Issues for the u. S. , talked about his report. This is an hour and a half. Good morning. I Melissa Dalton. I direct the cooperative Defense Program at this center for strategic and international studies. I am pleased to welcome you to responsibility, the approach to security in afghanistan. I want to share with you first are building and safety precautions. We feel secure in our building but we have a duty to prepare for emergency. I will serve as your response will Safety Officer in this event. Please follow my instruction should the need arise. Finally, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways for this room directly behind you and down the stairs. If there is an incident behind you, we will go out these doors, follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting to distinguished individuals from the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The executive director himself, john sopko, sworn in in j
Good morning, everyone. My name is melissa and i direct the project here at the center for strategic and International Studies and im divided to welcome you to todays event. The u. S. Approach to security jurisdiction in afghanistan. Before we begin today, i want to share our building safety precautions overall we feel secure that as a convener we have the duty to prepare for an emergency. I will serve as your Safety Officer at this event. Please follow my instructions. Finally take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways to the room or directly behind you down the stairs if theres an incident behind you we will go out these doors, you follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting two distinguished individuals from the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the director himself was sworn in as the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction in july, 2012. He has more than 30 years of expe
To this white house staff. Secretary. A lot of acting in front of names. What does this mean for the president . Anna the president seems to be very comfortable with that dynamic because he likes to have centralized control. He does not mind having people in positions of power that are beholden to him and report directly to him and he penned on him for their importance and for their relevance. It is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is troubling to some members of congress who want to defend their constitutional right to approve cabinet members. Especially when it gets to some of the Senate Republicans that have been more institutionalist. They are uncomfortable with these vacancies, especially when it comes to the defense secretary. I know Bloomberg News just released a story on the usmca fight, the new nafta, tell us about what we are reporting and what you see ahead. It seems like it has run into choppy waters. A slow burnas been all year and it seems like one of the president s t
Middle east highlighting the conflict between israel and paul stein palestine. This is from the annual Aspen Security Forum in colorado. The region. This is from aspens security forum. We have a wonderful panel and today we are going to discuss the middle east in 38 minutes and 55 seconds. We will take your questions. I want to start with the former foreign minister. At the dinner last night. Jane hartman hosted a dinner and there was a disturbingly excellent magic show put on by the former acting director of the cia, john mclachlan. And jane got good at saying tagger abracadabra. I think the bitter thing john was saying, getting back to the theme that underlies all of these sessions, is really anyone who watched the magic show last night is wondering, how the heck did he do that . And it is the metaphor that we know it alls do not know it all. But for part of the coalition the National Ways is greater israel is about the lands not democracy. I know it is unknown where we are heading.
A, as it actually takes up behind us. A lot of look now, the smug nitrous it machine power your towards the cause most brush i had to the mood for the 1st time in almost half a century as part of a 10 vicious Lunar Program for the coming years are 2 visits. The key irena in transport hub considered a gateway to huge opportunities for traits between the most densely populated world market. The good morning from oscar. This is our to international with the latest and world news today and bureau, isabel, welcome to the program. Now to our top story, this our, the west african block echo last has given the order to activate and deploy its stand by forces to deal with the unfolding situation. And these year, the statement comes as a summit of its leaders, wrapped up in the nigerian capital this thursday, 2 weeks after the cool in the me. Thatd become a t, a big chief of defense stuff to activate the aqua stand by force with all its elements immediately order the deployment one of the ac was