Quite an amazing brief im going to talk about ground rules and turn it over o peter so many of you know peter quite well. He is the john hay professor of International Studies here at brown hes a professor also of International Public affairs, and Political Science. He joined the institute . In 2001 and previously he had worked at reid college, had been in Academy Scholar at the Harvard University Research Fellow at brookings, and also Ssrc Macarthur Foundation fellow of International Peace in security he got his ma and ph. D. In government in cornell and b. A. In Political Science at swathmother. Peter is just one of the truly unique and wonderful combinations of serious scholars, innovative, gifted teachers and really just a wonderful colleague. I was very fortunate to gets to know peter in 2013 and associate director of the qat son institute and translated brown and we were partners in crime for a couple of years trying to reimagine the Watson Institute which i think, has done extre
Try to leak his vision led by a a few libertarians as the editors of the economist. Recently they published this article which tom just let me know he authored a couple of weeks ago. The recent and a warrant drugs and Central America have increased Peoples Awareness of the failure of prohibition and the need to tackle the socalled drug rovlin using a different approach. Tom argues that an Economic Perspective can help us to understand how the illicit drug industry and whats wrong with the current policies. He was after all leading freemarket cons from University Chicago using simple ruse of supply and demand who forcefully pointed out the fragility of prohibition. This approach was echoed by none other than the one of latin americas most renowned drug warriors mexican president Felipe Aycock around. Its to acknowledge that there are of its own drug holidays. By the end of his term in 2012 he told the wall street journal if the price of drugs goes up thanks largely to interdiction effor
Melissa is looking at the get away travel. Get away day, virginia 95 southbound right now, not only getting away too quickly here. As youre approaching dale city. You can see the first 4 traffic tracker a bit slow through dale city because of earlier road work that jammed things up this morning. So we have a 3 1 2 mile backup southbound. Before that and after that youre fine. Volume looks quite a bit lighter than it does. Hopefully, people are already out of the town. In the city, 295 a crash under the indian avenue overpass. Two lanes are blocked. 66 into town, a tad slow near 50 because of the earlier accident but looks better than a couple of minutes ago. The bay bridge looking good. Headed across it headed back over to annapolis. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. 6 01 and while you were sleeping, d. C. Police ended the manhunt for a man they say killed a d. C. Family and their housekeeper. Daron wint behind bars this morning. You look at new video of the detectives and agents processing
Do not have to go to the beach to wash their clothes. Their lives are transformed. The have the sense of possibility that you have here. Theyre thinking, how do i get my kid to dartmouth . That is the summit of their aspirations. All i am saying is, lets make it possible for them to do it. Lets realize that we have a great formula and lets fight, be community activists, not just to redistribute the pie, but to widen the pies. And widen the possibilities of the world. Thank you very much. [applause] the National Geographic did a study some years ago of 18 to 25yearold american kids. They asked him to identify countries on a blank world map. 80 could not find iraq. 80 of american young people could not find iraq. 80 could not find israel or palestine. 40 could not find england and 10 could not find United States. That one makes us laugh but the others, not so much. It is hard for americans. That is what american exceptionalism leaves you with. It leaves you with a sense that you we are t
People who work in health care are disgusted. People come up to me all the time and say, did that happen here . People care. When i heard some of the testimony i heard from the phoenix v. A. , it was gut wrenching. I couldnt sleep. Peopleve there are many within the v. A. System who feel the same way. But there exists a cancer within leadership, a few individuals that perpetuate this idea that we should be silent, that we shouldnt stand up and tell and do the right thing, and be honest. Everyone makes mistakes. But when you make a mistake and try to conceal it, that is the question we should be asking who are these individuals who would alter data and hide the truth and prevent patient care . Collects our primetime special on Veterans Health care is tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern. In a few moments, republican senators Saxby Chambliss of georgia, Ranking Member of the Intelligence Committee on National Security. In an hour, the group interamerican dialogue posts every form on Central Am