History is always been one of matching prayers and words with actions. We must act now. Mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. President , i had the opportunity yesterday along with the coast guard, the resident commissioner of puerto rico, jennifer gonzalez, to visit san juan puerto rico and see some firsthand come see some of thef devastation that has impacted the u. S. Territory. I would surmise it that i would summarize it by saying that what i saw is over 3. 5 night americad citizens potentially on the g verge of a serious and growing humanitarian crisis. There are a lot of reasons for this. The first is the puerto rico is been in the eye of not one but three storms. The first was Hurricane Irma that impacted it just a few weeks ago, faldo course by the devastation of hurricane maria. And preexisting these two things is a very significant fiscal crisis that place extraordinary constraints on the ability of the territory government, both to prepare for this storm and now to respond
The last year when we were wrapping up the summit and we were talking, kind of saying jeez how well that went and doing selfcongratulations. We got serious. And said to ourselves what do we need to do better . And we will ask you later after we wrap up to dwif us your feed back for this year. Last year we were going through that, a cup of things were apparent to us quite quickly. One was as tish likes to remind me, we need to always be thinking about diversity on the panel. And well continue to do better on that. The second thing that we thought about was you know, this intelligence business is increaseingly an international business. And so we knew we wanted to do something that brought an International Flavor to the summit. This year. I wont preach, but the business of intelligence is no longer about just secrets. Its a Global Business now. And no nation can maintain the Global Awareness that they want in the Information Age without corporation. We gt a got a good start. We need o kn
Which i think is absolutely impairtive if we are going to have a good century. I was heartened by much of what was said in the Previous Panel and i hope that we can get to a point where there is a con constituency that the big slogan should be lets make globalization great again. Thanks. Thank you. Thanks to all of you. [ applause ] it is a great to other institutions that we are partnering with. And i do think that your idea about a cyber project could be one that not only youll find colleagues here eager to work with you but other institutions and one thing i have noticed over the last year or so is that the washington think Tank Community is reaching out in many ways to get beyond the beltway but particularly in the area, and perhaps with our friends we can find partners on the other side of the atlantic. Okay. Good to see you all. Thank you. We take a look at acting secretary elaine duke. While thats happening David Shulkin testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee abo
Christine, didnt only just get game tickets, this he got tickets to the tailgate on wednesday night as well. They arrived in Lambeau Field on tuesday and say he cried the entire time. Thanks for watching everybody. Well see you on the next all new rtm. Id like to be remembered as somebody who played some positive part in changing the social sexual values of his time and had a very good time doing it. And he did. Both. Those are the words of hugh hefner, the larger than life publishing titan who helped redefine how americans look at e also died at the age of 91. Abcs brandie hit has more on his life and legacy. Reporter hugh hefner was the ultimate playboy, hosting wild parties at his mansion, in his trademark robe and pajamas, surrounded by a harem of young women, celebrities and always an aura of sex. Made for a good party. Reporter for hefner, the Party Started in 1953 with the first issue of Playboy Magazine and featured a cover of a featured a photo of a nude Marilyn Monroe. And wa
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