QUALITY OF LIFE IN
THE
GREAT LAKES
REGION.
>>> AT AGE
29, DAVID MILIBAND
BECAME CHIEF OF
POLICY FOR
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
TONY
BLAIR.
HE BECAME THE THIRD YOUNGEST
FOREIGN SECRETARY, THAT'S THE
EQUIVALENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
IN BRITISH HISTORY.
HE WAS EXPECTED BY MANY TO
BECOME LEADER OF THE LABOR
PARTY
AND POSSIBLY PRIME
MINISTER.
BUT THEN THE
SEEMINGLY
UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED.
HE LOST THE LEADERSHIP ELECTION
TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
HE SUBSEQUENTLY RESIGNED
FROM
PARLIAMENT AND HAS NOW TAKEN ON
A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE.
LAST YEAR HE WAS NAMED TO LEAD
THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE
COMMITTEE, A NON-PROFIT THAT
WORKS
WITH
REFUGEES IN 40
COUNTRIES.
AND WE
WELCOME DAVID MILIBAND TO
CHICAGO
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE
COMMITTEE, IT'S BASED IN NEW
YORK, BUT A LOT OF AMERICANS
MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WHAT DOES
IT
DO?
>> THE IRC WAS
FOUNDED BY
ALBERT
EINSTEIN TO HELP REFUGEES
FLEEING THE NAZIS
IN
GERMANY.
AND SINCE
THEN IT'S HELPING NEW
AMERICANS ON THE PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP.
IT HELPS ALL OF THE
PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD IN CRISIS
SPOTS,
SYRIA,
AFGHANISTAN,
BURMA, WHERE THERE IS
CIVIL
CONFLICT OR NATURAL
DISASTER,
WE'LL GET THERE WITHIN 72
HOURS
AND WE'LL STAY THERE UNTIL THE
JOB IS DONE GIVING PEOPLE
DIGNITY IN THE FACE OF EXTREME
HARDSHIP.
>> AND YOU FEEL A PARTICULAR
INFINITY FOR THE WORK OF THE
IRC.
WHAT IS THAT HISTORY?
>> BOTH OF MY PARENTS WERE
REFUGEES.
MY DAD CAME TO THE UK FROM
BELGIUM IN 1940
AS A
REFUGEE.
JOINED THE WORLD NAVY.
AND THEN LIVED OUT THE
IMMIGRANT
DREAM REALLY AND WENT
TO A
UNIVERSITY.
MADE A
CAREER.
MY MOM SPENT THE WAR IN POLAND
AND THEN CAME TO
THE
UK.
AT SOME LEVEL I FEEL
TODAY'S
REFUGEES, TODAY'S DISPLACED
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN RECORD NUMBERS
AROUND THE WORLD
IN SOME WAY ARE
REPAYING SOME OF THE DEBT THAT'S
OWED BY MY FAMILY TO THE
PEOPLE
WHO HELPED THEM.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS HAPPENING AROUND THE
WORLD.
AND YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
SYRIA IN
PART.
AT
THE CHICAGO COUNSEL
AND
GLOBAL AFFAIRS, THE
SYRIAN
PEOPLE ARE PAYING WHAT HAPPENED
IN IRAQ.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
THAT?
>> I MEAN AS
PEOPLE REFLECT
ON
THE HUGE CHALLENGES AND
TRAUMA
OF THE DECAY OF
THE IRAQ WAR,
THERE'S
UNDOUBTEDLY A FENCE
OF
REAL CAUTION IN THE WESTERN
WORLD GENERALLY.
NOT JUST IN
THE UNITED STATES.
ELSEWHERE -- AS WELL
ELSEWHERE
ABOUT MILITARY
ENGAGEMENT
OVERSEAS
OVERSEAS.
