Atlantic council includes former First Lady Laura Bush and afghanistans first lady. Good morning to the viewers in the United States and good evening to our viewers in afghanistan. Thank you all for joining us today for the addition of the Atlantic Council front page partnership with the george w. Bush institute. I am on the board of the Atlantic Council and also vice chair of the scowcroft centers for strategy and security. Todays conversation comes at a crucial time for afghanistan. Afghanistan is at a key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the television and the Afghan Government in. These talks give hope for the end of two decades of war in afghanistan they also raise certain concerns. Its truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the games that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally. In the last two decades particularly as the negotiations have been underway the p
Afghanistans first lady. Good morning to the viewers in the United States and good evening to our viewers in afghanistan. Thank you all for joining us today for the addition of the Atlantic Council front page partnership with the george w. Bush institute. I am on the board of the Atlantic Council and also vice chair of the scowcroft centers for strategy and security. Todays conversation comes at a crucial time for afghanistan. Afghanistan is at a key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the television and the Afghan Government in. These talks give hope for the end of two decades of war in afghanistan they also raise certain concerns. Its truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the games that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally. In the last two decades particularly as the negotiations have been underway the peace talks represent a major opportunity to ensure they are
Starts at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Former First Lady Laura Bush discusses minority rights hosted by the Atlantic Council and the george w. Bush institute. Good morning to our viewers in the United States and good evening to our viewers in afghanistan. Thank you for joining us for todays special edition of the Atlantic Council front page in partnership with the george w. Bush institute. Port of the Atlantic Council and also vice chair of the institute for center for strategy insecurity. Todays conversation comes at a crucial time for afghanistan. Afghanistan. Afghanistan is at a key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the television and the Afghan Government in. These talks give hope for the end of two decades of war in afghanistan they also raise certain concerns. Its truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the games that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally. In the last
Welcome, everyone across myriad platforms and around the world and live on cspan2 to Atlantic Council front page 4 the hash tag for the twitterratti among you. Its our honor to host the 70th secretary of state mike pompeo, former director of the Central Intelligence agency, former member of congress, former u. S. Army officer, finished first in his class at west point, Harvard Law School graduate and of course, much more. Im fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council and mr. Secretary, this is a heroic day. Israel and bahrain are set to sign an accord, first such agreement between israel and an agreement in more than a quarter century. And theyll sign with the u. N. And ba bahrainy foreign ministe. We have a lot to discuss in the half hour. The china issues, but lets start with the middle east although i know you have a few prepared comments. My first question would be, looking at the longterm implications for the u. S. And the region of this accord. How does the u. S. Allian
She was the first lady. She has been a u. S. Senator. We are delighted that she is going to have another first with us, as she will be the first speaker in our brandnew series, election 2020, americas role in the world, powered by samsung. This is also at the same time, part of the Atlantic Council front page series. This is our premiere platform of global leaders, we have had heads of state from colombia, afghanistan, venezuela, and singapore. We have had the secretarygeneral of nato. So we are delighted to add former secretary of state, hillary clinton. Between now and november, we will feature the most prominent voices shaping the International Dialogue to explore questions regarding u. S. Leadership and interests in the world alongside our friends and allies. And that of course is always the focus of the Atlantic Council. Secretary clinton knows that this is a time of geographic distance, but at the Atlantic Council, we dont believe so much in social distancing. We have a huge audi