Of Master Sergeant trevor de boer who 1st deployed to afghanistan back in 2002 and recently told stars and stripes quote when we started this people asked why i was going and my response was so my sons dont have to fight this war well through no fault of Master Sergeant aboard that mission has clearly failed as his son payton slopes has now is also served in afghanistan even at the very same Forward Operating base that his father served at this never ending war has even outlasted the New York Times special at war a section dedicated to covering it the times of war editor Loren Katzenberg took to twitter to announce that the paper will be ending its at war forum pointedly commenting that there are fewer and fewer spaces that exist to examine the experiences of war and the toll theyve taken on both americans and the citizens of other nations for whom the cost of recent conflicts is almost insurmountable yet too often forgotten. And that my friends is why when it comes to americas war the
, will get underway. Guest she is the former governor of michigan. She was governor when the economic crisis hit the state, hit the u. S. Pretty badly, michigan in particular with the Auto Industry. She proved herself to be a champion of alternative green energy during that time and really pushed it in the Auto Industry as a way to get them out of tough times. And i think that she met then Vice President joe biden when he was pushing the Obama Administration stimulus act at that time, so they have known each other. She has personal and Work Experience there. Host who might object to her nomination . Guest i think she will be confirmed. There will be objections. Republicans have already made it clear that they have some objections to her, although i do not think they are insurmountable. The objections will be to the larger biden agenda on energy, as well as a former governor and as a speaker at the doc, she was outspoken on her criticism over republicans, so i am sure we will hear about
Christopher ford is the assistant secretary of state for International Security and nonproliferation. He talked about Nuclear Security policy at the Stimson Center. Some other of the topics included Nuclear Terrorism prevention, efforts to denuclearize north korea, and chinas role in fostering Nuclear Security in the region. Well, ladies and gentlemen, a very good afternoon to all of you and welcome to the Stimson Center. My name is brian finlay. Im president and ceo here at the Stimson Center. For those attending this very event for the very second time, many apologies. It was not, as you may have assumed, our speakers agenda that caused the cancellation, but an exploding manhole. We started paying our bills yet the Stimson Center again and were back in business and very pleased to be welcoming dr. Christopher ford back to the stage. Chris, for those of you in the know, is of course the assistant secretary of state for International Student and nonproliferation. Chris previously has d
Christopher ford is a assistant secretary of state for International Security and nonproliferation. He talked about Nuclear Security policy at the Stimson Center. Some other of the topics included Nuclear Terrorism prevention, efforts to denuclearize north korea and chinas role in fostering Nuclear Security in the region. Ladies and gentlemen, a very good afternoon to all of you and welcome to the Stimson Center my name is brian finlay, im president and ceo here at the Stimson Center. For those attending this event for the very second time, many apologies, it was not as you may have assumed our speakers agenda that caused the cancellation, but an exploding we started paying our bills yet the Stimson Center again and were back in business and very pleased to be welcoming dr. Christopher ford back to the stage. Chris, for those of you in the know, is of course the assistant secretary of state for International Student and nonproliferation. Chris previously has done a tour on President Tr
Stints in. For those of you that are attending this very event for the second time. Many apologies and it was not as you may have assumed our speakers agenda i cause that cancellation but an exploding manhole but we are paying our bills at the Stanton Center and back at business and very pleased to be welcoming doctor chris ford back to the stage. Chris for those of you in the no and the assistant secretary of state for enough security for International Security and nonproliferation. He talked about Nuclear Security yes laughs chris is going to give a few remarks and will be time for us to ask some clarifying questions but with that chris, welcome back to stance in. Big applause thanks, brian. Its great to be back here. I applaud your persistence after last time, and rescheduling this after the explosion. It sounds so dark. Its i could not that bad. Those of you who been around washington that long i have remember there was a series of exploding manholes in georgetown back in the 90s.