United states the ability to say well there wont be a signing ceremony on february 29th because the taliban have not held up their end of the deal multiple u. S. Officials have been else this question both within the state department and at the pentagon and no one wants to put a figure on how much violence is enough for the deal to go forward and for the signing ceremony to go forward between the u. S. And the taliban theres also the question of how much of offensive strikes does the United States military have to stop carrying out how much does the Afghan Military have to stop carrying out this isnt just breasting on the taliban soldiers all 3 components have to actually stop or reduce significantly the amount of sense of strikes against enemy targets in order for next saturdays signing ceremony to go forward iranians have been acting and new parliament that set to become more conservative the result is expected to change the face of the countrys legislature as thousands of moderate a
The internet is our guest today, marvin olasky, were proud to welcome him back to its heritage where hes a visiting fellow in somebody whos a close friend of our organization. The author of 25 books including his latest, reforming journalism which he will talk about today. Marvin, his political journey is quite unique. As he became an atheistand a marxist in high school and went on to join the communist party in the 1970s. It was at the university of michigan when he had his phd when hehad a spiritual awakening and was baptized into the Presbyterian Church in 76. He later became the founder of the redeemer Presbyterian Church in austin texas in 1992. After college he taught journalism for 25 years at the university of texas at austin and became a regular yale daily news at the boston globe. Is for both garnered him significant attention the eye of the Bradley Foundation which supported his visiting fellowship right here at the Heritage Foundation for 2 years. One of his most wellknown
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The son of rosie castro a prominent activist. He and his brother joaquin now representing san antonio were going off to stanford and harvard together. Secretary castro was elected to the council at age 26 the youngest in that citys history and became mayor at 35 and the youngest mayor of a top city in the United States. At 2012 gave the keynote at the Democratic National convention, the same speech that put barack obama on the national map eight years earlier and in 2014 president obama asked him to serve as secretary of housing and urban development, a department with a 48 billion dollar budget and 8,000 employees that worked to expand housing opportunities for americans. As a candidate for president , Julian Castro focused on the needs of the most vulnerable, a leader in the field on policy and take bold positions, including the role of iowa and New Hampshire in our voting process. Last night he made news by being the first candidate to say out loud that iowa and New Hampshire should
The states first in the nation caucus. Mr. Castro advocated changing the primary and caucus system to better represent the broader electorate. Secretary castro was born on the west side of san antonio, the son of rosie castro, a prominent activist. He and his brother joaquin, now in congress representing san antonio, were in School Together before they went to harvard together. Secretary castro was elected to the council at age 26 the youngest in that citys history and became mayor at 35 and the youngest mayor of a top 50 city in the United States. At 2012, he gave the keynote at the Democratic National convention, the same speech that put barack obama on the national map eight years earlier, and in 2014, president obama asked him to serve as secretary of housing and urban development, a department with a 48 billion budget and 8,000 employees that worked to expand housing opportunities for americans. As a candidate for president , Julian Castro focused on the needs of the most vulnerab