[indiscernible conversations] ok. Can i have your attention please . Please . Have con have you conversation with the secretary of Homeland Security. Thank you. Thank you. Why dont we dig right into it. It . Why did you want to leave a prosperous law firm job to be the secretary of Homeland Security . Have you had any second thoughts . No second thoughts. What a privilege it is to leave a place one loves to go to a place one loves. The way i bridge the two worlds is by borrowing and stealing talent. So jamie is the chair, culture of her Homeland Security Advisory Council in the department of homeland sec adjustable matthew for our from a law firm to join us. Ok. Let me talk about the elephant in the room. You were the second secretary in the history of our country to be impeached. What was it like living through that impeachment process and is it finally over now . To my knowledge it is over. Quite frankly, i have said publicly a number of times that i did not allow it to distract me.
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Encounter and the point of final adjudication of an asylum claim is seven plus years. Approximately 70 of the people need an essential threshold for a son, the cradle fair standard, about 70 qualify. So they stay for 7 years and the ultimate adjudication, about 20 qualify. Thats quite a disparity of people in the meantime leave, are able to stay. Sometimes have children, u. S. Citizen children, attend our schools, attended our places of worship but integrate i understand but why wasnt so we coming in illegally always say theyre seeking political asylum . Base on what you just said there likely to be here for seven years. Why not just say im not smuggling drugs. Im just a political Asylum Seeker . Separate drug smuggling for migration. The fact of the matter is that we have an extraordinary number of people claiming asylum, and a greatly reduced number of people qualifying for it. The reality is that people do claim asylum when, in fact, they are fleeing poverty, generalized violence, a
President and c sow and thritted to welcome all of you to our beautiful robert h. Smith auditorium this Evening Program is presented in con generation with our exhibition the vietnam war in 1945 to 1975. Which i hope youve had a chance it see. But its not, it is on view through april 22nd so i hope youll return during regular museum hours to see it. Our program edward and a the american tragedy in vietnam is the lecture on leadership. We created this series five years ago as a permanent way to honor two great americans roger and David Petraeus who won our history maker award in 2013. I would like to thank mr. Hertog for incredible for chair of New York Historical and general petraeus for his leadership and generous participation over past four years in this lecture series thanks so very much to both of you. [applause] thank and recognize some trustees who were in the audience this evening above all our chair pam i would like to thank pam for all shes done on behalf of this great instit
Good evening everyone and welcome to the New York Historical society. I am Louise Mirrer the ceo and im thrilled to welcome all of you two are beautiful auditorium. This Evenings Program is presented in conjunction with our exhibition vietnam war in 1945 to 1975 which i hope you had a chance to say but if not it is on view through april 22, so i hope you will return during regular museum hours to see it. Our program Edward Lansdale and the american tragedy in vietnam is the petraeus lecture on leadership. We created the series five years ago as a permanent way to honor two great americans roger hertog and David Petraeus who both won our history maker awarded 2013 that like to thank mr. Hertog for his incredible leadership and support and now as chair and marriages of New York Historical and general petraeus for his leadership and for his generous participation over the past four years and this illustrious lecture series. Thanks so much to both of you. [applause] i would like to thank a