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Dedicated to Forging Nonpartisan Answers to United States Security Challenges and Supporting the Adoption of Those Solutions With Secretary Gatess active leadership the GGPC will provide a platform for developing nonpartisan solutions to the urgent domestic and international security challenges we face. The purpose of the center is not the publication of books journal articles or conference reports that gather dust on decisionmakers desks but rather concrete practical recommendations for Congressional and Executive Branch officials of both parties. Under GGPC auspices the Gates Forum chaired by Secretary Gates will convene experts legislators and other senior officials who informed by cuttingedge research will debate and develop recommendations designed to garner bipartisan support. What makes the GGPC different is that it will assist those who design the solutions Gates Forum Conferees to build the consensus required to implement recommended changes.