Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is eli cohen, im the dean. Its my pleasure to welcome you to the rosof lecture on International Affairs with general David Petraeus. Before i introduce general petraeus, i would like to talk a series. Re about the charles rostof was a hopkins alumnus an was a dedicated supporter of the universitys efforts to improve our understanding of the world. And that, of course, is the mission. And were particularly glad today that we have with us charles daughter terry and his son gene and his wife heath tore be with us for this event. I want to express my gratitude to you and to your family for making it possible. So David Petraeus is one of those people who literally doesnt need a whole lot of introduction. Its not going to be that long. Hes currently been affiliated ith the k. K. R. Institute which supports k. K. R. s investment company. Portfolio hes known for his 37 years in this country in the United States army to include command of the surge
David petraeus talks about military strategy in the middle east, china, and russia, and President Trumps decision to withdraw forces from syria. This was hosted by the John Hopkins School of advanced studies. Clamoring] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My the dean here and it is pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 lecture on International Affairs with general david petraeus. For introduce the general, i wanted to share a little more about the lecture series in size. The series is named after who was established in 1990 by his wife dorothy is a tribute to his life and the interest in International Affairs. In alumni was an alumni and dedicated supporter of the universitys efforts to improve our understanding of the world. We are particularly glad today we have with us charles and his be and his wife heather to with us for this event. I want to express my gratitude to you and your family for making it possible. Is one of those people that literally does not need a whole lot of intro
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The School Picnic protest in france over declining Living Standards descends into violence with demonstrators damaging property and drop a nice to point take us and just and i. Know and will be had to bring you a roundup of this weeks biggest stories but right now stay tuned for the kaiser report. Yes theres the kaiser report on mash kaiser this is our last show in paris and then we go on to other countries almost so excited you know that if i heard about it were going to talk about it and go talk about the French Economy yup they have one here 6 u. S. Well in fact this is black september that is what they are promising there are also many people out there who say well nobody covers the g. L. A. Zone anymore and that this is a conspiracy one thing you do notice is that they do not appear on the day anymore because the police have successfully kept them from there so paris is a sprawling city and there are continuing to be protests despite you know having been august and they dont come
Based on your experienceof the House Intelligence Committee and theres a lead committee on this impeachment inquiry, what National Security concerns do you hear coming out of that one piece of evidence, that memorandum on the phone call . Guest obviously the phone call is concerning. If the president is making commitments are asking for things from foreign leaders that dont go to the National Interest , that go to his personal interest, that could be a concern to the committees in the house not just the Intelligence Committee but the Judiciary Committee which will vote on impeachment and send them to the floor. The house as you point out is doing all the investigation. When i served under chairman mike rogers, it was a bipartisan committee. They spent time figuring out a way to Work Together and create common cause to support the National Security. As we seen in recent months and on the past two years, the committee has become partisan on both sides and we can blame the former chairman