Host the Bloodiest Day was yesterday so far in the tensions between the israeli army and hamas forces. Later today, were focusing on Foreign Policy with an event we are covering at 2 00 eastern time, the middle east policies of, and next, our focus is a rock. We are going to take it to the atlantic counselor for live coverage. On the threatsg between iraq and syria, also known as isis, and it will analyze u. S. Policy in the middle east. This figures will include the iraqi master to the u. S. And the Deputy Defense department secretary. Life coverage here on cspan with the Atlantic Council. Thanks for joining us on this monday. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Again, we are live this morning as the Atlantic Council here in washington, d. C. , is hosting a discussion on the escalating violence in iraq and the threat of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, known as isis. Analysts will look at u. S. Policy in the middle east. Among the speakers, we expect to hear from the iraqi ambass
Yeah, that, you know, the fact that they can live there and prosper and grow is as a result of having a healthy, a healthy watershed. Right. So this sort of picking apart of the protections is, you know, is troublesome in that, you know, we have tried in addition to the regulatory work to really look at kind of watersheds whether theyre sort of the big, iconic, you know, ecosystems that we think of, the everglades, chesapeake bay, the bay delta in california or, you know, the watershed that supplies fort collins and its neighboring cities that we have to take more holistic approach particularly in light of a changing climate. So youve served in two different decades, two different president s. Whats the thing that not, not how are the president s different, but just in terms of politics, whats the biggest change you see . Well, i actually think there are two, and one of them is very positive, and one of them, i think, is very negative. And the positive one is something that was alluded
House on the offensive. The Defense Department put out a statement indicating secretary hagel decided not to attend todays events because he did not want to distract from an event that is that was held to honor mr. Carter, his service to the country and the new opportunity thats before him. That was a decision secretary hagel made. Jim is live at the pentagon. What is the reaction there to what mr. Carter brings to the table . Krystal, officials here are looking forward to having Ashton Carter come back here to the pentagon. The president said today that he expects Ashton Carter will hit the ground running. By the time that hes confirmed by the senate, and thats pretty much an understatement. After all, he left the Defense Department as deputy secretary of defense only a year ago. Theres not much catching up. He has he knows pretty much everything about how this place runs, about the budget process, about the military he runs because that was his job. He was pretty much general manager
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