julia gilliard is the first e-mail from mr. foster a preachy talk about her life and experiences in office. speaking at the brookings institution in washington d.c.. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning everybody. i'm rebecca went through. i am the director of the center for universal education here at the brookings institution. it's my great pleasure to welcome all of you to this wonderful panel we have. i will be making a personal introduction and shortly turning it over to my colleagues. we have here tom mann who is a senior fellow in governance studies with us and of course needs no introduction to all of you but of course julia gillard australia's first prime minister and e.g. dionne -- first female prime minister. [laughter] >> she really looks great, doesn't she? .. [laughter] if you have not seen her book, it is wonderful. i highly recommend it and you we will get those recommendations from my colleagues. and you we will be sticking around for a little bit, won't you? anyone who wants to talk, get talk