It is a pleasure to be back here in this room where i might mention that 17 years ago in january 1997, a charity meeting that was open who is today president of the American University in cairo. A meeting where we had a dialogue with the first individuals who came to the United States from the taliban, it came to new york about three or four months after they kept taking control to ask the United Nations to give them afghanistans u. N. Seat. Of course not really about was not in the power of the u. N. Secretary general. I make mention of the people who were there, the delegation was led by, a gentleman to get later became the foreign minister and he is one of the reconciled of the taliban. And he was interned for some time. And he is currently of the afghan eyepiece counsel and also reconciled. This includes one of the individuals from to hire, who is the minister of refugees and assassinated a few weeks ago after returning from a confidential meeting in dubai, trying to start some kin
Hispanic in the agreement when these men were appointed to the various positions i think that he was initially the head of the military figure before becoming a civilian and becoming the governor. He didnt care particularly about what the formal appointment was. He was the governor in charge of the Security Forces and both of them of course exercised authority and formally over the several provinces not just of the colleges thatothe colleges e supposedly the governors of. Nonetheless, they didnt behave as people feared that if you did not have a renewal of the civil war of course there was plenty of Economic Activity accompanied by their Illicit Activity into the line between the two things is often quite difficult to discern especially i should add in the view of the fact that the main Economic Activity in both of these areas was the u. S. War effort. Maybe not always thought of as Economic Activity that produced him to distribute it more money than anything else including the drug tr
Then the federal government asked them to be person when the bp oil spill happened so he led two crisis in new orleans. He is a rough and tumble kind of guy. He was arrested twice as an adult and got into fights. He learned because you can be a leader n one domain doesnt mean you will be in another. But he worked well for the coast guard. They loved him. He taught me when you are leading you cannot spend a lot of time in the regret locker. You have to move on. Every person we interviewed experienced significant failure at one point time. We learn more about who we are in moments of failure than success. But the difference between these folks is they have grip and persistance and bounce back with are willing to keep trying. When i studied the whitehouse fell fellowship i was stunned how many were rejected the first time. A bunch of hands. We will start here. Recent whitehouse fellow. How overtime has leadership changed when you see like 50 years is two generations. I think a big reason
Pakistan and afghanistan is also at the event. This is an hour and 40 minutes. It is a pleasure to be back here at columbia particularly in this room where i might mention 17 years ago in january of 1997 i chaired a meeting by the then dean who is president of cairo now, a meeting where he had a delegation with the taliban who came into the United States. This is a delegation that came to new york about 34 months after taking control of kabul. I might mention the people who were there the delegation was led by the person who was later their foreign minister and i saw him in kabul. He is a reconciled member. And he is currently a member of the afghan high peace counsel in kabul and another one who was the minister of refuges and was assassinated after returning from a meeting in dubia strike to start a peace meeting. And their interrupter for the event is likely to be in the next cabinet. So this is a historic room. I met you first at the International Association Service Meeting in san
Defects, cancers and other human Health Issues that coal is responsible for. For the sake of our planet, the sake of Public Health and the sake of future generations, lets stop talking. Epa, do your job. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for picking the drive here. For making the drive here. Next on the panel we have senator mcconnell. And ryan patton. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. Appreciate the chance to come here on behalf of my state. Its my understanding these sessions are intended to gather Stakeholder Input on what people think about future carbon regulations on existing power plants. However, i couldnt help but notice these sessions are scheduled only, only for states where coal does not have a large presence. Like california and massachusetts. Other regions of the country have or are well aware that coal provides nearly 40 of our nations electricity. As such, i ask all of you folks to hold a hearing in kentucky to hear the concerns of coal country. But