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"Women leaders bring a new perspective to the security policy dialogue, and now sit in the halls of power in numbers that can make a difference in both government and civil society. Building an inclusive process, persistence, consensus-building, considerations of short- and long-term implications and a talent for negotiation are some of the cornerstones of traditional women’s leadership. The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, encapsulated this point in her address to the Summit Community: “Women resort to jaw jaw rather than war war.” Combined with the ability to reach across boundaries, network, create practical change and apply a human face to security, women sit poised to fill the gaps in national and international leadership. As Wallis Annenberg, Trustee of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, proclaimed in her opening remarks, “If there was ever a time when the wisdom, the sense of conscious and dignity, the resilience of strong women was needed at the highest levels of government, it is this one.”