Running. He has to get create t. V. Not just with the menu but the physical operation of running a restaurant. I visited with a Family Living in a small apartmentthree generations living in a small argument in havana. Theyre all aware of the fact that the president is coming here. And they hope and they are hopeful that all these years of animosity were pointless. They can finally be put behind them and theyre hopeful for the young people. There were two small boys in the apartment, they were hopeful that they can reap the fruit from the benefits of what is happening here today. Lets pause and listen to the star spangled banner being played. [ music ] [ music ] okay, so as the review of troops begins here i want to bring in robert valencia, who has been commenting all morning about the significance of this moment. Robert, a lot has been said that president obama in some way is legitimatizing a dictator here. With this visit. When you look at these pictures what are your thoughts . Well
Security. He talks about waterboarding, the apple iphone encryption debate and the brussels terror attacks. The American Enterprise institute hosted this event. Its about an hour and a half. Thank you. Whoa, were life. Were live. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Im marc thiessen, a fellow here, and were pleased to be joined today by former cia and nsa director michael hayden. With the events in europe this week, i cant think of anyone better than mike to enlighten us and put these, put everything that were seeing on our Television Screens into perspective. Mike, thank you for joining us. Thanks, marc. Thank you. So you have a new book out called playing to the edge. What motivated you to write that book, and what does it mean. Sure. In the forward which i actually wrote at the end, the manuscript was already done, and penguin said, so whyd you write this book, i talk about being in australia in the outback at a joint facility, the australian call
And though intelligence and military levels. It is necessary to take action against these individuals prior to attacks like the one we saw in brussels this week. Sec. Carter getting back to the fight in syria and iraq, i should also mention, a number of European Partners to include belgium in the last month and a half after i had the ministerial chairman in brussels, they have increased their contributions. I wanted you to know that the belgians did that, too. In the fight in iraq and syria, i wanted to note that the belgians have intensified their role in lieu of what happened. In the attacks that happened in paris, can you tie some of this together for us . Do you see these plots being directed from isis leadership . You said he had some external affairs plotting as well. Could he have been involved in the paris attack . Are they training them to make bombs . What is the link you see between isis and syria . Gen. Dunford i cannot confirm that this individual had anything to do with t
They are responsible but not gen. Hayden what i think will happen is you have the brexit on the monetary union, and we might not impact that over. Is creating torque because they have transported security to the euro institutions and they feel uncomfortable about it. I think as they think through what i just said this privacysecurity torque will create great tension within the union. Unless the union adapts to what i just pointed out, this is going to get worse and lead frankly to the crippling of the union. Besides whatever it might do to the powers and so on. Marc the logistics chief those captured. Key is what we wouldve called in the cia contact a highvalue detainee. Someone who of the whereabouts, location, identities. Will we captured a highvalue detainee, not only did not read them their rights, we did not announce the capture necessarily. We knew that if he did and people knew we had one of their compatriots, they would begin closing down the email accounts, maybe accelerate th
This upcoming 250th anniversary. Examining our american experiment as key. This revolution of ours created waves across the world. With its lasting impacts, felt even today. This symposium the world turned upside down the American Revolution. Its impact on a global scale. Well study the effects of this revolution that trans formed governments and the governed across the globe. Appropriate as we consider the birth of our nation, is to acknowledge the Ancestral Lands of our Indigenous Peoples on which we gather. We recognize the many tribes who moved through this region trading and drawing resources from the land and waterways. We honor their descendants today. Our community is shaped by the diversity of its people. Past, present and future. And we affirm that this is central to the values of the place we now call alexandria. I have a few important housekeeping notes before we begin. We will have 15 minutes of question and answer after each presentation. So please line up behind the micr