My name is Amanda Williams and it is my honor to lead the team here at the macarthur memorial. And i would like to extend a special welcome this morning to. Congressman bobby scott to city of norfolk mayor dr. Cooper, alexander philippine, consul general eric cruz, erebus Philippine Army attache arthur roman yost and Lieutenant General john agen. Dr. Cynthia romero. The chairman of the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. Max frias, Vice President , the Hampton Roads chapter of Filipino National Historical Society. Ric hurley, the director of the Virginia Association of museums colonel william davis, the executive director of the general Douglas Macarthur. Members of the general Douglas Macarthur Foundation Board and acting deputy city manager and military affairs liaison. Mr. Len ramirez, thank you all very much this morning for being with us. And we would also like to say that are very honored to be hosting the Filipino American veterans of Hampton Roads, color guar
My name is Amanda Williams and it is my honor to lead the team here at the macarthur memorial. And i would like to extend a special welcome this morning to. Congressman bobby scott to city of norfolk mayor dr. Cooper, alexander philippine, consul general eric cruz, erebus Philippine Army attache arthur roman yost and Lieutenant General john agen. Dr. Cynthia romero. The chairman of the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. Max frias, Vice President , the Hampton Roads chapter of Filipino National Historical Society. Ric hurley, the director of the Virginia Association of museums colonel william davis, the executive director of the general Douglas Macarthur. Members of the general Douglas Macarthur Foundation Board and acting deputy city manager and military affairs liaison. Mr. Len ramirez, thank you all very much this morning for being with us. And we would also like to say that are very honored to be hosting the Filipino American veterans of Hampton Roads, color guar
My name is Amanda Williams and it is my honor to lead the team here at the macarthur memorial. And i would like to extend a special welcome this morning to. Congressman bobby scott to city of norfolk mayor dr. Cooper, alexander philippine, consul general eric cruz, erebus Philippine Army attache arthur roman yost and Lieutenant General john agen. Dr. Cynthia romero. The chairman of the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. Max frias, Vice President , the Hampton Roads chapter of Filipino National Historical Society. Ric hurley, the director of the Virginia Association of museums colonel william davis, the executive director of the general Douglas Macarthur. Members of the general Douglas Macarthur Foundation Board and acting deputy city manager and military affairs liaison. Mr. Len ramirez, thank you all very much this morning for being with us. And we would also like to say that are very honored to be hosting the Filipino American veterans of Hampton Roads, color guar
Coming up we hear from former housing secretary mel martinez, jean case of the Case Foundation , Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution center, and wes moore of the robin hood foundation. The event was held at the Lincoln Center in new york city. And thank you to our panelists for being here. I will introduce them in a moment. When we started to think about this really wrought topic at the bush institute, one of the things that we knew as we talked to our Advisory Council and the president and mrs. Bush is we cannot just talk a lot the International Component of democracy and freedom. We really need to look at some challenges we have in our own country and how we reassert those principles domestically. Our panel here today was all chosen, not necessarily just because they are smart thinkers issue, issue, public but because they are all working on something to address these issues today. We have mel martinez from j. P. Morgan chase. We have wes moore from the robin hood foundation.
This really broad topic at the bush institute, one of the things that we knew as we talked to our Advisory Council and the president and mrs. Bush is we cannot just talk a lot the International Component of democracy and freedom. We really need to look at some challenges we have in our own country and how we reassert those principles domestically. Our panel here today was all chosen, not necessarily just because they are smart thinkers on this issue, but because they are all working on something to address these issues today. We have mel martinez from j. P. Morgan chase. We have wes moore from the robin hood foundation. Jean case from the case foundation. And Jeffrey Rosen Front National constitution center. Thank you all for being here today. Let me take off the conversation with a question for the group. Lets follow up a bit on the conversation we were just having. Lets talk a little bit about trust among americans in our institutions of democracy domestically. Out serious is this ch