Good afternoon and welcome to the Conference Center here at Hudson Institute. I am the president and ceo of Hudson Institute, our mission is to promote u. S. International leadership in Global Engagement for secure, free and prosperous future. We are absolutely delighted to welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. Today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on American Foreign policy and World Affairs with Hudson Institutes chair, Walter Russell mead. The discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u. S. Foreign policy. Senator young still needs no introduction here at Hudson Institute where he is spoken many times. Hes an important voice particularly on Development Assistance and on the role of congress and u. S. Foreign policy in u. S. Foreign policy decisionmaking. Hes very much a conservative internati
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon everybody. And everybody who is looking at us virtually and everybody in line in the security line trying to get in. And everybody who will be watching sometime soon on a cable network. So i am jane harman, president and ceo of the Wilson Center and today we are probing a very complicated issue that is in my view d valvoline policymakers in washington and all over the world. At least three parts of the problem are the u. S. , china, and the 5g supply chain. The Wilson Center has just produced this is a prop, a spectacular policy brief by Melissa Griffith who is in the front row, and we will see in a little bit which is entitled there is more to worry about the huawei. I think you get the just of this. And she will explain in detail but run, do not walk to read this. Meanwhile, what captures the attention around 5g is that Chinabased Huawei has led the way in developing the superfast networks which will power self driving cars, virtualreality and
Good afternoon and welcome to the Conference Center here at Hudson Institute. I am the president and ceo of Hudson Institute, our mission is to promote u. S. International leadership in Global Engagement for secure, free and prosperous future. We are absolutely delighted to welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. Today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on American Foreign policy and World Affairs with Hudson Institutes chair, Walter Russell mead. The discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u. S. Foreign policy. Senator young still needs no introduction here at Hudson Institute where he is spoken many times. Hes an important voice particularly on Development Assistance and on the role of congress and u. S. Foreign policy in u. S. Foreign policy decisionmaking. Hes very much a conservative internati
Been problematic for the v. A. There is a doctor in West Virginia that might have killed 13 patients. A patient in atlanta passed away. Some bad headlines. We want to sit down with the secretary to find out where he thinks the v. A. Is. He said are still some words and andlems some warts problems with the v. A. But it is much better than two years ago. It is on a much better path toward being Customer Service friendly. The opinion on capitol hill is different, depending on who youre talking to. Some folks have been excited, some folks are worried about the issues of privatization, just how much of v. A. Is being pushed out. A massive agency, a lot of people dont realize how much of the federal budget they ask 2020, 200al billion. There is watching. It is one where we exceed the budget continue to increase. I asked the secretary if he expected to keep going up and he said yes, there are some responsibilities for us. Host where does the money go to . The nationd to it act, how much money
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