Atlantic Council members and guests were invited on September 10, 2015 to participate in a special conversation on the Council’s recently released task force report, Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership . Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), co-chaired the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s US Energy Boom and National Security task force, which convened foreign policy, defense, and energy experts. The experts assessed how the United States can strengthen American leadership, advance international security, and promote global prosperity by leveraging necessary hydrocarbon export policies and deploying US prowess in energy innovation and technology to others. You can download a copy of the report by clicking here.