Cosponsors are listed in the program that you have received. My name is linda yar im a Research Professor here at the Elliott School and director of partnerships for International Strategies in asia. This is a program here at the Elliott School that partners directly with universities and Research Institutes across asia. And since 1994 weve had extensive work with universities and Research Institutes and Government Agencies in vietnam. We love to be able to also bring the voices of the region here. Here to washington. This week is devoted to waging peace in vietnam is especiall especially i would especially like to acknowledge the partnership with the institute of policy studies and their associate fellow ron carver. [applause] whom we will hear from animal today at many locations around the Nations Capital the service of veterans to our country is recognized with gratitude. We also remember that november h mark the day the guns, fell silent in europe and what was known then as the gre
Settling the organization down. Making sure that it had worldclass management. Taking the very important messages we have from the Heritage Foundation to new audiences. Largely we were focused on washington, d. C. , and speaking to legislators, and people within the administration. We really felt like our conservative message needed a voice. Demographics that we were not active in. We needed to talk to women. We needed to talk to minorities. We needed to talk to the youth of this country. Our conservative values are so important that we cannot ignore those constituencies with a message, we have to win them. On your website you talk about how 70 of your funding which is about how much . 90 million . Mrs. James you could say in that range. A most hundredom thousand individuals. It sounds like youre getting out of washington. Mrs. James we are, but we need to do more. One of the strength of the Heritage Foundation is that we are not associated with the university. Pressure fromthat to est
Making sure that it had worldclass management. As well as, taking the very important messages we have from the Heritage Foundation to new audiences. Largely we were focused on washington, d. C. , and speaking to legislators, and people within the administration. We really felt like our conservative message needed a voice. With some demographics that we were not active in. We needed to talk to women. We needed to talk to minorities. We needed to talk to the youth of this country. Our conservative values are so important that we cannot ignore those constituencies with a message, we have to win them. On your website you talk about how 70 of your funding which is about how much . 90 million . Mrs. James you could say in that range. 70 comes from a most hundred thousand individuals. It sounds like youre getting out of washington. Mrs. James we are, but we need to do more. One of the strength of the Heritage Foundation is that we are not associated with the university. We dont have that pres
Cspan 2. Susan kay coles james, after many years, first as a scholar scholar and later as the trustee. You took over the reins in december of 2017, almost two years. What were your primary goals when you took the position . Mrs. James i have been given very specific instructions by our board. They were very interested in settling the organization down. Making sure that it had worldclass management. As well as taking the very important messages that we have from the Heritage Foundation to new audiences. Focused onhad been washington, d. C. And speaking to legislators and people within the administration. But we really felt like our conservative message needed a voice with some demographics that we had not been particularly active in. We needed to talk to women. We needed to talk to minorities. We needed to talk to the youth of this country. Our conservative values are so important that we cannot ignore those constituencies with our message we have to win them. Susan on your website, you
San francisco will be in the low 70s. We have hotter temperatures ahead so ill talk more about that. Mike, so far looks all quiet on the roads. Yes, green. Its green all over. The Speed Sensors im talking about, thats great stuff. A smooth drive. We had construction slowing things down north 880 just past 238 for a while. South around 7th we may have another traffic break over the next half hour as crews have yet to leave the area. The cash lanes on either side of the bay bridge have seen the crowd build a bit. The two lanes off to the left are not open just yet. Back to you. Continuing coverage on a story making news across the nation, if you havent seen it yet, really incredible dramatic video of an ocean rescue after a small plane crashed on the peninsula. You can see the pilot waving his arms before hes eventually spotted by the coast guard. It all happened yesterday when the pilot and his passenger crashed about eight miles west of half moon bay. Both are alive and well this morni