[inaudible] od [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Noon my name is stephen and i will be p moderatinganel the panel providing atique for e war kind of critique on the war on terror. I am a professor at the Naval Academy and i teach courses on American Foreign policy and ethics and International Affairs and iso i have two guests today. One is urgently on his way. The one we are missing is the correspondence with the New York Times and a person whose provided a lot off the story of the american response to september 11 attacks and since that is the story we are discussing today, hes a great person to be with us provided he were with us. Hes on his way from the National Airport and should nashville airport and should be here in another 15 minutes or so. James risen won his first Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting about 9 11. So appropriate, and command he won the second Pulitzer Prize writing about the Bush Administrations warrantless wiretapping is part of the National Securi
Their spouse has passed away, they are, in general, tougher and financial circumstances. It is not that i would not have some sympathy for changing benefits, but i would like to do is lower the most for those who are most capable of withstanding the reduction. What do you say . I think the most important point to make about the change cb i is it saves you very little in the long run. It raises you very little on the tax side. If thats the only thing we are contemplating, i guess we talked about eligibility for medicare but we were not talking about sufficient reforms to fix the problem we face. While historically, the chain cpi may have gone up by two or three points less than the cpi w use, there is no guarantee. Is just a forecast. That is just a forecast. We could save more or less depending on how things work out in terms of real reform, i would much rather look at something of this sort that bob discussed, some sort of progress of indexing approach to the problem. That would lower
Take over at the cia. Hamid karzai is coming to washington later this week, the headlines this morning about president obamas Foreign Policy agenda for 2013 we want to hear from you what are the challenges in 2013 on the foreignpolicy front . The numbers are on your screen. Send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook. Also send us an email. We are getting your reaction today to the nominations put out by the white house yesterday. President obama had a News Conference to put forth chuck hegel as well as the john brennan. To head the cia. Also, there are the headlines in the newspapers of syria, iran, peace in the middle east, etc so we want to get your take what to you think of Foreign Policy issues in 2013 . Here is some comments on our Facebook Page what is your take on this . We will get to your comments in a minute. The front page of the Washington Post here is the front page of the Huffington Post this morning these are all the headlines in the Huffington Post this morning.
We are talking about Health Care Workers here that particularly in the situation in dallas who were willing to step up to the plate and assume some risk to themselves in order to care for a victim of this terrible disease. That is a decision that demonstrates a lot of character and is consistent with the kind of spirit that makes the citizens of this country so roud of. I think today is a day for us to be reminded, particularly with the emergence of this video, the First Healthcare worker, who was transported to nih read this is a woman who assumed significantly personal risk, more risk than she thought, not because she thought it would get her fame, because she thought it would give her a raise, she did this because it was her job and she is passionate about her job in caring for someone who is sick, someone who she did not even know. That is worthy of praise and acclaim and attention. At the same time, the cdc has a responsibility to make sure they are communicating clearly with thes
We are going to be talking about Media Coverage of the evil outbreak. Ebola outbreak. [video clip] unless a medical professional has contacted you personally, fear not. Do not listen to the hysterical voices on the radio and television. The people who say and write these things are being very irresponsible. Can see on our facebook page, a lot of comments. The media has been hysterical. Usual. Yed, like some of the comments coming in on facebook. Is some recent figures. 4493 deaths so far in west africa. One in the u. S. 2458 in liberia. Article, bbcnying reports how many people have died from ebola in west africa. It sounds like an easy question, but the answer is certainly not. The most recent official figure from the World Health Organization posts 4493. 12,000 could be a better estimate. Theres a bit of uncertainty about how new people have it. Thats how many people have it. Confirmed,e up of suspected and probable cases. Liberia, sierra leone have some of the worst funded Health Ca