Noticed, but judging by the turnout perhaps you did. Outset, i wanted to say a couple words about the election in taiwan on saturday, just a couple, and then turned over turn it over to our Panel Speakers to offer insight. First, i think that the election says more about taiwan then it says about anything else. That only highlight because i think we all are immediately moving to what it means for china. For all practical purposes, taiwan is not a part of china. Why do we move immediately to talk about what this means for china . What it means most is that taiwan values the same things the rest of the free world values. It has conducted its seventh residential election president ial election. It is getting to be such a normal thing that it barely even merits congratulations anymore. We have an election every four years, every two years. The world does not congratulate us on having made this achievement. It has become commonplace in taiwan. It has become commonplace because they value th
Military leader, Something Like this was going to happen. I was briefed on friday, and did not believe that the intelligence that the president cited just about any imminent c2 take out such a senior leader. Something that we have never, we have not done since 1944 when we shut down a plane with the japanese admiral. It was really on a precedented act of escalation and it clearly has put us in harms way, american servicemembers, who do not deserve to be running for their lives right now. Again, all this set of by the u. S. Strike that killed the top Iranian Military leader, Qassem Soleimani, invited last week. They had evidence that he was planning attacks on american. Secretary of state mike pompeo said, the u. S. Was prepared to act if iran retaliated. Joining us now is dr. The director of iranian studies at stanford. First of all, professor, your reaction to all of this. I am surprised, i am saddened. Lives might be lost in all of this. This morning, listening to the iranian media a
Treaty and that treaty contained a specific provision that expressly states that we shall have a delegate in the u. S. House of representatives whenever Congress Takes provisions for the same and it was earlier in 1785 speaks about the deputy but 1835 treaty is the most clear. Our 1866 treaty which is the last treaty that we had with the United States reaffirmed our prior treaties. Both of those treaties ratified by the senate and were signed by president andrew jackson. And so, that is the background and basis for the treaty rights. Fastforward to the Cherokee Nation tribal constitution which has a provision that requires the principal chief to appoint a delegate to serve in the u. S. House of representatives and for the council to confirm that delegate. Recently, the chief appointed me and the Tribal Council unanimously confirming. We are now inim dc and working with leadership in our delegation and a member of congress to figure out the framework. Host have you formally ceded by con
For more than 11 years, josh paul led the bureau and state Departments Office of politicalmilitary Affairs Congressional and Public Affairs office. In his public Resignation Letter this week, he wrote that he knew his job was, quote, without moral compromise, but he calls the arms transfer to israel, quote, shortsighted, destructive and unfair. We are talking about an arms transfer that could take decades, and the goal is which it is. This is obviously what we have seen repeatedly with israel during Government Operations in the gaza strip in 2009, 2014 and 2021, massive civilian casualties, thousands of palestinians killed in the relatively indiscriminate use of bombs to destroy buildings, still in todays context this conflict, where we have once again witnessed thousands of palestinian casualties, there were no political disputes, there was a terrible rush for arms supplies at a time when, as a rule, is happening. Did you voice your concerns and what was the response . Of course, i vo
To be with us and then taking the flight right away back. Unfortunately, his airplane had mechanical problems and he was unable to make his connection in chicago. But we have two of Young American candidates. Well have a discussion about political activism. Theyll talk about their campaign. Well then breakdown to a discussion of political activism, how were active in your local communities and how we can learn from each other and how to best become active in our own communities and why thats important. To lead our conversation, we have with us mr. Ayoob. Thats fine. So i want to thank everybody for being here today. This is something that adc has not done previously but i think its critically important because as we talk about activism especially on issues of importance to our community, one of the things that really has been lacking has been an interest in members of our community in running for congress or Political Office of any kind but specifically younger members of our community