AND TO THAT EXTENT, I THINK WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING PLAYING
OUT IN
SYRIA WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS
FIGHTING,
RUSSIA
IS THERE, THE
WEST ISN'T THERE, YOU'RE
SEEING
THE SYRIAN
PEOPLE,
CIVILIANS IN
HUGE NUMBERS, 9
MILLION OF THEM
DISPLACED FROM THEIR
HOMES,
THEY'RE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF A
POWER STRUGGLE NOT ONLY GOING ON
IN THE COUNTRY BUT WITHIN THE
REGION.
>> WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT
CONFLICT HEADED?
>> AT THE MOMENT IT'S GETTING
WORSE AND WORSE.
THE OPTIONS ARE NARROWING AND
GETTING WORSE.
AND THE PEOPLE I'M SEEKING TO
HELP, THOSE INSIDE
SYRIA AND
THOSE REFUGEES OUTSIDE, THOSE
ARE BECOMING DIRE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE
REPORTED ON
YOUR OWN
SHOW NOT JUST
THE MASS
KILLINGS,
150,000
DEAD, NOT JUST
3 MILLION REFUGEES IN
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
BUT POLIO, POLIO WHICH WAS
ERADICATED IN SYRIA NOW
REOCCURRING.
REPORTS OF UP TO
90,000 CHILDREN
CARRYING POLIO.
THIS IS THE -- IT'S
THE
DISSOLUTION OF A COUNTRY, OF
AN
EXTRAORDINARY COUNTRY AT THE
HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST
DISSOLVEING IN
THE FRONT OF OUR
VERY EYES.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S
RIGHT TO CALL IT A SYRIA
-- CALL
SYRIA A REGIONAL EMERGENCY.
NOT JUST A LOCAL
EMERGENCY.
>> AND SPEAKING OF DISSOLUTION
OF A
COUNTRY, AS A
FORMER
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY AND
KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HOW
WOULD YOU ASSESS
WHAT'S GOING ON
IN
CRIMEA AND WHAT
THE UNITED
STATES,
NATO, EUROPE AND HOW
THOSE GROUPS ARE RESPONDING TO
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> WELL,
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NO
MILITARY OPTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
CRIMEA.
BUT IT ALSO
REPRESENTS THE MOST
DIRECT THREAT FOR FIVE YEARS
OR
SIX YEARS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL
ORDER OF RULES THAT'S BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY HOW THE TERRITORY
OF STATES
ESTABLISHED.
IN
2008, YOU'LL REMEMBER
RUSSIA
ANNEXED
TW
O PROVINCES OF
GEORGIA.
AND THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS
CHALLENGE TO NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES OF ALL KIND.
THERE'S NO MILITARY RESPONSE.
THE KEY,
I
THINK,
IS ABOUT
HOW
DO COUNTRIES
IN EUROPE
RESPOND
ECONOMICALLY
IN WHICH RUSSIA
SALES IS VERY MUCH DEPENDENT.
>> DO YOU THINK RUSSIA CONTINUES
TO -- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
PROSPECT OF RUSSIA POSSIBLY
ATTEMPTING TO ANNEX OTHER PARTS
OF UKRAINE?
>> THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE GREAT
FEAR.
WHENEVER YOU HEAR
PRESIDENT
PUTIN SAY HE'S
GOING TO RUSH THE
DEFENSE OF RUSSIA HOLDING
PASS
PORTS WHEREVER
THEY ARE AND THAT
IMMEDIATELY
SUMMONS
UP THAT
FEARS WILL BE NEXT AND EASTERN
UKRAINE, YOU HAVE A
TERRIBLE
SHIVER RUN DOWN YOUR SPINE,
ESPECIALLY IT'S EASY FOR US
IF
YOU'RE LIVING IN EASTERN EUROPE,
IF YOU'RE IN
POLAND,
LATVIA, IT
SENDS A
VERY DANGEROUS MESSAGE
GIVEN THE
HISTORY OF
THOSE
COUNTRIES.
I THINK THAT THE RESPONSE OF
THE
EUROPEAN UNION WHICH I WOULD
DESCRIBE AS
FIRM BUT NOT
MACHO,
EUROPEAN UNION, BUT ALSO THE
U.S. TO BE FAIR.
