Good morning, everyone. Welcome to brookings. We are here today to discuss afghanistan, as you know. In one sense, it is still a time of year. Hopeful. L 15 years into the afghanistan 9 11,n and 15 years after we know there is an ongoing very struggle throughout the broader middle east and in. Fghanistan is itself we are glad you came to join in this discussion. There are couple of words i want to say before introducing the panelists. The approach here is to have a broad discussion framed by each of them. We will talk amidst ourselves and then go to you for our question. All want to commemorate and and the victims of 9 11, this the families, soldiers and marines. In the and everyone else Intelligence Community who have worked so hard, offered a great sacrifice. It is just a day and moment to reflect and honor them since we are approaching 9 11. Second, in the way of commemorating big event, i want my colleague who has been the Communications Director who is leaving brookings after toda
Game against the packers you can see kol krin kaepernick sitting down on the side lines while hes tame mates stand during the National Anthem and this is not the first time he sat out the anthem, it is just the first time people took notice. Yesterday Colin Kaepernick explained he is protesting the way people treat people of color. Kaepernick believes this stems from a lack of training for officer. I will continue to sit and stand with the people that are being oppressed. To me this is something that has to change. And when there is significant change and i feel like that flag represents what it is supposed to represent and this country is representing the people twhat it is supposed to, ill stand. We dont think he is a bad teammate just because he decided to voice his opinion on such a strong topic but we just cant allow this to divide our team. Some 49ers teams have applauded kaepernick on social media. Others, not so much. Here is one man who set a kaepernick jersey on fire. Thats h
Happy to be here. A highly sensitive financial document leaked this past week sending shockwaves from wall street to the kremlin. We are talking about the Panama Papers a treasure trove of stunning details of the secret personal fortunes of the worlds most powerful leaders and those closest to them. Leaders like russias Vladimir Putin. At lease one head of state iceland Prime Minister has artists that down. Anthony with those as Bruce Richardson and founding partner. Some say the leaks are great because its pointing to transparency and others say its well shaming. Whats your opinion on the leaks . I think its a lot like wikileaks. It went both ways so it scared everybody at the government levels because it was an illegal use of information but for the broader Public People look at it and they say this is shedding light in bringing transparency. Sunlight is the best disinfectant so maybe this will clean up a lot of shadiness in our financial system. I used that with my kids when im tryi
Happy to be here. A highly sensitive financial document leaked this past week sending shockwaves from wall street to the kremlin. We are talking about the Panama Papers a treasure trove of stunning details of the secret personal fortunes of the worlds most powerful leaders and those closest to them. Leaders like russias Vladimir Putin. At lease one head of state iceland Prime Minister has artists that down. Anthony with those as Bruce Richardson and founding partner. Some say the leaks are great because its pointing to transparency and others say its well shaming. Whats your opinion on the leaks . I think its a lot like wikileaks. It went both ways so it scared everybody at the government levels because it was an illegal use of information but for the broader Public People look at it and they say this is shedding light in bringing transparency. Sunlight is the best disinfectant so maybe this will clean up a lot of shadiness in our financial system. I used that with my kids when im tryi
Happy to be here. A highly sensitive financial document leaked this past week sending shockwaves from wall street to the kremlin. We are talking about the Panama Papers a treasure trove of stunning details of the secret personal fortunes of the worlds most powerful leaders and those closest to them. Leaders like russias Vladimir Putin. At lease one head of state iceland Prime Minister has artists that down. Anthony with those as Bruce Richardson and founding partner. Some say the leaks are great because its pointing to transparency and others say its well shaming. Whats your opinion on the leaks . I think its a lot like wikileaks. It went both ways so it scared everybody at the government levels because it was an illegal use of information but for the broader Public People look at it and they say this is shedding light in bringing transparency. Sunlight is the best disinfectant so maybe this will clean up a lot of shadiness in our financial system. I used that with my kids when im tryi