Legislative and judicial and executive. But there is a fourth factor. And when we stand up to say no more, when we say there is a person right there doing the right thing we will get behind them then make sure that attitude becomes potent and decisive. When someone reads about Margaret Chase smith and says thats what i willwh do somebody in the government right now it will happen out of the necessity to survive we will expect that. I believe and you write we are centrist nation basically a country where 30 or 40 or 50 percent of the people are in the middle and want government to get something done. We aint doing it. That doesnt mean we wont. We have come through very hard times and baffling times and pessimistic times. And inappropriate behavior with the part of leadership but we have come to thembu all and very often when we do come through these difficult times the dark clouded sky times, we were better off for having done it. People talk about it was a simpler time. No itt wasnt. I
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
Im lucky to be one of the 13 members of the annual Meeting Program committee. We are pleased to have a panel with us today. The committee itself is from around the country, practicing areas from construction, commercial, business, criminal law and our charge is to put together a small selection of the best cuttingedge programs every year. In the fall of 2018 we started with 50 submissions, looked for those that would be the most special, the most exceptional and we were lucky to have a proposal from the science and Technology Section and our moderator, heather rafter, entitled shaping our future, tech Company Lawyers on innovation and social responsibility. The program isnt is an all women panel. It happened to work out that way. We have so many amazingly talented women in our Tech Community that it naturally fell together and we are lucky to have this group today. A few housekeeping notes, heather covered one of them, the materials are available in the apps, use your cell phone to sil
Expect from ciro ramaphosa also coming off. Because layover noxious sludge marsh leaving for the International Film festival begins with a more bang this evening with an animated feature set in the future we will bring you the latest from the berlin alah and their reaction to the need to campaign. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us his appointment has been welcomed with singing dancing and a standing ovation in parliament cyril rama poso was sworn in today south africas new president his predecessor jacob zuma resigned barely twenty four hours earlier after being ordered to stand down by his party the a. N. C. Ramaphosa will set out his plans for the country in detail on friday evening but he has already said that tackling corruption will be a top priority. I do class. The only. Poll said that in part because some of the things the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from the past thank the issues that you have issues that ha
Kind of a warm welcome to you on the thought she. Turkish german journalist dennis you chill has been released after a year in a turkish prison but you child has now been indicted on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda the Court Ordered that you should be allowed to leave prison pending trial prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up to eighteen yes its still unclear if youll be allowed to leave the country his detention has strained relations between germany and turkey here this impending release comes a day off the german chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for movement on your case in a meeting with the turkish Prime Minister yet. Germanys acting foreign just sick mug obviously had this to say about his release just a short while ago. A Turkish Court has announced that denis you joe will be freed without any restrictions and. I assume that means he will be able to leave the country we are very pleased with the courts decision. That was a villain fanmi just sigma governor lets all