TO SAY, LOOK,
THERE WILL BE
CONSEQUENCES OF THIS.
THERE IS SEVERE ECONOMIC
CONSEQUENCES.
AND THE PARALLEL
RESTORATION OF
OFFENSE PURPOSE TO NATO I
THINK
IS AN IMPORTANT
RESPONSE.
I THINK FIRM IS NOT A
MACHO
RESPONSE.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL ACHIEVE
ANYTHING.
>> DID YOU EVER
ENCOUNTER
PRESIDENT PUTIN PERSONALLY AS
FOREIGN SECRETARY?
>> YEAH, I DID THE LAST TIME I
SAW HIM WAS AT
THE
ANNIVERSARY
OF OUR SECOND WORLD WAR
ANNIVERSARY.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE OFFENSE OF
THERE IS SOMEONE DEEPLY
STEEPED
IN RUSSIAN
AND PREVIOUSLY SOVIET
HISTORY.
SOMEONE
WITH AN
IMMENSE
SENSE
THAT THE SUPER
POWER
STATUS
OF
RUSSIA
HAS BEEN
WEAKENED OVER
THE LAST 20 YEARS AND
SOMEONE
THAT IS DETERMINED TO SEEK WHAT
IS GREATNESS.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
IS
NOT JUST
MEETING PRESIDENT
PUTIN
BUT ORDINARY
RUSSIANS.
WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERED ABOUT
IS
CORRUPTION IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
NARROW BASE OF THE COMMUNITY.
PROSPECTS.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE GREAT
HOPE FOR RUSSIA.
BECAUSE THE NEXT
GENERATION,
CERTAINLY THOSE WHO HAVE GROWN
UP AFTER THE SOVIET UNION, THEY
ACTUALLY WANT TO BE PART OF THE
GLOBAL COMMUNITY, NOT ISOLATED
FROM IT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU.
YOU WENT FROM -- YOU'VE BEEN IN
NEW YORK ROUGHLY SIX OR SEVEN
MONTHS NOW.
>> YES.
>> DESCRIBE THE TRANSITION
--
>> I'M IN NEW YORK
NOW.
[ LAUGHING ]
>> I STILL HAVE AN ACCENT.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
NOT FROM THE BRONX, I DON'T
THINK.
[ LAUGHING ]
>> NO, NO.
>> DESCRIBE THE TRANSITION FROM
BEING ONE OF THE MOST
BEST KNOWN
PEOPLE IN THE
UK TO
RELATIVE
ANONYMITY IN
NEW YORK.
WHAT'S THAT BEEN LIKE?
>> I DON'T THINK
YOU HAVE TO ADD
RELATIVE.
I THINK ANONYMITY -- LOOK, I'VE
MADE A CHANGE FROM MY COUNTRY
AND A CHANGE FROM
MY
PROFESSION.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE
I THINK
THERE'S A BIG NEW CHALLENGE THAT
FACES ALL OF US WHO WOULD
CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE
INTERNATIONALIST.
WE LIVE AT A TIME WHEN IN THE
WEST THAT'S NOT THE MOST POPULAR
CALLING.
PEOPLE WANT TO
FOCUS ON
NATION
BUILDING A HOME, TO COIN A
PHRASE.
THE FOCUS IS
ON THE LOCAL.
MY BELIEF IS THAT WE LIVE
IN A
WORLD THAT'S EVER MORE
CONNECTED, AND ACTUALLY WE CAN'T
CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM THE
OUTSIDE WORLD.
AND FROM ME THE CHANCE TO APPLY
MY VALUES TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE AT
THE TOUGHEST END OF
GLOBAL
CHALLENGES WHO ARE THE
VICTIMS
OF
GOVERNMENT, NOT THE
BENEFICIARY OF GOVERNMENT, IT'S
A BIG NEW CHALLENGE.
A BIG NEW CHALLENGE OF THE
FAMILY THAT'S COME OVER WITH ME.
