Major, and it took me until graduate school to realize that i didnt like mathematics. So i dropped out, became a programmer. Went back in economics, got a couple of degrees. Did work in the United Nations doing Technology Transfer to developing countries. I ran two University Computer networking operations. I had an internet policy project mostly in the tomorrower soviet union, and ive been a director of i can for the last seven years. Presumably, as a retired person but, in fact, as nearly a fulltime person working with icann to help the doeneighbor main Domain Name System and the identifier system flourish. Host when you bring, as you said, technology and the internet to another country, how do you do that . Guest depends when you do it. Ive put in First Computers in some african countries, and its a matter of education, its a matter of working with vendors, making sure you have the right prerequisites like electricity, making sure that theres a process that has to happen and people
Pilots in the air force. He spoke about military readiness and modernization earlier this month at the h heritage foundation. Its about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome, and it is a pleasure to see all of these smiling, handsome faces out here at heritage. And i am going to take a moment to introduce a man who actually needs no introduction. Ive known general goldfein for 25 years. We went to Fighter Weapon School together. Actually, it was 25 years ago this month. We were in the throes of, im sure, the second phase of training. And having the time of our lives. General goldfein has flown combat aircraft. He went in from Shaw Air Force base into desert storm and has some Great Stories to tell on that, if you have a moment after this event is done. He went on to several assignments. He commanded a squadron in combat, as a squadron commander, led through the highs and lows of that. He commanded a component, which is an air force level in combat. And now he leads the United State
Were not always being taped live by cspan. Were delighted to have them all here today. This is a particularly exciting entry in our longstanding Public Health rounds that are sponsored by our Health Society and medicine program. The focus today is the inaugural report of the aspen Health Strategy group. The name, Health Strategy group, is taken from the aspen Strategy Group, for those of you familiar with American Foreign policy, you probably know about the aspen Strategy Group. It is undoubtedly the leading Bipartisan Group of its kind looking at Critical Issues of Foreign Policy and we establish the Health Strategy group with that in mind to bring together remarkable people from across different sectors in the American Health and medical landscape to look at the most pressing problems and to come together with different perspectives to make recommendations for change. This particular Strategy Group is cochaired by former secretaries of hhs, and also former governors, both kathleen se
You can listen on cspan radio and our guest is the democratic representative from kentucky and a Ranking Member of the house budget committee. Good sunday morning. It we hear from trump inistration officials lets begin with the nation. Who are they and what are they . It was formed in the united andes in the early 70s 80s. By centraled american migrants who were the sons and daughters of refugees fleeing from the civil war. Started like any other and they started because of different factors. Some of them are going back to Central America are they that it grows exponentially. We have a sort of expansion in the United States. In the United States, this is states. In a number of the president tweeting out his attack. Illegal immigration policies that allowed that a gangsta form in cities across the u. S. , we are removing them fast. Which cities are they developing the most quickly . It has been in several cities for many years. In the 2000s, the fbi did a inat job removing washington, d
Kelly to our campus. We are looking forward to hearing his Strategic Vision for the department of Homeland Security. This will be the first public address of its kind that secretary kelly will have given since his swearingin on january 20. We are honored that he chose George Washington as the venue for this major speech. We are frequently ranked as the most politically engaged student body in the nation. That means our students are actively involved in dialogue, all across the political spectrum, and i am delighted a number of our students are able to be here today. We talk about giving our students a front row seat in the theater of history and this is a , good example of what that means. We are glad to be supporting veterans actively in the Yellow Ribbon program for a number of years now. Currently we have 1800 veterans and their dependents being educated here. But specifically on the topic of todays conversation, i want to talk about our longterm involvement in Homeland Security iss