We welcome those who join us on heritage. Org. For all the guests inhouse, we that yourtesy check cell phones and other noisemaking devices have been muted as a courtesy to our speaker. Is a graduate of west point and serves as an adjunct or foster an adjunct professor at georgetown university. He serves on the board of trustees at the Marine Corps University foundation and the Advisory Board for the west point center of oil history, the of oral history. Help me in welcoming jim c arafano. James thank you. Pete is not only a great friend, but the definition of a great american. He graduated from princeton and harvard. Stars. Nze having put his life on the line, im not sure what possessed him to write this, but i think in dangerous and politically incorrect in the world in which we live, he deemed to write a book about who are we in who we should be, that seems quite oldfashioned and distasteful to address anymore, but those of us who have walked around the island of the potomac and wal
And Foreign Policy. Tel he is a graduate of west point, army,ear veteran of the serves as a professor at Georgetown University and has visiting professor at the National Defense university. He serves on the board of marine corps the University Foundation and the Advisory Boards for the west for oral history and operation renewed hope. Me in welcoming jim. [applause] you for coming to what should be an extraordinary event. Pete is not only a great friend but he defines the definition of american. Graduate of princeton and harvard. We wont hold that against him. He served in the u. S. Army. Right . Yes. Is another mark in his favor. Three combat tours, right . Three tours. Yes. Three tours. Combatnze stars, infantry man badge. Extraordinary, including now working with fox news. Put his life on the line im not really sure what possessed him to write this, but i think in the arena is both, you know, courageous, dangerous politicallyy incorrect. In the world in which you live, something tha
Tell you in terms that make sense, one income, how can you raise a kid on one income . If you brought two incomes together i believe the reverse is true. I believe that stabilizing people economically promotes im not particularly interested in repromoting marriage as a norm but promotes more emotional and familial stability in whatever form those families and bond take. So, what youre asking is a question theres a real fight about. I happen to be on the side that says these kind of policies i was talking about, higher minimum wage, paid leave, expanded welfare programs, more protected way, and reproductive control, contributes to stabilizing populations financially, that then better enables them to form the kind of bonds and raise the kind of families that are going to be healthier and more economically stable. Conservatives will tell you that its about repromoting early marriage as the norm. So its a fundamental disagreement. I think we have to stop but thank you all for a great, grea
Speaker heritage. Org and, of course, we will post the program on the heritage home page for everyones future reference following todays program. Hosting our event is dr. James j. Carafano who serves as Vice President of our katherine and shelby column Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. He is also our e. W. Richardson fellow. Hes a graduate of west point and a 25year veteran of the army, serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and has served as visiting professor at the National Defense university. He serves on the board of trustees with the Marine Corps University foundation and the Advisory Boards for the west point center of oral history, the Hamilton Society and operation renewed hope. Please join me in welcoming jim carafano. Jim . [applause] well, thank you for coming to what should be really an extraordinary event. Petes not only a great friend, but he defines the definition of a great american. Graduate of princeton and harvard, we wont ho
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