Keywords: engagement and resilience (glacier); u.s. department of state; a engagementandresilienceglacierusdepartmentofstatea innovation president; barack obama; joint base elmendorf-richardson; usaf; presidentbarackobamajointbaseelmendorfrichardsonusaf joint base elmendorf-richardson jointbaseelmendorfrichardson alaska usa engagement and resilience (glacier); u.s. department of state; arctic; global awareness engagementandresilienceglacierusdepartmentofstatearcticglobalawareness president; barack obama; joint base elmendorf-richardson; usaf; u.s. air force; alaska; climate change; glacier; conference on global leadership in the arctic: cooperation presidentbarackobamajointbaseelmendorfrichardsonusafusairforcealaskaclimatechangeglacierconferenceongloballeadershipinthearcticcooperation An Airman cranes his neck to get a glimpse of President Barack Obama, and Air Force One, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. President Obama was the main speaker at a major event yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted by the U.S. Department of State entitled the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER). GLACIER will focus the world’s attention on the most urgent issues facing the Arctic today and provide an unprecedented opportunity for foreign ministers and key stakeholders to define the region’s most crucial challenges; highlight innovative ways in which these challenges can be addressed at the local, national and international levels; and broaden global awareness of the impacts of Arctic climate change. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher) An Airman cranes his neck to get a glimpse of President Barack Obama, and Air Force One, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. President Obama was the main speaker at a major event yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted by the U.S. Department of State entitled the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER). GLACIER will focus the world’s attention on the most urgent issues facing the Arctic today and provide an unprecedented opportunity for foreign ministers and key stakeholders to define the region’s most crucial challenges; highlight innovative ways in which these challenges can be addressed at the local, national and international levels; and broaden global awareness of the impacts of Arctic climate change. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher) |