Thank you for joining the Virtual Forum hosted by the institute of politics and public service, commonly referred to as g. U. Politics. My name is matt percy and i am a student in the school of public policy. In my time at georgetown, i have had the opportunity to attend many discussion groups and special events. I can part of a team launching a Student Organization in the court migration andy policy initiative. It is a tremendous honor to introduce our guest tonight, senator mitt romney. Growing up in utah, i can see the 2002 Winter Olympics ski jumps from my backyard. Senator romneys leadership saved in the olympics and transformed my home state. From cofounding band capital to serving as governor of massachusetts, to running as the republican nominee for president , to representing the great state of utah in the u. S. Senate, he has exhibited the best of American Leadership in the private and public sectors. Getting results while maintaining the upmost character and integrity. Senat
Brought to you today by your television provider. Our moderator today is col. Andy heard, retired air force. Is a special assistant. Integrates University Departments to expand expeditionary opportunities to students. So that you a learn what its like to travel abroad and to lead abroad. He is done a tremendous amount of things here at the university of part of that has to do with him being station here for rotc but also for his folks and helping each one of you become better leaders. Also leading here today as a moderate of this panel. I can spend a lot of time reading about some incredible things that he is done but it will keep it short. As i mentioned, is a retired United States air force, he went to the academy and at the university of north carolina. His military career include three commands, for those of you who will be aviators, 6000 flying hours and combat missions and informal conflicts. Lets welcome the col. [applause]. Peter thank you for attending this writers symposium.
I want to show our mosaic of the pluto system. This has twice the resolution of the previous best global image and its just mouthwatering. The level of detail is spectacular. This image has a resolution of about 2. 2 kilometers per pixel. Just looking at it you can tell as our science team can that pluto has a very complicated story to tell. Pluto has a very interesting history, and theres a lot of work that we need to do to understand this very complicated place. I want to stress that. I want to drive it home by showing you this image of higher magnification. If i can go to the next set were going to look at just the northern half of that image. We can easily blow it up even further, and you can see across the northern terrains here which include the north pole, by the way this is a true color image. Essentially true color as your i might see it a whole range of geologic expression. Kathy and bill will be talking about this quite a bit more, so i will not steal their thunder but just
Because, you know what . I can look around this table and some of you have come in with innovative ideas that i had not thought about. I dont know if it will work, but there is enough evidence and logic to indicate we should try it. Trying to create a space for that is what we are working to do. Governor mccrory, governor walker. Governor mccrory madam, thank you. I have enjoyed your visit and your cookies and your lemonade at the executive mansion, i hope you enjoyed it. A really good time. First of all, i want to congratulate you on your comments on your focus on Mental Health and i include that in addiction because i think that is one of the most serious issues we are facing, as i have found out in my 2. Ive years in my 2. 5 years. The addiction is ending up in our prisons, emergency rooms, and our state prisons and that is not the solution. We have got to come up with a longterm partnership with the federal government, local government, and everyone involved to deal with this very
You could buy that car, and it wouldnt have to be fixed. And we think thats a loophole that needs to be closed. There are also pieces of legislation we wish the senate would consider like giving nhtsa Imminent Hazard Authority. We were criticized last year for having too cozy a relationship with industry, but the reality is, is that when a recall occurs, if the company that has been recalled disagrees with our assessment our recourse so go to court and spend years trying to to litigate that issue while dangerous stuff is on the streets. The alternative is to develop some kind of settlement with the automaker or the oem and, you know usually weve been able to get favorable results that way. But if Congress Wants us to have more teeth, give us the tools so that we can fight those battles directly. And, you know, these are the kinds of things that weve proposed previously, and itd be nice for those issues to be addressed through this legislation. Dave shepardson. East one of those be eith