In as many questions as possible. It is my great pleasure to introduce todays speaker, philip gordon. He is a senior fellow at the u. S. Foreign policy here at cfr. For joining the council fill a special assistant to the president and white house coordinator for the middle east, north africa in the gulf region under president obama. He previously served the assistant secretary of state for european affairs. He is responsible for the relations of more than 50 countries in europe and eurasia along with nato, eu, and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. Phil has also had a distinguished scholarly career having written and coauthored numerous books on u. S. Policy and foreign affairs. Today we are here to recognize his newest book, losing the long game, the false promise of regine change in the middle east. Former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers hails it as an examination of u. S. Regime change efforts in the middle east. The journalist robin whit
Have seen it coming. In theory i would like to start with what was my personal favorite moment in the book which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist in his world where he explains to trump that if hes thinking about running for president , he cannot do as a traditional republican. Can you describe the scene. Sure, thanks for having me, i was fascinated buy the book, it made no sense by this, one of the reasons you have to remember donald trump did not, as a bolt out of the blue, he had been speaking for years for running for president but he was not quite sure how he would really have an identity, sometimes he was a democrat, sometimes he was a republican, he flirted with the idea of running in ross perots at one point but in 2012 he was getting serious about it and david bossi, a conservative activist a hardline conservative activist was a friend of Donald Trumps and he decided to talk to him about running
The chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. Marshall, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. In response to successful precise United States air strike against iranian terrorists, general soleimani, a strike that was carefully thought out, that was vetted, there was carefully planned by our president , the secretary of state, white house leadership, and the pentagon my democrat colleagues are threatening to force a vote to restrict our president s ability to exercise his constitutional powers as commander in chief. And thus place more american lives at risk. Listen, i dont want a war. The president doesnt want a war. Many, many kansans i talked to, they dont want any more american lives lost in another endless war in the middle east. But what kansans do want is a president to draws a redline and actually means it. If you harm an american or any american interests, we will respond swiftly, decisively, and, yes, disproportionately. For kansans, its pure and simple common sense
Should the u. S. Role be as the unrest continues. This is about an hour and a half. [inaudible] so my name is patricia, im at the International Republican institute where we implement programs that are focused on responsive governance across the middle east and across the world, but i work on the middle east. So today we will talk about irans influence in the region and iraq in particular, in the context of ongoing demonstrations and how iran is working to destabilize iraq, as well as the evolution of u. S. Foreign policies towards iraqs government. First, i would introduce our distinguished panelists and provide some overarching remarks before turning it over for discussion. Your mic is not on. Can you is it on . Okay. Good now. So first to introduce our panelists, michael whom you all know is a senior fellow at hudson, a former Intelligence Officer with over 28 years of experience working on security, terrorism, Counter Insurgency in the middle east. Hes spent considerable time worki
Influence in the region and iraq in particular in the context of ongoing demonstrations and how iran is working to destabilize iraq and what is the evolution of u. S. Foreign policy towards irans government. First i will introduce our distinguished panelists and then provide overarching remarks before turning it over to them for an interactive discussion. [introductions] our panelel introduce 20s, Michael Pidgeon has years of working on security and counterinsurgency and policy issues in the mideast. Noise] timeent considerable asking on influence in iraq an advisor embedded. The iranians are interfering with the microphone. The abbasid is applicable activist, founder and president of the rock foundation, a Nonprofit Organization committed to the support and promotion of democracy and human rights. [loud mic feedback] we need technical help. Is a get . Better. From november 2003 to march 2000 and five, she joins the double Medic Service rep resenting iraq before the u. S. Government. A