Spirited debate this afternoon in our Panel Following remarks from secretary wilbur ross. Wilbur ross. And please and privilege to introduce the 30 night secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. As secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Trump Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served as secretary since the beginning of the Administration February 2017. Hes got limited time with us today so ill be very brief in her introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be leaving at the conclusion of his talk and the panel will ensue. Secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half century of experience in Investment Banking and private equity restructuring over 400 billion in assets across numerous industries. In serving as chairman or lead director of more than 100 companies in over 20 countries. He is also the only person elected to vote the private equity hall of fame an
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Can everybody hear me . Ok. My name is ali rogin. Im with the pbs news hour covering Foreign Affairs and as a journalist, i want to say im grateful to the Hudson Institute for convening this panel to discuss what is a rapidly developing, as we all know, situation on the syrianTurkish Border. Without further ado im going to introduce these folks who you all probably already know. To my left is the founder of mb long and associate an International Legal and Advisory Firm from 20072009 she served as the first woman confirmed by the senate as assistant secretary of defense for International Affairs and the chair of natos high level groups. She has previously served as the Principal Deputy secretary of defense, and she was the deputy secretary of defense for counter narco. Next, we have michael durand, a senior fellow here at Hudson Institute. He specializes in middle east Security Issues and during the administration of president george
Mr. Papadopoulos thank you, everyone. This is wonderful. Is this thing on . Lets get this thing on. Perfect, perfect. I walk in with one of these big these satchels, but im going to wing it when youre with friends and family thats what you do, right . I wasnt going to sit here and bore youall with a 20, 25minute well rehearsed speech. Thats not my style. Its not the style of my former boss we all love here, right . Donald trump. What i came out here first of all i want to thank the organizers of this. This is wonderful. This is what america needs. We need this all around america, but of course this is a nations biggest in the beautiful city of west palm beach, i love it here. You know i have come a long road, ladies and gentlemen. Its been a long two years. A very, very long two years. Im going to start by telling you things werent easy. Initially we were in this chaotic moment, this coup that i lived from the beginning and unfortunately i couldnt speak loudly. I had no voice except fo
The Foreign Relations committee of the United States senate will come to order. The chair would note we have a full house today and an enthusiastic audience im sure. Wed ask you to be respectful. Remind everyone that holding up signs or making verbal outbursts during the proceedings is disruptive. And appropriate action will be taken. If needed well suspend briefly to restore order. This morning we have a hearing on a matter that is really of a pressing National Security importance. That is the relationship of the United States and for that matter the world with iran. This hearing is intended to do three things. Number one, we will consider the facts behind the maximum Pressure Campaign against iran. Well examine the elements of irans necessary behavioral changes. And thirdly, assess irans willingness to behave as a responsible member of the International Community. Irans pursuit of regional domination following the 1979 revolution transformed the fabric of the middle east. The Iranian
The u. S. And China Economic Security Review Commission held a hearing to examine the current relations between the United States and china. This portion event included a Panel Discussion looking at chinas relationship with taiwan and hong kong. This is one hour and 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Id like to welcome our third panel that will explore relationships we will start with miss ms. Bonnie glaser shes published wildly in academic journals. As well as Media Outlets. And we will hear from dr. Lin. Her commentary on the political economy of Greater China appears in english and chinese media. And we will also hear from dr. Hui. She is written on hong kong democracy movements. I ask all of the witnesses to keep your comments to seven minutes so that we can ask lots of questions which we are very good at. We will start with ms. Glaser. Thank you. For your invitation today. As you know this marks the fourth year of deteriorating relationships between the china and taiwan. At a time when i