Foreign policy program. I had the pleasure of introducing todays keynote speaker we are so honored to have with this, senator tammy duckworth. She probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, purple heart recipient a former assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senatoror the state of illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly fo those of us who are women and National Security. We thinkbout people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the fir handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he wasorn in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the statef illinois. So in addition to the work shs done on defense and vetera affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of ti thinking about the
Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
and all of their policies. one could get the impression our position is close to that of the air but if you just look through their proposal and listen to what they re seeing here you realize that it s all about attacking migrants. and the proposal of the air of d. is permeated with populism it took nor the reality getting it into law of who ever seen the wording of the proposal and heard the speech of the f.t. representative will recognize instantly that it s not about the improvement of age verification but about stirring up animosity against young migrants. the kind of rhetoric were purged from the goes against our christian values it s all about who towards foreigners and those we cannot support. we also saw on thursday and the parliamentary session it was held at the alternative for germany put forward an idea that the one of the reasons behind a rise in anti semitism in germany had been due to the influx of. islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties inclu