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relations hosted this one hour event. [background noises] kirks all right good afternoon everyone. thanks for joining us. i have the pleasure of presiding over this conversation about diplomacy and deterrent. we are going to get started today by having our panelists introduce themselves. my name is camille stewart i am the global head at google at the intersection of our product security team and top social security team i have worked across government and private sector and cybersecurity issues. i am emily harding i and the deputy director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies which is a very long title. i just means i get to oversee the work of six scholars doing tremendous work in intelligence, defense and tech policy. two decades working the federal government both in the senate and senate intelligence committee and then in the intelligence community in a couple years at the white house. i am from intelligence and
all right. good afternoon, everyone. thanks for joining us. i have the pleasure of presiding over this conversation about diplomacy and deterrence. and we are going to get started today by having our panelists introduce themselves. my name is camille stewart, i m the global head of private security strategy at google, where i said at the intersection of our product security teams and our central security team and i have worked across for government and private sector on cyber security issues for a number of years. i m emily harding. i am the deputy director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies, which is a very long title. it just means that i get to oversee the work of about 50 scholars doing tremendous work in intelligence, defense, and tech policy. before that i spent almost two decades working in the federal government, both in the senate and senate intelligence committee, and then in the intelligence community, an
With theirfamilies in israel. It follows Mediation Efforts by the gulf state of qatar, with hamas, designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, saying they were freed for humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages are still being held in gaza, and israels airstrikes and total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end until all of them are freed. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has still not reached the besieged people of gaza. Emergency aid trucks stocked with supplies sit on the border with egypt, waiting to be let across the rafah crossing as part of a deal to allow in limited aid. Lets bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women after their release on friday, telling them that their government quote will fully support them as they recover and heal. And Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken said hes relieved the women have been rele
Humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages are still being held in gaza, and israels airstrikes and total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end until all of them are freed. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has still not reached the besieged people of gaza. Emergency aid trucks stocked with supplies sit on the border with Egypt Waiting to be let across the Rafah Crossing as part of a deal to allow in limited aid. Lets bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher brings us more from inside the halls of the State Department. The release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the State Department. We were sitting down for the Daily Briefing and then we were told that it would be delayed for two hours because of Breaking News. Now, they didnt say