and labor secretary alexander acosta talking to the western governor's association winter meeting last year discussing work force and labor trends in their states. his speech is about 45 minutes. >>> we have a very very special guest to address this audience, to engage with the governors. and to introduce that guest i am happy to introduce our honorable dennis dugard. >> thank you. before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, i would like to take a moment to talk about the workforce development initiative i began as chair of wga. western stake, nearly all of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for workplaces that look a little bit different than i did, started my working career or parents or grandparents certainly. at four workshop this past fall the workshop initiative brought together policymakers, busy leaders, educators and others who are working to create more opportunity and strengthen our economies by sharing best practices and discussing common challenges and learning from each other to do what we can to address work force challenges. every persons western state

labor secretary alexander acosta dressed conference earlier today. we will take a look at his remarks now. >> hello! everybody back from lunch? everybody excited about the afternoon? good job. with alighted to be here good friend. we both have the privilege of serving in the previous administration together, and now, i get to call you mr. secretary. [laughter] >> first of all, you need to know a little bit. i think it is so impressive. harvard -- not only harvard law, but harvard undergrad. i am impressed. the president said he was going to surround himself with some of america's best and brightest, and boy did he ever. >> thank you. >> parents were refugees from communist cuba? >> that's correct. >> you actually were a clerk for justice -- the thirdalito in circuit. [laughter] >> impressive. so the president did not let us down at the best and brightest. when we start with what -- why don't we start with what does the secretary of labor do and then we will get into the meat of it, how about that? >> when i describe the department of labor, i put it

labor secretary alexander acosta dressed conference earlier today. we will take a look at his remarks now. >> hello! everybody back from lunch? everybody excited about the afternoon? good job. with alighted to be here good friend. we both have the privilege of serving in the previous administration together, and now, i get to call you mr. secretary. [laughter] >> first of all, you need to know a little bit. i think it is so impressive. harvard -- not only harvard law, but harvard undergrad. i am impressed. the president said he was going to surround himself with some of america's best and brightest, and boy d

and labor secretary alexander acosta talking to the western governor's association winter meeting last year discussing work force and labor trends in th

acosta talks about workforce trends and using public/private partnerships to help create jobs. current and former officials from the state department and pentagon were part of a discussion today on defense strategy and national security assistance. the event began with remarks from

acosta talks about workforce trends and using public/private partnerships to help create jobs. current and former officials from the state department and pentagon were part of a discussion today on defense strategy and national security assistance. the event began with remarks from congressman adam smith of washington state who shared his perspective as the top democrat on the house armed services committee, hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it's just over 2 1/2 hours. >>> security experts and leaders from the ngo and civil society communities were consulted for this project. we want thoonk all of them for their insights and perspectives. the project was made possible by generous support of the open society foundations and open society policy center. today's keynote address will be delivered by representative adam smith who is going to give us perspective from capitol hill. representative smith is washington state's 9th district representative and serves as ranking member on the u.s. house armed services committee. he graduated from fordham universit

labor secretary acosta. tonight at six, eric trump, president trump son. if you miss any coverage you can see it on our website, c-span.com. vice president pence spoke earlier today at cpac. you can see his remarks like at 8:00 eastern. tomorrow the coverage will continue, president trump will be speaking after washington journal at about 10:00 eastern. we will hear from counselor pai, the conway, ajit president's effect on economics and cyber threats. all that coming up in our coverage of cpac. politico, we will get on to that story right after this. hope that america likes justice. me -- today i -- i am a conservative. why not? it is an honor for me to add my friends -- french voice. honor ourve come to friendship. -- ourn long before islands -- is a request for freedom. france was the first country to recognize your independence. [applause] french blood was spilled on american soil but our friendship begins. , we are centuries later once again standing side-by-side for freedom. this freedom is a gift. fre