Cup a subcommittee, and begins the discussion. This is about 1. 5 hours. Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome to those who join us on our website on all of these occasions and our inhouse tests, would you be so kind to check your mobile devices to see if they are silent or turned off. For those watching online, send questions or comments email speaker heritage. Org. Following the initial presentation, my colleague will lead our panel discussion. He is a foreignpolicy analyst and has worked for heritage since 1979 and offered papers on Foreign Policy issues and testified before congress on a wide variety of middle east issues. Hosting and introducing our special presenter is luke coffey who is director for center of Foreign Policy. He served in the United Kingdom ministry of defense to then secretary of state of defense. First ever nonu. K. National to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Prior to this, he worked in the house of commons as adviser on defense and Secu
Mr. Pipes good morning, welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our douglas auditorium. We want to welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org website on all these occasions and remind our inhouse guests to be so kind to check your mobile devices to see if they are silent or turned off. And of course for those watching online, you are welcome to send comments or questions at any time. Email speaker heritage. Org. Following the initial presentation, my colleague jim phillips will lead. Veteran foreignpolicy foryst and has worked heritage since 1979, authored dozens of papers on is really an Foreign Policy issues and testified before congress on a wide variety of middle east issues. Hosting and introducing our special presenter is luke coffey who serves as director for the Allison Center of Foreign Policy. Before joining us at heritage, mr. Copy served in the united kingdoms ministry of defense to then secretary of state of defense liam fox. He was the ever nonu. K. First national to b
Questions or comments email speaker heritage. Org. Following the initial presentation, my colleague will lead our panel discussion. He is a foreignpolicy analyst and has worked for heritage since 1979 and offered papers on Foreign Policy issues and testified before congress on a wide variety of middle east issues. Hosting and introducing our special presenter is luke coffey who is director for center of Foreign Policy. He served in the United Kingdom ministry of defense to then secretary of state of defense. First ever nonu. K. National to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Prior to this, he worked in the house of commons as adviser on defense and Security Issues for the conservative party and he is a veteran of the United States army, having been stationed in italy and Southern Europe task force command. Please join me in welcoming luke. [applause] thank you and welcome everyone to the Heritage Foundation this afternoon, did to discuss a very important and timely matter about israeli
Wealth that is generated from our tax plan, and standby. Because i think were just getting started. I think you are too. [applause] secretary perry, we are about of time. I would be remiss i didnt ask you another question. President trump [inaudible] and a time that donald trump comes that was not scripted. We were at the teleprompter and 90 of that was just from his heart. Thats a great thing about this president. Was a great speech. Year, taxes are lower, up economy is not, is [indiscernible] in our district, i wish everything will american can spend some time with the president. When you do, you see how much he cares about this great country, our military, our Law Enforcement, hardworking people, he genuinely you can see them. I think everyone here got to see some of that. Conservatives have a lot of reasons to be excited right now. I have an ally in the white house, they control all three branches of government. In the last year, republicans failed to reveal obamacare, many of them
We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those that state will tell you where hes focusing on listening to the diplomats and listening to the employees. Our Foreign Service officers. I think this is very commendable. He has sought feedback from the bottom up. Many employees, he reports, have asked, and i think this speaks volumes, theyve asked for more responsibility and in turn more accountability for their performance. They