address is from Maj. Gen. John DeFreitas, Director of the National Security Agency’s Signals Intelligence Directorate.

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 video installment. Today, we are featuring the keynote by Kevin P. Meiners, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Portfolios, Programs and Resources within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, who discusses the Pentagon’s rapid development plan for acquiring more UAVs and other capabilities. Scroll down to view the video:

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 video. Today, we will be showcasing a keynote from one of the most passionate speakers at GEOINT 2008, Maj. General John M. Custer, Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca. For those of you who did not see his presentation live last year in Nashville, you are surely in for a treat. Maj. General John M. Custer brings a level of candor and passion to the stage that is guaranteed to inspire. Don’t take our word for it. Scroll down to view the video.

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 Video. Last week we took a break to cover the most successful GEOINT Tech Days. Well, this post is back in full force! For this week’s installment, we have posted the keynote by General C. Robert “Bob” Kehler, U.S. Air Force, Commander, Air Force Space Command. You all may recall that General Kehler sat down with us after this keynote in Nashville and discussed his potentially game-changing vision of building a separate space platform for intelligence and one for the warfighter and integrating both on the ground. Here’s the video:

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Welcome once again to the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 Video post on got geoint? This week’s installment features a GEOINT 2008 keynote from a true intelligence leader, Mr. Charles E. Allen, Former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mr. Allen talks about his vision for implementing intelligence and analysis for supporting the diverse national security threats that DHS faces on a daily basis. Scroll down to watch the video.

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Welcome to the fifth installment of the Wednesday GEOINT 2008 video series. Today, we are posting a video of the keynote by Mr. Alden V. Munson Jr., Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Future Capabilities, ODNI. Coincidentally, Mr. Munson will also serve as the keynote speaker at the upcoming USGIF “Applications of Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar” Workshop event on June 5th. Scroll down to see Mr. Munson tell the audience at USGIF’s GEOINT 2008 Symposium that the ability to execute large-scale acquisitions is absolutely mandatory going into the future.

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