BUT IT'S A BIG NEW PROFESSIONAL
CHALLENGE FOR ME.
AND IN A WAY, I'M LOOKING AT
THINGS FROM THE OTHER END OF THE
TELESCOPE.
I WAS TRYING TO USE GOVERNMENT
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
NOW I'M LOOKING AT
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES OR
WHEN GOVERNMENT IS THE SOURCE OF
PROBLEMS AND TRYING TO, AS I
SAY, INTRODUCE A BIT
OF
DIGNITY
AND HUMANITY WHICH SOMETIMES
POLITICIANS FORGET.
>> YOU HAD A PERSONAL CONNECTION
TO THE UNITED STATES OVER THE
YEARS.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THOSE
CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN.
>> I WAS LK EE ENOUGH
TO --
LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A
JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT IN BOSTON IN THE
LATE 1970s.
MY WIFE WAS BORN
IN THE UK BUT
GREW UP IN THE U.S. AND
ACTUALLY
CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY IN
CHICAGO AT
NORTHWESTERN.
SO THIS CITY WILL ALWAYS BE
IMPORTANT FOR OUR
FAMILY.
>> AND YOUR TWO CHILDREN WERE
ADOPTED FROM THE UNITED STATES,
AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
>> THAT'S
RIGHT.
>> WELL, YOU
WERE STARTING
OF
THE
PARTY, BRITISH FOREIGN
SECRETARY AT THE AGE OF
43.
IN 2010 YOU LOST THE
PARTY
LEADERSHIP
CONTEST TO YOUR
BROTHER, YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER.
THAT RIVALRY WAS -- BECAME
A
LONGRUNING SOAP OPERA,
COMPARISONS TO CANE AND
ABEL AND
SHAKESPEARE.
HOW DID YOU SEE IT?
>> I WOULDN'T COMPARE US TO
CANE
OR
ABEL.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT
WAY OF SEEING IT.
IN LIFE, SOME OF THE MOST
UNEXPECTED THINGS HAPPEN
AND
CERTAINLY NEEDED WHAT TO
TRANSPIRE.
WE MAINTAINED GOOD PERSONAL
RELATIONS AND MAINTAINED A GOOD
DEGREE OF CIVIL TEE
ABOUT THESE
THINGS -- CIVILITY ABOUT THESE
THINGS.
>> WE'RE SEEING VIDEO OF YOU AND
YOUR BROTHER.
>> THANK A
LOT.
[ LAUGHING ]
>> WHEN THE CONTEXT TOOK PLACE.
WHEN IT FLASHES BACK TO ME, THEY
CAN SEE I'M
LOOKING
AT THE
SCREEN.
LOOK, THE
IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT YOU GIVE THEM YOUR BEST.
YOU TRY TO
WIN.
BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT
WHENEVER YOU DO ANYTHING, YOU
MIGHT END UP LOSING.
AND IF LOSING IS THE END OF
THE
WORLD, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T START
DOWN THAT TRACK.
YES, IT'S TOUGH.
YES, YOU'VE GOT TO
REASSESS.
YES, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF
EXPECTATIONS THAT GO WITH THESE
THINGS.
BUT IN THE END, YOU'VE
GOT TO
HOLD ON TO YOUR OWN
INTEGRITY
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> YOU'VE BEEN QUOTED AS
SAYING
ESSENTIALLY THAT YOU KIND OF HAD
NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE
THE UK.
>> I THINK THAT IS
RIGHT.
>> UH-HUH.
>> I THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
>> AN WHY IS
THAT?
>> BECAUSE ANY TIME I SAID
ANYTHING, IT BECAME
PART OF A
GREAT BIG SOAP OPERA.
EVEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
CANE
AND ABEL.
IF YOU'RE A
POLITICIAN THAT HAS
STRONG VIEWS, YOU HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO EXPRESS THEM.
