intellectual property, if we continue to show weakness, china will take. if we show strength, china will cooperate. i have much more hope about our relationship with china than i do about the first two. mr. brooks: our time is up. thank you so much. jimormer virginia governor gilmore was among the candidates who spoke at the republican jewish coalition. he talked about federal foreign-policy issues, including the nuclear agreement and the israeli-palestinian conflict. thank you very much. i and alleged to be here to have a chance to address these critical issues of the day. i appreciate the opportunity to be here and speak with you. in preparation for this, this very significant meeting, i did a little looking at the internet. it turns out there is a fellow who wrote a little article in the jewish telegraphic agency.

were nineat there questions that the republican candidates should be prepared to address. one of them was, gilmore and ataki, really? they also said we needed to be test? pass the kishka i did not know what that was. i looked it up. the definition is -- [laughter] beef, or fowl intestine, stuffed into a mixture, as a onions, and seasonings, and rested. and i thought, that is the republican campaign for the nomination.

that's right. toi'm glad to have a chance spend some time. i'm going to go through some things, hopefully quickly, and then do a lot of q and a. first of all, i think everybody in this room understands the significance of the california attack that has occurred in the last 24 hours. the facts are still coming out as to what it means and who did it, and why. enough, i think all of us are praying for the victims, who have lost their lives. there are actually according to this, 12 or 14 people who died, and 21 who are injured. it is a sad day. but it has been several sad days in the last several weeks. i want all of you do know, while some of the people out there are saying today that this is not an act of terror, i ensure you it is an act of terror. it is. [applause] mr. gilmore: it doesn't have to be directed from isis, as

everybody seems to be talking about in order to be an act of terror. what is an act of terror? it is intended to create uncertainty and fear. it is to protect -- project that fact that it was randomness, and military group of people addressed in a military way, using armaments. we will find -- we might find it was an act under way for quite some time, and they were simply looking for an opportunity. seen peopleave congregated and said, now is the moment. it doesn't matter. what has happened here is this is an act that is intended to create the most possible violence, and create uncertainty in the community, so everyone today in america and the world says, it can happen to me today. that is an act of terrorism. do not assume, as many helpful say -- many people say, that we have this thing called isis that is a state.

it is a criminal gang of brutal, violent people, who happened to be in the middle east, who must be stopped. widely -- isis is widely misunderstood. they present a worldwide line of thinking that is dangerous, ideology that we call radical islam. we have to call it by that name, that is what it is. there are many people in the muslim faith across the world who do not believe in this form of radicalism. a matter of fact, a statement by the president of egypt who says there needs to be reform of the muslim faith. there have been statements in indonesia and the last several days that says there has to be a reformation. we don't need to condemn everybody in the muslim faith worldwide. we do need to condemn radical people who put people

in cages, people who behead them, who enslave women, savage middle ages type of barbarity, and has no place in modern civilization. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, we live in a time of great upheaval and change. this is not an isolated incident that has occurred in california, or in paris in the past week. i believe we will see paris in the long run as just as significant as the 9/11 attack. the 9/11 attack awaken us to that which was already going on. harrah's has renewed that, and said this is still the international world violence going on to this day. andaris has renewed that, this is still the international violence going on to this day. this is a guerrilla war against the united states in the western world. it is not like anything we have seen before.

it is the ability to use modern technology and weaponry, like an assault rifle, the ability to speak and communicate through the internet, and the ability, above all things, to use the press to your advantage. this attack could have occurred anywhere. this attack occurred at a place where disabled people -- it could have occurred just as easy as a synagogue, as in fact, it did last year. day, this is other not to be the end of this. this is just the beginning. we must be ready, and we must be prepared. the world is breaking down. we are seeing an assault on the nationstate structure of the world. isis is intended to be an international, global caliphate, obeying sharia law. this is not something where they are going to say one nation versus another nation. involved inn fact,

this and is going to be involved in this situation. there is much to be done because of this time of great change. we are under assault. we are under assault at home. the free market system is under assault. i never thought i would hear myself say that. we are seeing that today. allegations that somehow we have to have income inequality, which means you are under the attack of entrepreneurship, and the ability to gain wealth and opportunity, which is the american way. we are under assault at home, and especially internationally. 1996, when i was the attorney general of virginia, i was invited to go to israel with project interchange and spent two weeks in israel. i still remember some things very vividly. in the dark, they took me over to the far end of the golan

heights, and you could look over the desert and see damascus. many of you have probably done the same thing. it is only a few miles away. i remember going into tel aviv, and going to the american embassy to talk to people. they had built their ears along the street, so that a car could not be pulled up to the american and exploded. i thought, how strange that is. what a dangerous place this in the that that kind of construction would have to be put into place. think where we are now. i had an average age of visit with the attorney general at that time, because i was the attorney general, of virginia, and she spoke to me about the crisis israel was feeling at the time, and the danger. i said, how could you possibly torture people? we should not be in the business of torturing people.

