The investment. So to attract those we have to make sure that those investors have confidence that if this is a good product it will be approved in a timely fashion and that it will be reimbursed in a reasonable fashion and if you look at i hate to do this but if you look at the case which cures hepatitis c, no more liver transplants, it will save American Society enormous numbers of dollars. Its going to cost to pay for that drug but in the long run it is because of successes like that that investors will say yes lets put more money into this enterprise. I think this idea has multiple layers of benefit to health care and the development of new medance. We had a truly net worked electoralcal medical records in the u. S. , it would also be a network for Health Care Providers to find patients similar to their own in terms of demographics to stage of disease to collaborate in terms of treatment and health care and finding out what has worked, what hasnt worked and u how can that be done i
Resolutions that will expire sometime middecember. It will be up to a lameduck session of congress right before congress to take defending that right before christmas to take the funding. Host thanks for the information. Is twitter handle abettel. Midterm elections two months away, the Associated Press reported today that there will not be an executive action when itident obama comes to immigration. At least not until after the midterms. There continues to be congressional reaction to that news. John boehner releasing a statement that reads there is never a right time for the president to declare amnesty by executive action. The decision to simply delay this deeply controversial and possibly unconstitutional unilateral action until after the election instead of abandoning the idea altogether smacks of raw politics. Responding to the president not taking executive action. Bill nelson tweeting this was the right immigration called by the president even the tea Party Struggle hold on the
But this to me is culture in the very narrow sense. Ill talk about the broad sense in a minute. Most of our conversations i think about culture are culture in that narrow sense. When it comes to culture in the narrow sense, we have some lingering questions. And i think it was in part reflected in i guess it was a twitter that you received. If we want to talk about music, what is islams stance on music. How do we recognize the whole business of musical compression with the parameters of islam that we understand to be something that we are responsible for in terms of how we go forth and charge the efrds realities of life. So thats another challenge that we have. And i think, quite frankly, what we need are much more open discussions about these things. But i think the worst place that muslims can find themselves is in this nevernever land where theyre perilized. You know, i listen to music, but im not sure i should. I play music but no. This kind of paralysis can breed that double consci
Government with iranian officials here shes nice to hear professor lecture at American University in washington. The writing has appeared in the new york times, politico, Foreign Policy and Washington Monthly among others. They came to us last night from virginia, took a late night train and what id like to do is turn it over to you for your thoughts and comments to start off. Thank you very much. Im going to start for us today. Let me thank you much for hosting us to thank you for coming. Its an honor pleasure and we look forward to nature scene discussion today. Im going to start with two provocative themes from our new book, going to tehran why the United States must come to terms with the Islamic Republic of iran. The first of these means, and these two get at the heart of our book. The United States is today enhanced and for the past two years a power and relative decline in the middle east. The second core team as the biggest beneficiary of american ongoing decline in the middle
Of the right frequency. Thanks. Thanks very much. Youre watching booktv. Next, flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett argue that the u. S. Needs to change its policy towards the government of iran which they say is a rational actor and will play a leading role in the middle east for years to come. This is about an hour. It is an honor this morning to introduce Flynt Leverett who served at the state department and cia, but hes currently a professor at penn state out of carlyle. Also with him is Hillary Mann Leverett, and she served at the National Security council and the state department. She negotiated the u. S. Government, with the u. S. Government with the iranian officials. Shes now a senior professor, lecturer at American University in washington. Their writing has appeared in the new york times, politico, Foreign Policy and washington monthly, among others. They came to us last night from virginia. They took the late night train and stayed here. And what id like to do is just turn it ov