I m not asking you to leave basically everything that we know how politics where they ve been busy asking a lot of other people believe maybe i m just a little lower on the left but no i mean i think that the work of folk. right is you know it doesn t it doesn t have a party it doesn t have an identity it s you know both parties supported both you know both sides of government even during a time where there seems to be a lot of polarization they get the value of this and so i think as long as i represent fulbright s values and stay there you know hopefully i get to continue to serve and. be inspired the way i have been here in berlin that continues as well jeffrey bosch chairman of the fulbright scholarship committee and former us ambassador to australia mr bush we appreciate you taking the time to be with us tonight thank you brant you make us all proud of fulbright program thank you very much for. the so-called islamic
Let s talk a little bit about fulbright you had a u.s. program designed to bring people together to cross borders to tear down walls as you said i was a fulbright scholar many years ago here would your body. how are how are you doing in this trunk error. of america first and also knowing that there are always there s always a threat of cuts to programs like fulbright. you know one of the one aspects of brad s genius was saying that the conditions that created world war two and other great conflicts were based on fact the people didn t know each other and it s particularly during periods of distress where there s miscommunications intentions that you need to accelerate these programs so far is more vibrant than ever was after world war two there were twenty seven countries where we had bilateral programs now it s one hundred sixty three hundred eighty thousand alone so there hasn t been that there hasn t been a trump effect. that you can that you can really feel now and in fact in two w
One is the the senate in particular in the house have rallied around the fulbright program that s increased our budget because and to stand the importance of this program now and they re the ones who control the control the dollars i think the other the other thing that s been. just an inspiring is seeing how many people are applying and then how the program continues to grow i was just at the berlin seminar and there are five hundred fifty. five writers from you know twenty different countries here in europe in the united states from germany it s our biggest programs it s right in the world and you know they re fired up you know they they they they see a problem and they see a lack of understanding in the world and they want to get in there and do something it is impressive you were appointed fulbright board by former president obama have to as they have had you survived two years with president. i mean how you survived
A criminal he is an extremist but he will when i speak be nameless and to others i implore you speak the names of those who were lost rather than the name of the man who took them we wish every member of our communities to also feel safe. safety means being free from the fear of violence but it also means being free from the fear of those seem to moments of racism and hate they create a place where violence can flourish and every single one of us has the power to change that. as the prime minister of the zealand there i m joined tonight by a man who knows just in darden s part of the world very well its politics and its people i m happy to welcome you to the big table jeffrey why she s former us ambassador to australia and now chairman of the william fulbright scholarship board the fulbright of one of the world s most coveted and renowned international studies