Here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new superpowers, new and new threats. It will be published on may 9th. Tom we look forward to your panel. Beyond the wa
Really. Ours years later. Im christopher bracey, pearl provost and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new su
From Lincoln Center in new york. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. This is the eve of ukraines president ial election. And in the eastern portion of the country militants patrol the street in an effort to hold down the down outin tomorr iin tomor voting. Ukraines Prime Minister vowed the election would proceed despite the rebels calls for an independent pro russia state in the east. Tomorrow we will prove to the world. But we will not be intimidate and we alone will decide how to construct and run our home. Yesterday Vladimir Putin said held expect the outcome of tomorrows voting. For more, by paul, managing editor for the news service. He and a group of journalists met today. What are the headlines from this meeting . You know, it was an interesting meeting. It was three hours. What became clear during the whole meeting was that president putin feels a real sense of agreement and especially i would say the United States for not taking into account what he records as russias needs,
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