National security advisor ben rhodes. And former undersecretary of state jim glassman to begin. Theyll be talking about Public Diplomacy of the past two president ial administrations and what they recommend for the Incoming Trump administration. Good afternoon. Were going to go ahead and get started. N my name is shannon green, senior fellow and director of the human rights director and it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you today for what proves to be a fascinating discussion on Public Diplomacy and National Security. We have a very full program today so i thought i would very briefly walk through the agenda before we invite the speakers on to the stage. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong who will present the paper that we just published online today called Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017. Building alliances, fighting extremism, and dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and a visiting fellow with
But i recognize how important it is to provide business, the Public Sector and everybody with as much certainty as possible as we go through the process. So where we can offer that certainty, we will do so. That is why, last year, we acted quickly to get clarity about farm payments and university fu funding. It is why, as we repeal the european communities act we will convert the body of existing eu law into british law. This will give the country maximum certainty as we leave the eu. The same rules and laws will apply on the day after brexit as they did before. It will be for the British Parliament to decide on any changes to that law after full scrutiny and proper parliamentary debate. When it comes to parliament there is one other way id like to provide certainty. I can confirm today the government will put the final deal agreed between the uk and eu to a vote of both houses of parliament before it comes into force. This weekend on American History tv on cspan3, saturday night at 9
My office has received a great deal of items from people in the state of vermont which takes Environmental Protection very seriously, as well as all over the country. My fear is mr. Pruitt is a nomination designed to protect the fossil fuel industry and not the environment. I would like to ask mr. Pru ate questi pru ate question. As i understand it, you said mr. Trump is wrong in stating over and over again that Climate Change is in fact a hoax. Is that correct . Yes, sir. As you may know, some 97 of scientists who have written articles for peerreviewed journals have sited that Climate Change is real and caused by human activity and is already causing devastating problems in our country and around the world. Do you believealready causing d problems in our country and around the world. Do you believehuman activity an causing devastating problems in our country and around the world. Do you believe that Climate Change is caused byemission, by climate emission by human activity. You werent
Shes his hostess at the inaugural balls. And she plays that first moment of becoming someone whose clothes well be looking at for the next four to eight years. When were the inaugural balls established as part of the ceremonies Inauguration Day . Really, the first inaugural ball happened when George Washington was inaugurated. Here in the collection of the smythe season yan, Martha Washington didnt attend that ball, so we dont have an inaugural gown for that. But we have that worn by the governor of the wife of new york to the ball. The interest goes back to the first one. Why do, or when did it become that we care as americans about what our first lady is wearing . You know, people have been interested in the first ladies fashions since Martha Washingtons. Martha washington often said she felt like a state prisoner, there was so much scrutiny. Every first lady since then has had that. On one hand, clothing is a its something we look at on everyone. Its the first thing with esee. We lo
Shes his hostess at the inaugural balls. And she plays that first moment of becoming someone whose clothes well be looking at for the next four to eight years. When were the inaugural balls established as part of the ceremonies Inauguration Day . Really, the first inaugural ball happened when George Washington was inaugurated. Here in the collection of the smythe season yan, Martha Washington didnt attend that ball, so we dont have an inaugural gown for that. But we have that worn by the governor of the wife of new york to the ball. The interest goes back to the first one. Why do, or when did it become that we care as americans about what our first lady is wearing . You know, people have been interested in the first ladies fashions since Martha Washingtons. Martha washington often said she felt like a state prisoner, there was so much scrutiny. Every first lady since then has had that. On one hand, clothing is a its something we look at on everyone. Its the first thing with esee. We lo