Hour. Good afternoon, everyone. I want to welcome you all to todays meeting on u. S. Turkish relations, the shifting nature of two named alice. Im Ellen Laipson and im currently the director of the International Security program at George Mason University and its a great pleasure to preside over todays discussion on a topic that i think is particularly compelling. So in our topsyturvy world where we write love letters to authoritarians and would publicly disparaged our allies, its interesting to think what is a u. S. Turkish relations fit in that sort a spectrum from how we treat allies and authoritarians. It seems to fit into every category, or maybe none, maybe well try to figure out today a special is the case of u. S. Turkish relations. Its often been a tumultuous relationship, one where the executive branch and coastal always see eye to eye it is a fundamentally a secreta partnership, or do we have a turkeys democratic standing . If turkey is questioning its nato membership and it
From president obama, the first time leaders from the u. S. And iran spoke directly since 1979. President obama says he believes a comprehensive solution can be reached on Irans Nuclear program. Facing a tuesday deadline the house of representatives meets to consider a senate bill passed today. Senators approved spending legislation that keeps the government funded through mid november and the government shutdown. The election removed a portion of the house bill that called for the end of funding for the Affordable Care act. Thats the news for this hour. America tonight is next. More news on al jazeera. Com. See you back here later. On america a Surprising New connection the president s speak. Could it be the first call in a new relationship between washington and tehran . The very fact that this was the first communication between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deepness between our countries and indicates the prospect of moving behind that difficult histo
Security. A letter from the nsas Inspector General documents cases since 2003. In most cases the accused are employees have resigned, no criminal prosecutions have taken place. Beginning december 21st, new jersey gays federal tbhafts they could get if they were illegally married. Thats the news at this hour. Im john siegenthaler. America tonight is up next. Ill see you back here monday night and you can get the latest news on aljazeera. Com. See you back here later. On america a Surprising New connection the president s speak. Could it be the first call in a new relationship between washington and tehran . The very fact that this was the first communication between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deepness between our countries and indicates the prospect of moving behind that difficult history. Also tonight speeding into trouble grand theft auto v rockets into record sales. But critics want to put up brutality. You cant be a superhero in real life. Fantasy.
Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this muggy of this conversation about war and peace new tools for messy transition. We are gathering at the time that we can see the end of both the iraq and afghanistan engagement, and this event in a way is pivoted around the offer by the special Inspector General for the iraqi reconstruction to present some of the findings for the final report so the special Inspector General office created in 2004 is now completing its work so it is a moment of reflection and looking back at what are some of the
We dont have any monuments officers nearby that were able to make it tonight. One, in fact, does live not too far from philadelphia. However, were very fortunate and its such an honor for me to introduce to you all dean hellers other son and his wife are with us here tonight. Thank you very much. [applause] i recall reading a quotation by president kennedy that said a nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but the men it honors and the men it remembers. And by that standard, we as a country today very poor job because we dont remember. We didnt know this amazing, remarkable legacy of our country during the most destructive conflict in history. And we paid a horrible price for it in the years that followed, not having monuments officers. In particular, in the aftermath of the looting of the National Museum of iraq in baghdad in 2003. This is one of the things that i created the monuments been foundation for the preservation of art to deal with, not only with a legacy of