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1979. Cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Next, secretary of state mike pompeo talks about u. S. Foreign policy challenges at the university of louisville Mcconnell Center. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell was also there to introduce the secretary and ask him a few questions. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. I have to say that was one of the most surreal moments in my life to walk and know that behind you is the...

Remarks by secretary of state mike pompeo at the louisville center. His remarks are expected momentari momentarily. Im here at the Mcconnell Center at university of louisville. Many of you are supporters and friends of the center and we really appreciate your support for our programs and for our students. I can say that our students and our soldiers and the other constituents that we try to serve, i think, are thriving in our programs. We continue to add programs and develop and adapt them to ch...

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming out on yet haanother rainy day in kentuckyn 2019. Let me take a moment to ask you to take your time now to check your cell phones and make sure it is turned off. Are you picking me up on this, mike . Well, thank you all for coming out. Go ahead and sit down. You for coming out today to another historic moment in the history of the Mcconnell Center here at the university of louisville. Theres number of distinguished guests in the audience tonight and i d...

Service as acting president here. You have done in my view a seamless job of plugging the gap in this. Have had here between president s. I also want to single out gary greg. When this program started, i had no idea it could develop into what it has become. You are the reason for that. He came here in 2000. He took it to a whole new level. I hope you will join me in thanking him for what a great job. [applause] we have had a lot of interesting speakers over the years. In my view, none more inter...

Well, good morning, everyone. What a pleasure to see a full crowd here tonight. I mentioned to the president that i was worried about the crowd showing up and he said dont worry, theyll be here. Its like field of dreams, they will come. We built it. Thank you for coming out and braving the roads this morning. My name is gary greg, the director of Mcconnell Center, and its been a pleasure of mine to be able to work with the students of the Mcconnell Scholars Program and many of you in the audienc...

Affiliated with this college for your service. As acting president here and you have done, in my view, a seamless job of plugging the gap in this. Weve had here president s. I also want to single out gary greg. When this program started in the early 90s i had no idea it could develop into what it has become. You are the reason for that. Gary came here in 2000 and took it to a whole new level. I hope you will join me in thanking gary greg for his wonderful job. [applause] we have had a lot of int...

Im a sophomore mcconnells gone are scholar, and it is an honor for me to serve as mc for this program tonight. Tonight we not only have a chance to think seriously about the american presidency and its requirements for one of the truly great scholars but we also have the chance to pause and remember one of our own. This was a mcconnell scholar who graduated in 2001, after 9 11 he joined the u. S. Army and had risen to the rank of captain while he was killed serving in africa. Tonight, we remembe...

Im a sophomore mcconnells gone are scholar, and it is an honor for me to serve as mc for this program tonight. Tonight we not only have a chance to think seriously about the american presidency and its requirements for one of the truly great scholars but we also have the chance to pause and remember one of our own. This was a mcconnell scholar who graduated in 2001, after 9 11 he joined the u. S. Army and had risen to the rank of captain while he was killed serving in africa. Tonight, we remembe...

Kentucky hosted this one hour, 10 minute event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen thank you all for , coming out to be with us tonight. I would also like to thank those who are watching on cspan who are tuning in. My name is bridget kim and i am a mcconnells goner scholar. It is an honor for me to serve as mc for this program tonight. Tonight we not only have a chance to think seriously about the american presidency and its requirements for one of the truly great scholars but we also have the c...

Whos endowed that chair . Guest it was not russell kirk. [laughter] that was endowed by a family whos passed away, unfortunately, the briggs out of colorado and a number of other donors as well. Kirk used to teach classics at the university of coloradoboulder during the summers back in the 70s and 80s, and a lot of money in colorado, and these people really liked kirk, so they endowed that. Very, very gracious of them. Host the book, russell kirk american conservative. Thanks for your time. Gues...