Podcasts. In our final program looking back for president george w. Bushs decision to increase troop levels in iraq, scholars offered their analysis of the surge. From Southern Methodist university this is almost two hours. So its my pleasure to introduce the chair of this panel who is the executive director of the center at the university of texas at austin. And he has, i think, not unique but certainly worth while perspective, duel perspective of being a person who has both studied Decision Making in the white house and been part of Decision Making in the white house. He was a valuable member of really making the Network Connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. Will, i thank you for. That i turn the mike over to you. Thank you very much, jeff. Im honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i may let i got to my head and try toint
Sti perspective of a person who has studied decisionmaking in the white house. And a valuable member of really making the Network Connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. Will, i thank you for that, and i turn the mic over to you. [ applause ] all right. Thank you very much, jeff. Im honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i might let it go to my head and try to interject myself too much in the discussion. So ill be sitting down there while they make their presentations and come back up here during q and a time. You have the detailed bios of each of the speakers so i wont repeat those. First here is professor richard immerman. His bio says he recently retired from temple university. And that may be technically correct. I know richard well, richard does not know the meaning of the word retirement. Were Close Friends on the state
Now on bbc news, Stephen Sackur speaks to microsofts president brad smith on hardtalk. Welcome brad smith on hardtalk. To hardtalk, i Stephen Sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, i Stephen Sackur. Remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Now, we are in a darker, more cynical place, the digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. Had the corporate titans of tech failed us . My corporate titans of tech failed us . My guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm . Brad smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, nice to be here. You have served an extraordinary amount of time at microsoft, the best part of three decades. You have seen the evolution of our attitudes towards Information Technology and the internet in particular. I refer to the great po
In tehran, over what it calls the illegal seizure of an Iranian Oil Tanker off gibraltar both contenders for the tory Party Leadership are told to raise the standard of Adult Social Care if they become britains next Prime Minister. This is the scene live now in stirling where the Prime Minister is about to make a speech calling on her successor to strengthen the union of the United Kingdom. And back at the bridge Frank Lampard one of chelseas grestest players is named as the clubs new manager. Its 5 oclock. Our top story. The betting group william hill is planning to close around 700 shops across the uk putting more than 4,500 jobs at risk. The Company Blames it on new government regulations, which reduce the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2. William hill says its suffered a significant fall in revenues as a result. Campaigners, who warned that fixed odds machines were encouraging addiction have welcomed the news but employees say the scale of the losses
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