Good morning. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Its a great turnout on an important issue and im heartened to see so many people here for this important conversation. Welcome. Im Laura Rosenberger director at gmf. As an organization dedicated to strengthening transatlantic cooperation on regional and global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the marshall plan, gmf has always been at the forefront of tackling transatlantic challenges and protecting the principles of democracy, good governance, and rule of law. Thats why we launched the alliance for securing democracy here last sumner recognition for the need of a bipartisan, transatlantic effort to understand the assem metric tools that russia and potentially other states are using and to deter such activities. While the threat of foreign interference in our democracy may seem new to many americans, our European Partners and allies are familiar with these aki all. There are many lessons we can learn from others who h
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