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Education and entrance into areas that they haven't been able to get to is one of the reasons that chancellor merkel reached out to her and asked her to come to the w-20 summit. because i think she can use her voice to help bring attention to issues. she can use her knowledge to break down some barriers that young women need to break down to get into business. that's where her passion is now. >> she has a weekly meeting with the treasury secretary. what's that mean? >> there's a lot of times where she's meeting with folks to understand an issue, to get up to speed. but i think her primary focu...

But having said that, for most of the panel, the audience was respectful, and she really held her own with a very intimidating and formidable panel of women. she was seated next to christine lagarde, head of the imf, angela merkel was there, arguably the most powerful woman in the world. and you know, she showed she did her homework and that she was passionate about these issues of women's empowerment and entrepreneurship. and i think that's what mattered perhaps most to the audience. >> yeah, maybe. kate, who was in the audience, kate? i mean, i assume this was an invite-only type of event. >...

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