Want to hear from you on what you believe the president s influence and legacy will be on Foreign Affairs issues. Efforts against isis, syria, the Iran Nuclear Deal may be other topics you want to engage in on the president s influence. Here is how you you can let us know. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488002, independent colors. Tweak us or go to our facebook page. A recent piece in the washington about the president s Foreign Affairs talks about the use of restraint that the president has seen over the last eight years. Madeites this mr. Obama it clear that restraint was his primary choice. The result was that those who wish america may have had little incentive not to defy it. Exhibit number one for the critics was the president s failure to enforce his own redline in syria a failure that contributed to a perception of weakness. Yet it is simplistic to assign blame for all the worlds ills to obamas restraint. A moreot clear that aggressive policy would have
You can post it on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Or send an email to booktv cspan. Org. What is on your Summer Reading list . Booktv wants to know. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, welcome to the heritage foundation. We welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org website. We ask mike courtesy checks of cell phones and other noisemaking devices have been muted as a courtesy to our speaker. Our internet viewers are welcome to send questions and comments by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post it on the heritage page for everyones future reference following todays program. Hosting our event is James Jay Carafano who serves as Vice President of the catherine and shelley institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. He is also our ew richardson fellow, graduate of west point and 25 year veteran of the army, adjunct professor at Georgetown University and served as visiting professor at the National Defense university, serves on the
Supporting us. The service of american men and women in our country has been made possible by the bipartisan support of the congress of the United States. On behalf of our parliament and people, i salute and thank you. It has always been a pleasure to receive the congress men and women during your trips to afghanistan. Please do come again and again. And if you are in service, please come in your proud uniforms. I have a unique opportunity that when senator graham was just as a colonel, i asked him to salute our british general and he complied. So thank you. Veterans will always be welcomed in afghanistan. Our deepest hope is that the time will come when americans visiting our country, see the Cultural Heritage and natural riches of the valley the ancient architecture the fishing streams, the forests and the ancient architecture of another. Not as soldiers but as parents showing their children the beautiful country where they served in the war that defeated terror. On behalf of my enti
President obama i have the honor of visiting to you the president of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan. President ghani in the name of god, the merciful and compassionate, Speaker Boehner Vice President biden, Senate Majority leader mcconnell, House Majority leader mccarthy, House Minority leader ms. Pelosi Senate Minority leader, ladies and gentlemen of the congress, please allow me to thank you for your gracious invitation to address this unique forum of deliberative democracy. Above all else, id like to begin by thanking the people of the United States whose generous support for my country has been such immense value in advancing the cause of freedom. [applause] more than one million brave americans have served in afghanistan. They have come to know our snowcapped mountains, our valleys, our windswept deserts, our parched fields, our rivers and our plains of waving wheat but more important than knowing our geography theyve come to defend and to know our people. In return, the peop
Since September 11, 2001, keeping visas out of the hands ofterrorists has been a top priority for the Administration and Congress. Congress needs a more effective committee structure tooversee the information technology and human capital programsrequired to support the new system, and the Administration needs toinstitute organizational changes and establish appropriate measuresof effectiveness to ensure that the current system operates asefficiently as possible.