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Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman Discusses Security Implications in White House Energy Security Forum

Woodrow Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman joined U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, and other security and energy experts on a panel discussion on the national security implications of America's oil dependency on April 26 at the White House. The forum highlighted the ongoing collaboration between the Departments of Energy and Defense and the important role clean energy research and technologies are playing in reducing our dependence on oil and protecting U.S. armed forces.

Woodrow Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman joined U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, and other security and energy experts on a panel discussion on the national security implications of America's oil dependency on April 26 at the White House. The forum highlighted the ongoing collaboration between the Departments of Energy and Defense and the important role clean energy research and technologies are playing in reducing our dependence on oil and protecting U.S. armed forces.

Harman and Deputy Secretaries Lynn and Poneman were joined on the panel by MIT Professor and former Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch and John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress. The forum was moderated by Brooke Anderson, Chief of Staff and Counselor of the National Security Staff at the White House.

Watch the full video of the event on C-SPAN.org.