It was either with you are chairman smith asking about working with faithbased organizations. We do work with that. In fact, we visited with the archbishop in kurdistan when we were there to talk about the work they are doing. I know the king and jordan has been very open in meeting with different religious leaders both sort of from an islamic perspective to reduce the lore of isil, but also how do we work with the various religious groups. Syria was one of the most tolerant countries in the entire middle east before all this took place. It is important but there are many groups we work with to try and reduce the tension that is going on. Is there a way to hold those areas that you have the refugees in going to school and being abused with whatever type of abuse that is. Gender abuse, we will say how do you go about making you said you are helping those countries deal with that and trying to make sure they are protected, but how do you go about holding that country or that government a
Highlight had the need for a conditionsbased approach. Like our National Military strategy written in 2012 president obamas calendarbased troop drawdown plan for afghanistan no longer accurately reflects the facts and conditions on the ground. Like the president s policy against isil, the president s afghanistan policy lacks of strategic disconnect, providing a list of goals or preferences but precluding the means necessary to achieve them. Perhaps it is time for the president to exercise strategic patience, as our witnesses yesterday unanimously agreed. Former u. S. Ambassador to afghanistan, james cunningham, having just served in kabul and left in december, said, quote, i think that under the circumstances, the timeline is probably too short and the rate of withdrawal is too steep. Former ambassador to both iraq and afghanistan, ryan crocker, said, i hope we will take the right decisions on force levels Going Forward based on conditions, not on calendars. Former commander of special
Good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. Im the director of the center for constitutional studies and your host for this event. I want also to welcome the cspan audience and those of us those who are looking at the event on cato Live Streaming in the archives. We are here to discuss religious liberty as it may or may not be exercised in the context of the modern Business Corporation pursuant to statutory and constitutional law. More immediately, we are here also to mark the publication of the new book on the subject from religious liberties for corporations and i note the title ends with a question. In the the book our two main speakers today, ilya shapior and david gans discuss hobby lobby and the blockbuster decision of the Supreme Court handed down at the end of its last term which rejected the obamacare regulations that provide employers sponsored healthcare plans to provide, which required employersponsored healthcare plans to provide free contraceptive coverage. Its base
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Also coming up for you this hour, Stephen Carroll is and in davos. And Orthodox Christians in ethiopia celebrate one of the most important religious events of the year. Otherwise known as the tiffany. As the epiphany. Stay with us. I am genie godula and paris. Sorry about the technical difficulties. The u. S. And British Foreign ministers are hosting counterterrorism talks in london. John kerry and Philip Hammond are meeting with some of the countries aligned with the u. S. Led coalition that plans to drive the Islamic State group out of syria and iraq. The focus today is on fighting islamists extremists in the middle east and at home. Those talks, as japan is trying to save two hostages believed to be held by the i. S. Group. Militants have threatened to execute the two japanese men by friday if they are not paid 200 million in ransom money. Japan doing all he can to save these hostages. Journalists are being held under threat by the Islamic State organization. Back in tokyo after cut