But nevertheless theres huge opportunities there. I will be another example where engagement by the United States and the region has been a spectacular success. And that is colombia, i dont know what they call in english actually, company plan i guess. [laughter] i think thats a. [laughter] sometimes my mind switches and i apologize. This was the plan to deal with the dramatic social turmoil in columbia with the drug cartel and the violence was significant and the Previous Administration they made a significant effort to provide Technical Support military support economic support, the president made a real commitment to open up the economy to allow people to liberate the economy so that it would be more Economic Opportunity. And it was a huge victory. We should apply that same type of approach right now. The president has not proposed a. I havent seen the details of it, for the northern tribal states and Central America which have a very similar situation perhaps even more grave. And t
Screeria nigeria. And the Senate Armed Services Committee Questions the commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan. At a house Armed Services Committee Hearing today retired general michael flynn, the former head of military intelligence, testified about the threat posed by isis. He calls for a more aggressive strategy against the militant group in iraq and syria. President obama has asked congress to pass a new authorization of military force against isis. Congressman Matt Thornberry chairs this two hour hearing. On wednesday, the president submitted to Congress Proposal for authorization to use military force against isis. Although the president ordered combat operations against isis take place in iraq, since last august and in syria since last september, only now has he sought congressional authorization required by the constitution. Despite air strikes, press accounts say isis expanded control in syria, the world has been horrified at its barbarrism. The u. S. Has a setback in yemen
Our black americans who recently, and we cant tolerate that any longer. So i think there is we should leave thinking about dr. King and his vision and dream we all can be treated with dignity, and justice because were all part of humanity but we do have a lot of work to do, to achieve that vision still. [applause] now, i will leave it over to autumnlilly for closing. Today at the city club we have been participating in intense and enlightening discussion. Are thank you to shakyra diaz chief gonzalez, jonathan gordon, and ambassador jones. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for coming to this forum. I hope that you guys learned a lot about your roles in this community and this forum is now adjourned. [applause] have to hit the bell. Snowy day here in the nations capitol as it is on much of the east coast. The federal government is closed due to the weather. Also happens that congress is not in session this week. A number of congressman and senators are out and about on congressional dellga
Monitoring a woman who was working for the director. Large parts of the west ant artka have began to collapse. A rise in global sea levels is now inevitable. There was a startling Development Today in nigeria in the case of hundreds of missing school girls abducted a month ago. The radical Armed Islamic Group Boko Haram released this video saying all of the women in the vails were kidnapped and have been converted to islam. The leader says the girls will be held in the Nigerian Government freeze all militant prisoners. Now from the capitol of abuja. Their kidnapping shocked the world. Now these images are likely to cause further distress. In the 17 minute video released by their boko haram kidnappers, the girls are heard speaking in arabic. Three of the girls are interviewed to say they were christian but converted to islam while the third says she is muslim. Its hard to determine from the video the location where it was shot. Boko haram leader also makes a separate appearance. In his
History. He wins and 72 over mcgovern , the biggest landslide in history. In fact, at dec. 72 he says someone asked not to write a book about all of this. And having the most successful presidency of all time. But, boy, how the mighty have fallen. That story, of constantly looking at the interest, how someone can be the most powerful person and take that kind of cataclysmic fall, and these tapes are forming of just a part of the story. They need to be supplemented with memo, oral history. I wanted to think john dean for coming here to austin and providing your insight and firsthand knowledge and stealing the buck. [applause] and he wrote a biography of warren harding. [laughter] [inaudible question] [applause] [inaudible conversations] and that was a conversation about the nixon presidency. We will be back with more live coverage from the texas book festival after this short break. Coming up next a memoir. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American Histor