The Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4th, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of ukrainian studeniranian studentd the u. S. Embassy in the wake of the iranian revolution in february of 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages on january 20th, 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 440, some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of students shoutinging antiamerican slogans and tauntingly burning the American Flag traumatized a nation and presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies as the 2012 movie, argo and they continue to weigh on the public discourse. So here, today, we want to explore this Lasting Impact on the hostage crisis a bit further and we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which
Theres a couple areas of inquiry, all things Jeffrey Epstein and hopefully about the implementation of the First Step Act and where could we go from there. How could you buildyt upon that . Those of the three areas i would like to talk about and altered over to senator feinstein. Thank you very much, mr. Cha. I want to welcome you. Its wonderful for me to see a woman int charge, and so we can celebrate it for a few moments at least. You are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 federal inmates, and one of the Justice Departments largest employers with approximately 35,500 employees as of may of this year. As the chairman mentioned, there are two issues i hope we can focus on. One is the first act, which he mentioned, and the second is problems with staffing and conditions within your department. Im going to put most of this in the record, but i think, i think what ill do, mr. Chairman, in the interest of time is just put the statement in the record. Without objection. Se
You to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for into security affairs. We have been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of our policy research over the past decade and while he is serving in the Administration Since 2017 and randy thank you for your service to our country an Important Role you play in the administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense i President Donald Trump on january 82018 previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered china taiwan hong kong and australia all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state from 2,122,003 and served as an activeduty nato Intelligence Officer deployed in operation Desert Shield and desert storm. Beyond his government career randy has been a leading thinker on wings of issues in u. S. China relationships over two decades and a robust voice on the future of that relationship asking
Was not and is not a black spot in his case. His whole case is light, purity and blessing. Thank you very much, mr. Haji awan qasim dolawi, thank you for your presence in our program, i invite you to stay with us, especially the khabar program. On the day of the burial of the body of the martyred president and his companions. We are witnessing the passionate and historic presence of the people of tehran the funeral ceremony of the body of khadim alreza. Martyr president ayatollah raisi and his entourage, which started an hour ago on elginal street and azadi street in tehran , we can see a very enthusiastic crowd who are present at this event. The delegation of the government, mr. Doctor , i offer my condolences and greetings. May you be well. I offer my courtesy to you and the great nation of iran. I also offer my condolences to the Supreme Leader of the revolution and to the great iranian nation. We can see that president martyr ayatollah raisi , of course, has many characteristics of
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