When so many find themselves worlds apart, just to look for Common Ground time after time they were going underground 24 hours after afghanistan and the un cohosted a conference to safeguard Development Project after a charity save the children found over 26000. 00 children have been killed or maimed as a result of the u. S. U. K. War in afghanistan, coming up on the show. What fate lies in store for the socalled graveyard of empires . As u. S. President trump withdraws thousands more troops from afghanistan. A country used as a battleground by foreign powers. For decades, we ask the former Senior Adviser to the u. S. , special representative for afghanistan, and i want Everyone Needs to know as little rocket attacks, kill or injure scores in kabul. All this and more coming up in todays going on the ground, but 1st rocket attacks on the capital. Kabul greeted the news of President Trump finally fulfilling part of his election promise to draw american troops from 1000 years and counting
From the council on Foreign Relations, this is one hour. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations report launch of the independent task force preparing for the next pandemic. Perforce we will be talking about the one we are currently experiencing. Im the host of Weekend Edition sunday. We have more than i think 760 registered for this virtual meeting. We will do our best to get to as many questions as we can. But a little bit about this event. Began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to this Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. They are responsible for the content of the new reports and in the task force programs 25th year launching the 78th and id like to welcome you to this discussion called in proving img pandemic. Thus, lessons for covid19. A brief introduction of the panelists. We have Sylvia Burwell the professor at the American University and the former u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services under president obama. Welcome to you. Also joining us is franc
Of an independent task force. They talk about the Global Response to covid19, the role of the World Health Organization and Global Health disparities. From the council on Foreign Relations, this is one hour. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations report launch of the independent task force preparing for the next pandemic. Perforce we will be talking about the one we are currently experiencing. Im the host of Weekend Edition sunday. We have more than i think 760 registered for this virtual meeting. We will do our best to get to as many questions as we can. But a little bit about this event. Began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to this Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. They are responsible for the content of the new reports and in the task force programs 25th year launching the 78th and id like to welcome you to this discussion called in proving img pandemic. Thus, lessons for covid19. A brief introduction of the panelists. We have Sylvia Burwell the professor
That a deeply held believe that everybody almost everybody uses different kinds of tricks and manipulation studio and you kind of subvert the house and take expression of political will and based on lies democracy is i do it in certain the way they are relying on laws and regulations to ensure that its self interest authoritarian nations maybe doing that and more in crew there are ways but ultimately i think the conclusion of your book is that everybody doesnt. No really i mean i dont think thats the conclusion theres a lot of countries on in the book which dont really do it or at least do it less and theres a lot of countries in europe in north america that you know manipulate elections instead in ways not enough us so really United States for example it is true that historically black populations of minority populations to struggle to be able to vote and express their Political Rights and thats still an issue that the United States needs to do today its also true that gerrymandering
But a little bit about this event. Began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to this Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. They are responsible for the content of the new reports and in the task force programs 25th year launching the 78th and id like to welcome you to this discussion called in proving img pandemic. Thus, lessons for covid19. A brief introduction of the panelists. We have Sylvia Burwell the professor at the American University and the former u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services under president obama. Welcome to you. Also joining us is frances townsend, a cochair and former assistant to president bush Homeland Security counterterrorism and vice chairman and general counsel are in chief Administration Officer from the forbes incorporated. Welcome to you. Thomas is a codirector and senior fellow from Global Health economics and Development Director of the Global Health programs. Finally stewart patrick, the senior fellow in governance and director of the