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. the storm prediction center upgrading the risk expecting more tornadoes in mississippi and alabama, and that includes areas like rolling fork, mississippi. already reeling after being obliterated by an e f four tornado overnight on friday. the death toll from this weekend storms rising to 26 president biden approving mississippi s disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources, and today, the head of fema and the department of homeland security. toward the damage alongside mississippi s governor, saying just this a short time ago. but we have come to do. we ve come to see it in person to communicate to the people of mississippi. that we are here, not just today, but for the long haul. it is heartbreaking to hear of the loss of life to see the devastation first hand. it is also as the governor expressed inspiring to see the people of mississippi come together. the president has directed us to be here. to assist the people of mississippi. to be here on an enduring basis,
A half. [inaudible conversations] good morning, if everyone could go ahead and take their seats. So let me im ben story, senior fellow here at the American Enterprise institute, i want to welcome you all to aeis, American University conference. So when jenna, scholar here and i were talking about what we wanted to do by founding a new Conference Series on the American University here at aei, we wanted to focus on the ways that universities can help themselves and help the rest of us by doing better the things that they are best built to do. We want today focus on how thinks that universities can be better universities. Now Society Social changes but institutions dedicate today the discovery and transmission of wisdom and awakening and development of the most profound powers of the human mind. Weve been working on this with the help of many people in this room who are on the ground on campus working to make universities more like their best se lves, our goal is to gather the best that i
A half. [inaudible conversations] good morning, if everyone could go ahead and take their seats. So let me im ben story, senior fellow here at the American Enterprise institute, i want to welcome you all to aeis, American University conference. So when jenna, scholar here and i were talking about what we wanted to do by founding a new Conference Series on the American University here at aei, we wanted to focus on the ways that universities can help themselves and help the rest of us by doing better the things that they are best built to do. We want today focus on how thinks that universities can be better universities. Now Society Social changes but institutions dedicate today the discovery and transmission of wisdom and awakening and development of the most profound powers of the human mind. Weve been working on this with the help of many people in this room who are on the ground on campus working to make universities more like their best se lves, our goal is to gather the best that i
Institute this runs an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] good morning, if everyone could go ahead and take their seats. So let me im ben story, senior fellow here at the American Enterprise institute, i want to welcome you all to aeis, American University conference. So when jenna, scholar here and i were talking about what we wanted to do by founding a new Conference Series on the American University here at aei, we wanted to focus on the ways that universities can help themselves and help the rest of us by doing better the things that they are best built to do. We want today focus on how thinks that universities can be better universities. Now Society Social changes but institutions dedicate today the discovery and transmission of wisdom and awakening and development of the most profound powers of the human mind. Weve been working on this with the help of many people in this room who are on the ground on campus working to make universities more like their best se lves, our g