BUT IF IN THE END EVERYTHING YOU
EXPRESS IS
DIAGNOSED
FOR WHETHER
OR NOT IT IS A REBUKE, A
STANDING REBUKE TO THE WAY THE
PARTY IS BEING
LED.
>> OR TO YOUR BROTHER
PERSONALLY.
>> YEAH.
THEN THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
YOU'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING
ANYTHING, EITHER TO THE ADVANCE
OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN OR TO THE
POLITICAL CORES THAT
YOU'RE
ASSOCIATED WITH.
AND IN THAT
SENSE, I FELT IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY ON AS
I WAS.
I WASN'T BEING -- I
WASN'T ABLE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF THINGS
THAT MATTERED TO
ME.
AND THROUGH THE IRC, I HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO STAND UP
FOR SOME IMPORTANT VALUES AT
A
VERY IMPORTANT TIME.
>> AND BRINGING A
PORTFOLIO OF
EXPERTISE THAT LENGTHS ITSELF TO
THE MISSION -- LENGTHS
ITSELF
LENDS ITSELF TO THE MISSION OF
THE PROGRAM.
>> I CAN'T STOP
PLOTTING MY
EXIT.
BUT I'M LEARNING A LOT IN THIS
JOB.
I'M ENERGIZED BY
IT.
IT'S WORTH
WHILE.
THERE WERE 45 MILLION PEOPLE
LAST YEAR DISPLACED FROM
THEIR
HOMES.
27 MILLION INSIDE THEIR OWN
COUNTRY.
16 MILLION INTO NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES.
IN SYRIA, 9 MILLION
PEOPLE.
6 MILLION
AFGHANS STILL
DISPLACED FROM HOMES.
AROUND THE WORLD, THE
CONSEQUENCES OF
MISGOVERNMENT OR
UNDERGOVERNMENT OR PREJUDICE ARE
RIFE.
AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE HUMAN
CONDITION, YOU'VE GOT TO CARE
ABOUT
THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND AT A TIME WHEN
HUMANITY
DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE
INVOLVED, I THINK THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT CALL THAT I CAN THROW
MYSELF INTO WITH A REAL SENSE OF
COMMITMENT AND A BELIEF THAT THE
BEST
VALUES OF OUR SOCIETIES ARE
TO BE USED FOR
THE COMMON
GOOD.
>> YOU ARE SAID TO BE VERY
CLOSE
TO THE CLINTONS.
TODAY IT WAS REPORTED IN THE
DAILY
TELEGRAPH THAT YOU
HELPED
HILLARY CLINTON -- YOU
HELPED
PERSUADE HER TO
GIVE TO THE
TONE
BURKE CHARITY.
>> NO, ACTUALLY NO MONEY WENT AT
ALL.
>> THAT'S NOT
TRUE?
>> THAT'S A
PIECE.
THE
PIECE SAYS NO
U.S.
MONEY
WENT TO
SUDAN.
I WENT THERE.
I'VE DONE CHARITABLE WORK THERE.
THE U.S. HAS
GOT AN
OUTSTANDING
PRESENCE THERE
AND HELPS FOSTER
THE PEACE AGREEMENT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HILLARY
CLINTON.
BECAUSE YOUR
ASSESSMENT
OF HER
AS A PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDER.
SHE SAYS SHE ADMIRES YOU.
>> I THINK THERE'S NO SECRET
I
SAID BEFORE THAT SHE'S BY FAR
EXTRAORDINARILY WELL-QUALIFIED
CANDIDATE BECAUSE EVERYTHING
SHE'S
DONE HAS
EMBODIED STRONG
PRINCIPLE AND DETERMINATION TO
LISTEN.
THOSE ARE GOOD
QUALITIES.
BUT I'M NOT AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN.
AND THE LAST THING
THAT
AMERICANS NEEDLESS THAN TWO
YEARS AWAY FROM
A
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS SOMEONE TELLING THEM
WHO THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE.
