Gonzaga university in spokane. Hello, everyone, welcome. I will have the candidates come to the stage now. Thank you for watching. Todays debate is sponsored by the northwest passages Community Event series, league of women voters, public television, and gonzaga university. It is affiliated with the Washington State debate coalition. I am pleased to be here today to moderate this debate between senator patty murray and candidate tiffany smiley. It is a q a format, i will pose a question any candidate will have 90 seconds to answer. Each candidate has the opportunity for two rebuttals to the debate. If you use one, feel free to hold up one of the cards you have and i will give you 30 seconds to do that. There will be no counter rebuttals. I also reserve the right to ask followup questions when needed. Ms. Murray won the coin toss and chose to open. The monitor that has the time has been going in and out, but the time is correct and it will come back, so just keep that in mind. So lets g
Gonzaga university in spokane. Hello, everyone, welcome. I will have the candidates come to the stage now. Thank you for watching. Todays debate is sponsored by the northwest passages Community Event series, league of women voters, public television, and gonzaga university. It is affiliated with the Washington State debate coalition. I am pleased to be here today to moderate this debate between senator patty murray and candidate tiffany smiley. It is a q a format, i will pose a question any candidate will have 90 seconds to answer. Each candidate has the opportunity for two rebuttals to the debate. If you use one, feel free to hold up one of the cards you have and i will give you 30 seconds to do that. There will be no counter rebuttals. I also reserve the right to ask followup questions when needed. Ms. Murray won the coin toss and chose to open. The monitor that has the time has been going in and out, but the time is correct and it will come back, so just keep that in mind. So lets g
Television, and gonzaga university. It is affiliated with the Washington State debate coalition. I am pleased to be here today to moderate this debate between senator patty murray and candidate tiffany smiley. It is a q a format, i will pose a question any candidate will have 90 seconds to answer. Each candidate has the opportunity for two rebuttals to the debate. If you use one, feel free to hold up one of the cards you have and i will give you 30 seconds to do that. There will be no counter rebuttals. I also reserve the right to ask followup questions when needed. Ms. Murray won the coin toss and chose to open. The monitor that has the time has been going in and out, but the time is correct and it will come back, so just keep that in mind. So lets get started. There is no formal Opening Statement but i want to start right asking abroad question to focus on your experiences. Ms. Murray, you have a been a washington senator for almost 30 years. Why do you think you are the best candida
The publication of former u. S. Education secretary, betsy devoss new book, hostage is no more. The fight for education, freedom and the future of the american child. Many of you may were never that secretary devos was a recipient of our 2019 Alexander Hamilton award. We are honored to have her with us tonight to celebrate her tenacious and impactful efforts to unlock the potential of americas youth, and our nations most creative and effective educators. Etsy and our esteemed friend of mi, dan seymour, will engage in conversation for the next 20 minutes and we will open it up to questions. Dan seymour, an equity partner, chief officer and has served as a Senior Advisor to wes senator mitt romney and former u. S. Speaker of the house, paul ryan. Dan was based in baghdad for a year, where he served as chief spokesman for the u. S. Led coalition in iraq rate prior, he was a Senior Defense department official. For his service and his wills, dan was awarded the pentagons highest civilian ho
Conversation for the next 20 minutes and we will open it up to questions. Dan seymour, an equity partner, chief officer and has served as a Senior Advisor to wes senator mitt romney and former u. S. Speaker of the house, paul ryan. Dan was based in baghdad for a year, where he served as chief spokesman for the u. S. Led coalition in iraq rate prior, he was a Senior Defense department official. For his service and his wills, dan was awarded the pentagons highest civilian honor, the u. S. Department of defense medal for service. In addition to his prestigious accomplishments, dan is a celebrated public intellectual, having coauthored the work times the New York Times bestseller. His writing has appeared on the pages of wall street journal, the New York Times, and can be heard regularly as host of the call me back podcast, which focuses on what history can teach us about what the world teaches today. Please welcome, dan seymour. [applause] thank you, bob. Thank you for that introduction.