thank you, ms. perry. (applause) >> our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around. and i had a lot of those kinds of duties while i was assigned to korea. but it was the most pleasant experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. and he then became our secretary of defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventive defense project. please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. (applause) >> what a pleasure it is to be aboard this s

thank you, ms. perry. (applause) >> our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around.

because when it comes to the issue of abortion, ms. perry does not believe that it should have anything to do with the collective. she believes it's completely the individual and that's a hypocrisy of hers this some have pointed out in the wake of this debate. in the piece called "doubling down" that's her term, that the kids belong to the communities and not to the parents today. she says the following kirsten: on the abortion issue we agree that kids are not the property of their parents. their lives matter to all of us. so she says kids lives matter to all of us. well, she found herself in hot water not long ago for the following clip that was played on that network, and i ask you whether her detractors are going to believe that she actually believes babies lives matter to all of us. >> on our model, they have a fertilized-- oh, no, that might be bad, i think it popped over the fertilized egg. put that back together. but the very idea that this would constitute a person and that some set of constitutional rights should come to this.

but ms. streisand certainly the diva of the evening. most of the other celebrities were more down to earth. i met katy perry. very nice woman. sophia couldn't be nicer. and hayden who i once called a pinhead on this program. but she is not. she is very intelligent and well-spoken. all right so that was that now the serious stuff. the primary reason i went down to the big dog and pony show was to help ed henry and fox news correspondent jennifer griffin. she is working with the independence fund to help u.s. military people who lost limbs in iraq and afghanistan. some of them lost all four limbs. we want to get these brave patriots this high tech marvel, it's called the chair. a it allows amputees the semblance of independence. the chair can go everywhere. into the woods, on the beach. it gives amputees a bit of control over their lives and lessens their dependence. that's crucial, crucial to these brave men and women. chairs cost more than $10,000 each and jennifer and i want to get at least 50 more of them. so we have developed a progr

but ms. streisand certainly the diva of the evening. most of the other celebrities were more down to earth. i met katy perry. very nice woman. sophia couldn't be nicer. and hayden who i once called a pinhead on this program. but she is not. she is very intelligent and well-spoken. all right so that was that now the serious stuff. the primary reason i went down to the big dog and pony show was to help ed henry and fox news correspondent jennifer griffin. she is working with the independence fund to help u.s. military people who lost limbs in iraq and afghanistan. some of them lost all four limbs. we want to get these brave patriots this high tech marvel, it's called the ai a it allows amputees the semblance of independence. the chair can go everywhere. into the woods, on the beach. it gives amputees a bit of control over their lives and lessens their dependence. that's crucial, crucial to these brave men and women. chairs cost more than $10,000 each and jennifer and i want to get at least 50 more of them. so we have developed a program t