Gulf more generally and of course, those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to u. S. Foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories to the conflicts in siria, yemen and afghanistan and beyond, and to have a discussion on such an important and wideranging array of issues we have assembled a Real Dream Team of diplomats with experience in the region and im going introduce them briefly and trust me, introducing them in a timeefficient manner requires distillation of their incredible accomplishments across decades of u. S. Foreign service. Im going to start on my left, your right with ambassador Gerald Feierstein who say 41year career veteran in the u. S. Foreign service and now retired and he was ambassador to yemen during the Obama Administration from 2010 to 13. The Principal Assistant deputy the state for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 16 and has had many other crucial posts of mission in pakistan as well as senior pos
Weve assembled a dream team with experience in the region. Im going to introduce them briefly. And trust me, introducing them in a time efficient manner requires a lot of distlation of their incredible accomplishments across decades of u. S. Foreign service. Im going to start on my left, your right with ambassador gerald federstein who a veteran in the u. S. Foreign service. He was ambassador to yemen in the obama at ministration. Administration. From 20132016 has had many other crucial posts including deputy chief of mission including pakistan and the departments Counterterrorism Bureau and elsewhere in the region, ohman, lebanon and tunisia. Hes Senior Vice President of the middle east institute which is a leading think tank in washington. Immediately to his right is ambassador patrick fills who is peth and executive director of the u. S. Qatar business council. He has a 35year Foreign Service career with many distinguished post including his u. S. Ambassador to qatar. And as advisor
I mean the same here at r t h q what im calling break its 9 pm on thursday here in moscow it is 7 pm in france which has been paralyzed by its biggest strike in years this thursday with workers protesting on mass against the governments plans to overhaul the Pension System transport networks have been brought to a standstill and schools and hospitals badly affected as well demonstrations have been held right across the country are too shy to do bensky has been following the protest in paris. This strike has been planned for many months now and this is against a proposed changes by the french government to the Pension System here in france the idea is that they will amalgamate number of different systems around fuji 2 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on their pensions because it will mean that their pensions perhaps could be lower in the future or in fact that they might have to work even longer and that has caused huge fury here
Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is where our Team International and sean thomas certainly got tagged with us. Right france has been paralyzed by its biggest strike in years with this thursday workers protesting in mass against the governments plans to overhaul the Pension System transport networks have been brought to a standstill with schools and hospitals badly affected as well and instructions have been held up right across the country one of the largest trade unions in the france says 1500000 people marched in support of the protests while the interior ministry estimates 800000 took part to show dubinsky has been following events for us in pairs. This is to propose changes by the french government the Pension System even fronts the idea is that they will see a model come a number of different systems around food you 2 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on net pensions because it will mean that pens
Immediate action to stop Climate Change reza tune back the star of the movement sailed across the atlantic to take her message to the u. S. But not everyones on board. The flight in my opinion they should strike at the weekend but during school hours. In europe the young activists spent their Summer Vacation Building Networks discussing in formulating their shared values and core demands. 16 year old funk ahem bliss from berlin has been active in the fridays for a future movement for 6 months. Schools out for the summer but shes been up since 6 oclock. Yes. Thats and her friend emile are heading to dortmund in western germany to take part in a fridays for a future Summer Congress. They met on a strike. Pretty salacious. Theyre on their way to the station like all the young environmental activists in the movement they make a point of never fly and only travel by bus or by train. Throughout the summer climate camps are taking place all over europe including in poland the Czech Republic i