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These are not normal times. Is it justice [applause] thank you, justice, for keeping hope and justice alive. A few quick administrative notes. Now would be a good time to turn off your cell phones and when we get to the q a part of the session we encourage you to come to this question as you might have noticed we do have cspan here this evening and we are also vidviding for our own company. And at the end our staff would appreciate it if you would fold up your chair at the end and lean it against something. We are really delighted to have david with us this evening. David has moved through the walls of Public Service and private business. David shifted into government during the Clinton Administration where he served was deputy under secretary of commerce and returned to the public and founded his own advisory firm. Today he is ceo and editor of the ft group which publishes Foreign Policy magazine and website and visiting scholar at carnegie university. He has also written several insi
A happy, healthy and hopeful child, it takes the family. It takes teachers. It takes clergy. It takes business people. It takes Community Leaders it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us. [cheers and applause] yes, it takes a village. [cheers and applause] when Hillary Clinton and uses the term it takes a village what do you think she means . She starts with the family. To raise the child which quickly moves beyond with a network of people of institutions of values teachers, neighbors, busines ses, employers and even of course, politicians as you see here in that clip she says to raise the village you dont just the deaf family for a of president you need a village. Claman hearing actually a very strong message of what she tries to put out today stronger together. This is the Newest Campaign message. She has had quite a few but she is trying to send her populist message and it is interesting to hear what she had to say compared to where she is today. Is that