Die. That effort has grown to include 137 contributors from 14 countries. Last week in sun valley, idaho i talked to warren and bill and melinda about their lives and how the giving pledge came about. Bill it grew out of warrens idea about meeting with other people and learning from them. Why were they engaged . How were they thinking about it . It was the idea that we would create a group and that emerged and it has been amazing to us. We have a yearly gathering. People who have common interests will meet separately and i have learned a lot. I look forward to those gatherings. Its not people pitching each other but theres so much in common we can learn. And sometimes people end up working together. Charlie where did the idea come from and what were you thinking . Warren im not sure. We had that dinner that David Rockefeller hosted. It evolved out of that. We had 15 or so people there counting couples. We went around the table and we asked people to explain what their giving philosophy
The tales of which neither that agency or the white house intend to share with congress or the American People. The Obama Administration has now acknowledged iran and the iaea have, quote, reached an understanding, end quote. But weve also learned now there are no documents. Only agreements, and that those agreements incredibly are not in writing. But thats just what the Ayatollah Khamenei demanded and publicly proclaimed would be the case weeks ago. We take up all of this and more with senator James Langford, former ambassador to the United States john bolton, former National Security council staffer gillian turner. What has president obama done and why are the republicans seemingly doing nothing . Also tonight president obama insists the irs scandal is not real, and even if it were, he says, it would be the fault of the gop. Mr. Obama, incredibly, blaming republicans for not providing enough money to the irs to allow it to do its job, and a stunning new poll shows big trouble, big tr
The tales of which neither that agency or the white house intend to share with congress or the American People. The Obama Administration has now acknowledged iran and the iaea have, quote, reached an understanding, end quote. But weve also learned now there are no documents. Only agreements, and that those agreements incredibly are not in writing. But thats just what the Ayatollah Khamenei demanded and publicly proclaimed would be the case weeks ago. We take up all of this and more with senator James Langford, former ambassador to the United States john bolton, former National Security council staffer gillian turner. What has president obama done and why are the republicans seemingly doing nothing . Also tonight president obama insists the irs scandal is not real, and even if it were, he says, it would be the fault of the gop. Mr. Obama, incredibly, blaming republicans for not providing enough money to the irs to allow it to do its job, and a stunning new poll shows big trouble, big tr
We have a lot of news for you. We need to look at the debate over the u. S. First things first. Lets quickly get onto your market check. This is what i am seeing overall. Losing somes momentum as investors try to digest recent gains spurred by the prospect of tax cuts in the u. S. , but also optimism for global growth. I am looking at oil over in texas. West texas crude sledding to 50 a barrel. Im also looking at gold. The dollar remains higher against most of its major counterparts. Im also look at what is happening in the topix in japan, the highest in two years. Nejra the white house has ruled out talks with north korea over the nuclear arsenal. Spokespeople told reporters that now is not the time to talk, adding that the u. S. Is interested only in discussions threeing freeing american citizens being held in the onion. Pyongyang. The the Justice Minister said the country would use all the tools at its disposal, including if necessary, the suspension of autonomy. S aussi dollar. Inf
Good evening, everyone. I would like to welcome all of you to tonights on the record cfr meeting. I am jim lindsay, Senior Vice President and director of studies here at the council. It is my great honor and pleasure to introduce tonights guest of honor, elliot abrams. Now, i think it is safe to say that elliott is the epitome of the scholarpractitionerblogger [laughter] that we love here at the council on foreign relations. Elliotts formal title is senior for middle east studies. Now, that only begins to explore his great range and depth on foreign policy. And let me deal with sort of the practitioner part of it. Elliott, over the course of his distinguished career, has served in a variety of government positions. Im just going to name three of them, because i think theyve relevant for our discussion tonight. He was assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs as well as assistant secretary of state for interamerican affairs, both during the Reagan Administra