America should pay for infrastructure, not just gas. That is not right. Everybody benefits from it. Guest this is an interesting question. The federal gas tax was put in place as something of a surrogate for a toll or user fee. It was decided that was going to be the fairest way. All of this available on cspan. Org, washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern every day. We now go to the washington ali Washington Institute for near east policy. Story we would be focusing on would be the story, the story of protests, the mystic unrest domestic unrest , the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009. Whatever one expected to be talking about this week and next week was the question of sanctions waivers, a,certification of the gcpo and efforts of congress to annul the legislation. That is all still in play, but now it has been cast in a different light by what is happening inside iran. We have convened a panel of our experts to discuss this issue. The protest the protests in iran and
Welcome. Thank for making the effort to get here on this snow day. Not really but that qualifies her in washington. Needless to say i dont think any of us expected here in the first week of 2018 the iran story we are focusing on is the story of protest and the mystic unrest with the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009 on the contrary was the question of sanctions and waivers of the jcp away and efforts of congress to amend that legislation. That is in play but now cast in a different light. So now we have our experts for the implications for u. S. Policy from different angles. I will introduce folks the order i will call them. Patrick is the morningstar senior fellow director of research at the institute and will look at the background of these protests. What is happening inside iran economically to his the unrest. Then return to our colleague that is one of the most skillful interpreters where they might be going in the future. Then return to my guys instead as the director
Welcome and thank you for making the effort to get here. Adam think any of us thought that i dont think any of us thought that the iran story we would be focusing on would be the story, the story of protest, domestic unrest, the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009. Whatever one expected to be talking about this week and next week was the question of sanctions waivers, decertification of the gcpoa, and efforts of congress to annul to amend legislation. That is all still in play, but now it has been cast in a different light by what is happening inside iran. We have convened a panel of our experts to discuss this issue. The protests in iran and their implications for the region and u. S. Policy from a lot of different angles. Im going to introduce folks in the order i am going to call on them. We will start with patrick clauson. He is our senior fellow and director of research at the institute. He is going to look at the background of these protests. Where are they coming from
Welcome and thank you for making the effort to get here. I dont think any of us thought that the iran story we would be focusing on would be the story, the story of protest, domestic unrest, the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009. Whatever one expected to be talking about this week and next week was the question of sanctions waivers, decertification of the gcpoa, and efforts of congress to amend legislation. That is all still in play, but now it has been cast in a different light by what is happening inside iran. We have convened a panel of our experts to discuss this issue. The protests in iran and their implications for the region and u. S. Policy from a lot of different angles. Im going to introduce folks in the order i am going to call on them. We will start with patrick clauson. He is our senior fellow and director of research at the institute. He is going to look at the background of these protests. Where are they coming from, what are the causes and what has been hap
Folks, thank you for making the effort to get mere on this snow day in washington. Its not really a snow day, but half an inch on the ground. That qualifies as a snow day here in washington. Needless to say, i dont think any of us expected that here in the first week of 2018 the iran story we would be focused on would be this story, a story of protests, domestic unrest, really, in the sort of biggest demonstrations weve seen since 2009. On the contrary, i think that what everybody expected to be talking about this week and next week was the question of sanctions, waivers, decertification of the jcpoa and efforts in congress to amend the legislation. And that obviously, all still is in play, but its now been cast in i think a quite different light by whats happening inside iran. And so, we have convened a panel of our experts to discuss this issue, the protests in iran and their implications for not just the region, not just iran, but also for u. S. Policy. From a lot of different angle