Pandemic. One of the changes we need to make today to ensure that nato will be relevant and effective over the coming decade and in 2030 . To answer these questions, we will begin with saving remarks from the secretarygeneral. Then, my wonderful colleague in who works with, the alliance for securing democracy, will moderate a conversation with the secretarygeneral. She will start with fred and me and then take questions from you. Fred will close us out. Now a word about the secretarygeneral of nato. At a time when citizens in nato countries are looking for leadership, they need look no further than nato headquarters. Where secretarygeneral stoltenberg is providing strong principles and decisive leadership. It is my sincere pleasure to stoltenberg, secretarygeneral, to the stage. Mr. Secretarygeneral, over to you. Sec. Gen. Stoltenberg that afternoon from brussels. To karen anding fred in washington and welcome to all who are following us online. Last december nato leaders asked me to m
A leading Rights Group Accuses china of carrying out an intense Global Attack on human rights. So that sudan says its halted an armed revolt by members of a disbanded Intelligence Units who were angry at the terms had been offered upon their dismissal Prime Minister abdullah has tweeted that the situation is under control it is the 1st major challenge from within the security ranks for his Transitional Government which took power back in august mass protests led to the ousting of long time leader bashar in april the joint military civilian government now in office has promised to hold elections in 3 years lets get the very latest from him morgan who joins us live now from khartoum just tell us what is the situation on the ground now. Well its been more than an hour since we heard the loud gunshots being exchanged between the members of the armed forces and the general Intelligence Services specifically the Operations Unit and lets go back to how we got here it all happened when the Ope
Challenges that australia is facing with the wildfires that are impacting australia in such a dramatic and negative way. And they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. As well, we also are focused on the passenger list of the aircraft that was lost in iran two days ago. All of those souls are in our thoughts and in our prayers today. Im john allen. Im the president of the brookings institution. And were very honored to have you with us. Happy new year. Were very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy, who is our distinguished guest and our great ally in helping to study the future of the United States army, the defense department, and the challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was confirmed last year by the u. S. Senate, and after having served in that capacity as an acting secretary for a number of months, he has now assumed the full responsibilities on all the matters relating to our great United States army, to inc
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to the brookings institution. Before i begin my remarks, i would just like to say on behalf of the institution that we are thinking every moment about the challenges that australia is facing, with the wildfires that are impacting australia in such a dramatic and negative way, and they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. As well, we also are focused on the passenger list of the aircraft that was lost in iran two days ago. All of those souls are in our thoughts and in our prayers today. Im john allen, president of the brookings institution. We are very honored to have you with us. Happy new year. We are very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy. He is our distinguished guest and our great ally in helping to study the future of the United States army, the Defense Department and the challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was confirmed last year by the u. S. Senate and after
Suspected abuse. Childhood sexual abuse survivor joel castaics fought to get the new law on the books. I was sexually abused at a high school in Southern California, a catholic high school, and the school knew i was being abused at the time of the abuse, but chose to cover it up as opposed to protecting me. Reporter this is not the first charge against brother farrington. He was removed from ministry in 2002 after he was accused of sexual abuse by at least six people. Farrington is now 78 and lives here at sacred heart in los gatos. We went to the center today but were unable to reach him. We also reached out to the diocese of san jose, but received no response. The jesuit West Province issued this statement saying on december 7th, 2018, jesuits West Province released its list of jesuits with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Brother William Farrington was named on that list. We did so because we hope that active accountability will help victims and their families in the