And at 3 00 p. M. Eastern, thomas do dolby, author of the speed of sound, breaking barriers in technology. Senators ben cardin and mar cue rubio spoke at an Atlantic Council discussion on human rights abuses by the administration of russian parking light Vladimir Putin. After their remarks, a Prominent Russian dissident swho survived two poison assassination attempts. [ indiscernible chatter ] one, two, three. One more. One, two, three. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Atlantic Council. Im paula dobriansky. Im on the executive committee of the Atlantic Council board, and i really want to commend the Councils Center for todays program, which is entitled the state of human rights in putins russi Russ Russ Russ russia. Todays forum is particularly timely. Russia has experienced the worst crackdown in human rights in decades, and we have three keynote speakers who will be up first and all of whom are making a difference in their own way. Theyre strong outspoken advocates for freedom
Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. I am shannon oneill, a senior fellow here at the council for Foreign Relations. We have seen in recent years recognition of corruption and wideranging consequences. Both for the nations in which it occurs and u. S. Foreign olicy. Intensified economic and social inequalities, it drains Development Dollars and if prevents presents obstacles for democracy by undermining the legitimacy of institutions and countries. Endemic corruption erodes trust in the government and it drives me citizens toward radical movements. Insurgencies that threaten those countries as well as in u. S. Interest. It is crucial the United States ddress these threats and develop effective strategies to ombat this abroad. It will mean working alone as well as in concert with International Partners to address bribery, graft and other forms of corruption. We will delve into these today. We have an Impressive
Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. I am shannon oneill, a senior fellow here at the council for Foreign Relations. We have seen in recent years recognition of corruption and wideranging consequences. Both for the nations in which it occurs and u. S. Foreign olicy. Intensified economic and social inequalities, it drains Development Dollars and if prevents presents obstacles for democracy by undermining the legitimacy of institutions and countries. Endemic corruption erodes trust in the government and it drives me citizens toward radical movements. Insurgencies that threaten those countries as well as in u. S. Interest. It is crucial the United States ddress these threats and develop effective strategies to ombat this abroad. It will mean working alone as well as in concert with International Partners to address bribery, graft and other forms of corruption. We will delve into these today. We have an Impressive
Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. Everyone knows that the senator, we know he has been thinking about these issues for many, many years. Let me start off by asking you in your time here, 30 years are close to 30 years here in washington, you have dealt with a lot of foreignpolicy challenges. Youve dealt with wars, economic classes and refugee crisis. All sorts of threats and amid all of these, where did corruption link . Thank you very much. Take you to the council on Foreign Affairs for holding this series of discussions of dealing with corruption. You have to realize there are forces working against us. We scheduled this over a month ago and we had snow. Here i am trying to get away from the Nuclear Fallout happening in the United States senate. There are outside forces at work here. Corruption is you talk about my experiences when i first came to congress, i got involved in the Helsinki Commission basical
Sue coppedge had been nominated to lead the state departments efforts to prevent Human Trafficking. She discussed the issue at her Senate Confirmation hearing. Senator bob corker chairs the Foreign Relations committee. The hearing is 45 minutes. Senate of Foreign Relations committee will come to order. Today, before us we have Susan Coppedge to head the tip off for state. Im thrilled that shes here. I just came from a meeting this morning. I was over at a church here on the hill. There were people here from all over the country to push the legislation that we unanimously passed out of the Foreign Relations committee under your leadership as chairman of the modern Slavery Initiative act. It was pretty overwhelming. I know i try to stay out of pulpits. This was the only place from which i could speak today that had a microphone, but it was pretty overwhelming to see the numbers of people up here who care so deeply about this issue from all over the country. And the issue of trafficking o