And there＇s a lot of talent that comes through here and it looks very good to me from this point of view. You all look like promising young men and women， because you＇re all young compared to me. （Laughter.）
But he was also a great and avid scholar. He was someone who studied issues. You could agree or disagree with him but would not find him flat－footed intellectually.
And I bring this up because National Security Council Document or Report ＃68 was a guiding light during the Cold War. It guided many things.
Was it perfect in hindsight？ No， it was not. We don＇t look for perfection from you young people， we look for excellence.
He also served as our secretary of the Navy， so we do have a sense of ownership of the man for whom this school is named.
The background that you have here makes this a fitting place to introduce our unclassified summary of the classified document. You know， parts of it are classified because we owe a degree of confidentiality to the troops who will carry out this strategy.
It is， as was noted by the dean， our nation＇s first National Defense Strategy in 10 years. I believe it＇s a moral obligation for leaders to lay out clearly to the subordinates in the Department of Defense what it is we expect of them.
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