On the director on the center here at religion and culture director of the center of religion and culture. Coverage by our friends at cspan for this event tonight. Sharp, try to behave. Put yourself ones on mute. Feel free to tweak the event as you like. Maybe even our president will be tweeting the event at some point. It seems hes more interested in general in other manners. Of this to conceive Program Shortly after mr. Trump on thected last november Famous Campaign slogan make America Great again. We are taking something of a risk by having this program, because we were betting in the course of one year he would not in fact have achieved his goal, an achievement that would have made this evenings discussion. Oot it does seem the issue of National Greatness is still very much in play and in our case very much in doubt. Nationalism, a service of naked hatred garrity, rampant. Ropaganda they are all problems that if anything have gotten worse. Is operating thesis shouldnt donald trump,
Bonnie diplomats in the Foreign Service are the face of america around the world. Theyre charged with promoting peace and prosperity, advancing the interests of the United States and protecting. Americans abroad. In the past two decades three women and two africanamericans have served as secretary of state, the top u. S. Diplomat. Butts diplomacy has not always been diverse about. Lia miller the chemistry and the makeup of the diplomatic corps did not represent the american people. It was predominantly male. It was predominantly white. It was predominantly middle and upper class. Bonnie to recast that image, the department has created programs and launched initiatives designed to ensure u. S. Embassies and consulates around the world look like america today, diverse and multicultural. The goal is ambitious and the results so far are mixed. Linda thomas greenfield weve had to make some changes in the process so that we can target minority and women. I think weve been very, very successf
Diversity is our strength. Bonnie diplomats in the Foreign Service are the face of america around the world. Theyre charged with promoting peace and prosperity, advancing the interests of the United States and protecting. Americans abroad. In the past two decades three women and two africanamericans have served as secretary of state, the top u. S. Diplomat. Butts diplomacy has not always been diverse about. Lia miller the chemistry and the makeup of the diplomatic corps did not represent the american people. It was predominantly male. It was predominantly white. It was predominantly middle and upper class. Bonnie to recast that image the department has created programs and launched initiatives designed to ensure u. S. Embassies and consulates around the world look like america today, diverse and multicultural. The goal is ambitious and the results so far are mixed. Linda thomas greenfield weve had to make some changes in the process so that we can target minority and women. I think wev
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The gentleman up there and sort of yeah. Thank you. My name is mohamed [inaudible] for voice of america afghanistan service. I have one question but in three parts. How much the focus on Investigative Journalism in afghanistan, and the second part is what are the main challenges if the media conduct such journalism, and the third part and last is that is there any market for that in terms of the audiences test . Thank you. Who would like to go ahead. After, you know, in last 12year experience now afghan media is focused on investigative reporting which if you hear recently, we created [inaudible] afghan media, you know [inaudible] and we start investigative reporting on corruption and human right which is each month we produce two investigative reporting, one on human right and one on corruption. And like we can say that, but some of those when we release the story, you know, it was really have a good impact, and our president , president karzai, took this and he, you know, ran a he gi