Could you please be seated . Welcome to the Civic Affairs speaker series. I am president of the Womens National Republican Club. Our organization was founded by the separatists in 1921 to teach women the value of the ballot. Our founders built the townhouse in 1934. Today, the Womens National Republican Club continues its goal of furthering political education and promoting good governance. The chair of the series will introduce the renowned author this evening. [applause] good evening ladies and gentlemen. I am the chair in the speakers committee. Tonight i have the great had tht privilege and honor to present to you the speaker, with mr. William f. Buckley, junior the renowned social and political commentator, journalist and author of 37 books which range from the adventure to commentary and awardwinning fiction. Mr. Buckley needs no introduction. Everyone in the room is familiar with this achiever. We have read his syndicated articles such as the column on the right, the National Re
Stories in fact the economist story was almost word for word my story in the wow Washington Times but they were all afraid to break it. And this fear in western europe about exposing what is really going on, and even since that time, i have been given some grief by some of our old friends who didnt much like the fact that i did this. And to me, its troublesome. This is a little personal because ive been more so theres no question that youre right about that, and the antifracking effort in europe is rim is in sent of reminiscent of receive russian propaganda because its in their interests to prevent it. And that is trumped and this goes to maybe to dougs point and others the reality of russia versus the soviet union. Maybe the difference isnt so great but may end up in the same place. That is that putin and his friends have transformed post cold war russia into a quasimiddle Eastern Trust state which i totally dependent on its ability to sell energy to the west because that how they sup
Well, i think we have ignored it too long already. Its one of the big mistakes we make is assuming its a single block. There are billion 600 Million People in the muslim world, half in four countries, bangladesh, india, snowshower ya, indonesia and pakistan, and life for muslims is very defendant in each country. In the arab world, daytoday life is different in moore morocco than saudi arabia, and even if you assume theres one percent that has very stringent interpretation of islam, thats 16 Million People. A whole country, and not being engaged in the ideological and theological war with them, not dealing with elements that are reconcilable within the islamic world is a tragedy that is going to come to bite us and it may not be as doug said an existential threat, but its a threat where you can see casualties and hundreds of thousands through terrorist activity, and its something we have to worry about a great, great deal. Okay. Were out of time, but ive got a final question for the pa
Comfort comfortable, i incorrectly stated that i too had been in special forces. That was wrong and i have no excuse. I have Great Respect for those who have served our national in special forces. They and all veterans deserve a department of Veterans Affairs that provide them the care and benefits they have earned. We at v. A. Are working hard to restore trust. And again, i apologize to those who may have been offended by my misstatement. We remain very focused on continuing our progress to better serve veterans. I would be glad to take your questions at this time. Mr. Secretary, dave from the washington post. Hi dave. Have you had time to think about what caused you to burst out like that and what was your motivation . Well dave, as i said my biggest motivation was to connect with the veteran. As all of you know in my First National press conference i gave out my cell phone number and many of you have been kind enough to publish it and repeat if and i it and i get calls from veterans
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