Ok. Get it down to a dull roar. Let us get it started. Thank you. We are going to dive right in to the final panel of today which is on u. S. Taiwan policy. We are very honored to have three distinguished guests on the panel giving us their insights today. I will keep the introductions to a minimum because these people are familiar to most of you in the audience. Dr. Mika greene, my colleague here. Asiar Vice President for and our japan chair here. Obviously, a professor at georgetown and a former staffer at the nsc during the george w. Bush administration. He is acting as senior director for east asia. Another Foreign Service officer, extremely experienced. And one of the most Renowned Experts on u. S. Policy u. S. Taiwan policy. In the triangular relationship among u. S. , taiwan, and china. Another state Department Officer who is also currently a resident at georgetown university. We are honored to have him here as a senior fellow helping us think through a lot of these interesting
Its wednesday, december 12th. Im catherine kobayashi. The south korean government Officials Say north korean workers have dismantled a rocket they had been preparing to launch. Leaders in pyongyang say they want to put a satellite into orbit, but those in seoul and elsewhere believe the North Koreans want to develop technology for a longrange missile, and they still expect the launch will go ahead. South korean government officials told nhk that they confirmed the threestage rocket was being taken down, and they said it was moved to a nearby facility. On monday, officials in pyongyang extended the launch window by one week to december 29th. They said they were having technical problems with the firststage control module. Government officials in seoul say the defect may not be limited to the first stage, and it may take some time before launch is possible. But they remain on alert. They say they believe the North Koreans still want to launch the missile before the end of the month. Sout
Welcome to newsline. Its wednesday, december 12th. Im catherine kobayashi. The south korean government Officials Say north korean workers have dismantled a rocket they had been preparing to launch. Leaders in pyongyang say they want to put a satellite into orbit, but those in seoul and elsewhere believe the North Koreans want to develop technology for a longrange missile, and they still expect the launch will go ahead. South korean government officials told nhk that they confirmed the threestage rocket was being taken down, and they said it was moved to a nearby facility. On monday, officials in pyongyang extended the launch window by one week to december 29th. They said they were having technical problems with the firststagtstage control modul. Government officials in seoul say the defect may not be limited to the first stage, and it may take some time before launch is possible. But they remain on alert. They say they believe the North Koreans still want to launch the missile forehe e
I hope well be talking about it today. I cant think of a better person to address them for us. John carlin has been acting assistant attorney general for some time and was recently confirmed in the role. He served as the chief of staff to his predecessor and Principal Deputy to lisaen monaco. Previously he was chief of staff and senior counsel to Robert Muller when he was director of the fbi. A career federal prosecutor, mr. Carlin served as National Coordinator of the hacking and intellectual property program. The prosecutors were specially trained to prosecute cyber crime in intellectual property cases. He has a lot of background in the area that gave rise to this weeks indictment. He has a degree from harvard law and williams college. He will speak for about 45 minutes. And then well have a q. A. With him over there and take questions from the audience. I ask that you silence your phones. There are a lot of cameras in the room. Please join me in welcoming john carlin. [ applause ] t
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