Subject: FW: Video Request: Corker Milken Institute Panels
From: "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>, "Haxo, Chris" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 12:54:02 -0700

Have Corker's comments re: SCOTUS made news? Andy, is the video good enough that you think it is worth pushing?

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From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 3:30 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Corker Milken Institute Panels

Apologies if this is already on vantage. Jonathan flagged it for me, but I don't believe it is on there yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyuLbcYT70

Starts at 27:45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNy8MD053xM

Highlights included:
*       getting asked about Trump's realism and saying that he's not sure if it was Trump's ideology or something written for him,
*       saying he could run for president someday
*        saying he's concerned about what the supreme court nomination will lead to down the road
*       An offhand remark that the election could be decided today

Remarks At Milken Institute, "Global Risk: Challenges For The Next President" Panel, 5/2/16

*       I won't ask you to answer for everything Trump has said, but Trump emphasized that we should have better relations with Russia. Can you get behind that.
o       I gave him an "atta boy" for his speech.
o       I saw it as a return to Bush 41.
o       Big neo-con push in DC and this was a push for realism.
o       I don't know whether the realism was long-held, or something that was said in his speech that someone else wrote, I don't know
o       Terrorism and extremism is more important to Russia than US but no longer respects our authority to the same degree
*       Do you support sending arms to Ukraine?
o       Yes, I do. I didn't think that sending them faulty products was any good.
o       Our support has been tepid.
o       It was a tense conversation I with Obama about not sharing info with them about Russian troops.
*       What do you think about the middle east? People are saying we have stepped back, is the president right to tread with a lighter footprint.
o       We should practice realism like Bush 41.
o       In Egpyt we through a long term friend overboard.
o       I was oppsed to us hitting Libya. They gave up their weapons, and we sent the wrong message by hitting them.
o       We didn't enforce the red line in Syria, along Putin to perform well with bad cards.
o       Each of these countries have serious problems
*       Egypt has a high birthrate and needs to create jobs
o       Middle East will be a problem for the world for decades.
*       Does anything surprise about how the Iranian deal is playing out? Iran is disappointed about economy and its behavior hasn't demonstrably changed. What can the next president do to mitigate the risk there.
o       Played out as expected.
o       Moderates have been elected. A good election on Friday from US perspective.
o       No change in behavior.
o       We're trying to accommodate them, Kerry saying that they can work with international banks.
o       They're testing ballistic missiles.
o       Kerry said that the deal wasn't going to allow them to do testing with the alteration in language.
o       President can push back against the human rights record that they have and what's going on there.
o       We haven't agreed to sell f-15s to Qatar.
*       Pivot to Asia. What about the geo-strategic issue with China? South China Sea? What should US president do to address this without economic side-effects?
o       There are some issues with TPP that need to be resolved that are real regards banking and pharma
o       If we don't make an agreement China will make an agreement, increasing China's dominance.
o       The vast part of our naval fleet is in that part of the world, we should be going to the 12 mile radius once a week.
o       Tribunal with the Phillipines and China is very important
o       This is the largest relationship we have to manage the next 30 years.

o       Our nation has become weaker from our debt. We need to deal with that, or we won't have a foreign policy.

Remarks At Milken Institute, "Conversations With Congress" Panel, 5/2/16

Starts at 27:45

*       Often said that the leaders don't talk to eachother?
o       I don't think it's like that.
o       I can talk with Mark, call Harry Reid on the cell phone.
o       We've been very productive this year.
o       SFRC is operating at an all time hight.
*       Frustrations with not being an executive?
o       I had to think about running again. I wasn't sure it was worth a grown man's time.
o       You want to have impact, even though I'm not an executive I've helped electrify Africa and passed a bill to end modern slavery.
*       Interest running for president?
o       All of us who do what we do have people who encourage running for president.
o       I didn't think that this year was the year. I couldn't do that.
o       I could possibly run.
o       You have to run up each day with that being your soul desire, and I'm not in that place.
*       Why no vote on the Supreme Court? Can you stay it with a straight face.
o       It's very difficult for me to do that.
o       It's been since 1932 since a SC judge was nominated with a lame duck presidency.
o       1888 since one was nominated in a lame duck presidency.
o       This isn't the best of the United States, but where you stand on this issue is where you sit (Schumer, Reid).
o       I have concerns about what this leads to down the road.
*       Is TPP dead?
o       My staff and I are going through the whole title of TPP
o       Database collections of by financial institutions
o       Need to work on side agreements
o       All candidates oppose it
*       Why so few senators endorsing Cruz?
o       Every time I vote I'm asked this.
o       My job is to wake up and have impact on Foreign Policy, banking and to weigh in the presidential campaign diminishes
o       Looks like Tuesday...
*       Would you turn down the VP?
o       We have no effect whatsoever on whether we are selected.
o       I think any person, could they attract talent.
o       People who run for public office do so to have impact.
o       If you give 4 years to have more impact, even if media is saying things, it's worth considering that.
*       Senate elections. Republican, but many open seats. Will Republicans control the senate after the election?
o       Lots of elections in swing states. The result in the presidency will be important.
o       Even if things go poorly, they can come back the next election.
o       Always better to set the initiative as the party in charge.
*       Iranian Agreement, made Obama take in front of Congress. Relationship with congress?
o       We were able to get support because of Obama's use of a waiver to go to the UN security council, which was unprecedented.
o       We had the opportunity to take back power from the executive.
o       Warner: It wouldn't have happened without Bob Corker.
*       Were you invited to state dinners?
o       Not the best time for our relationship
o       I don't think people understand the interaction that takes place.
o       I have warm interactions with the president. I talked Denis McDonough nonstop. He'd call me back within an hour if I called him.
o       I've never said I want to get a piece of his hide, but we agree and disagree with things.
*       Greatest pleasure/frustration of the job?
o       The effect we are able to have with people is the greatest positive, both individuals in groups
o       Frustration: It's congress. It takes a long time to make things happen, although things are better today. But we are still unwilling to deal with the fiscal issue. We are always getting weaker because of this.
o       Warner: Corker and I have more in common than people in our own parties