The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
Weve divided the lines this morning this way if you support the idea of a ban, dial in, if you oppose it, 202 7488001 if you can also text us for tiktok users your line this morning is 202 7488003. You can also text at that same number all of you include your first name, city and state or go to facebook. Com cspan. Welcom tonversation. The house vote yesterday is whether or not to force tiktok to sell the company, divest from china, or face a bend in the United States. About banning the app was posed to americans in a survey done by the Public Affairs Research Poll ap centers Public Affairs Research Poll and i found that 31 said they support a ban on tiktok well 35 oppose and 31 said neither. This legislation would not ban it unless china refuses to divest its app. A little bit from the debate yesterday, listen to Mike Gallagher, republican of wisconsin, one of the lead advocates for regulating tiktok. This is what he had to say on the floor. [video clip] tiktok is a threat to National
Host at our table this morning is the former Trump Administration former u. S. Assistant secretary of commerce here to talk about this debate in washington over what to do about tiktok. The hoaplegislation 35265, oveg bipartisan support. Is this significant . Guest given the scope of tiktok users and how debated this issue has been over the last several years, it is really heartwarming and really encouraging to see the government come together on a bipartisan basis about the threats posed to u. S. National securities, absolutely. Host you said heartwarming, why . Guest in todays era, we tend to overpoliticize issues and it is really nice when in instances where people can put partisanship aside and really come together to address National Security threats. Your second question is this a threat, absolutely. Director wray, director haynes, the director of intelligence has been incredibly vocal about the threat that tiktok poses. When you look at how much they have been issuing a warning,
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We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those that state will tell you where hes focusing on listening to the diplomats and listening to the employees. Our Foreign Service officers. I think this is very commendable. He has sought feedback from the bottom up. Many employees, he reports, have asked, and i think this speaks volumes, theyve asked for more responsibility and in turn more accountability for their performance. They