Lori robinson was a Lieutenant Colonel when she first came to brookings in 2001 and we had the great pleasure spending a year with her in her new career military education which is like more of an education asset brookings to the military fellows than for them but created a friendship and sort of a fan club. Brookings that continued over the years as she rose through the ranks. A lot of you know her story and well talk about her story this morning before we also get into some of her observations on Strategic Issues before the country and then have time for your thoughts and questions as well. And also im very happy that this is happening during Christmas Season because in Holiday Season more john i feel like ive got my Christmas Wish in getting the chance to welcome Lori Robinson back. Her story since were like enough to cspan coverage today, for those of you who want to watch its a wonderful life and may not want the Jimmy Stewart version, you get just as good a version with general r
Command of Northern Command and commander of north American Aerospace defense command. We congratulate both of you on your nominations. We thank you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation and for your willingness to serve once again. Of course, we know today would not be possible without the support and sacrifice of your family and friends. Some of whom are with us this morning. As is our tradition, we hope you will take the opportunity to introduce your family joining you today. General scaparrotti, you seek to lead a command very different from the one your predecessor, general breedlove, inherited just three years ago. When Vladimir Putin invaded ukraine and annexed crimea, dismembering a sovereign nation in the heart of europe for the first time in seven decades, general breedlove led with clarity and purpose. He pushed ucom and nato to address the strategic reality we face in europe. That will be the urgent and unfinished task left to you, general scaparrotti, if
Literature, language, politics and history. Book tv will be covering that event. It begins at noon eastern time. Afterwards well have a live nationwide callin with shakespeare scholars so you can join in the conversation as well. Henry folger was the president of the Standard Oil Company and a shakespeare buff so he and his wife spent many years and many dollars collecting shakespeare artifacts, documents, memorabilia. Its the Worlds Largest collection of shacks peerrelated documents. So join us on saturday, april 23. Well be live beginning at noon from the Folger Library for 400 years of shakespeare on book tv. Now, agriculture secretary tom vilsack, he sits down with us to talk about the issue of hunger and Food Insecurity that affects Many American families. Former Iowa Governor discusses the impact of hunger, child nutrition and the challenges facing rural communities. From the brookings institute, this is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. Im bob ruben and my sole assignm
Im eric toter, codirector of the tax policy center, its an honor for me to be here honors don lubic one of the my mentors, heroes and an ideal to all of us on the panel, and many of us in the audience we have a great panel here. I will you have their full bios, i will introduce them briefly. Manuel koran is kpmg. She was previously a Deputy Assistant secretary for International Tax at the u. S. Treasury department, and during the Obama Administration and has done many other things before them. I wont go through them all. David rosenbloom is a visiting professor of tax ace and director of the International Tax program at new york universitys school of law. Hes also been a member of the Kaplan Drysdale law firm. And david has many other accomplishments, but the one ill mention is he also was the top International Tax officials at the Treasury Department back in the carter administration. Where he was tax legislative counsel. And finally we have barbara angus, the one member of panel who
Once again, washington is talking about a shutdown. Most analysts predict congress will opt forget to inning resolutions that wouould span throrough the president ial continuing resolutions that would span ththrough the president ial election. Onheides of the annual conduct confererence in washington, i asked him whether the pentagon was working on contingency plans instead of letting congress to the cutting in a worstcase scenario. What we want toto have happen at ththedget approved right level for nationonal security. Many people recognize thats a fact. We arere working as hard as we n ensure that happens. We have inhe past looked at what w would have to happen in earlier yearsnder bca level funding. Not where we want to go. We are going to do everything we can to avoid thahat. Vago theres an overwhelmg sense in washington that it will go to a full year continuingng resolution. Abouto us a little bit what happenss if it is a fullyear continuing resolution. An f that happenens, what a