(Laughter.) And in the green room, I actually got Carl Kassel to put his voicemail on-or his voice on my voicemail.

(Laughter.) It was a kind of a tough thing for some of my supporters.ДЇLAKE: In fact, I did the вЂњWait, Wait, DonвЂ™t Tell MeвЂќ tour when they came to Arizona. I-a couple of years ago I came out of the closet as an NPR listener. But without further delay, here is Senator Flake. So he is a real conservative who believes in ideas.ДЄnd we will have-as I said, weвЂ™ll have time for questions afterwards. He also ran the Goldwater Institute think tank in Phoenix for seven years. If that sounds familiar, that title sounds familiar, he actually holds Barry GoldwaterвЂ™s Senate seat. HeвЂ™s written a book called вЂњConscience of a Conservative.вЂќ This is not a book talk, I just want to make very clear. HeвЂ™s a favorite target of President TrumpвЂ™s. He and his wife Cheryl, who I have learned cuts his hair-and does an excellent job-live in Mesa, and have five children. (Laughter.) He served in the U.S.-thatвЂ™s a true story. Snow, who got the other part, I have now learned. HeвЂ™s a fifth-generation Arizonian who was raised on a cattle ranch in Snowflake, a town named in part for his great-great grandfather. IвЂ™m going to be presiding over the discussion, and I will introduce Senator Flake, who will make some remarks, and then weвЂ™ll have some questions.ДЄs you probably all know, Jeff Flake is the junior senator from Arizona. IвЂ™m the national political correspondent for National Public Radio, and welcome to todayвЂ™s Council on Foreign Relations meeting with Senator Jeff Flake.

Senator Jeff FlakeВ discussesВ the future of bipartisanship in Congress and the steps needed to advance the foreign policy agenda of the United States.

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