Thank you for being here with a special thanks to the audience in the cspan world for joining us this even if is recorded by cspan thanks to the team to be here and joining us. I am the director of the Caribbean Center we are located at Florida International university here in miami and we have another campus where the center is located. The center that i direct is one of the institutes or programs of centers that the school of Public International affairs we are absolutely delighted to be hosting or coasting these events a thanks to the Chaplains School thanks for supporting this it is degraded to have on your campus. Also to the Cuban Research institute a little bit of why we are here last year the Brookings Institution specific and Foreign Policy team from the Latin American Initiative reach out to me to see if we were interested in cosponsoring a steady a steady on one of the of more dynamic sectors of the cuban economy in the context of 2014 of the relationship since then. So ted
Resonated with a lot of voters if he can just stay focused on that message and stop getting pulled in to these attacks, namecalling, inside controversy. Hillary clinton and senator king getting criticism. Some say the some say the two were over prepared for their debates. Is that something the Clinton Campaign is aware of . Yes, very much so. A lot of the Hillary Clintons shortcomings during the first debate were overshadowed by donald trumps. But a lot of Trump Supporters i talked to notice them. Saying that she seemed robotic and scripted and the little to forced. All things she has been working on. All think she will continue to work on. And tim kaines performance did not go over well. There has been a lot of criticism of that. Again, all of those things i have to think are being internalized by the Clinton Campaign as they get ready for the next debate. After the first debate donald trump telegraph that he might go after bill clintons past indiscretions, will that be a topic . Will
Resonated with a lot of voters if he can just stay focused on that message and stop getting pulled in to these attacks, namecalling, inside controversy. Hillary clinton and senator king getting criticism. Some say the some say the two were over prepared for their debates. Is that something the Clinton Campaign is aware of . Yes, very much so. A lot of the Hillary Clintons shortcomings during the first debate were overshadowed by donald trumps. But a lot of Trump Supporters i talked to notice them. Saying that she seemed robotic and scripted and the little to forced. All things she has been working on. All think she will continue to work on. And tim kaines performance did not go over well. There has been a lot of criticism of that. Again, all of those things i have to think are being internalized by the Clinton Campaign as they get ready for the next debate. After the first debate donald trump telegraph that he might go after bill clintons past indiscretions, will that be a topic . Will
Afghanistan is in its youth. While you are not quite youth, you are still a representation of the new generation that comes from a different background but has lived through a lot of the tragedy of afghanistan. If you could make a minute to talk about your background. In brief, i would say that as child no one believed that would be in this position. The people of my country gave me the honor of serving in the most important diplomatic position. That is a showing of where afghanistan is. We have had over 30 years of a difficult period but the afghanistan people are hard working and they have turned the table around. Today afghanistan is a functioning democracy, it has, as president mentioned, opportunities for our youth, for our population, and the opportunities that we didnt have, we have pulled out selves out of the rubble and built our country. A democracy we continue to build on. You and your family went through a lot in the process getting here. The vast majority of afghans suffer
From others in the World Community working together in harmony towards a common goal. Address to much conflict to be embraced by the World Community. And with the diplomatic community. This independence from britain they appreciate in the first diplomatic ties from 1921 to reinforce stand consolidated and the population is almost 32 million. And only 27 percent of the population lives in the urban area with two official languages. Afghanistan is a land winked , not long not locked almost as big as the state of texas but take that as the complement. With the demographic of less it is equally boys and girls young men and women equal empowerment and the future of afghanistan will not be as bright they 2012 usf afghanistan finding jury Strategic Partnership and to promote peace and Economic Opportunity and now at 200,000 strong the Africa Armed Forces hitting together by a common cause to help develop a new afghanistan with numerous challenges and threatens to supersede to the internal Sec