Saying the move doesnt mean the u. S. Is backing away from its commitment to finding a political solution to decades of war a negotiated political settlement among afghans is the best path to achieving this outcome. Until there is accomplished we will continue to pursue an aggressive military campaign against the taliban and terrorist groups that continue to conduct violence against the people of afghanistan also in kabul on monday to meet afghan leaders a u. S. Congressional delegation led by House Speaker nancy pelosi reducing the number of foreign troops in afghanistan was the focal point of the recent talks between the u. S. And the taliban but those talks failed after President Trump playing the taliban for a surge in violence. And there has been an increase in attacks in recent months mainly from the town of on and are still linked groups adding more pressure on local Security Forces afghans are also waiting to find out who. One last months general election the results have been
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Incessantly for the last two weeks, this whole issue of whistleblowers. My name is patrick edington, im your moderator today. Just a few housekeeping notes before i introour guest. I want to make sure everybody have your phones at least on silent or off. Any other devices you may have whether they are smart watch, etc. , please make sure they are also silenced. When we get to the q a at the end of this event, i will ask you all to, please, wait to be called upon, wait for the microphone so that everyone in the room and our audience watching online can hear the question, and ill ask you to identify yourself to include affiliation where applicable. I think its fair to say that the anonymous whistle blower and ill continue to use that term of art throughout is just the latest in a long line of individuals who have come forward in the course of the last several decades to make various and sundry allegations about government and its conduct and, in some cases, corporate, nonprofit conduct.
And more importantly what you should be doing or not doing around it. We begin with big breaking headline shares of Johnson Johnson are higher after an oklahoma judge ordered the company to pay 572 million for its role in the National Opioid crisis however, that number, 572 million, far less than some expected meg tirrell is live outside the oklahoma courthouse where that decision was handed down less than one hour ago. Meg . It may not sound like a positive headline but j j stock is not reacting that way the judge found Johnson Johnson accountable for creating the states opioid epidemic, saying it created a public nuisance but they were ordered to pay 572 million. Now, the state had asked for 17 billion over 30 years. Now, that 572 million accounts for one year of what they call an abatement plan to try to fix the Opioid Crisis here in the state. Theyre saying here in the 42page decision that the state didnt provide sufficient evidence of the amount of time and cost necessary beyond y