Morning. Let me just say that leader mcconnell, thank you for the opportunity to have this opportunity as i approached you about the importance of this issue and ask you give me an opportunity to share some thoughts. He was kind enough to give me a chance to move this forward and have a real conversation with america about the importance of Police Reform, accountability, and trespassing, and thats exactly what the focus is on. Police reform, accountability, and transparency. Youre also smart enough to put together a really small group of senators to understand the issue , passion about the issue, and have expertise in different aspects about the senate. So this is a great team you put together and i appreciate having the opportunity to discuss the important issue of Police Reform. Too often we are having a discussion about this nation about ari supporting the Law Enforcement community or communities of color . This is a binary choice. The answer to the question of which side you choice
Covid19. I want to thank you for joining me for the national day of mourning on monday. We continue to pray for those who have lost loved ones to this virus. Before the murder of george floyd and before the country heard yet again the cries for Racial Equity and justice, we already knew that covid19 was disproportionately impacting communities of color. In North Carolina, africanamericans make up approximately 22 of the population, but as of june 1, they account for 30 of the confirmed covid19 cases and 34 of covid19 deaths. People are just 10 of the population, yet they make up 39 of covid19 confirmed cases. These statistics are alarming and they are not acceptable. I want to be clear there is nothing inherent to black or brown people that makes them more susceptible to severe covid19 illness. The data should not be used to further racism or fear. The disparity is because people of color have historically had less access to health care, housing, Economic Opportunity and more. This vir
Without further ado im going to introduce these folks who you all probably already know. To my left is the founder of mb long and associate an International Legal and Advisory Firm from 200709 she served as the first woman confirmed by the senate as assistant secretary of defense for International Affairs and the chair of nate es high level groups. She has previously served as the Principal Deputy secretary of defense, and she was the deputy secretary of defense for counter narco. Next we have michael durand, a senior fellow here at Hudson Institute. He specializes in middle east Security Issues and during the administration of president george w. Bush he served as senior director in the National Security council. To the left is retired Brigadier General mark kimmet of the u. S. Army, served as secretary of state for Political Military Affairs 0809 and prior to that, the deputy secretary of defense 20062008 and last but not least, a fellow here at Hudson Institute as well. His Research
U. S. Troops. This comes to us from the Hudson Institute in washington d. C. Live coverage this is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Can everybody hear me . Ok. My name is ali rogin im with the pbs news hour covering Foreign Affairs and as a journalist, i want to say im grateful to the Hudson Institute for convening this panel to discuss what is a rapidly developing, as we all know, situation on the syrianTurkish Border. Without further ado im going to introduce thfoo yo all probably already know. To my left is the founder of mb long and associate an International Legal and Advisory Firm from 20072009 she served as the first woman confirmed by the senate as assistant secretary of defense for International Affairs and the chair of nate es high level groups. She has previously served as the Principal Deputy secretary of defense, and she was the deputy secretary of defense for counter narco. Next we have michael durand, a senior fellow here at Hudson Institute. He
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Can everybody hear me . Ok. My name is ali rogin. Im with the pbs news hour covering Foreign Affairs and as a journalist, i want to say im grateful to the Hudson Institute for convening this panel to discuss what is a rapidly developing, as we all know, situation on the syrianTurkish Border. Without further ado im going to introduce these folks who you all probably already know. To my left is the founder of mb long and associate an International Legal and Advisory Firm from 20072009 she served as the first woman confirmed by the senate as assistant secretary of defense for International Affairs and the chair of natos high level groups. She has previously served as the Principal Deputy secretary of defense, and she was the deputy secretary of defense for counter narco. Next, we have michael durand, a senior fellow here at Hudson Institute. He specializes in middle east Security Issues and during the administration of president george