Good morning everyone. My name is hannah. I am a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute and im honored to be here today. At the Atlantic Council in conjunction with the charles cook institute. For a really entertaining discussion, a debate that i hope you will have about whether or not the us should arm ukraine. That is the question at hand. Should the us arm ukraine . I wanted to start the program today with a little bit of a pole. To see just how many of you think that you have made up your mind about your own answer to this question. How many of you think that youve already decided . How many have not yet decided but are open to be swayed . Give you have a very tall order on hand those watching from cspan, i invite you to follow us on twitter at future ukraine. You may be wondering why we are covering this topic now. It has been three years since we had this debate here in the United States about whether we should indeed arm ukraine. I think we did have a discussion a couple of yea
Good morning everyone. My name is hannah. I am a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute and im honored to be here today. At the Atlantic Council in conjunction with the charles cook institute. For a really entertaining discussion, a debate that i hope you will have about whether or not the us should arm ukraine. That is the question at hand. Should the us arm ukraine . I wanted to start the program today with a little bit of a pole. To see just how many of you think that you have made up your mind about your own answer to this question. How many of you think that youve already decided . How many have not yet decided but are open to be swayed . Give you have a very tall order on hand those watching from cspan, i invite you to follow us on twitter at future ukraine. You may be wondering why we are covering this topic now. It has been three years since we had this debate here in the United States about whether we should indeed arm ukraine. I think we did have a discussion a couple of yea
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At this moment, you are in the central part of the United States, over 100 feet below the surface of the earth, surrounded by thick, reinforced concrete. In the event of an attack, this entire structure can be sealed, protected against a radioactive fallout. Through those doors and around the corner is the operations control room of the longrange air offense force. Thank you, sergeant. From this room, the force throughout the world is controlled and monitored 24 hours a day in peace as it would be in war. This force is a combat ready offense force. It is a Deterrent Force dedicated to the prevention of war, any war, large or small. This offense forces commented by the joint allied Early Warning offense control. Offense control, colonel dawes. Good. Recheck the weather in that area. The last check indicated thunderstorms. Right. Gentlemen, from this room, we control the entire longrange air offense force of 3000 and bombers, tankers, and sport aircraft. In the joint chiefs of staffs for
Nurses and more recently, mid wives. Since 2009, midwifery courses are offered at 19 schools across the country. Qualified nurses graduate after one year. Those who complete the courses are then dispatched to different regions around the country, so far, 1,200 mid wives have been trained and licensed. The government plans to increase the number to 1,500 by the end of 2015. Laos is one of the poorest countries in asia. The country still lacks adequate medical facilities and its the worst among all the underdeveloped nations. This woman completed her midwife training three years ago. She now has sole responsibility for 16 villages. She provides pregnant women regular Health Checks and teaches them about the importance of diet as well as what to expect before and after childbirth. Old customs run deep in laos, and sometimes clash with the modern world. Many expectant mothers choose to ignore the advice of modern day mid wives. We follow a laotian midwife in her tireless efforts to provide