Systematic issue a major change in the system for manufacturing and delivering pharmaceuticals. The implications of one country controlling the supply of medicine are astounding. No matter what country we may be talking about. Think about it, what if there is a Global Pandemic and its hard to move product across the world because of that . What if there are heightened tensions within the South China Sea, everyone can be vulnerable, everyone could be put at risk. The role of the fda in the situation cannot be overstated because the fda cannot be as effective in assuring the safety of our medicines and force long areas of the world as it can at home. Many of us are not aware of the facetoface contact that the fda has for those manufacturing our drugs. The inspections they conduct. The very handson work involved in making sure the manufacture of drugs is safe. They certainly set up offices all over the world to do that but that is not the same as having offices carrying manufacturing in y
Thank you for joining us after days of denial iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board but ukraines president says quote for admission of guilt and an official apology are still required the plane crash shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday the same night iran launch missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops we begin our coverage with this report from. Iran has admitted its military unintentionally shot down the street creamy in plane killing all 176 people on board president Hassan Rouhani has described it as a great tragedy and unforgivable mistake irans foreign minister to votes the reef express his condolences human error he wrote at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster. This i stay to ready nuts a fact that everybody is expecting some sort or retaliation from the us that some lowlevel operator sitting in a missile battery ole miss well its all blip and launched a missile out it
35. 00 people are killed by an armed group in the worst attack in the years plus. Im a solid job with in kazakhstan and ill tell you how the country is trying to move away from its hydrocarbon with the economy and finding investment in renewable sources. We begin with syria where people including 6 children have been killed as Government Forces push their offensive deeper into italy province the latest attack was on a school in the town of joe boss where hundreds of displaced syrians have been sheltering the Government Forces have made steady gains since launching an assault to retake it labor which is the last rebel held stronghold last week tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the fighting and heading towards the border with turkey and syrian Government Forces are now also closing in on the rebel held city. In italy province most residents have already left the area dozens of people have been killed and injured and hundreds injured in government attacks in the northwestern city o
You can make that apply to modern america i have been looking very much of this chance to chat with you. I appreciate that. Im very impressed i read through your book i am impressed quickly that came out. My last book took seven years to write. Maybe i should be more diligent but my research focuses to have an interesting discussion so what did you think of it as a genuine china scholar . I am not. What did you think of the information. A tough question. Your recommendations and i would agree with. We can talk about how people different interpretations and it was very problematic and how to pursue power and influence i may disagree with some of the characterizations of china but i wouldnt mind asking you about that. But before getting into the nittygritty you mentioned in the intro that the threat of china is something that you have recently focused on so i am curious what exactly sparked your interest . And reading about it and thinking about it since 1960 its not sudden i have been v
A discussion of military and civilian National Service programs, from the Brookings Institution, this is just over an hour. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. It is my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. I will begin by introducing myself briefly. I am bill gault, senior fellow in the government studies program at brookings, delighted to be a small cog in the Service Share alliance. And two people in particular, mel sawhill conceding the stand working tirelessly for six months and also john allen, for letting his vast appearance and events moral authority to our enterprise this morning and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, what is the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very different kinds of answers to that question. It is useful to keep them secret. The first test to do with service as an avenu