Minds. Lets turn it over to you, tony, and get it started. [applause] abbott walter, thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for being here. It is always good to be in washington and at the Heritage Foundation in particular. I have a speech which i am going to deliver. I have worked on it. I think it is important that i give you the speech i have written. Thate just begin by saying america is the indispensable country, the only country on earth with the strength and the consistently beat the free world. I like to think that australia is americas indispensable partner. The one country that america can always rely on for help when America Needs it. So with those introductory notes, it is straight to the Heritage Foundation. Back in november of 2014 when australia hosted the annual meeting of the g20, it was by far the most important gathering of leaders ever held in my country. It should have been a diplomatic triumph, but for president obama choosing at that time to give a speech at
Newshour, meeting with senator mark warner, who needs no introduction, chairman of the Senate Committee on intelligence. Ill be presiding over this discussion. Kenneth a moscow lecture. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow, longtime member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today, seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So, without further ado, ill just say i will invite senator warner. He will speak for about ten minutes, then ill have the opportunity to ask him questions for about 20 minutes and then at 1 00, we will open it up for questions for members. Without further ado, senator mark warner. Thank you for that introduction, judy. Looking forward to our discussion. That is, abou
thank you for coming out today. i m walter lowman, director of the asian study center here at the heritage foundation. i know you are all here to see tony abbott, former prime minister of australia. as you know he was prime minister 2013 to 2015. and later of the local party in australia for a little longer than that since 2009. that s literal in the good sense of the word here at the heritage found case, the conservative party in australia. all in all, he was 25 years in harlment representing the district on the outskirts of sydney. up until just last year. but besides all his bio, i think the most important thing about tony abbott is that he s a good friend of the heritage foundation. i have to say as you look across the spectrum, political figures in australia, there s hardly one we agree with more than we do tony abbott. don t know if that helps you in australia, it might handicap you a little bit to be so closely associated with us, i have to say every time you come here
President for research. He previously served heritage as Vice President for foreign and defense policy studies and director of our davis institute. Hes a Founding Editor of the annual index of economic freedom, which has become a signature heritage publication, from 2002 to 2005, he served in the george w. Bush administration as assistant secretary of state for International Organizations affairs. Please join me in welcoming dr. Kim holmes. Kim. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Its a pleasure to welcome all of you here and to welcome our distinguished guests to talk about the refugee policy. We just recently were refurbishing this room, so youre one of the first guests to see how it turned out. The United States Refugee Admission Program has been, as all of you know, the subject of significant discussion and legal battles in the last year. Of course, some of these legal battles have ended up in the supreme court. Which well hear arguments this fall
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