U.S. Relations With the People's Republic of China (2008)

U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

Speech

AFCEA Cyber Space Conference (Washington, D.C.)

As Delivered by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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In particular, there have been several articles recently written about the threat of cyber-attack from physically people located in China, Russia, and elsewhere. The U.S. takes all of these threats very seriously… and, as you know, we are working hard to protect against them.

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And, the current forecast doesn't look promising… Some experts, for example, are estimating that there are more honor-level students enrolled in computer science and other technical programs in China than the total number of U.S. students enrolled in these programs. Now, I don't want China not to have honor students -- after all, that's what all nations should be doing… including the United States!

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