Am paula im on the board of the Atlantic Council and vice chair of the center for strategy and security. Todays conversation comes at a very crucial time for afghanistan, afghanistan sits at a very key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the taliban and the afghan government, though these talks give hope for an inch of decades of war in afghanistan, they also do raise certain concerns, it is truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the goals and gains that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally, and the last two decades particularly as the negotiations have been underway the peace talks represent a major opportunity to really ensure that these gains are cemented. Id like to mention that back in september when these talks began and got underway, at the time initiated by former secretary of state madeleine albright, the Atlantic Council of the advisory board, she initiat
Todays conversation comes at a very crucial time for afghanistan, afghanistan sits at a very key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the taliban and the afghan government, though these talks give hope for an inch of decades of war in afghanistan, they also do raise certain concerns, it is truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the goals and gains that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally, and the last two decades particularly as the negotiations have been underway the peace talks represent a major opportunity to really ensure that these gains are cemented. Id like to mention that back in september when these talks began and got underway, at the time initiated by former secretary of state madeleine albright, the Atlantic Council of the advisory board, she initiated a statement, over 100 former heads of states, prime ministers, Foreign Ministers among many others iss
Things they can do or with organizations that take care of young children, or even if ever they have a specific thing that they like, for example, they like art. We can get them with artists. Or they like photography. We have photographers associations. Or if they want to go in the provinces, we can find maybe some midwife to shadow. [laughter] first Lady Rula Ghani i mean, i think possibilities are immense. At this point, i dont know. I have only been first lady for four months, so bear with me. Nina easton you have your work cut out for you. I want to thank you for being so insightful but so inspiration for a lot of people in this room. Thank you. [applause] Kathleen Hicks thank you everybody for coming, thank you so much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the most memorable of my moment for this week was to hear Senator Cory
On the next washington journal, the latest on nuclear negotiations. Now that a framework deal is in place in switzerland Christopher Hill joins us. He served as senior director of the National Security council in the clinton administration. And a look at how congress is reacting. Good jobs First Research director on a new report detailing which corporations benefit the most from tax credits and other financial assistance. We will also be taking your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. Washington journal, live every day, beginning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Next week at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, conversations with a few new members of congress. I knew my mom would be crying, and my dad was proud and it was when my dad was 82 years old. Usually walks with a cane. He showed up at the capital and did not have his cane. I said dad, do i need to send someone to the hotel to get your cane. He straightens up bro stefan says, i am in the capital. I dont need a cane today. F