If i could have everyones attention at this time and ask everybody to take their seats. If we might, im congressman ed royce, i chair the Foreign Affairs committee. [ applause ] and we have with us here mr. Force, mike mccall, many of you know is chairman of the Homeland Security committee. [ applause ] congressman brad sherman from los angeles. Congressman hank johnson, as well. What i thought i might do here is let me say a few words of introduction if i could on behalf of mr. Stewart force because i wanted to share with him how much we admire his work, the work he has done, the work his wife has done to try to ensure that no other family has to endure the pain that their family has endured. Their son, taylor force was Great American patriot. He was a west point graduate who served his country with honor in iraq and served in afghanistan. And i remember our meeting last spring with senator corker. My democrat counter part elliot engel and i have put together a bipartisan version of t
He is in the middle east spending his second day insaudi arabia. This is the first trip abroad as commander in chief. He is expected to give a major speech about the fight against terrorism. We will have more on that coming up. We will talk about the reunion between a San Francisco mother and her son. The 21monthold boy was the subject of an amber alert on thursday. He was found safe in Southern California, finally brought back home yesterday. We will have more on that reunion shortly. As we mentioned, off the top of the show, bring it on, bay to breakers is taking over San Francisco. The race has been the tradition since 1912, many years ago. It starts in less than an hour from now. You are taking a look at the prep. Everyone is getting ready. There were folks down here where they were lined up ready to go. The 12 k has change changed a bit over the year but it stayed unique with costumes and color. What kind of weather will the runners get. They like it cool. Its cool. Not for long.
Professors yum harvard, yale, and georgetown university. Its an hour and 45 minutes. Thank you for coming. Thank you so much for coming. Let me first say since this a larger event for a conference, im so honored to be here as your president this year. Its really a thrill for me to be working with all of you this year. And i am also so pleased to be working with adrian lynn smith, our Brilliant Program cochairs. So this is just one of the many events. And for the viewers at home on cspan, you sure want to google it on cspan because we do this every year. And im so glad we have a chance to broadcast this program to other viewers. Diplomatic historians traditionally, the sort of the i think of this as the, you know, a classic sort of position thats now i think under contestation within the field. I think the traditional take on law and Foreign Relations history is that this isnt really what drives the policy, that law doesnt play a causal role. Its a feature of an environment thats determ
Professors yum harvard, yale, and georgetown university. Its an hour and 45 minutes. Thank you for coming. Thank you so much for coming. Let me first say since this a larger event for a conference, im so honored to be here as your president this year. Its really a thrill for me to be working with all of you this year. And i am also so pleased to be working with adrian lynn smith, our Brilliant Program cochairs. So this is just one of the many events. And for the viewers at home on cspan, you sure want to google it on cspan because we do this every year. And im so glad we have a chance to broadcast this program to other viewers. Diplomatic historians traditionally, the sort of the i think of this as the, you know, a classic sort of position thats now i think under contestation within the field. I think the traditional take on law and Foreign Relations history is that this isnt really what drives the policy, that law doesnt play a causal role. Its a feature of an environment thats determ
Ms. Satel welcome everyone to aei. My name is sally satel. I am a resident scholar here. As we know from reading the headlines, on a near daily basis, there is news of the fact that america has one big drug problem. And in fact, overdose from opiates Overdose Deaths come , from heroin and narcotic pills, are now the number one cause of accidental death in this country. So what can policy do about this . What can policymakers do about this . That is what we are here to discuss today. I am joined, very honored to be joined by very esteemed individuals. I think you know them all, but i will give a brief introduction. First, newt gingrich, former speaker of the u. S. House of representatives. Throughout his political life, he has worked to help foster a Health System that provides better care at lower costs. Patrick j. Kennedy, former representative of the state of rhode island for 16 years in the house of representatives. He took a lead role in 2008 legislation that established parity cov