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Usip at the asia center. Im delighted to welcome today to todays are important and timely event. As many of you know, usip was founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vital Important Mission of protecting mitigating and resolving violence abroad. Todays topic is very near and dear to usip. Weve had an office in kabul since 2002 and where closely with the afghan and u. S. Governments, civil side organization, and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the afghan Peace Process is a top priority for usip. We dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops and policy analysis both here in washington and in afghanistan. Throughout all our efforts with held fast to the conviction that for Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. In fact, we recently held a workshop in istanbul with top negotiators from afghanist
Ms. Williamson hello. Hello. Welcome to the Des Moines Register political soapbox. The politics editor for the paper, and we will go over the rules again, because we have to be iowa nice here. Art of iowa nice means you dont hold up signs, because then people behind you cant see. We also dont jeer, but feel free to cheer if you want, and be nice to each other. Now, author Marianne Williamson. [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you. Thank you. Ms. Williamson thank you. This is an extraordinary experience, and i am aware, particularly as a woman, that we cant do this everywhere. I am aware that if i said the fraction of things that i sometimes say and critique our governmental policy that there are countries where i might be taken off to prison, even tortured. So i am not only very aware of right we have to say what we think, but at this point in our history, we need to remember that we have a profound responsibility to say what we think. I am running for president because i think so
Military pots. Left in the drawing board. Good afternoon. I want to welcome those of you who are here in the auditorium. Here in washington dc as well as those of you who are watching online. On our website or on cspan. I believe they are in fact on site here. According to them. Just wanted to go over a few items before we get to the meat of the program here. I would ask that everybody here turn off their cell phones or at least have them in a silent mode and those other Electronic Items as well. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end of this, and when it goes down, it will ask folks to please wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone in the audience has an opportunity to hear you. That i will ask you to announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book eyes in the sky, by arthur hall and michelle and i have to. Out that the digital version that when i call the eye of saffron i will comp
Cspan is also here so before we get to the meat of the program please make sure phones are turned off or in silent mode to hamper our discussion and the q a portion as we get to the end of this and wait for the microphone and then ill have you announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular fascinating and terrifying book and i have to point out a video version from lord of the rings for the content of this book and what we are discussing but six years ago this month the nsa by the name of edwa snowden with his absolutely amazing revelations about government surveillance taking place with the war on terror. And with those revelations and in some respects and with electronic surveillance. And i guess todayod brings us and with that technological news with those minority reports scenario is not so farfetched but theolog was inspired by a different movie. So now o here a journalist researcher and founder and codirector. A from Johns Hopkins in 2014 and in between is