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Good afternoon i direct the program on counterterrorism and intelligence yet the institute i am pleased to welcome you to the latest in a lecture series. Today we will discuss islamic terrorism in the west and we have a fantastic panel. Serving as a nationalsecurity counterterrorism in the netherlands for this possibility for Crisis Management to briefly served as the director general with the road map and information sharing. Fraserr so by my two friends and colleagues the new executive director for north americaintern the Counter Extremism Group spending several years in Government Service in the Counterterrorism Center and the department of land security finalizing his ph. D. At howard focusing and muslim communities in the west and congratulations on 70 your dissertation this morning. [applause] we go back quite a ways we go back to graduate School Together and can tell stories. Shd author and strategist during the obamast Administration New the firstever special representative to
Revenue. Is he the only republican . I dont care how we do it. Raising tax rates hurt the economy. Lets just go over the [ bleep ] cliff. If they do not make this deal on tax rates for the top 2 , then theyre going away. I just hope this doesnt become a game of chicken. I will not play that game. It goes into february and march. Public opinion is on their side. When we have to raise the debt ceiling. I will not play that game. This is about gaining maximum leverage. Weve gone through this before. Some republicans believe that will give them more leverage. Its government at the brink all the time. These guys are not serious about negotiating. The next 72 hours are critical. I think were going over the cliff. Lets just go over the [ bleep ] cliff. Lets go over the cliff. At least for a few seconds it will feel like were flying. With 26 days to go until america goes off the fiscal curb, the house of representatives chose to end their congressional business for the week today to enjoy a lo