It was hosted by the council of attorney relations and ran just ver an hour. Good morning everyone. Welcome to the capitol Fund Relations and the future of anticorruption. Im shannon, and senior fellow at the capitol as well as the director of Civil Societies that is hosting this event. We have seen in recent years, recognition of corruption, serious. Breath to the nations that it occurs and u. S. Foreign policy. Corruption towards investment nd commerce, intensifies and drains Development Dollars and prevents dollars by undermining the functioning of institutions. And corruption erodes trust in their governments and drives em towards radical insurgencies that threatens our count try. It is crucial that the United States address these threats. This means and requires evaluating past approaches what has and hasnt worked and working with constitutional partners and these issues we are going to get into today. We have an Impressive Group of speakers, those that have been on the front line