you are one or the other. if you want to win the you and to build up the pillars of society. perhaps in a premonition that something that was about to happen and indeed the following year, it did. billollowing year, learned that the internal revenue service was on the side of shutting down the competition of ideas in this country. in 1961, john f. kennedy gave the speech talking about the discontent voices of extremism. that was a direct result of john f. kennedy talking about the corrosive impact of ideological organizations in the war of ideas and they targeted this very institution. today, once again, we see that, the federal government through the internal revenue service, it stands on the side of shutting down the competition of ideas. we are joined by one of our best friends here at aei to talk about this problem. mitch mcconnell is no stranger to anyone here. he is going to comment on the use of government are to stifle speech. it is always an honored to have him here,
mueller if confirmed. from the white house, this is just under 10 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by mr. bob mueller and mr. jim comey. good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. for more than a century, we have counted on the dedicated men and women of the fbi to keep us safe. in that time, the fbi has been led by six directors and the second longest serving director of the fbi, for the last 12 years, an exemplary public servant, bob mueller. by law fbi directors only serve for 10 years, but back in 2011, when bob s term was up, i asked congress to give him two more years. it was not a request i made lightly, and i know congress did not grant it lightly, but at the time transitions were underway at the cia and the pentagon, and given the threats facing our nation, it was critical to have bob s strong leadership at the bureau. 12 years is a long time to do anything. and i guarantee you that bob s wife agrees. in addition
venture, if you re going to acquire a company in china, if china is going to acquire one of your companies, any one of those situations. they have stolen your data, they know the negotiations, they are sitting there with your plan translated. i m hearing people say yes. this is the new reality of dealing with that sort of adversary. it is part of their business process, it is part of their due diligence when they are doing a deal. when you re across the table with someone who seems well prepared it is because they are. if you could give us a response to this. have you been contacted by law enforcement about an intrusion into your network? have you been contacted by law enforcement? michael let s turn to you while we re waiting for people to answer this. a lot has been proposed by congress. mashing of d of teeth over there. they get this. a lot has been proposed in congress but there has been a fair number of speed bumps of this. that is part of the result or the reason for
that view of things. i think the european union construction over the past six years has shown that we are a powerful tool to ensure stability, peace, and prosperity . this benefits germany as much as it benefits all of the other countries. if you look back the last 60 years of history in europe, the longest period of peace on the continent ever. it has a lot to do with the fact that after the war we decided to join efforts and build a common future. we started with a common market. ast of our countries, we have single currency. we have the beginnings of a foreign policy and security policy around the world. so, member states of the european union, the 28 because croatia is joining in a few weeks half a billion people. they realize that if they want to influence the world, if they want to have a say in the way the world is governed, they have to act together. because at the end of the day, in relative terms, all our member states are relatively small. and this is good for