Now a a discussion on human rights and democracy around the world since the cold war. Foreign policy experts look at how americas leadership impacts the world. Florida International University and the making institute hosted this discussion in miami as part of an annual conference on the state of the world. Its just over one hour. Readings to those gathered at florida International University. I salute your efforts to address the days Foreign Policy challenges and the role of American Leadership in the world. It is important to remember that what happens abroad and how people live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite the evils of oppression, poverty and extremism to take root around the globe. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic order that is provided peace, prosperity, and human achievement at home and abroad. American leadership strong alliances with fellow democratic nations are vital to this cause. At the Bush Institute we are w
It is wonderful to be here. Thank you for the work you doing. I note that i somehow made it here from the judiciary hearing on the Inspector General report on the fbi. Im here then can return to ask my questions, which means that that hearing is going on for a really, really long time. It is an honor to be here at the counsel on Foreign Relations which has played such a major role in the world for 98 years. You were founded in the league of world war i and treaty of versailles, which was when america rejected a b global role and retreated in isolationism. The rest unfortunately is history. Since that time, cfr has sought to help remind us of the importance of engaging in tworld and helps us think about how we can work to resolve global halls that affect us here at home rather than simply wishing them away. Several years ago, David Ignatius of the Washington Post once wrote a column call ed the internationalism of the heartland and in it, he wrote about how some of the defining voices o
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With that term . Guest you know huiwei back in 2001 i was sitting around playing with some ideas and broadband discrimination, Net Neutrality i put them onto paper and one of them just had to stick. Larry was talking earlier about the neutrality network. Net neutrality is a little catchier. I didnt think it would catch on but somehow it did did. Host well the president this week professor wu spoke about Net Neutrality. Here is a little bit of what he had to say. Im laying out a plan to keep the internet free and open and thats why merging the federal Communications Commission to do everything they can to protect Net Neutrality for everyone. They should make it clear that whether youd use a computer, phone or tablet internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or limit your access to a web site. Cable companies cant decide which on line stores you can shop at or which streaming services you can use and they cant lead to any company pay for priority over its competitors. To pu
Cuts, its tax enforcement Taxpayer Service improvement of the i. T. Systems have to be put on hold. In terms of the implement ache of the Affordable Care act, i couldnt be more pleased with what the employees of the irs have been able to do. Thank you commissioner. Thank you, senator sasse. Let me admit back the envelope calculations are dangerous my logic was in error. Really the extrapolation 172 times 2, would be 344 in the second year and 430. Its not i want to correct the record. I was wrong. The so really looks like the minimum penalty will be the maximum penalty if we extrapolate it. Were not talking 3,000. Were talking 325, 695 is average. I want to correct that. Senator mccaskill. Appreciate your staffs input because i couldnt do that on my own. It was me. It seemed, man, thats why i started going through that logic. This is unbelievable. And it was unbelievable. I was wrong. 435 sounds a lot better. Sorry. Commissioner, you know, i get everybody is offended at the notion i wa