she said, you wait until you are under challenge, and see where you are. now we have had that long debate over the last number of years. that time in israel is very significant for me, and very important. i learned a lot from being there. havel you right now, i been there, i have seen people, i know with the challenges are. as that on one end of the golan heights and look at damascus, i stood at the other end and looked at the mediterranean sea. i've know the dangers that are there, and that israel is a friend, and a part of the concert of western civilization, and as president of the united states, i will stand behind israel to the very end. [applause] let me just tell you a few things about my credentials. i think you need to know them. greats a time of challenge. not only was i an elected prosecutor and attorney general virginia, but i

want you to understand it's not just about being a former or current governor. unlike the other governors coming before you, i have foreign-policy experience. that they simply do not have. my degree is in soviet era states from the university of virginia. i joined the army and became an army intelligence agent stationed in west germany during the cold war. [applause] mr. gilmore: that's right, there aren't but to veterans in the race. lindsey graham is an air force lawyer. i have no problem with lawyers. i am alloy or. but i am the one who is stationed overseas, in support of our military mission in a time of the cold war. i understand that experience. i studied terrorism law at the university of virginia law school. i chaired the national commission on terrorism, homeland security, and weapons

of mass destruction for the united states. i was called on to do that as governor of virginia. together with police, fire, rescue, intelligence, military, highly professional -- not grandstanding. year, we issued 1999, and we said, the threat is serious and we are going to have an attack here in the united dates, and we have to be prepared. it was ignored. in the year 2000, we issued our second report, and said, the attack is coming. we must have a national security to address the issue so we are not just making it up. that was ignored. finally, we came to the end of and the 9/11 attack happened. i was the governor of virginia during the 9/11 attacks.

i was in new york city the day before. i got back to virginia, and i was in the governor's mansion, and i turned the television on that morning, and the first world trade center was on fire. i said, look at this, some fool head flown an airplane into the world trade center. there, and we watched as the second plane went into the second tower. and then i knew we were under attack. we had been reporting on it for three years. what wasime, i did necessary. activated the emergency operations center. i notified the national guard to be on alert. i notified the state police there was -- if there was evidence of them play anywhere in virginia, the emergency operation center needed to be notified as soon as i could get there. in other words, i became at that moment, a war governor. i addressed the people of

virginia about the crisis. i went to the pentagon and saw it on fire, where it stayed on fire for over a week, and supported the police and fire rescue as they responded. i went to the hospital and talked to the people who were burned and damaged. i was a were governor. warad that experience -- governor. i had that experience. the 9/11 experience, the veterans experience, the other candidates were president -- for president do not have that experience in a time of crisis. it is the right topic, but often the wrong candidate. i am the right candidate to keep us safe in this time of crisis here in the united states of america. [applause] mr. gilmore: thank you. you may have noticed i have been

excluded from some of these debates. has anyone here ever been excluded from anything? it's ok, you pick yourself up and you keep going. but i say to you right now, i may be excluded, and maybe an outsider, but in this time of crisis, i am no amateur. i say to you now, as members of the republican jewish coalition and a time of international crisis, this is no time to put an amateur in the white house. [applause] i do have a plan, because i understand the danger of this. we had the international guerrilla conflict that i referred to, and the state conflict -- the russians have emerged because of our policy under president obama, pulling back. we have a president,

presidential candidates on the republican side would like to withdraw. it creates a vacuum. the chinese in the south china sea, the iranian deal. the deal, which i opposed. this was supposed to be a treaty submitted to the united states senate for two thirds approval, but they turned it on its head and made it necessary for republicans to achieve a majority to oppose it. it off the get floor, and two thirds to overcome a potential veto. byt amendment was voted for all four of the republican senatorial candidate running for president of the united states. this is no time to put amateurs in charge of the national security of the country. my plan is to provide strong presidential leadership that makes it clear what we are doing. my plan is to build up the united states military and take the sequester off of the military budget, build a new

nato in the middle east, and in terms of the international guerrilla force, we need the forces that will be necessary. not just military, but police, fire, and rescue, and build up the intelligence community so we know what the enemy is doing, and be prepared to fight the ideological battle. much of the war we are engaged in is ideological. there are people going to the middle east right now who think they are doing the right thing. we have to stand for what is right and just. we have to call on the muslim community in america and worldwide to stand with us, and to say what is going on is wrong, and fight this ideological war. theuse the barbarity, savages of what we are seeing in the radical islamic philosophy, cannot stand. we have plenty of reminders. last night, i was watching "schindler's list." i was struck at the end when

they presented schindler, who had been transformed by his experience, with the ring. the man said to him, he who saves one life saves the world entire. -- thought about an earlier movie, 1961, "judgment of nuremberg." the great moral lesson of the movie -- a country is not a rock, is not an extension of oneself, it is what it stands for. it is what it did stands for when standing is difficult. this is what we stand for. justice, truth, and the value of a single human being. is to not solely for our jewish community, but for all of mankind in the face of this threat. i tell you now --

