Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency Gen. Keith Alexander (left) talks to Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter during lunch at the Senior Conference XLIX in the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on June 4, 2012. Carter is the keynote speaker for the conference, which provides a forum for distinguished representatives from the private sector, government, academia, the think-tank community, and the joint military services to discuss topics of national security importance.