Condition, the family of tech and publicpolicy under policy issues in the United States and around the world. These policy briefings provided opportunity to hear directly from our nations top scholars on the pressing issues facing the road during this difficult time. As we all unite to confront the challenges of the worldwide pandemic, conversations like this have never been more important. We will be taking on these questions today so i encourage you to submit yours using the q a button located at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from condoleezza rice, the senior fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, she served as a 66 secretary of state of the United States the first africanamerican woman to hold the post, she was also president george w. Bushs National Security advisor, we look forward to her next director of the Hoover Institution this fall, welcome, thank you for joining us. Good morning. Youre an expert in the International System, how do you think the I
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