You got quiet so quickly. Good afternoon and welcome everyone. We are in for an important discussion. I am liz schrayer the president and ceo of u. S. Global Leadership Coalition usglc . We are honored to cohost todays event. And i would like to welcome our special guest ivanka trump and usaid administrator mark greene. Todays program is the first public event in the United States of the u. S. Global initiative. This is an opportunity to highlight a Game Changing initiative. Unleashing the full potential of women in the world. And to hear about innovative activity. For the men in this room no offense to you but a topic like this, to go wrong . U. S. Global Leadership Coalition usglc has been pleased to be part of this initiative. I remember early on when the board had the opportunity to meet with ivanka trump your unwavering commitment to bring the idea of womens Economic Empowerment to the center stage has been extraordinary. And everybody in this room joins and thank you for that. An
Good afternoon and welcome, everybody. We are in for certainly an important and informative discussion. Im the president and ceo of the u. S. Global leadership coalition. U. S. Glc is really honored to cohost todays event. I want to welcome a very special guest, ivanka trump and us aid administrator mark green. Todays Program Marks the first public event in the u. S. Of Womens Global Development and prosperity initiative. Today youll hear more about the launch of wgdp fund. This is an opportunity to highlight a Game Changing initiative dedicated to unleash the full potential of women in the developing world and to hear about some innovative activities and inaugural partners. Now, for the men in this room, no offense to you, but a topic like this, who could go wrong . The usglc has been really pleased to be part of this initiative almost from the beginning. Ivanka, i remember early on when our board had the opportunity to meet with you over in the white house compound, and your inspirin
Mark, we have been pleased to join you in discussions with you and your team for bringing your expertise on Global Development to the table. I know i was pleased to join both of you at the oval office at the signing of w gdp and we were very proud to work with capitol hill on the passage of the womens entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment act and we have some members of congress who will be talking about that shortly. The truth is there are a few agendas that bring together people and that are as compelling and as unifying as the one we are going to talk about today. In this town it is quite nice that we have a topic that does that. Gathered here is a wide array of stakeholders that have come together because they believe in the initiative we will be talking about. I see friends from the administration, from the white house, state department, friends from capitol hill from both sides of the aisle. The leaders are also known as the strange bedfellow coalition because we bring togeth
Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up after the suicide of his father, an mp calls for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. What drove him to end his life at that point was the fear that if he didnt act when he could and was still able to do so, then he would lose the opportunity to act at all. Ministers are accused of potential cover up or incompetence over documents relating to the deaths of disability benefits claimants. A governments first duty is to protect its people all its people. But they are failing the sick and disabled, and this reveals the enormity of this failure. And peers press the government to force muslim couples to have a civil marriage, as well as a religious ceremony. Where human rights are concerned, there is no room for cultural exceptions. But first an mp has made an emotional plea for the laws on assisted dying to be changed on the anniversary of his fathers suicide. Labours Paul Blomfield told
I see every day a speaker of the house who is increasinglyp losing her g the leadership of her conference. And hawkish Foreign Policy why not bring the troops home . You do not end a war by withdrawing from the battlefield. K many thes just Getting Started and could be the first republican madam speak or the next senator from wyoming. What does liz cheney say now . Firi line with Margaret Hoover is made possible by. Additional funding is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. Representative liz cheney, welcome to firing line. Great to be here, mgaret. Thank you for having me. Its a delight. You came to prominence i think first in this country defending your dad, Vice President dick cheneys reputati in the context of the Obama Administration. S but you yourself hved in the state department in the Bush Administration. Ls you havefollowed your fathers footsteps to the house of representatives, where you have the same job that he had as conference chair. He yeah. Which makes you hi