Stance which was very unified and was clearly you can see it how all the the leaders of the resistance whether it were hazballah the secretary general of hazballahs resistance in addition to the head of ansar allah you of also have the resistance in iraq for example you have also the the official and popular stance in syria they all had one main stance which is if the holy sites in palestine are touched or violated, and there is a clear attempt to destroy it and therefore the retaliation will not only be from the Palestinian Resistance, it will also be from the entire resistance block or the entire Resistance Alliance or people call it the axis, whatever you want to call it, but basically that Strong Alliance that is growing in the region, those grassroots movements that began as humble resistances now have become paramilitaries, theyve become very Strong Military powers that are capable of facing the israelis and we also had very significant event in the region, which was the assassin
Reproductive health at georgetown millions of dollars to look at the efficacy of fertility beads for Family Planning purposes and there has been evidence now that those do work, they are efficacious and we can fund those as a tool to use to reach our goals in Family Planning. Obviously were going to have a whole lot of other tools. But that particular tool is acceptable by many religious groups opposed to the other tools. And so i think that is one positive story that we might look at replicating. Do we have other questions from the audience . Right here in the middle. Hi. My name is jana carp, im hear from the state department. And it has come up a couple of times in terms of the ebola crisis in west africa but i was wondering if you could speak more generally about the role that faithbased groups could play in pandemic preparedness and response and sort of Lessons Learned from ebola in the past year, two years. Other questions . Again, my name is rosemary, i just go back to the coope
Was the white house aware an indictment was imminent you flew on air force one with the president to philadelphia or criminal Justice Reform . No squl sgl and on the minimum wage, 15 minimum wage im wondering if the white house is willing to support 15 minimum wage. Jordan president obama has made clear eight years since the federal minimum wage increase last passed that action by congress to raise the minimum wage is long overdue. In a previous state of the Union Address we suggested congress raise the minimum wage to 10. 10. More recently we supported legislation by senator congressman scott raising wage to 12 an hour by 2020. Theres a number of proposals pending before congress. We just want them to move on one that we believe that despite this president s leadership in bringing this country out of an economic downturn that we havent seen since the great depression, that despite the longest stretch of private sector job growth in our nations history that wages have not grown fast en
Good evening. Welcome to the Elliot School. And to this beautiful Conference Venue that we have available to us this evening. My name is ambassador laura holegate, here at the Elliot School. Emphasis on the visitor part. Im not here very often. But its a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. And youve all seen his biography in the title of this evenings talk of a discussion on an intelligence career. And its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. And its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community. In the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government, and overseas, as well. And maybe its not listed in his bio, but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea. To rescue a couple of ameri
The president of the National Iranian council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, advocating dialogue. His latest text i called losing an enemy. Its good to have you back on this program. With the president in asia, so much to talk about tonight. Well get to all of that tonight. After we talk about what the president himself cannot avoid. This is horrific news out of texas. s fascinating you happen to be our guest tonight, in part because every time we have a conversation, its about the muslim ban, terrorism, international terrorism. And here again, another conversation we have to have tonight about domestic terrorism. What do you make of what happened in texas . Im heart broken as everyone else here. I grew up in europe, i have to tell you, i have a hard time understanding why it is we believe the right to bare arms is above the right for children to live . And yet this conversation about this Second Amendment is as difficult, impossible a conversation to have as is the conversation abou