Congress. This two hour discussion was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Welcome to csis. Im dr. Mark warren the head of the project on military and diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Our project is focused on history. Were delighted to cohost todays event with the world war i Centennial Commission and the csis project on prosperity and development and dan rundy who runs that project here, thank you to you for your support. When we think about when historians think about one of the most important points in history world war i comes out at number one. Americans tend to be fixated on other wars like the civil war and world war ii. It is the most important and were here today to try to provide some additional awareness. 100 years ago to this very day, Woodrow Wilson appeared before joint session of the congress here in washington to deliver his 14 points speech and wilson had been a professor at princeton and was president
Welcome to csis, and thank you for braving todays weather. It is great to see all of the interest in world war i. For those who have not been here before, our project is focused on history that also provides insights into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays vent with the world war i centennial commission, and the csis center, and thank you dan fundy for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in world history, and world war i usually comes out at number one, and americans tend to be fixated on the other wars like the civil war and world war ii, but this is the most important, and we are here today to try to provide some additional awareness, and so 100 years ago to this very day, Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his 14 points speech. Wilson had been a proare fes sor at princeton and president of the institution, and he drew upon the academic colleagues t
Its all about the documentary at sundance fill festival. Why more and more people are flocking to see factual films. The u. S. Is looking for a push to end the war in syria. Secretary of state john kerry will try to ease concerns about warming ties with iran. Kerry said that hes confident that possess talks will go ahead but hes not sure when theyll start. One of the things that we did today that i think is really important is that we set up a clarity for how to proceed forward in the initial steps. In the negotiations with syria were confident that with Good Initiative in the next day or so those talks can get going, and that the u. N. Representative special envoy will be convening people in an appropriate manner for the proximity talks that will be the first meeting in geneva to begin to lay down the process to try very hard to implement the geneva communique, and have a transition that takes place according to the u. N. Security Council Resolutions as well as the vienna communiques
Opinion. What is the balance between government secrecy and the publics right to know . Here are the numbers to call you can also find us online here is the headline in the Baltimore Sun this morning. Brennan targeted over drones. Looking at some of the opinions coming in on the editorial pages of the newspapers. Usa today that is of the newspapers Editorial Board opinion. Jumping down, it says the opposing view that usa today publishes to give a counterpoint says end the u. S. Covert drone war. Naureen shah at columbias humanrights institute writes she points out the war is waged secretly because the pakistani and Yemen Government have the time feared their citizens would oppose open u. S. And all involvement. What do you think . What is more important, government secrecy or the publics right to know . Lets hear from walter from butler, indiana. A republican. Are you with us . Last time for walter. Caller yes, maam. Hello . Thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it. I sit here and
Cartridge . He was involved in overseeing a number of these activities, yes, there was a relationship. Were they so concealed that the first attempt to find did not find them . Yes, the method used was one of the best we had ever encountered. So mr. Alawlaki is by not an american citizen by where anyone in america would be proud . He was part of al qaeda, and it was his determination to kill americans on behalf of al qaeda. Thank you. Is it true that in the last four years the fbi has arrested 100 people, either planning, conspiring, or trying to commit a terrorist attack on this nation . Yes, they have arrested a lot of people. That is because of good, sound intelligence. I think what people forget is that they will kill us if they can and it is extraordinarily difficult if you cannot get into where they were hiding. Would it have been possible to have arrested mr. Alawlaki where he was in the yemen . We work very closely with yemenis to see if we can arrest individuals. If we can, we