There is a movement for democracy among people that work there, thinking it matters more and more to their work. And that is also true in the United States. During this last 25 years in the United States government. These last 25 years it has become part and parcel of every diplomats dna to appreciate that the democratic character of governments that we partner with affects their International Posture and policies as well and our military establishment and intelligence agencies i think increasingly understand that and increasingly weave that into their engagements with their partners as well but its not a universally hello view yet but an emerging and broking view so i think we will continuing in this direction at least another 25 years and hopefully have a few more successes to talk about when we meet 25 years from now. Thanks very much, tom. I am going to open the floor to questions. I do ask that you keep the, your questions to actual questions. Weve had some very long and very deta
Possibilities. My own office at the state department has had a pretty consistent budget thanks to the congress to support Civil Society actors in a variety of countries and, of course, the National Endowment for democracy remains the pree moore institution in the world premier institution in the world for targeting assistance to democrats usually many tough places. So they know they have support from the outside community, from the International Community. So let me mention a couple of things just to wind up this opening scene setter. One is that i think we in the United States need to appreciate the Important Role that congress plays. While we disparage its occasional polarization and inability to resolve certain major things, the congress has been a major contributor to american democracy programming in a lot of ways. Not least in the creation of my part of the state department. You know, the bureau for democracy, human rights and labor was created 30 years ago over the objections of
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