And he was really good. People really liked his course and i personally want to have that course, i think we should have it, but something has happened. Student demand for that course is not high and i understand it because student demand i understand so well for journalism is not high either. Its all part of the whole evolution thats taking place in the world and academia. Young people are coming at this from a different perspective than what we came out. Either we adapt to that or we die. It doesnt mean that you do away with public policy, not at all. What i am trying to say is be honest about, one, competitive environment, and two, what the students want, right . So but the course that is we do have are very popular. I teach courses about how to write oped pieces. That goes into international biases and the different between liberal societies. Really everything about how you change the global debate. Thats what the course is called. Then we have other course that is we have to do wi
Today which is the heart of what we all talk about, Public Diplomacy. And you can go back a century to the beginning of the u. S. Governments First Official formal messaging, world war i, john brown did a program about that last year. After world war ii and during the cold war we had education on cultural exchanges very much on the floor and today one of president obamas signature efforts, the Young African Leaders Initiative is bringing hundreds of African Leaders to washington to meet with the president and others today and tomorrow. And then there is the social and digital revolution and media. And that is something which continues to unfold. We have an announcement most recently, i believe thursday is the latest iteration of the innovation in u. S. Messaging this time to attempts to head off recruiting by isis and other terrorists groups appealing to emotion. You may have seen that in the friday the New York Times and other papers. This is a quickly changing field and we have someb
Ittle more than a month after president obama announced a historic diplomatic reboot with cuba and lifting restrictions on americans travelling to the nation, 8 senators and 4 democrats and 4 republicans introduced legislation to go to cuba and this is the first on the trade with cuba and president obama eased some restrictions last month it takes an act to lift the full embargo in place for 50 years, any bill that eases or lifts embargo faces stiff opposition from many lawmakers. Meanwhile cuban president castro is sounding his own opposition to a more normal relationship with the United States so long as america quote blockade stays in place. He also renewed longstanding demands that the u. S. Evacuate the Guantanamo Navel base on the eastern coast of the islands and u. S. Leased the 45 square mile air from cuba since the early 20th century but since 1959 the communist government called the u. S. Presence there illegal under International Law because cuba insists the u. S. Base was i
A little more than a month after president obama announced a historic diplomatic reboot with cuba and lifting restrictions on americans travelling to the nation 8 senators and 4 democrats and 4 republicans introduced legislation to go to cuba and this is the first on the trade with cuba and president obama eased some restrictions last month it takes an act to lift the full embargo in place for 50 years, any bill that eases or lifts embargo faces stiff opposition from many lawmakers. Meanwhile cuban president castro is sounding his own opposition to a more normal relationship with the United States so long as america quote blockade stays in place. He also renewed longstanding demands that the u. S. Evacuate the Guantanamo Navel base on the eastern coast of the islands and u. S. Leased the 45 square mile air from cuba since the early 20th century but since 1959 the communist government called the u. S. Presence there illegal under International Law because cuba insists the u. S. Base was
I want to welcome everyone. I want to apologize to our two witnesses and to everyone else whos been waiting. Just blame me for the delay. That would be the quickest and easiest thing to do. Ill do my best to start on time henceforth. This is hearing number two, reviewing efforts to secure u. S. Department diplomatic facilities and personnel. The committee will come to order. Chairman notes a quorum for taking testimony pursuant to the appropriate House Resolution number and house rule number, i want to recognize myself for the opening statement. In september of 2012, four of our fellow americans were killed and others were injured in an attack on our facility in benghazi, libya. Shawn smith, tyrone woods, Glenn Doherty and ambassador Chris Stevens died under circumstances most of us can not fathom. Fire, violence, the weaponry of war. I want to read something and i want to ask my colleagues to listen to what i read. Not just to the words but i want you to imagine having to live through