Please welcome our guests to the stage. Please welcome our guests. Ladies and gentlemen, founder of freedom and faith coalition. [applause] have you had a fun conference . [applause] hasnt this been fun . [applause] we arent done yet. We are about to have the Vice President of the United States close out the conference. [applause] before we do that, can i ask everyone to stand and i want to him to lead our invocation. Now listen people pay heed to the call of prayer. Lift up your minds to the most high, your hearts to be lower lord of hosts. Praise the wonders of the lord. Thank him for all he provides. God to you we oh offer our petitions. Like a mustard seed increase our faith that we may stand firm in the truth. Give us strength against our foes and eloquence to persuade them. For license to do wrong but for freedom to do what is right. Tyranny of from the desperates. Release us from the shackles of oppression. You have poured your blessings upon america. May we be a light to the na
Senator david purdue is a worker. Up working on his family farm. He worked his way through georgia tech. How many students working away through college . Yeah. And he is working in washington for all of us but that would not be Strong Enough because we are the fire and he is fighting for us in washington. He is going to history has proven it. Sex is the cause of that is the cause of suction is him. Our senator from georgia, david purdue. Senator purdue thank you. I bring you tidings from the president. I understand he was here for 1. 5 hours. He sent me after a talk longer than 1. 5 hours. We are going to have fun this afternoon. It is an honor and all seriousness for me to be here today. I want to thank the whole team for all the good work that faith and freedom does not al gore stated georgia. We have jordan is at the end of r, dont we should all agree today we are an ideological war for the future of our way of life in america. [applause] democrats want to convert america as a socia
John good morning, and welcome to the brookings institution. My name is john allen. I am the president of bookings and im pleased this morning to welcome our honored guest the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. General dunford has been chair of the joint chiefs of staff since 2015 and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. Generalnded all forces in afghanistan before that. Dunford and i have known each other for many years since we , were captains, in fact. And i can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion sixth marines from me at camp lejeune in north carolina. And years later in kabul we would repeat that ceremony as he took command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our countr
The brookings institution. My name is john allen. I am the president of bookings and im pleased this morning to look mauer honored guest, the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. Been chairford has of the joint chiefs of staff and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. They commanded all forces in afghanistan. General dunford and i have known each other for many years since we were captains, in fact. I can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion marines at camp lejeune in north carolina. Years later in kabul we would repeat that. He would take command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our country and to the world. In peace and in crisis and in war. And as the u. S. Navigates multi
Welcome our honored guest the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. General dunford has been chair of the joint chiefs of staff since 2015 and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. Generalnded all forces in afghanistan before that. Dunford and i have known each other for many years since we , were captains, in fact. And i can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion sixth marines from me at camp lejeune in north carolina. And years later in kabul we would repeat that ceremony as he took command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our country and to the world, in peace and in crisis and in war. And as the u. S. Navigates multiple crises as we sit here this morning, i can think of no o