Good morning and welcome to this Commonwealth Club online program. I am Gloria Duffey president and ceo of the Commonwealth Fund and was honored to serve as the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense in the 1990s. Peer are many issues today surrounding National Defense in our military and to the military be used to quell domestic unrest such as the recent protests and should the u. S. Be terminating many of our arms control treaties and contemplating resuming nuclear testing. Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and their statues be removed from our public places. To address these questions and many more today we will have a unique conversation between two recent secretary of defense, doctor robert gates and general james mattis. The bipartisan secretary of defense secretary robert gates served under president george w. Bush and barack obama. He is the author of a new book exercise of power american failures, successes and a new path forw
A and, you know, iran obviously should consider the fact that if it is if its view of the region is solely through sectarian frames, in cofind themselves fighting in a whole lot of places, and thats probably not good for the iranian economy or people over the long term either. I suspect there are folks in iran who recognize that. You know, a, an iraq in chaos on their borders is probably not in their interest, but old habits die hard and well have to see whether they can take what i think would be a more promising path over the next several days. All right . Thank you very much, everybody. Unity, do they have the president ended up taking a wide range of questions. He has taken us over the hour, 11 00 a. M. On the west coast, 2 00. On the east coast. A civil war in iraq, iraq he put it at one point hangs in the balance. A point of clarification here, he kept referring to the terrorist group isil. Weve been calling the same group isis. Its all the same. This group highly armed, highly m
The demand has risen at the Food Banks this year as each location is serving more people than they have in several years. The Hometown Food Drive helps stock the shelves going into the cold holiday months where there is typically an increased need.
The demand has risen at the Food Banks this year as each location is serving more people than they have in several years. The Hometown Food Drive helps stock the shelves going into the cold holiday months where there is typically an increased need.