Moving closer to russia, which happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. Brandon kendhammer is politics professor at Ohio University and expert on politics in west africa. Hejoins us now. Thank you and welcome to the programme. What is your take on what we are witnessing in niger right now . Right now . Good morning. I think what right now . Good morning. I think what we right now . Good morning. I think what we are right now . Good morning. I l think what we are witnessing right now . Good morning. I. Think what we are witnessing is likely the consolidation of any Military Regime. Enough time has passed now that we have a general sense of who was in charge or who would like to be in charge and while we have seen a fair bit of International Response at this point,
But we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. That really is the necessary foundation. The developments happen as a Christian Aid Group says an american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in the country. It happened on thursday near the capital, Port Au Prince, after the us advised all its citizens to leave the country because of the worsening Security Situation. Gangs control large parts of haitis capital Port Au Prince and kidnappings for ransom are common. Earlier, i spoke about the situation in haiti with harold isaac, a journalist based near Port Au Prince. Kenya says that it is prepared to send a Multinational Force to haiti what more do we know about that and how it might work . Very little at this stage. I mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to Foreign Police or Military Person
The Border Control and security initiatiinitiatives. We have been blessed to navigate the challenges. Welcome me in welcoming jim zigler. [ applause ] thank you for that very kind and generous introduction. It is pleasure and honor for me to introduce the keynote speaker. Senator Patrick Leahy from the great state of vermont. I consider him to be a good friend. And for all of you who are doubting it is possible for republicans and democrats to be friends in washington today. Didnt say it was easy. I said it is possible. But it is a special honor to introduce the senator Patrick Leahy because he is a champion on of the cause that brings everyone here and that is human rights for everyone and everywhere. I think there is no greater champion for human rights in the United States congress than our friend Patrick Leahy. He is determined and indeed his historic work to advance human rig rights is too extensive to detail and give him time to talks as well. But i will talk about the 23 public
Received through medicare and according to dr. Jason fullman and mr. Or dr. David rats are this unelected body will have the unprecedented ability to singlehandedly change the allocation of health care resurgence should medicare spending exceed medical inflation which for the record it consistently does. Dr. Novack what are your views on those ipaa i believe its called the independent payment Advisory Board . As i mentioned earlier its a serious area of concern. For those of us and from those families creating another new layer of bureaucracy making determinations about accessibility suspect in the right direction. I would add i think there is fairly significant bipartisan opposition to the independent advisory lord because of the way its structured. Their decisions effectively have the ability to bypass congress. Do you have evidence that competition and choice is a better way to increase value and reduce costs and the government bureaucracy and experts . I think theres a fair amount