Topics. Id like to highlight the key areas were focused on. And then we are going to be voting and amending. Amending and then voting each section. So there will be instead of going through party reform, section by section, make amendments and then discuss and vote. The key elements on party reform that were going to be focusing on this afternoon are recommendations that are focused in the following areas. The first is making the party more competitive in all regions of the country. The second is supporting and growing state parties and inning creasing grassroots participation. The third is operating in a manner that is open and transparent. The fourth is strengthening an inclusive anticipatory culture at the dnc. The fifth, building on the great diversity of our party. The sixth, connecting our values and our actions and the 7th promoting and protecting the vote. So for each of those sections that i just highlighted, we will stay focused in those sections of Commission Members as we g
Century. Them for giving us the space this morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. In particular, center dan sullivan from alaska who i will introduce in just a minute. Let me tell you about our program. , we have years old this radical notion that even in washington, there can be an organization as resolutely nonpartisan. We have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. We meets are annually and aspen, colorado to discuss big ideas about american foreignpolicy and Global Leadership. Each year, we prepare a book based on our proceedings for publication. This book is available today, the book we are discussing today. Its called the world turning upside down america maintaining leadership in a dangerous age. We will discuss the book is morning and continuing with our friends, we will talk about major changes in how america looks at global trade position with Richard Danzig about the impact of technology on Global Leadership. We will continue with a conversation between forme
This is the story of syrian president bashar assad a tyrant who has waged a brutal war against his own people hes used chemical weapons should this despotic butcher be allowed to take part in peace talks with western states. We have to talk to assad and his representatives. Assad and his russian allies have after all played a key role in helping the west defeat Islamic State forces but can really help to stabilize the middle east as a useful tyrant. And. Here visit Syrian Government troops in the summer of twenty sixteen the Syrian Government has been fighting a bitter civil war for more than six years more than three hundred thousand people have been killed in the conflict. Ten million have been forced to leave their homes tens of thousands have been arrested and tortured in government prisons but assad could still prove useful to the west. As a mudra bosher are i suspect in some measure is always trying to live up to the image of his father. The latest wave of terrorism in europe the
[background sounds] and now were here to show what this bill means. This is not a bill of just paper and pencil. This is not just abstract numbers. These are real people, and every one of these stories represents millions of others who are also affected. We will send you a list of the 40 some odd stories we have and their pictures. But in the 50 states, they are so many people, millions of people who would be harmed by this bill, whether its cuts for medicaid, hikes in the cost of care for people with preexisting conditions, skyrocketing outofpocket costs for care. These are the faces, the human toll that trumpcare would take on our country, our citizenry, a Great American people. Id like to talk about one of my constituents, one of my constituents, melba, born in new york city. She lived on the Lower East Side her whole life. Heres what she told me. These are her words. Medicaid is a strong part of my existence for everyday living in every single way. I was born with cerebral palsy, h
You would expect, revolving around President Trumps tweets this morning. We spoke to them here in the castro district. It appears tweets made by the president contradict tweets he made last year when he was just a president ial candidate. I think its appalling. As the country advances in lgbtq rights, this is going against the tide. We were moving forward and now were going backwards. Reporter heres president ial candidate donald trump tweeting in june of 2016. Quote, thank you to the lgbtq community. I will fight for you while Hillary Clinton brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs. Fastforward to today with President Trump tweeting, quote, after a consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medic