The Exceptional Leadership in knowledge that resides in the jackson network. Today is no exception. All of our panelists today are senior fellows who teach here at yale. Our moderator today, secretary john kerry graduated from yale, and like jacksons founder, john jackson is joining us today, secretary kerry, left new haven to serve in vietnam. He then served more than two decades in the u. S. Senate before becoming the 68 secretary of state under president obama. You probably know all of that, but what you might not know is that secretary kerry continues to pay it forward, helping to train the next generation of leaders here at the jackson yaleste and across many schools. It is my pleasure to welcome secretary scary. You might offer perspectives on how you assess the global ramifications of covid19, and then introduce our panelists. Thanks. Sec. Kerry thank you very much, and ted, thank you for for theng this event jackson institute. It is the underwriter of what we are doing today, a
Assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic pros, reporting in the city on National Security affairs, and in his new book, the ambassadors, he applies hhis Extensive Knowledge of National Security establishment to highlighting the valuable roles plaided by some veteran played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four in particular, ryan crocker, Ann Patterson and Chris Stevens as examples of how senior skilled state Department Officers have worked with our military and intelligence communities in such countries as afghanistan, iraq, syria, pakistan and libya to combat terrorism and manage challenging situations. At a time when the u. S. Diplomatic corps is being downsized and disparaged, pauls book is a reminored of the vital reminder of the vital contributions ofri some of the state departments finest, the risks theyve sometimes had to take and the courage theyve often shown. The professionalism and high minded
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declassified. and providing any evidence that he had declassified any of these documents. now as we and others have reported, and as every expert we have spoken to has said, there is a process for declassification. and if you don t believe them, take it from these republican senators today. there is a process for declassifying documents. there is a process that one must go through. okay. so that s pretty clear. what isn t clear or accurate is what the former president claimed in an interview last night with his tv friend sean hannity. if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it, because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you re sending it. and it doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process, but it doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision. so when you send it, it s declassified. even by thinking about it. those are his words, which raises the
Reason that adam was heading to turkey. It is an interview youll only see on nbc bay area. Cheryl hurd says the Attorney Says adam is innocent. Reporter if anything the Attorney Says he is guilty of caring for others. Adam is innocent. Reporter that is the bottom line from the attorney who says his client is not a terrorist. There is no statement he is intending to join a terrorist group or go to syria at all. Reporter that is contrary to the federal indictment that says a federal grand jury is accusing the 22yearold fremont Web Developer with one count of attempting to provide Material Support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. This is a case unfortunately in which an act of humanitarian aid is being interpreted as one with terrorist intent. Reporter his client traveled to turkey last year to help refugees. But according to the indictment he was in cairo on a family trip in july 2014. His father reported his missing and told u. S. Embassy officials he was afraid that adam