That was my former boss four years ago at the UN warning the world what would happen if they relied on Russian energy and

The video shows the German delegation tittering laughing at President Trump

They're not laughing anymore. Dear friends. Welcome to America first one on one with a very special guest in studio

It's been far too long since we've had him on this show. He is the senior vice president of the American foreign policy council

He is a middling martial artist. I would tend to disagree. I think he's better than middling

He is the host of AFPC's disinformation wars podcast better guest to talk to today

Ilhan Berman welcome back in studio. Oh, thanks for having me all right

So for those who haven't heard our earlier discussions here in America first

Will you just give them the potted introduction who Ilhan is and what the FPC does sure?

So AFEC is a think tank everything tank has an area of focus. We spend a lot of time working with Congress because

candidly ideas begin in very few places and members of Congress need cutting edge

Accurate sort of impactful information about what's going on around the world

So we have a stable of experts that cover everything from Iran to Russia to radical Islam to China to China space

And the goal here is to inform policy to help them craft better policy

But more than anything else it's to sort of to amplify the efforts of

Policy makers who are trying to defend American national security promote American foreign policy interests and your family background

Where do you hail from?

Well, oh over but my parents were Soviet refuse next right so so explain it and for those who are cold war warriors like me

What was a refusenic right so a refusenic was someone who?

Usually Jewish as as my family is but but not only but a refusenic was somebody who

During the Soviet Union for whatever reason for political purposes for religious freedom purposes applied to exit the Soviet Union

And they were denied and they were essentially made non people they weren't allowed to have party affiliation

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