Please grab a seat. Were going to start. Good morning, and welcome to the German Marshal Fund of the United States. Im jonathan katz, a senior fellow here at gmf. I want to welcome our guest, dmytro kuleba. Ukraines deputy Prime Minister for european and euroatlantic integration. Its great to have you here. I know youve had an incredibly busy schedule in the last couple of days with meetings, very successful meetings both on capitol hill but also with the Trump Administration. Ate busy time for you. Of course, right now its fairly busy in washington, all the way across town with Certain Committee hearings taking place. I want to welcome you here. Needless to say this is an incredibly important time for you to be here in washington. In some sense the zelensky government, president zelensky who all of you know took office last spring, has been in office now for six months. Its been an incredibly busy time. New laws passed. A focus on anticorruption. Then also just this week, hard to beli
Washington journal. Announcer 1 the president arrived at his Maralago Club on friday night where he will spend the holidays. We will hear his remarks at turning point usas Student Action summit in west palm beach. 5000 students were expected. 1500roup has a presence on College Campuses and claims to be the Fastest Growing Youth Organization in the country. Mr. Limbaugh thank you all very much. What a great event to be at, this is incredible. And i have to tell you, i just learned backstage that there are an incredible number like 1000 , High School Students here. [cheering] mr. Limbaugh oh man. I will tell you, i have been dying to talk to High School Students so much about what has been happening. I just want to tell you i dont , have time tonight, but i want to tell you, Climate Change is a hoax, please dont believe it. [applause and cheers] mr. Limbaugh whatever you do, i beg of you. Let me give you an example of how it is a hoax. Many of you were not alive for the 1995 budget bill.
Claims to be the Fastest Growing Youth Organization in the country. Rush limbaugh. [music] thank you all. Thank you all very much. At a great event to be this is incredible. And i have to tell you, i just that there arege an incredible number, like a thousand High School Students here . [cheering] oh, man ill tell you, i have been to High School Students about so much, whats been happening. You, climateo tell change is a hoax. It,se dont believe whatever you do i beg of you. Let me give you an example of how it is a hoax. Many of you werent alive in 1995 budget bill. During that time, the republicans were accused of starving children because of lunch cuts in the school program. There werent any cuts. There were reduction fls in the rate of growth. The democrats had a bunch of 12yearolds writing letters to republicans in congress, please, i cant learn when im starving. Learn when im hungry. And the media is covering this legitimate. Was it was as big a hoax as the whole Climate Change.
Begin our discussion of iran, a people in repression. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the washington post. Ive visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analysts in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart called rosewater, if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of maziars interrogator. In 2014, he started something that im sure is familiar to many people in this audience, certainly as a mustread for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website
[applause] rep. Ocasiocortez i cant hear you. Whats up, los angeles . [applause] california,cortez are you ready for the revolution . [applause] rep. Ocasiocortez i know i am. Much for all so very coming out here today. [applause] rep. Ocasiocortez it is amazing. It is really nice to get out of freezing cold new york and d. C. I am three of to be here, thrilled to come to the heart of where we are going to change this country. [applause] why ocasiocortez that is we are really coming out today and every day until next november. And every day after that. I want to reiterate and go over some things that dr. West was talking about. If those of you who do not know, you better know who dr. West is. [applause] rep. Ocasiocortez one of the thats dr. West wrote early shaped my life deeply was something he said right now, which is that justice is it what is what love looks like in public. [applause] i dont wantortez us to take that for granted. What we are here to at what this campaign is about,