Good morning i am jane harmon. President and ceo of the Wilson Center. Happy to be speaking to a packed crowd and to welcome secretary Rex Tillerson back to the Wilson Center. As you know mr. Secretary, the Wilson Center has a tradition of honoring business and political leaders who follow our 20th president s victim, that would be woodrow wilson. To quote enable the world, live with greater vision, a finer spirit of hope and achievement. The Center Honors you in 2010. And you wanted us by attending our event in dallas in 2014 where richard fisher, outgoing chairman of the received our Public Service award. You and i said together. We are delighted to welcome you back this morning to talk about the future of us relations with europe and to take some questions from me and some of you in the audience. Since we only have 50 minutes of your time, those here today submitted questions on arrival and we elected a few at random which i will put to secretary. Your predecessors and most recently
Reports that he was trying to dismantle the state department. Secretary tillerson well, good morning and thank you, jane, for that very kind flukes and also thanks to the Wilson Center for this opportunity to address you today. The Wilson Center has made important contributions to Public Policy and it is very fitting venue for our discussion today on europe considering 100 years ago, the United States entered world war i under the leadership of president wilson. While we tend to associate wilson with america in europes affairs, our commitment to europe was championed by a predecessor of his, Theodore Roosevelt. When he died in 1919 as wilson was striving for peace in european leader joined together in mourning and praise. And another british politician said he had been the greatest of all americans in the moment of dire stress. A senator said he had been the apostle of the cause of right on the other side of atlantic. President wilson was beloved in europe because of his commitment to
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