When america turns a blind eye, we invite the evils of oppression, poverty and extremism to take root around the globe. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic order that has provided peace, prosperity, and human achievements at home and abroad. American leadership and strong alliances with fellow democratic nations are vital to this cause. At the bush institute, we are working diligently on these issues. Today our team is releasing a set of recommendations aimed at revitalizing our support for freedom, democracy, and human rights in our Foreign Policy. Thank you for contributing to this effort. May god bless you all. [ applause ] its a little known fact, everywhere i go, he does a video before i start speaking. A cool perk of the job. We have a great panel here. We have got a provocative title for this. I think maybe we start off with the question thats posed. When we talk about democracy and human rights around the world, how bad is it . Thanks, lindsey. Thank you to fiu fo
And the role of American Leadership in the world. It is important to remember that what happens abroad and how people live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite expressionism and extremism. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic Border Guarding peace, prosperity and human achievement home abroad. At the bush institute, we are working diligently on these issues and today, our team is releasing a set of recommendations aimed at freedom, democracy and human rights and Foreign Policy. Thank you for contributing to this effort and may god bless you all. It is a little known fact that everywhere i go he does a video. We have a great panel, a really provocative title. I think we start off with the greater opposed opposed. And freedomtty bad house, something we measure every year in our freedom of the world report and for the last 13 years, every year, weve had more countries experiencing decline in so that political andts and Civil Liberties s
People live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite expressionism and extremism. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic Border Guarding peace, prosperity and human achievement home abroad. At the bush institute, we are working diligently on these issues and today, our team is releasing a set of recommendations aimed at freedom, democracy and human rights and Foreign Policy. Thank you for contributing to this effort and may god bless you all. It is a little known fact that everywhere i go he does a video. We have a great panel, a really provocative title. I think we start off with the greater opposed opposed. And freedomtty bad house, something we measure every year in our freedom of the world report and for the last 13 years, every year, weve had more countries experiencing decline in so that political andts and Civil Liberties scores for next year not ready. O be announced cite a few data points per at number one, china is getting more r
Leadership in the world. It is important to remember that what happens abroad and how people live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite expressionism and extremism. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic Border Guarding peace, prosperity and human achievement home abroad. At the bush institute, we are working diligently on these issues and today, our team is releasing a set of recommendations aimed at freedom, democracy and human rights and Foreign Policy. Thank you for contributing to this effort and may god bless you all. It is a little known fact that everywhere i go he does a video. We have a great panel, a really provocative title. I think we start off with the greater opposed opposed. And freedomtty bad house, something we measure every year in our freedom of the world report and for the last 13 years, every year, weve had more countries experiencing decline in so that political andts and Civil Liberties scores for next year not r
The meeting will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing, the u. S. Policy responses. This is the second China Commission hearing on the situation hong kong. During the may hearing, the commission heard compelling testimony from prodemocracy advocates. They expressed serious concern about the extradition bill that was moving towards becoming law at that time. That legislation wouldve put anyone in hong kong including u. S. Citizens at risk of extradition to Mainland China. Where a lack of due process and custodial leos have been well documented. Over the last six weeks millions of people in hong kong have taken to the streets and unprecedented and sustained show of unity. The protesters have inspired the world and everest their lives, health, jobs and the education to fight for the future of hong kong. Thank you for your courage and thank you for your bravery, we stand in solidarity. As protests get continue, Hong Kong Police use unnecessary force to target those in p