the president of mozambique was rather bemused. although she may have had mixed feelings about the foreign office, she owes a great debt of gratitude to the foreign office. one of her greatest triumphs, her relationship with mr. gorbachev was that the results of the diplomats in the foreign office, spotting at a very early stage, at this youngest member of the bureau was a man to try and cultivate. she had the wisdom to accept their advice and what followed from that, we should not underestimate. what followed from that, the way in which she persuaded ronald reagan to accept review that per attempt was a man with whom to do business, or chop -- reagan would not have accepted that advice from most people. coming from the iron lady, he thought, if she proceed that -- believes that. he result was not only a remarkable set of initiatives, but the end of the cold war and the liberation of eastern europe. i don't want to speak for too long. i want to make one other point. one of the big issues, relative to the debates we have today, in t

plumes of smoke billow from man-made fires in mozambique.ps it is but the scale of our impact on earth that has changed. perhaps we have yet to learn that out of the past the mistakes of our ancestors do echo into the future. and if we listen closely, we may know they are speaking to us all. [ thunder ] captions by captionamerica, pittsburgh, pa. funding for this program was provided by...

human rights, and she worked on human rights education, policy and legal reform in south africa, in mozambique and other countries in africa, in the balkans, and in a number of countries in asia. while doing that, she had the opportunity to work alongside nelson mandela after the end of apartheid in south africa, and then representing the united nations, she was one of four of the international election commissioners who organized afghanistan's first-ever parliamentary elections in 2005. with that broad international experience, she's also deeply rooted in alberta, where she practiced law for a number of years. she was first elected to the legislative assembly in 2008. she served as justice minister for three years and then became the leader of alberta's progressive conservative party and premier in october 2011. and she's very much at the forefront in her work in seeking the balance, and indeed, the partnership between energy development and environmental stewardship. so premier redford, we're really very pleased to welcome you to brookings today. thank you. >> i'm sorry, i forgot to tell you

share regardless of where you come from, whether it's the dominican republic, jamaica or ireland or mozambique no matter where you come from, she is fitted to defend defend this immigrants here. congress a menu that clark from new york -- yvette clarke from new york. [cheers and applause] [speaking in spanish] from florida, joe garcia. [cheers and applause] the time is >> now. >> the time is? >> now. >> if we are citizens who voted in november and watched on election night is that those came in. i don't care if you are watching on english tv or a spanish or in some other language, you saw how the very educated tbx pairs, one after another said it was the team as an asian and african immigrant. it was their children and their friends and their families, committed to their communities they return barak obama to the white house. [cheers and applause] we deliver the votes that deliver the states like nevada, colorado, mexico and florida to the democrats in the snows came with a great deal of hope and trust. the people who return president obama to the white house put trust in him in the democratic

human rights, and she worked on human rights education and policy legal reform in south africa and mozambique and other countries in africa in the balkans and a number of countries in asia. while doing that, she had the opportunity to work along side of nelson mandela after the apartheid in south africa if and then she was one of the four commissioners who organized afghanistan's first ever parliamentary elections in 2005. with that broad international experience she is deeply rooted in alberta where she practiced for a number of years. she was elected to the legislative assembly in 2008. she served as the justice minister for three years and then became the leader of the progressive conservative party and premier in october of 2011. she's very much at the forefront in her work on seeking the balance and indeed the partnership between the energy development and environmental stewardship. so premier alison redford we are pleased to welcome you to brookings today. thank you. [applause] >> i forgot to tell you have cards on your seat we would be glad to get those answers during the course [inaud

human rights and worked on human rights, education, policy and legal reform in south africa and mozambique and other countries and a number of countries in asia. while doing that, she had the opportunity to work long side nelson mandela after the end of appar tide in south africa and representing the united nations she was one of four of the international election commissioners who organized afghanistan's first ever parliament tear elections in 2005. with the broad international experience, she's deeply rooted in alberta she practiced law for a number of years. she is elected to the e legislative assembly in 2008. she served as justice minister for three years and became leader of alberta's conservative party in october of 2011. she's very much at the fore front in her work in seeking the balance and indeed the partnership between energy development and environmental stewardship. so we are pleased to welcome you to brookings today. thank you. [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> all right. thank you very much for being here today and thank you charlie and dan for hosting thi