That last session. Im so honored to introduce commissioner Nathan Simington pic he was nomin serve as commission of the sec by President Trump several years ago, and he joins us last year here at the policy summit. Have him back. He previously with Senior Advisor at ntia and in this role telecommunication policy including spectrum allocation and planning, broadband access, and the u. S. Governments role in the internet. He also has a long private sector experience which i think can be so crucial to understanding understd the needs of the private sector and consumers. Prior to joining the commission he was senior counsel to bright star corp. International mobile Device Services company and in this capacity he lit a negotiator Telecom Equipment and Service Transaction with leadi prior to joining bright star he worked as an attorney in private practice. Hes a graduate at the univsihool and he holds a degree from university of rochester and lawrence university. He grew up in saskatchewan c
To introduce our panel and i to introducea our panel i wil now turn over to a former presenter at the festival, the author of americas great storm leading to hurricane katrina, and the 63rdat governor of the state of mississippi, the honorable haley barbour. [applause] thank you very much, jordan. Thank you and all the sponsors and cosponsors and guess who are here. You know, being here brings back fond memories about this great, gettable state capital. You know, ive never held but one elective Public Office in my career, and it was governor. And i look back today and i see legislators who i worked with and people on the staff, democrats, republicans, just so many fond memories. And one memory im glad that i dont have, i dont have to have a memory of the legislature ever overturning one of my vetoes. [laughing] not many can say that. This is about politics. This is about books and you will love this book because its a book about an incredibly interesting time in American History. P my
Around the country have become accustomed to, that it equal access to go anywhere on the internet come see any content, having a commercial transaction without having a preference for a priority or being blocked or throttle. We are very much in support of that. We think the new start a new entrances and new Business Models that the open internet is critical to the Economic Growth and continued success. Host were you off the reservation as far as being a former republican representative on the position . Guest i was in todays world but back in 1996, 2000 when the open internet first started it was republicanled and there was a bipartisan consensus around the open internet. Chairman powell was the first to enunciate and to t commit to a t of principles around net neutrality. He coined the term and then kevin martin, another republican commissioner chairman was the first to enforce the principle. When i was in congress there was a number of republicans and democrats are continued to suppo
Done. If i could just maybe correct a couple facts here. First of all, none of our nato allies, not all of them are involved in the coalition, but none are opposed to it. They are all supportive of our mission against the Islamic State. The United Nations is not opposed. In fact, this intervention is happening at invitation of the government of iraq under international law. In terms of refugees, canadas response has been generous and responsible. Weve admitted so far 15 of all the world refugees from the region. In terms of our response to this recent crisis, even before it was in the headlines, i announced our intention to accept additional refugees. I have since announced a number of changes to our system to expedite that number, and were doing so while at the same time making sure that we choose the refugees, that we choose those who are genuine refugees, the most vulnerable people, and also maintain all standards of security and other screening. This is a generous and responsible a
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