Congressional black caucus foundations annual legislative conference in washington, d. C. Good morning. We are about to get started. If you could take your seat, we would appreciate it. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our 2023 National Town hall. This is the kick off session to get down to business for alc. I am Nicole Austen hillary and i have the privilege and honor of serving as the president and ceo of the Congressional Black Caucus foundation. I am happy to see all of you here this morning. It tells me that our theme this year of securing our democracy, protecting our freedoms, and uplifting our culture got through to everyone. You all are here to get down to business, so thank you. This is especially compelling year for us. We know that every year, we have challenges and work to do for the black community. But this year, because of deeply threatening times that we are in, we know that despite the fact this is the oldest democracy on the planet, we have some majo
Congressional black caucus foundations annual legislative conference in washington, d. C. Good morning. We are about to get started. If you could take your seat, we would appreciate it. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our 2023 National Town hall. This is the kick off session to get down to business for alc. I am Nicole Austen hillary and i have the privilege and honor of serving as the president and ceo of the Congressional Black Caucus foundation. I am happy to see all of you here this morning. It tells me that our theme this year of securing our democracy, protecting our freedoms, and uplifting our culture got through to everyone. You all are here to get down to business, so thank you. This is especially compelling year for us. We know that every year, we have challenges and work to do for the black community. But this year, because of deeply threatening times that we are in, we know that despite the fact this is the oldest democracy on the planet, we have some majo
Number is much higher. This book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions it will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul alone and there is a more pressing issue to deal with first the bodies the iraqis hoped the u. S. Led coalition would help resurrect mosul since its Bombing Campaign created much of this destruction the americans in bluntly said no we freed you will spend two hundred odd Million Dollars fixing the pipes but aside from that you are on your own as a call issue and we are not in the business of nation building or reconstruction we must ensure that our respective nations precious and limited resources are devoted to preventing the resurgence of isis and equipping the warring torn communities to take the lead in rebuilding their institutions and returning to stability and the civilians in mosul the desperate and hopeless few that have returned have no
And see it when i see it in this state i wish id never come back and hand i feel completely destroyed i dont feel like coming back to this home ive lost all hope of living here after seeing all this devastation. This was iraqs second largest city founded thousands of years ago and its been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis and the u. S. Have all vasili understated the sheer volume of civilians suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand Senior Health chief in mosul who didnt want to be filmed told us. The number much higher. This book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions. So where does iraq even begin and who will help foot the bill the answer is simple if g
Cu cu culmination his his hard work. That is true. You dont advance your cause by claiming personal credit. Let me give you another example of how a president s legacy can be totally different from what we think at the time. Harry truman to be bipartisan here, take a democrat, went out of office with the lowest poll ratings in history till that time. 2530 years later we had vietnam, watergate, and we looked back at truman and saw the real deal an authentic leader who got all of the big things right and the Little Things wrong. We forget the hawaiian sports shirts and stuff. That became endearing. Harry truman once said i wonder how far moses had gotten if he stopped to take a poll in the middle of the desert. Truman became a model of a divisive leader who took big decisions, who took responsibility, and by and large history has been much kinder to him than historians were at the time. In terms of obama, we said he wanted to be a transformitiative president but we will not know for 1015