Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know its a purposeful gavel, wasnt it. Welcome to the National Press club. We have the trademark motto this worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Im jeff would baobab ballu. Candidate we are pleased to have as our headliners speaker, dr. David j. Shulkin. First of all, id like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you tweet the modings and questions to press club using the npc live. Thats press club dc, using the hash hash npc live. Now well introduce or head table. And blows hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club, our guests, and guests of our headliners speaker. So, going from my far left, mike smith, ceo of green smith pr, the National Press club Headliners Team member. Jim noon. Vietnam navy veteran and commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club, whic
Public service is a good thing politics can be also. If we all have a role to play to make that a good thing what i am so excited and honored to introduce our speakers with the domestic agenda that it inspired. So the policy adviser as the assistant to president obama and chief of staff joe biden. He is currently ceo and cofounder of the bipartisan founder and with slate in the atlantic. Sole romney dual was Senior Adviser to president clinton serving as a white house chief of staff with the administration. Most recently the 56 mayor of the city of chicago and elected to a second term in 2015. With a comprehensive initiative to revitalize the city. Director of white house of Political Affairs serving as ceo of the Democratic National committee one of the top strategic thinkers of Corporate Affairs and policies. As the principal in 2002 from that practice. Former white house chief of staff currently a senior follow a senior fellow build a career working as a consultant with a senior whi
Be more proud to be organizing the symposium. Before we begin the next conversation much has been said about our first president to. Its the view of some others would allow so as we prepare to have a conversation about the global vision, we felt that it would be fun to reflect for a few minutes on bill clinton and his time at georgetown. So, enjoy this little walk down memory lane and we will get right to the conversation afterwards. We were involved. It was an intellectually fascinating time. Then these issues began to emerge in the vietnam war with civil rights. To be a College Student in washington, d. C. At the time left you with the notion that youve got to do something. In the primary new england and Catholic Schools where he applied to georgetown it was the only school that he applied to and he got in. I think everybody was meeting each other and certainly bill clinton because he was an outstanding guy. Beethen all these people woud be laughing and nothing ever changed. A verver
[inaudible conversations] now more from the symposium on the legacy of former president bill clinton. In this portion a of look at foreignpolicy with former mexican president ernesto zedillo, and Clinton Administration officials including former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former deputy secretary of state strobe talbott. This is one hour ten minutes. Okay. Good morning. For those of use just joining us thank you for being here. First, i wantu to thank dean bailey for moderating our last panel and the mill court school of Public Policy for cohosting our last discussion on bill clintons vision ofn america. And looking forward now to continuing the conversation as we go a little more global. Im mo elleithee, et cetera just visited a pulpit and folks are set the school and we can be more proud to be organizing this clinton 25 symposium. Before before we begin the next conversation, much has been said about our first for your president and his decision to come to georgetown to
Mr. Nathan al kpapder sales, with the rank and status of the ambassador at large. Mr. George edward glass. And mr. Carl c. Rich to be assistant secretary of state for counselor affairs. I want to welcome the nominees, their families to this committee, congratulate them on their selection by the president and thank you for your willingness to serve, i also want to note that we have congressman rooney here supporting commissioner gingrich. Congressman rooney was the ambassador to the holy c. During the commissioners term. Well introduce two of our witnesses, the senior senator from oregon, senator ron widen, an esteemed member of this committee and senator portman from ohio. Were pleased to have you here today. Mr. Chairman, thank you for your courtesy, as senator portman knows, were right in the middle of debating tax reform, i know a topic of great interest to me here. And im trying to help out chairman hatch. So i will make this a filibuster free opportunity, mr. Chairman and it is a