A terrific venue and compelling cause and a wonderful place this evening. It is an honor to join these titans of diplomacy as we commemorate the fall of the berlin wall. I want to begin by thinking the Diplomacy Center foundation for the important work it is doing to honor the contribution of american diplomats and preserve the history for future generations. 9, 1989back, november was a pinnacle day in history. But it took time to understand the magnitude of that moment. It is a moment that stands as a tribute to the resilient work, to the incredible men and women d the Diplomatic Mission behind the genetic mission. They promote Economic Prosperity and Global Leadership of the United States. And onple in this room the front lines all over the world, it is a mission that never stops. Today, the United States and its allies have new complexities to navigate, different adversaries, and new global threats. The pace of the Technology Change is made the world smaller and presented new opport
Moon is unpopular as he is could very well get that simple majority, because after all he is counting the votes. The most important thing for job one, the most important thing for the opposition in korea, those who want to preserve their democracy is to make sure that they take back control of the national assembly. The main opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party currently holds 110 of those 300 300 sea. Some small conservative parties hold a scattering of others. Its important then that you actually get at least 100 seats and hopefully more. We know if they dont, moons party, the Democratic Party of korea, will try to amend the constitution. April 15, therefore, is do or die, now were never and it is now also a time to safeguard rights, democracy and freedom in the republic of korea. Since becoming president in 2017, moon has tried to return in south korea to a more authoritarian style of governance. He has taken control of the big broadcasters to reduce the airing of dissenting vi
A neighborhood street festival in the german city of cologne for a dying cause a band pedestrians and bicyclists a free to use the streets normally traffic clogs these roads and clues to be in levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides are high in downtown cologne. Pediatrician christiane during is trying to raise awareness of the problem. Among your kids have a cigarette off. The cigarette made of chewing gum symbolizes the invisible danger of particular matter and nitrogen oxides it represents the 2 cigarettes with toxins during says cologne residents inhale every day. He sees a lot of young patients with respiratory problems in his practice. Public in the us dr seuss for fish with an r. P. G. And trip practice is located nearby. In an area with heavy traffic and weve observed an increase in the problems children have in the months when we get temperature inversions they start and then the polluted air is trapped below and theres an increase in respiratory irritants from t
You can find more information in your program guide. Now, heres gordon chang. Good afternoon. If i could have your attention. We are going to get started. Im susanna sheltie president of defense Form Foundation is my great honor to welcome you to our congressional defense and Foreign Policy form. Please enjoy your lunch and help yourself to anything you might need during the program. I know you all are very busy so im especially appreciative of you taking the time to be here for this very timely program. For those of attending the form for the first time, the forms began in 1980s as a way to bring expert speakers to capitol hill to discuss critical topics and bipartisan collegial atmosphere and as we promised, we have an expert speaker to address a critical topic. And very bipartisan collegial atmosphere. One thing to note there are a lot of media here so i would ask during the question answer period if you would reserve that for the Congressional Staff because of their limited time co
Ground. Jonathan peel is in ashkelon and said this response. Israels Military Operation to eliminate the threat inside its own territory still isnt over. This afternoon, near the border with gaza, more israeli troops being sent in to clear out pockets of hamas fighters. Their Surprise Attack that shattered any image of israels invincibility. Up to 1000 Palestinian Militants broke through the fences and barriers supposed to contain them. On this road, evidence that many have now been killed. But three days on, and some are still fighting. This road is littered with the bodies of hamas fighters and burnt out, smashed up vehicles like this that they were using when they infiltrated across the border. Gunfire. You can hear gunfire still going on here. They are still clearing the area, the israeli forces. Smoke rising in the distance, apaches overhead. This clear up operation is still not over. You cannot be here. Its dangerous for you. The Military Block access to no go areas. And still, r