Recent National Book festival on covert operations. Hi, everybody. Im david ignatius, columnist with the washington post. Welcome to the National Book festival. In this difficult time in the pandemic, one thing we can do is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer which is about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our time which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the washington post, who wrote an extraordinary memoir of husband dealings with Edward Snowden that led to the rflations about nsa technology and surveillance, and the subtitle of barts book says the american surveillance state. I also want to introduce another outstanding author the, thomas rid, who teaches at
Theres efforts to wrap it up. It will not get there when we first have first doses of vaccines. So the real issue is if that is locked up in advance which currently it is being still locked up by wealthy nations, the multilateral initiated by the time it gets the resources to compete will not have so the challenge we have is most of the vaccine manufacturing in these advanced purchasing agreement are in these large and merrily wealthy nations but not exclusively you if they are willing to play ball in sharon early doses the rest of the world will wake potentially months or a year or longer to receive the vaccine they need to protect their Health Workers and most vulnerable populations and that will leave a legacy that isnt just about thishad. It will undermine Global Cooperation on a host of other issues. If we cant cooperate in this situation on it sharing a vaccine, what hope do we have to cooperate on climate change, what hope do we have on otherproblems and with that ill stop and l
I am David Rubenstein coming to from the library of congress with the Jefferson Building and i have the pleasure today to introduce Richard Haass and has just written a book a brief introduction so thank you very much for coming today spent for those who may not know your background lets talk a little bit about the book you are a native in new york going to college in ohio than a rhodes scholar. What did you do to become a rhodes scholar. Not aware there only 32 people picked every year so what do you do to be one of the top 32 students . My children would claim it was administrative error. I did nothing i can also answer was one of 32 people who picked at the right time. My own guess and with that conventional background and with archaeology and i wrote a column for the campus newspaper and took the credit and the religion of a middle Eastern Studies major. I have no expectations of getting it i was not for no student. You went to oxford and got a phd. Classic in and out career i work
About the agency being politicized since its head, michael pack, started the job the june. The executives were fired or quit working for the agency. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record subject to the length limitation in the rules. To insert something into the record please have your staff email the previously circulated address or Contact Committee staff. As a reminder to member staff and others physically present in this room for guidance from the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times during todays proceedings except when a member or witness is speaking. Please also sanitize your seating area. The chair views these measures as a safety issue and therefore an important matter of order and decorum in this proceeding. For members participating remote
Maintain normal Monetary Policy for as long as possible and fixing will be key. President trump wants to return to the campaign trail as his doctors say he is not a transmission risk. The u. S. And europe are not on the list for easing curbs. Haidi markets coming online for the start of the brandnew trading week. Lets go to sophie kamaruddin. After inome enthusiasm cap the best week since april. Australia posted record shipments when it comes to iron ore, putting some down pressure on the commodity. Gold holding about 1900 per ounce, after its second weekly gain. 2300 for bullion, early 2021. The aussie dollar under pressure. It had fallen by 4 . 4 . The offshore yuan on the retreat. Looking forward to the fix to see if that will add more weakness on the offshore yuan. Futures, nikkei Futures Holding steady while the 106,s trading around testing the 65 day line. Todays south korean markets come back online after the long weekend. We have korean trade data later today. Won trading korea