Children. This is one hour and 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and come piercede 26th distinguished lecture series. This was established with a generous gift from the family, many of who are here today, as well as at t. The lecture is presented by Clinton Foundation and Clinton School of public service. Please, give the family a big hand. Will you stand up so we can recognize you . I insist. Dean, come on, stand up. Theyre right here in the front. [applause] like to say ao very special word of thanks to our sponsors, who are here and they made this celebration possible, so thank you to our sponsors. [applause] begin what i anticipate will be a lively conversation, i would like to thank all of you for joining us. Oday as you can imagine with this giant group, it would be nearly impossible to recognize all of our distinguished guests individually. Groups of to ask people to please raise your hand when called. You ready . Or former a current elected official, p
I am proud to say to all of you here and United States this is the next Vice President of the United States of america, senator al gore from tennessee. [applause] people are hearing bill clintons message, they are deciding to help change this country and get our country moving forward. [cheering] bill clinton wants to put people first. They are responding to the message of putting people first. We will make the government work for the average families. It is time to put the American People first to invest and grow this economy. People tell him things they dont tell anybody else. This is not unusual. Part of it is, they recognized somebody who has had honest struggles in his own life. When somebody says something to him, he does not brush them off. He does not look beyond them. He listens to them. He will listen, and he will care. He will try to help. It is time for a change. It is time for someone smart enough to do, Strong Enough to lead. The comeback kid. A new voice for a new americ
It is not too late to enter. To chooseing students a provision of the u. S. Constitution and create a video demonstrating why it is important to you. Our competition is open to all middle school and high school students, grades six through 12. 100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Of 5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall entry. For more information, go to our website, studentcam. Org. Next, former resident bill clinton and former first lady 25thry clinton mark the anniversary of when he was elected. Mrs. Clinton also talked about her new book and losing 32016 president ial election. This is about an hour and 40 minutes. Please give a big hand. Will you stand up so we can recognize you . James, stand out. They are right here in the front. [applause] i would also like to say a the special thanks to sponsors for a long this 25th anniversary to take place. Thank you, sponsors. [applause] before we begin what will be a lively conversation, i would like to thank you fo
Closely together. The participants of this Extraordinary Program now speak for the first time. That russia did. You know and the rivalry of the cold war was intense for more than four decades america and the u. S. S. R. Squared off against each other. Unbeknown to its participants at the time of the cold war to validate the keys to help us understand the biggest threat to our survival. Climate change. Surface to surface missiles the soviet navy has been heavily armed with both often to surface to surface and surface to air missile. The cold war wasnt only about the number of weapons. Intelligence gathering was at the heart of the cold war. Space provided the ultimate sanctuary for the dozens of spy satellites that orbited the earth. With code names like corona hexagon and land yacht or on the russian side called moss glass and senate. They were designed to peer at the enemy relentlessly in super fine detail in every way flint imaginable. One of the key targets for american spy satellit
I. During the cold war the key battleground was above and below the octave higher i guess submarines armed with Nuclear Missiles stood ready to destroy american or russian cities within minutes. For more than forty years the two sides come from to day each other using the best military and intelligence technologies available. But unknown to its participants the cold war furnished the means to study one of the biggest threats facing us today. Ah keynesian climate. In one nine hundred ninety two led by the cia seventy elite scientists were given access to top secret data and Intelligence Systems. To use for Climate Change study. Named medea im sworn to secrecy that work was encouraged at the highest levels of government. And of our National Security however to take their work further they needed Additional Information that held by the erstwhile cold war adversaries in russian intelligence and science. Putting aside a decades long merciless rivalry the cia and russian intelligence started