phrase, the first time i heard the phrase compassionate conservatism was a friend of mine named joe jacobs. he wrote a book entitled "compassionate conservativism," and he was a conservative, and he was compassionate, and he described that concept. this was back, i suppose, in the late 1970s, and he was a businessman who cared about the country greatly. he kind of talked about softening the edges of traditional conservatism, the image that republicans might be indifferent to the plight of the poor, this they may not understand minorities and the importance of equality under the law and equal opportunity. he was a thoughtful person, and i know that this topic has been discussed before, so i will not belabor it. neoconservatism, my friend don feith spoke to that and i am sure many of you heard him. he is a thoughtful, knowledgeable person, and i read his remarks and found them most interesting and instructive. that period of the reagan administration and the ford administration and the nixon administration, we had this pressure for talk with the soviet union, and it was a theory that there w

joe coney. fortunately, jacob escaped. he can tell you how. and his moving story is the emotional centerpiece of the video that you just saw. i want to also recognize miss joe lee, who is the on-the-ground coordinator for invisible children. she is the former ugandan country director. now she's working in a more regional way because, as you know, we believe joe coney has left uganda and is now terrorizing an area the size of france in a middle of a jungle with very little roads. but, you know, he can be caught. if we would put our mind to it. and just by catching him and his few followers, this whole reign of terror for 25 years could come to an end. this is not, contrary to what some of the experts say, that complicated in my opinion. among her very qualifications, she holds degrees in business administrati administration. how she's managed to continue all this work all this time is beyond me. she's focused on all children but particularly girls in the subregion of the country. i'll close with this. if we can't find and honor the voices of the

was one of the 41 youth taken from a uganda village by joe kony, fortunately jacob escaped. he can tell you how and his moving story is the emotional centerpiece a video that you just saw. i want to also recognize miss jolly okot who is the on the ground coordinator for invisible children. she is the former director, now working in a more regional way because as you know we believe that joe kony is now terrorizing an area the size of france in the middle of a jungle with very little roads, and but you know, he can be caught. if we would put our mind to it. and just by catching him and his few followers this reign of terror for 25 years could come to an end. this is not, contrary to what some of the experts say that complicated in my opinion. among her many qualifications, joly holds a degree in businesses administration, experienced in program development and coordination of logistics, how she managed to continue all of this work all of this time is beyond me. she's focused on all children but particularly girls in the sub region of the country. i'll close with this. if we c

joe kony. fortunately, jacob escaped. he can tell you how and his moving story is the emotional centerpiece of the video that you just saw. i want to also recognize miss jolie, who is the on-the-ground coordinator for invisible children. she is the former ugandan country director. now she's working in a more regional way, because as you know, we believe joe kony has left uganda and is now terrorizing an area of france, but he can be caught if we would put our mind to it. and just by catching him and his few followers, this whole reign of terror for 25 years could come to an end. this is not, contrary to what some of the experts say, that complicated, in my opinion. among her many credentials, she is experienced in program droment and coordination and logistics. how she's managed to continue all of this work all this time is beyond me. she's focused on all children, but kickly girls in the sub region of the country. i'll close with this. if we can't find and honor the voices of the children in our country, your daughters,

joe kony. fortunately, jacob escaped and he can tell you how and his moving story is the emotional centerpiecedeo that you just saw. i want you also to recognize ms. jolly okot, who is the on the ground coordinator for invisible children. she is the former ugandan country director. now she is working anymore regional way because as you know, we believe joe kony has left uganda and is now terrorizing an area the size of france in the middle of the jungle with very little roads. but you know he can be caught if we would put our mind to it and just by catching him and his few bolivars, this whole reign of terror for 25 years would come to an end. this is not contrary to what some of the experts say that it's complicated in my opinion. among her many qualifications, jolly okot is experienced in program development and coordination and logistics. how she's managed to continue all of this work all at this of this time is beyond me. she is focused on all children but particularly girls in in the subregion of the country and i will close with, if we can't find honor in the voices of the children in ou