Around thees it mean world . To help us examine these thorny issues, please welcome the moderator for this panel, chief Foreign Affairs correspondent for nbc news andrea mitchell. [applause] ms. Mitchell thank also much. It is wonderful to be back in williamsburg. A dozen years at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation as a trustee. Let me tell you how proud and happy i am to be here today. Commemorating this important anniversary. Panelists. Th these i want you to welcome place former United States secretary defense in both the bush and obama administrations, the chancellor of william and mary, robert gates. Bob gates. [applause] and also distinguished journalist, my colleague, my , robin wright. Or [applause] all, i want to say how pleased i am to be here today with both of you. And how important this is, this conversation to be part of the challenges tothe democracy globally. I do have my iphone with me. It is turned off. The last time i went on stage at a Foreign Policy panel without
Globalization and populist movements rated these and other new developments are affecting americas democracy and any others. Democracy itself faces new forms of attack through the manipulation of social media. While collaboration among free nations is more important than ever, with it also seems more difficult than ever. What does this all mean for the future of the democratic experiment . America 400ere in years ago. Around thees it mean world . To help us examine these thorny issues, please welcome the moderator for this panel, chief Foreign Affairs correspondent for nbc news andrea mitchell. [applause] ms. Mitchell thank also much. It is wonderful to be back in williamsburg. A dozen years at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation as a trustee. Let me tell you how proud and happy i am to be here today. Commemorating this important anniversary. Panelists. Th these i want you to welcome place former United States secretary defense in both the bush and obama administrations, the chancello
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen my name is jim byron. Im president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. Its my pleasure to welcome you to Nixon Library. Thank you for being. And i want to begin this evening by acknowledging a few special guests in our beginning with sandy quinn, a member of the board of directors, and one of my predecessors as president of the foundation. Id like to welcome jeanne hernandez, the mayor of our great city of yorba linda. And councilwoman janice lynn. Thank you for being here. Councilwoman. I also want to acknowledge and thank all of our supporters, our president s council members, our president ial partners that are here this evening. And i know that there are a few of you in the audience because its your support that is providing the foundation, the resources that will bring civics and history lessons back. Vogue picking up where schools left off as our programs here at the Nixon Library do. So thank you for your support. Now on to our distinguish
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen my name is jim byron. Im president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. Its my pleasure to welcome you to Nixon Library. Thank you for being. And i want to begin this evening by acknowledging a few special guests in our beginning with sandy quinn, a member of the board of directors, and one of my predecessors as president of the foundation. Id like to welcome jeanne hernandez, the mayor of our great city of yorba linda. And councilwoman janice lynn. Thank you for being here. Councilwoman. I also want to acknowledge and thank all of our supporters, our president s council members, our president ial partners that are here this evening. And i know that there are a few of you in the audience because its your support that is providing the foundation, the resources that will bring civics and history lessons back. Vogue picking up where schools left off as our programs here at the Nixon Library do. So thank you for your support. Now on to our distinguish