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Welcome, everybody. My name is john harwood. Im a journalist and im going to be moderating this panel with robert doar, who you know, who is the chief executive of, the American Enterprise institute, fred log of all, whos a historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering th
That is point one. Point two, there are disciplines that the government based off of research, that are critical to our National Defense and the economy in some ways. We have to vet, seriously, students who are allowed to enroll in that so that, this is not a revolving door and pipeline for china, korea or russia to have technology and research. Coupled with that, we have the ability in how we apply this and take it commercial, and take it to use. Yes, the answer is we have to look at we have enrolled into many of these disciplines in universities and take a good hard look at that. Thank you very much. Just adding my thanks to the witnesses. Most of my questions have been addressed. Thank you. Dr. Go paul i appreciate dr. Gopal i appreciate your various work. They have been toiling in this field as you have for many years. You referred and use the term willful blindness and i appreciate the recognition of the longterm work of this commission. I would argue to you that willful blindness
Margaret thank you to all of you for joining us tonight, to our dedicated staff here at George Washington university. To our media partner, cbs news and sirius xm and our incredible production team. Thanks for helping the Bipartisan Policy Center sponsor this wonderful debate. Its the fourth in a series by the senate project. Tonight promises to be an interesting and informative discussion on some of the most Critical Issues facing our country and our world. We are honored that senator chris coons and senator marco rubio agreed to participate in this important program. Thanks to both of them. As you saw in those two video, the genesis of the senate project came from two u. S. Senators who had very different points of view but looked for Common Ground. Youll be hearing from senator tom daschle in a moment with more on their relationship and what it meant for the senate as an institution and for our country and all of us. I also have the privilege of collaborating with senators kennedy a
Let me start from the top. Our universities today are getting universally dependent on foreign students. Many of them Chinese Students who pay full tuition. That is my first point. 2, there are Disciplines Research that the universities do, that are critical to National Defense and to our economy in some ways. We have two seriously limit the students who are involved in that, so this is not a revolving door and pipeline straight back to china, korea, russia, or whatever, of our technology and research. As ilaria pointed out, coupled with that should be the ability to apply this commercially, to take it to use. So, yes, the answer is we have to look at who we have enrolled in these disciplines in our universities. Take a good, hard look at that. Thank you very much. Commissioner shriver . Just my thanks to the witnesses, most at least most of my questions have been addressed. I will pass point the mission or wessel . Thank you. Dr. Gopal, i appreciate your recognition of rahman barrys w