Of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, whether were talking about military action, whether were talking about economic crises, terror attacks, natural disasters, or global pandemics. The guests on our panel tonight have seen it all. So were very fortunate to have them join us. Were going to jump into the conversation in a moment, but one piece of housekeeping, for those of you here on zoom, members of the georgetown community, youll see at the bottom of your screen a q a tab. Thats where you can go ahead
A plan to resettle hundreds of children from the camp elsewhere in europe. The fire has broken out in the port in beirut weeks after the massive explosion which devastated the last lebanese capital the army says the blaze started in a warehouse storing oil and tires last month a blast killed nearly 200 people and left 300000 homeless. The World Wildlife fund says wildlife populations have shrunk by 2 thirds since 1970 journey to forests being cleared for food the groups living planet report warns that continued natural habitat loss increases the risk of more pandemics as humans expand their presence closer to wild animals this is d. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at the top news or visit our website dot com. In early february us President Trump knew how deadly the coronavirus was yet in public he downplayed the dangers saying he didnt want anyone to panic 190000 people in the u. S. Have died from the virus and the pandemic rages on in america tonight reaction to
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Find it where you listen to podcasts. So, today were going to be talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places we set aside as parks and protected areas. The intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of the protective spaces but to make the process more visual, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time but why they have changed over time. We think of some things staying the thing. This changes things. Thats the focus were going to aim at today. And im going to theres often a presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect ownership. We see the series on americas parks called americas best idea, that natural spaces that have trails and for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure pristine nature thats had some boundaries put around it and its been kept the same like a vase in a museum, just kind of static and never cha
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