Israel has built one of the worlds great civilizations, a strong resilient, determined and prosperous nation. It is also a nation forged in the commitment that we will never allow the horrors and atrocities of the last century to be repeated. Now, we must Work Together to build a future where the nations of the region are at peace. And all of our children can grow and grow up strong and grow up free from terrorism and violence. During my travels in recent days, i have found new reasons for hope. I have just concluded a visit to saudi arabia, where yesterday i met with king salman and with the leaders from across the muslim and arab world. And that visit we reached historic agreements to pursue greater and greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism and its evil ideology. My future travels will take me to visit pope francis at the vatican. And then our nato and european allies. We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region. And to i
To a night of terror, after an explosion outside a concert in the uk by american pop singer Ariana Grande. The blast occurred just outside the Manchester Arena where grande performed monday night. nat pop screams terrified concertgoers many of them teen or preteen girls fled the chaotic scene. nat pop sirens many parents had no idea if their children were killed or injured. Voice of Charlotte Campbell mother of concertgoer she went to the concert with her friend. Spoke to her just before 10 00. She was enjoying herself. And weve not heard anything from her sincecondemnation for the attack was swift mayor andy burnham Greater Manchester this was an evil act. Our first thoughts are with the families of those killed and injured and we will do whatever we can to support them. Manchester police say they believe the suspect died at the scene. And are treating the attack as a terrorist incident. Chief constable ian hopkins Greater Manchester police we believe the attacker was carrying an impr
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[applause] thank you are coming. Its my pleasure to introduce to you, commissioner michael bueller. He was appointed to the Security Commission by president obama and is sworn in an august 2013. He was delegated by President Trump to be in german in that capacity from january 23rd of this year to may 4th. His term expires in june 2018. Previously, dr. Pirowar worked at the sec in the office of Economic Analysis with the division of economic and risk analysis as an academic scholar from iowa state university. He was a professor of finance at iowa state university, earned a ba in Foreign Service in International Politics that can take an from georgetown and phd from penn state. Today we are not going to have a set presentation, but instead a formal question and answer format. Im going to ask mr. Pirowar a number of questions and then we will open it up to the audience so you all can participate in the discussion. Commissioner pirowar come with the new chairman of the securities and Excha
Our everyday selves. Let us rededicated ourselves to the principles of peace and goodwill toward men. Welcome to christmas sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning, and merry christmas. Happy first day of hanukkah, as well. Happy holidays to everyone. When donald trump rode down that escalator at trump tower on june 16th, 2015, its safe to say very few people predicted that a year and a half later we would be sitting here looking ahead to the trump presidency. Trumps victory was a triumph for people who had had it with the federal government. For people who felt overlooked by democrats, and for folks who felt dismissed by the scheduled elites. At the same time, his victory was a bitter disappointment for a plurality of voters, many of whom were disgusted by his campaign and uncomfortable with his unpredictability and his coziness with nativist language. As we look ahead to the trump presidency, we wanted to loo