Good afternoon everybody. If i could ask everybody who is filing in to just be seated. Thank you so much. Good afternoon everybody and welcome to the American Enterprise institute. I am the Senior Vice President for foreign and defense policy studies here. And i am genuinely delighted that we have senator marco rubio here with us today to help us role out this new report. I have my props here. I feel like vanna white. It is the product of the aei working group on transnational organized crime in americas. I dont think that marco rubio needs a lot of introduction to this audience, but i am going to give you a word or two nonetheless and then hand things over and do a little bit of housekeeping. The United States senator from florida. He is a member of the committee on appropriations and the committee on Foreign Relations and he has a resume much longer that i am not going to keep reading. But to us a leader on international affairs. Somebody who our country turns to to hear where we sho
A half. By the American Enterprise institute, welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Im a Senior Vice President for foreign and defense policy studies here and i am genuinely delighted that we have senator rubio here with us today to help us rule out the new report here. It is the product of the working group on transnational organized crime run by the visiting scholar. I dont think marco rubio needs a bath of introduction to this audience, but im going to give a word or two nonetheless and then hand things over and do a little housekeeping. Marco rubio is the senator from florida elected in 2010 and 2016 is a member of the committee on appropriations and the committee on Foreign Relations and has a resume much longer that im not going to keep reading but to us he has been a leader on International Affairs and somebody who increasingly a country turns to hear where we should be going on these issues and for us today i know we are very proud that hes been a leader on issues of ex
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