Today we will talk about irans influence in the region, and in iraq in particular, in the context of ongoing demonstrations, and how iran is working to destabilize iraq, as well as the evolution of u. S. Foreign policy toward the Iraqi Government. First i will introduced our distinct panelist and ask that they provide some overarching remarks, before turning it to them for any directed discussion. So, first to introduce our panelists. Michael, who we all know, is a former Intelligence Officer with over 28 years of experience working on security, terrorism, countries urgency and politics in the middle east counterinsurgency and other issues in the middle east. He spent considerable time working on malign iranian influence in iraq as an advisor embedded in Prime Minister malikis office. Feedback] the iranians are interfering microphone. [laughter] the next guest is a political activist. He is a founder of the iraq foundation, a Nonprofit Organization committed to the support and promotio
But yes, they do. They do contradict themselves, of course. Thank you. Mr. President . The senator from maryland. I send a question to the desk for the house managers. The senator from maryland, senator van hollen has a question for the managers. The clerk will report the question. Would you please respond to the answer that was just given by the former president s counsel. Mr. President , thank you. Im not quite sure which question the senator was referring to, but let me quickly just dispensive of the counsels indication again of bond versus floyd. This is a case i know well. And i thank him for raising it. Julian bond was a friend of mine. He was a colleague of mine at merrick university. He was a great civil rights hero. And in his case, he got elected to the Georgia State legislature, and as a member of snic, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, headed up by the great bob moses for a long time, he got elected to the georgia legislate checks, and they didnt want to allow
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Time has always been complicated for JJJJJerome Ellis. (Mr. Ellis uses this spelling of his first name because it’s the word he stutters on most.) As a composer, poet, and performer who stutters, he comes up against time limits that most people take for granted.
“A time limit assumes that all people have relatively equal access to time through their speech. Which is not true,” says Mr. Ellis. “I can rehearse something as many times as I want,” he says, “but I don’t actually know how long it will take to say anything until I have to say it.”