May not want to admit his age. But this clue we were in the same bullpen at the New York Times in the previous century. He wasnt astonishingly good. Reporter i could tell you stories. And by the way, reassuring to note, hes still an astonishing good reporter today. So some things dont change. To dive into this conflict with us and the Lessons Learned, we are very glad to have with us Lieutenant General sean macfarland, u. S. Army retired general macfarland served as a three star commander of the coalition against isis in syria and iraq during his command from 2015 to 2016, Coalition Forces recaptured nearly half of the enemys territory and set the conditions for enemys final defeat. Well, well talk about that a little more today. Were equally honored to have michele flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2012. Shes the cofounder and chair of the cnrs board of directors. Shes also cofounder and managing partner of west exec
Welcome. I want to thank you for joining us today. Im cliff may. Our methods founder and president and were really pleased to have you here today joining us for this event cohosted with the center for a new American Security to mark the release of michael gordons. Excellent new book degrade and destroy the inside story of the war against the islamic state. From barack obama to donald trump. Because michael has had exceptional access to top u. S. Officials and military commanders. And because of his extraordinary firsthand reporting from the battlefields, hes produced a must read book on this historic conflict. We were very proud to have michael with us inhouse at fcd for a period while he was working on the book. And we understand you also spent time at cns during the same. Were all happy to see it on the shelves today. Its available for purchase at all. Major booksellers online, im sure. And for those of you here in person, in the back of the room at the conclusion of todays events. M
Will make historic gains. And breaking with tradition, pope francis marries a number of couples in a rare wedding ceremony. We begin with the beheadingg the of british hostage david haines. Prime minister David Cameron has held an emergency meeting with his security chiefs in response to the killing. Even though britain will not be launching air strikes against the group which calls itself the Islamic State. Cameron has vowed to make the fighters pay. Emma heyward has more. Reporter david haines, a father of two had spent more than a decade carrying out humanitarian work around the world. Last year he went to syria on behalf of a charity. He was kidnapped and ended up in i. S. Hands. On saturday his family had reached out to those holding him. The group now in controls of large swaths on lands in Northern Iraq responded by releasing a video of his murder. Saying it was in direct response to britains support for Kurdish Military forces in the north. Condemnation came quickly. Both from
Bloomberg knows better than that. Thatheard some people say we stop crime. I can go door to door and stick it in. We cannot do that. I wish you would emphasize that we cannot allow Police Officers to do that because the constitution says you cannot. I appreciate the point. That is one more point from the judges ruling. Judges ruling. It may lower the crime rate but it is unconstitutional. That is not where we begin, that is where we end. Situation, you can lock down an entire city. In that particular situation, that made sense will stop sense. Legal and moral problems. We cannot look at these issues through the narrow problem prism of what could reduce crime. We have to look at Public Safety and the fact that we are a democracy with open values and tolerance. Some sense of equal treatment. Even people who disagree with me and think that this is a toward that should be used sometimes and disagrees with the court, i should mention, we have to look see our eyes wide open to how these prog
Conflict. We were very proud to have michael with us inhouse at fcd for a period while he was working on the book. And we understand you also spent time at cns during the same. Were all happy to see it on the shelves today. Its available for purchase at all. Major booksellers online, im sure. And for those of you here in person, in the back of the room at the conclusion of todays events. Michael gordon currently as the National Security correspondent for the wall street journal. In addition to his latest book, he is the coauthor with the late general bernard trainor, a wonderful man of three definitive histories of the United States wars in iraq. Full disclosure. Ive known michael for a rather long time. I wont tell you how long because he looks so young and may not want to admit his age. But this clue we were in the same bullpen at the New York Times in the previous century. He wasnt astonishingly good. Reporter i could tell you stories. And by the way, reassuring to note, hes still a