George w. Bush administration. Good afternoon we are going to get started. Im shannon green. Im director of the human rights fascinating program. I thought i would walk through the agenda before we invite speakers. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong. Building alliance, dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on foreign relations. We have been fortunate to have her for a couple of months leading this work. She most recently served director on Public Diplomacy. Jay wong is director of the ucs center on diplomacy. The paper emerge from workshop from back in november. This kulkt conducts an assessment where we have been with Public Diplomacy and the man succession of the under Obama Administration. Following that brief presentation, Michael Crowley will lead discussion with ben roads and jim glassman. We have fortunate to have them to share their experience and senior roles in the obama and Bush Administration. During this time youll have an time to ask questions. Well o
Launched by the United States against syria. If you support the strike, 202 7488000. If you oppose it, 202 7488001. If you are not sure about the strikes and ultimately what it will mean for that area of the world, 202 7488002. If you want to tweet about this to us, post at cspan wj, and if you want to post on our facebook page, it is facebook. Com cspan. Last night it was President Trump at maralago who made a statement to press about the strikes that took lace yesterday. Place yesterday. Tuesday, syrian dictator Bashar Alassad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilian. Agent, deadly nerve assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Werebeautiful babies cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of god should ever suffer such horror. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Vital National Security interests of th
Assad choked out the lives of countless men, women, and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very. Arbaric attack no child of god should ever suffer such horror. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Nationalthis vital security interest of the united thees to prevent and deter spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the un security council. Years of previous attempts at assads behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen, and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies. Tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. Terrorism of a
Way for an in or out referendum plus reporter the republican race moves into the americas south. What are the challenges in a state that is more diverse and looks much more like the rest of america we begin this hour in syria where the u. N. Brokered Peace Process is in danger of collapse. The deadline for the cessation of hostilities passed on friday and battles still continue on the ground. I. S. I. L. Fighters supply lines to mosul has been cut off. Planes continue to strike i. S. I. L. Targets particularly in aleppo. Turkey is keeping up its shelling of kurdish areas in the north. Russia has drafted a u. N. Security Council Resolution calling for an end of crossborder shelling more from the u. N. In new york reporter fighting was supposed to ease across much of syria by friday. Instead, it intensified. In the north Syria Kurdish fighters made gains. Russian air strikes in support of the Syrian Regime hit hospitals as well as rebel targets. At the United Nations a stark warning from
Whole thing is jerry disabled. Just trying to put this into perspective, i travel a lot and was in new york meeting said dave the news the little tabloid a story in the quarter the corner sat in queens new york the judge the critics thought he was too liberal and he was mugged on his way to his car then he said today it is unusual but i have an opening statement. I know there is an old joke a liberal is a conservative that has not been of but i have been mugged and i will not change my views a little lady steps up and said beat him up again he did not get the message. [laughter] that is what we do with the polls. Retry and i will tell you is it works like that little old he they keep beating them up until they get the message that is why at the end of the day i become less cynical because American Public opinion really does referee the worst instincts of behavior. So with that we are happy to take any questions and i forgot to ask is there any press in the room . I see one. Good to kno