WEBVTT 00:00.019 --> 00:02.186 I think it's critical . First of all , 00:02.186 --> 00:04.849 we're all in unison back in Belgium . I 00:04.849 --> 00:08.689 have an incredibly terrific , motivated , 00:08.770 --> 00:10.881 committed team from the Department of 00:10.881 --> 00:13.090 War . Pete Heckseth is a great friend 00:13.090 --> 00:16.610 of mine . He's inspired leadership to 00:16.610 --> 00:18.666 come here to Belgium and work hard . 00:18.666 --> 00:20.666 For our country and that's the same 00:20.666 --> 00:22.721 with the Department of State . We're 00:22.721 --> 00:24.721 all serving our country at the same 00:24.721 --> 00:27.054 time abroad . We have our families here . 00:27.054 --> 00:29.110 We have a great life here and now is 00:29.110 --> 00:31.277 the time for us to be working together 00:31.277 --> 00:33.388 under President Trump's leadership to 00:33.388 --> 00:35.443 execute these America first policies 00:35.443 --> 00:37.721 for our country and for the betterment . 00:37.721 --> 00:39.888 Uh , of the United States of America . 00:39.888 --> 00:42.054 So it's great to see teamwork actually 00:42.054 --> 00:44.277 working , and that's an example of this 00:44.277 --> 00:46.332 at the conference today . I spent my 00:46.332 --> 00:48.332 life , uh , working at the Intrepid 00:48.332 --> 00:50.554 Sierras Space Museum in New York City . 00:50.554 --> 00:52.443 Building almost all of the Fisher 00:52.443 --> 00:54.666 houses that are all across our nation's 00:54.666 --> 00:56.777 military medical bases . I worked for 00:56.777 --> 00:58.832 the late great Zachary and Elizabeth 00:58.832 --> 01:00.880 Fisher , so I love our military and 01:00.880 --> 01:02.880 their families very much . I raised 01:02.880 --> 01:05.239 almost $1.5 billion for our nation's 01:05.239 --> 01:07.500 fallen heroes , catastrophically 01:07.500 --> 01:09.500 wounded and severely burned service 01:09.500 --> 01:13.099 members . And it's very interesting to 01:13.099 --> 01:15.180 me is that some of these things that 01:15.180 --> 01:17.599 we're learning here actually relate 01:17.889 --> 01:21.010 very explicitly to our NATO sales . So 01:21.010 --> 01:23.620 we have about $18 billion that we'll be 01:23.620 --> 01:26.540 selling F-35s , Arams , Patriots , and 01:26.540 --> 01:28.651 a lot of things we talked about today 01:28.651 --> 01:31.180 will help us close those deals and move 01:31.180 --> 01:33.236 American jobs forward . So this is a 01:33.236 --> 01:35.236 great thing to be at the conference 01:35.236 --> 01:37.402 today . First of all , I want to thank 01:37.402 --> 01:40.580 General Grikovich , aka Grinch , for 01:40.580 --> 01:42.747 his incredible leadership here . But I 01:42.747 --> 01:44.747 know what we will take away here is 01:44.747 --> 01:46.913 what we've learned from the great team 01:46.913 --> 01:49.024 at UCO , together with almost 3 dozen 01:49.300 --> 01:51.467 US ambassadors of President Trump's to 01:51.467 --> 01:53.744 the important countries here in Europe , 01:53.744 --> 01:55.578 and we learned so much about the 01:55.578 --> 01:57.689 pillars that the State Department and 01:57.689 --> 01:59.411 Department of War want us to . 01:59.540 --> 02:01.440 Understand in terms of economic 02:01.440 --> 02:03.419 dominance and energy dominance , 02:03.739 --> 02:06.529 military sales into Europe . So we've 02:06.529 --> 02:08.696 learned so much in a very short period 02:08.696 --> 02:10.918 of time , and I want to thank everybody 02:10.918 --> 02:13.029 for organizing a great conference . I 02:13.029 --> 02:14.973 think it's important for us to get 02:14.973 --> 02:14.690 together because we're working so hard 02:14.690 --> 02:17.330 in our respective embassies , so it's 02:17.330 --> 02:20.889 nice to see our friends , friends I've 02:20.889 --> 02:23.111 known for many , many , many years . We 02:23.111 --> 02:25.289 did a lot of campaigning on the 02:25.289 --> 02:27.345 campaign trail . Now they're here at 02:27.345 --> 02:29.567 Post , and we don't get a chance to see 02:29.567 --> 02:31.789 each other . So this was very important 02:31.789 --> 02:33.678 because it brings us together and 02:33.678 --> 02:36.160 allows us to even network more to help 02:36.160 --> 02:38.327 America and close these very important 02:38.327 --> 02:39.460 deals that we're doing here in Europe .