[inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to the Hudson Institute. I am tim weinstein, president and ceo and im delighted to welcome everyone here this morning. Today as they think everyone in this room knows kicks off a very critical week for the u. S. India relationship. As Prime Minister modi is here in washington for a first meeting with President Trump. Here at Hudson Institute, we are delighted to host a special event hosted on the future of the u. S. India commercial partnership and we are also grateful to our friends at cspan for covering this event live. U. S. India bilateral trade has an estimated 11,420,000,000,000, less than one fifth of the u. S. China 640 billion bilateral trade relationship. India is americas ninth largest supplier of foreign goods and 18th largest export market. The worlds first in the worlds six largest economies respectively, we are hesitant to believe there is significant room for growth. The u. S. India relationship is an important one here
People dont come to madison so their kids can fail in school. People dont come to madison so their kids can rot in a prison cell. Dreamers come to madison and when they feel excluded from the dream they become nightmares ifill plus, the story of Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter. Who fell on a grenade to save his fellow marines. An act of courage and selflessness that earned him the medal of honor. I feel like im on an even Playing Field and an even platform with everybody else, awards or not, with everybody else that raised their right hand and said, you know ill going into harms way. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoi
Actually irresponsible to see these critical hours, when citizenry is most engaged and in an metion and emotional and very riveted way, to let government message goes unchallenged. They dont wait before they start politicizing. Not just the event but even these well intentioned emotional rituals that spring up around them. I think its worth talking that as well. But the most significant part of this dynamic, and i want to spend the bulk of my time talking about, is the way in which we have been persuaded to ink about the world in a drastically different way than reality ought to suggest. By that i mean that we have been persuaded to think about our own societies and our own governments and our own behavior in the world that theres very little recentral wlens to the reality of what weve allowed our society and governments to do in the world. And to illustrate that as best as i can, i want to share with you a little anecdote. That involves canada. The very first story from the snowden ar
Advocate for his fellow wounded warriors. Hes thinking about majoring in psychology so he can use his own experiences to help others. He got stellar grades. And by the way, hes only 24 years old. And says, im just getting started. In other words, kyle is a shining example of what our nation needs to encourage. Veterans who come home and then use their incredible skills and talents to keep our country strong. And we can all learn from kyles example. As we prepare for the reading of the citation, id like to close with his own words. A message i think for every american. It took a life changing event to get me to truly appreciate the precious and amazing life i have been blessed with. Please take it from me, enjoy every day to the fullest, dont take life too seriously, always try to make it count, appreciate the small and simple things, be kind and help others, let the ones you love always know you love them and when things get hard, trust theres a bigger plan and that you will be stronge
Plan for 300 more military advisors he is sending to iraq, stressing they will not be engageed in combat. Prepared to send a small number of additional American Military advisors up to 300 to asset how we can get train, add size and support Iraqi Security forces Going Forward, American Forces will not be returning to combat in iraq. Lou now that is when president said about engageing in combat. Were developing more information about potential targets, associated is isil, Going Forward well be prepared to take targeted and precise military act if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it. Lou this is not the first time president obama or his predecessors have contradicted themselves but what is extraordinary about this speech it say were delivered in succession, and including iran in the process. Our views is that iran can play a constructive role, if it can helping to sense the same message to the Iraqi Government that were sending. Which is, that iraqi only ho