This is secretary mitchell get that for Global Public Affairs Bureau we are very honored to have them here today special welcome to our commissioners Advisory Commission Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hill today as we know under the auspices of the Advisory Commission called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa and where it fits in the state department the vision for Public Diplomacy in the 21st century it is my honor to open this event before i turn the mic over to my colleagues for comments i just want to tell you a little bit how things gonna go today were gonna hear some brief comments we have speakers and they will speak at the end of the presentation will be happy to take a questions and comments. Please hold questions or comments until they have been as the presentation. For the moderated to a sergeant will be a microphone please speak into the microphone when you ask you questions because this whole event not only your remarks but also
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] good morning, everyone. We are on cspan and also Live Streaming on the making every vote count facebook page. I want you all to behave. [laughter] the Electoral College is a disaster for democracy. Thats not me speaking. Thats donald trump. Or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you win. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore co
This hourlong event was cohosted by the air force association and Mitchell Institute for aerospace studies. The executive director, thanks to our panelists for making it here. The fall of the soviet union brought in a number of aircraft. Most some areas were reduced even further. There is the actual combat command the remaining aircraft. The capitalization efforts for to our delays, the trend that accelerated with 9 11. The notion of pure competition was provided with an updated way of king. Today the air force finds itself the smallest, oldest aircraft fleet and its history. Near the mission area with high demand with nonstate actors still posing a threat on the low end of the spectrum, nations like iran and north korea remain in contention, china and russia presenting a scale not seen since the cold war. There comes a point when a small number of aircraft can only be stretched so far. This is exactly what the secretary of the air force talked about when she made a for 386 operation s
That passed almost 200 days ago. With the Mass Shootings that weve seen. The fall of the soviet union, a number of aircraft fell. Like bombers reduced even further. Command withmbat y aircraft the capitalization efforts were too often delayed. A trend accelerated in the wake of 9 11. The notion of pure competition is an outdated way of thinking. Today, the smallest, oldest aircraft fleet in history. Area withry mission actor still posing an interior threat. Nations like iran and north korea. China and russia presenting threats on a scale not seen since the cold war. A smallmes a point when number of aircraft can only be stretched so far. What the airly force was talking about when she made her call for 386 operations squadrons. Congress was concerned about the size of the air force. Studies to multiple assess inventory requirements. That brings us to our panel here today. We are pleased to have mark and dave join us. A congressionally mandated effort. Also deputy chief of staff for str
Institute for research for catholic studies at au. I just confirmed with him a few minutes ago something that i thought might have been unlikely but its true. He has two books hot off the press just in the last few months. These arent just any presses. From Cambridge University press his book legislative hardball, House Freedom and power of threat making in congress, and a few months before that, choosing the leader, u. S. Elections in the u. S. House of representatives which looks like this, because it is this. I think theres some copies in the back maybe. No copies but ill talk about that. Ill leave that to matt. Matt was originally supposed to speak with his colleague doug harris from the university of bal mer who couldnt be here. Well leave that with matt. Thanks for making time to join us here today. Welcome. [ applause ] well, thank you very much and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the capital Historical Society. Can everyone hear me . Youre in the back . Excellent. Its gr