ODFS Director Ribal Al-Assad, recently addressed Business Executives for National Security (BENS) at a meeting in Washington D.C. Ribal spoke about the ongoing crises in Syria and the Middle East.

Founded in 1982 by business executive and entrepreneur Stanley A. Weiss, nonpartisan and non-profit Business Executives for National Security supports the U.S. government by applying best business practice solutions to its most difficult national security problems.

For more than thirty years, BENS has served as the primary channel through which senior American business leaders contribute special experience and talent to help build a more secure nation.

BENS’s current president & CEO is retired U.S General Norton A. Schwartz, former Chief of Staff of the U.S Air Force.