>> HAVING SPENT SIX MONTHS HERE
IN EARLIER PERIODS OF YOUR LIFE
IN THIS COUNTRY, HOW
DO
YOU
ASSESS THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE
ROUGH AND TUMBLE WORLD OF
POLITICS IN BRITAIN AS OPPOSED
TO WHAT THE POLITICAL SCENE IS
IN THE UNITED STATES?
>>
WELL,
YOU WOULD LAUGH AT
HOW
LITTLE MONEY WE SPEND
ON OUR
POLITICS.
YOU MIGHT CRY
ACTUALLY.
WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I WAS
ALLOWED TO SPEND IN MY
DISTRICT,
MY CONSTITUENCY,
I WAS
ALLOWED
TO SPEND 12,000
POUNDS, THAT'S
$20,000, LESS THAN
$20,000 IN
THE THREE -- IN THE
YEAR OF
MY
ELECTION CAMPAIGN, YOU
WOULD SAY
THAT THIS IS A
NONSENSE.
NOW, THERE ARE
NATIONAL
SPENDING
CAPS AS
WELL.
BUT 20 MILLION
POUNDS,
$30 MILLION.
SO YOU WOULD
ABSOLUTELY THINK
THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN
GOT
STARTED.
>> HOW IS PRESIDENT OBAMA
PERCEIVED IN BRITAIN.
>> I THINK VERY
POSITIVELY.
I THINK THAT HE
WAS SEEN
AS
SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTED THE
RENEWAL OF AMERICA
REALLY AS
AMERICA'S CAPACITY FOR RENEWAL,
GIVEN THE HISTORY OF RACE IN
THIS
COUNTRY.
GIVEN ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH.
THE FACT THAT AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHOULD COME TO
LEAD THE COUNTRY WAS
SEEN AS
AN
EXTRAORDINARY TESTAMENT TO THE
STRENGTH OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND
I THINK THAT HE BROUGHT
A
SENSE OF PURPOSE AND CLARITY
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD RECOGNIZED.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MONARCHY
IN BRITAIN
BRIEFLY.
NOT THAT LONG AGO THE MONARCHY
SEEMED TO BE PRETTY
MUCH ON THE
SKIDS.
IT
SEEMS TO HAVE A RE
SURE GENT.
HOW WOULD --
RESURGENCE.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS
THE
MONARCHY?
>> I WOULD SAY ARE YOU SURPRISED
BY THE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN
ASKED ABOUT THE MONARCHY, SO
WE
REALLY
ARE IN NEUTER
-- NEW
TERRAIN ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.
WE HAVE
A CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY.
SO THE QUEEN PLAYS NO ROLE IN
POLITICS.
SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY
LADY
WHO
IS VERY WIDELY ADMIRED.
SHE'S BEEN THROUGH --
>> HAVE YOU SPENT TIME WITH HER?
>> I
HAVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
DO
IF YOUR
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY EVERY TIME
THE QUEEN QOEZ ABOARD,
YOU HAVE
-- GOES ABOARD, YOU HAVE TO GO
ABOARD WITH HER.
I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE AND
CHALLENGE OF HAVING TO BRIE
F HER
AND FINDING OUT SHE WAS
EXTREMELY WELL BRIEFED AND KNEW
ALL OF THE -- IF I TALKED TO HER
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF ONE
COUNTRY, SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN
THE PREDECESSOR AND THE
PREDECESSOR AND THE PREDECESSOR
AND THE
PRED CESS
SORE.
SHE'S --
PREDECESSOR.
SHE'S BEEN A QUEEN FOR A
LONG
TIME.
I THINK SHE'S BROUGHT
EXTRAORDINARY
EXTRAORDINARY REVERENCE FOR HER
POSITION.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WIDELY
RECOGNIZED AND NOW SUCCESSIVE
FLEE GENERATIONS AFTER HER --
THREE GENERATIONS AFTER
HER.
I THINK THE AMERICANS WILL BE
ENJOYING THE BRITISH
MONARCHY
FOR YEARS TO COME.
.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND CHICAG