[applause] i ask for your support. if you elect me your president, you will be getting someone who has genuine experience, real leadership, and a commitment to the safety and security of not only our country, but all of western civilization. thank you for the chance to be here. [applause] mr. brooks: do you want to take a couple of questions? we have about six minutes. can, with u.s. president be willing to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? mr. gilmore: certainly. if that is what the government of the israel would prefer to do, that i think that is a decision for the state of israel -- but i believe it should be supported by the united states. mr. brooks: what do you see as the state of the peace process,

or lack thereof between the israelis and palestinians? mr. gilmore: i think israel is in a bit of a jam, as we all know. estate of it is this. -- the state of it is this. with two confronted choices, neither of which are good. one is the to state solution, but the anxiety is people like hamas are in charge of the other state, and it will be perpetual war. meanwhile, if there is no two state solution, there will be a further request and demand for more civil rights and voting , and there isple a danger is real news is jewish character as the years go on. thatord right now is israel is in a wait and see mode, and that is the status of where we are. right now, i don't think there is a solution on the horizon. as brooks: and your position

it relates to the resettlement of syrian refugees? mr. gilmore: i have opposed the settlement in the united states. [applause] be gilmore: i do not wish to not a humanitarian, i don't feel that way. i understand this, and the sympathy for people who are fleeing. there are confident all across the world. we have to have a consistent policy. we don't have one. there a danger from people coming in that we don't know, and we have refugees and people who have come in from all across the world, many illegal, and we have not had that solved. i think we need to take care of our own business first. mr. brooks: of the different rankots around the world, the biggest challenges you think you would face as president -- russia, china, bataclan islam. mr. gilmore: first of all, radical islam is the biggest

problem. the reason is it is a new form of warfare. we are not behaving as though we understand it. i actually understand the problem, and i understand it is a war on the minds of people. we have to reestablish the standards of civilization for the world, and to say what is right and what is wrong, and to be strong and decisive about that. at that point, if people are going to understand if they go and commit acts of savagery, it is not appropriate or acceptable in modern civilization. that is the main thing we have to do. isis obviously has to be stopped, it cannot become an actual state. we cannot allow that with actual borders and armies. it is not permissible. i believe we can form an international coalition to do something. i'm a candidate calling for a new establishment of a middle eastern nato. i believe israel can play a part. provide realto

american leadership in the middle east and provide stability. the world is on fire. can american leadership provide the opportunity for bringing some stability before it is too late. question,: one last pivoting to a domestic question. of still very appreciative you repealing my personal property tax on my car. there are some virginians here, i see. mr. brooks: as president, how would you deal with the debt issue and addressing the entitlement issue? mr. gilmore: so that you are aware, i was swept into the governor's office by a promising -- promising to cut the car tax in virginia. forid that, it was regular, working people, being taxed on the ability to transport themselves. why is that important?

it is important to you because you have a candidate who actually does what he says he will do. i think that matters. [applause] mr. gilmore: the answer is this. the policy that i would follow of growth ofone the economy. i believe we can control the spending on entitlement programs, because right now, they are out of control. we don't have standards in place that don't magnify and the loon -- balloon spending. but the big flies we have a deliberate slow growth policy -- the big flaw is we have a deliberate slow growth policy. we need to deal with these debt issues. the issue of the economy, there is significant. right now, we have seen more regulation attached to business than we have ever seen before. we have dodd frank, crushing community banks. that have increased

taxes on entrepreneurship and growth of businesses, taxes on investment, taxes on the proceeds of business. these are a philosophical discouragement based upon an by thestrange ideology democratic party. it must be reversed. i have a specific program to deal with it, a tax cut program, getting us back to historic levels, but beyond that, and creating opportunity for people working, and for young people to get their career started. i will not have a lost generation of college students not able to get their careers started and find employment. the gilmore administration will vigorously build up the economy, and use that help protect the nation, and provide international leadership. thank you very much. [applause] >> c-span takes you on the route to the white house and into the classroom. this year, the student can

documentary contest asks students to tell us what issues they want to hear from the presidential candidates. the white road to house coverage and get all the details about our student cam contest at c-span.org. good evening from washington. it is it :00 p.m. in the nation's capital -- it is 8:00 p.m. in the nation's capital. president obama will be addressing the nation from the white house. thes marks the only for third time he has spoken from the oval office. the white house is in dicating he will be using a podium with a desk behind him. the situation room with members of his national security team. during the meeting, he decided he would proceed with tonight's address.