Very rural part of the state, and the perseverance, the dedication, the hard work that my parents taught me really has carried me through so many different challenges in my lifetime, opportunities in my lifetime. And i wanted to tell a story that could be uplifting, certainly are. People will face challenges throughout their lifetime, but we all should understand they dont necessarily have to define us. Im just blessed to live in the United States of america, had opportunities presented to me, and thats what i hope to share in this story with other people. Host the book is relatively revealing, and well go through some of those things, but was that tough, to expose yourself like that . Guest it was. It was are very hard. Ive been through a number of significant challenges in my lifetime. I was raped when i was a young woman with my first boyfriend and really suffered from that. But moving on going through an episode of Domestic Violence and just really difficult time in my marriage x.
Look at the problems there. First i would like to introduce our Panel Including myself. Doctor pills very the foremost china expert in the world. Currently senior fellow and director of the chinese strategy at the hands Hudson Institute. Distinguish policy advisor. I can tell you definitively it has changed the us militarys thinking only a number of years ago. The First American official that revealed what they were telling themselves militarily is quite different than how they wanted to be friends in the world. And then to have a tremendous impact on understanding the military his book is a Landmark Book the 100 year marathon. Is one of the only places with the chinese defectors. And then reveal what is going on. And a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and as a distinguished china expert to spend time as a bomber pilot and has been inside of china as a Defense Attache to track down the inside story of china. His book is called stealth war. Im National Security correspondent for th
I would like to thank everyone for being here. The scourge of Human Trafficking as modernday equivalent of slavery. Eradicating this horrific crime and helping its victims have been a top priority for president Trumps Administration and the department of justice. I think the president for his steadfast commitment to this issue and i thank avoca for her issue for her support and hosting this meeting today. I also thank all of these survivors and their advocates here for their courage and determination to end this evil scourge. In late january, a number of us were here for the white house summit on Human Trafficking. We noted that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the trafficking victims protection act. A law that has enabled great progress in this fight. I promise the Justice Department would do everything in our power to stop Human Trafficking and to help survivors port and today im pleased to announce an important step in keeping that promise. The Justice Department is awarding
We are thrilled to have our authors and conversation chief at the wall street journal and leads a team of euros across the west covering, among any one many issues with them pandemic policy and economics state and city news immigration and in her career though wall street journal and editing positions london dallas pittsburgh and featured authors melissa korn Higher Education reporter for the wall street journal. Previously will for dow jones newswire and a graduate of cornell and Columbia University graduate school of journalism. We also have Jennifer Levitz National Reporter for the wall street journal previously she wrote and has a number of two Pulitzer Prize and graduated from loyola maryland and in their review she wrote the authors highly readable expose goes well beyond the tabloid level and examination of the intersection of ambition and money and Higher Education. A fastpaced account of the massive College Admissions scam. This indictment of contemporary American Culture offe
Recognize the wonderful work you have done as an author and activist and as a political operative yourself. I do believe it will get the book that you have written and provided us with insight that is oftentimes not part of the political politics but welcome. Guest thank you so much. I am so happy to see you. I know all of us arent quarantined so its nice to see peoples faces and to see they are safe and healthy because it is scary times. Happy to be here. Host i wanted to get started and all the work youre doing is so relevant and i thank you have the bona fide and work part of the hilary quinn to campaign and you have your own progressive show and those of us both got to know each other because we both provide analysis on an msnbc and yet if the campaigns and the Mainstream Media we forget the narratives that are propelling this action we are seen in the streets and hopefully will translate to the voting booth. Lets talk about what that means. I know in your book you touch on identit