To have intelligent conversations and answer your questions. Thank you so much. [applause] please welcome back to the stage insa president suzanne hackenberg. [applause] suzanne i hope everyone has enjoyed dinner and is moving to desert. Before we resume, i have two quick announcements i would like to make well i have your attention. First, i am priest to announce the foundation today announced the seven Scholarship Recipients we have built over the past three years. Cumulatively, these scholarships are valued at 50,000. The rewards make a difference in the lives of undergraduate and graduate students all willing to work here for the rest of their lives. [laughter] three of our recipients are here with us this evening. I cannot help but point out they are all women. [applause] brooke rubert is a master student. Can you stand . [laughter] samira nooro is a master student at marymount university. [laughter] emily robert is a dual degree program. [laughter] [applause] i think our future i
Morning. Morning joe starts now. Which sets us apart from the terrorists, as we believe in the dignity of every human life. Palestinian, muslim, jew, american, christian, everyone. If you give that up, the terrorists win. We can never let them win. President biden is back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel, where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces. Well go through all of that and get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. Plus, the drama here at home on capitol hill. Well, the drama at home on capitol hill, willie. Also, the questions about some of the reporting immediately following that tragic bombing of the hospital in gaza. A lot of the intel, u. S. Intel pointing toward the fact that it was an Islamic Jihad rocket. There are, if you read the W
Exactly that up to this very moment. In a few minutes, we will hear from the 71st secretary of state, antony blinken. He has served as a secretary of state, Principal Deputy National Security advisor, as a Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff director, many other positions in the u. S. Government. He will be joined by the distinguished u. S. Senator mitt romney representing utah. Senator romney is a former governor for massachusetts, the founder of the bain company. He was a president ial candidate in 2012 and famously pointed out that russia was a threat that we needed to prioritize as the number one threat to america. These are two statesmen who are leading the fight to protect the United States today. They are protecting our interests, our security, and our democracy both at home and abroad. Secretary blinken, as many of you know, just returned from china and from the middle east, so we have the privilege of hearing firsthand about his work and the challenges and perhaps some pr
Secretary of state, and he became the first jewish Secretary Of State when he was sworn in in 1973. When meeting with israels Prime Minister, golden mayer, Secretary Kissinger said, quote, you must remember that first i am an american, second im Secretary Of State, and third i am a jew. 50 years after the Senate Confirmed Henry Kissinger as the first jewish Secretary Of State, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said this today in israel. I come before you, not only as the United States Secretary Of State, but also as a jew. My grandfather, maurice blinken, fled programs in russia. My stepfather, samuel ps are, survive concentration camps, auschwitz, that how, so Prime Minister, i understand, on a personal level, the harrowing echoes that hamass massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed, for jews everywhere. I also come before you as a husband and father of young children. Its impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children
You must remember that first i am an american, second im Secretary Of State, and third i am a jew. 50 years after the Senate Confirmed Henry Kissinger as the first jewish Secretary Of State, Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said this today in israel. I come before you, not only as the United States Secretary Of State, but also as a jew. My grandfather, maurice blinken, fled programs in russia. My stepfather, samuel ps pizar survived concentration camps, auschwitz, watch out dachau so, Prime Minister, i understand, on a personal level, the harrowing echoes that hamass massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed, for jews everywhere. I also come before you as a husband and father of young children. Its impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children murdered as they sheltered in their home in a kibbutz near oz and not think of my own children. This is just one of hamass Countless Acts Of Terror in a litany of brutality and in