And thisgood friday sunday, millions of christians celebrate easter and the resurrection of jesus christ. Thatis holy time, we pray god will heal the sick and comfort the heartbroken and bless our heroes. As American Families look forward to easter, we are reminded that our story ends not in despair, but in triumph and renewal. It . Appropriate, isnt i would like to provide americans an update on our ongoing efforts in the war against the invisible enemy. Before i do that, i have a couple of notes. The United States in discussions last night with mexico, saudi arabia, russia and dealing with opec nations, we are trying to get mexico, as the expression goes, over the barrel. Doingico is committing to 100,000 fewer barrels and the president and i spoke last night. We have a great relationship and great friendship, they are helping is very much at the border. They have 27,000 mexican soldiers on our borders right now, stopping people from coming into our country as the wall goes up. We ar
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Them the next leaders in civilian and military life. But without naming donald trump are really making a direct Election Year appeal President Biden also under scored the values that he has previously said are at risk if his republican rival were to take a second term, for example, protecting democracy and also the nature alliance. Now on that front, the president talked about us leadership on the global stage, including, for example, again, that nato lyon saying, for example, that russian president Vladimir Putin are testing his assumption that nato would not be able to unify and support ukraine from his invasion. Saying quote, putin was certain that nato would fraction of course there speaking directly to the invasion of ukraine and instead, the president said, it is the greatest Defense Alliance in the history of the world. Now of course, President Biden has been a defender of nato, especially earlier this year when former President Donald Trump said hed encourage russia to invade t
If by chance a fire alarm goes off we have two exits from this building, exit areas are behind you and behind me, and depending on where the alarm is going off, well direct you which way you should be going. This series would not be possible without the support of city and at t sponsored the networking breck nas. I want to thank citi for the voices of women and National Security and International Business so id specifically like to offer kristen, the federal Government Affairs at citi. Please welcome me in welcoming kristen. [applause] hi, good morning, everybody, thank you, kathleen and thanks again for joining us for this mornings event in this smart women, smart power series. Its been an honor to support these and we continue to bring extraordinary women and Foreign Policy and National Community to give their insights and expertise on so many fascinating issues and today will be no exception. Were thrilled to have joni ernst, first combat elected in the u. S. Senate. She served 23 y
Good morning, everyone. [inaudible]. International Security Program here. I also oversee our smart women, smart power initiatives. Were very pleased to have you with us today, whether youre in the room or online. And i know that you will join me with enjoyment in welcoming iowa senator joni ernst what is sheer to be a great conversation about some of the world hot spots and security challenges today. There is no end to list of those. Well get to as many as we can in the time available. I want to give you a few social media reminders. We ask you follow us on twitter smart woman. Be sure also to check out our smart women podcast and you can access through itunes. You can go through soundcloud but prefer icloud if able to. If youre live we can pick up your comments and distribute them most broadly f by chance a fire alarm goes off we two exits from the building. Exit areas are behind you and behind me. And depending on where the alarm is going off well direct you which way you should be g