Agreement. They dont square up how do you those statements were very clear clear. First of all, the aim is not to go to military sites. Its not us. Its iaea, of course. The aim is to go to where there is suspicious or suspicion of nuclear relevant activities. If they are in a military site, doesnt matter. They are still the iaea access to those sites. I only have a few seconds left. I would hope that you would reconcile those statements for the public. Youve stated the 24day waiting period for International Inspectors wont allow the regime to conceal any illegal activity, but as i read the agreement and many other people have pointed out to the inspectors request to visit those sites could be delayed much longer than 24 days. I know that youre not concerned about the 24day period. Do you believe that we would that iaea would be able to handle that . But if you look at different parts in section q of the agreement, i think we have the potential that were looking at an 89day delay. You t
Exciting enough, for the first time in 13 years, i get to experience freedom. Access and freedom to me mean dont mean the same thing to you. Access to similarly insignificant things, like accessing the shopping mall, accessing the toilet, accessing Public Transportation that are inclusive of people like me. I get to experience it here in america after 13 years. [applause] grace i represent a Huge Community of persons with disabilities who do not have bases, who do not have voices faces, who do not have voices. After so many years, what inclusion and access should be for them, and i am going back to africa to make sure that dream becomes a reality for africans with disabilities. [applause] grace it has become a platform for inspiration for young emerging africans, leaders like you. We come from different countries, from different centers. Yes, united with a common goal for a new africa. [applause] grace that is why, in my song i say yes we can. Sure we can. Change africa. We represent a
Its one of the fastestgrowing regions in the world. Africas middle class is projected to grow to more than one billion consumers. With hundreds of millions of mobile phones and surging access to the internet, africans are beginning to leapfrog old technologies into new prosperity. The continent has achieved historic gains in health, from fighting hiv aids to making childbirth safer for women and babies. Millions have been lifted from extreme poverty. So this is extraordinary progress. And young people like you are driving so much of this progress because africa is the youngest continent. I saw the power of youth on my trip. In kenya, Richard Ruto Todosia helped build yes youth can, one of the countys most Prominent Civil Society groups, with over one million members. At the Global Entrepreneurship summit in nairobi, shadi sabeh spoke about how he started Brilliant Footsteps Academy in nigeria, which uses education to fight religious extremism and provide more opportunities for muslim y
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified before a Senate Subcommittee about his departments budget request. Sanctions against russia, cuba policy, and the north Korean Nuclear threat. The hearing was chaired by South Carolina senator lindsey graham. Subcommittee hearing will come to order. The hearing today is on the president s fiscal year 2018 funding request and budget justification, department of state. Like to welcome our witness, secretary of state tillerson. After Opening Statements from myself and Ranking Member we will hear from the secretary. Well accept your written testimony and anything you would like to tell us personally. So this is going to be a little bit longer than normal. This is a very important issue for the country, a passion of mine. Number one, secretary tillerson, i like the way you represent our country. I think you have a style thats pretty good for the world as it is today. You are a man of few words. I think when you talk, people listen. Your view of qat
I i would briefly walked to the agenda before we invite the speakers onto the stage. First up we have Katherine Brown and jay wang will participate on a paper which is published online today called Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017. Building alliances, fighting extremism and dispelling this information. Katherine is council of Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and a visiting fellow with my program here at csis and weve been fortunate to have her for a couple of months leading to his work on Public Diplomacy. She most recently served as executive director of the u. S. Advisory commission on Public Diplomacy. Jay wang is an associate professor at the Usc Annenberg school for communication and journalism, and director of the usc center on Public Diplomacy. The paper theyre going to present to you today emerged from the workshop that we held jointly with jason center back in november. Essentially what it does is indexed and assessment of where weve been with Publi