Good morning, everyone. My name is melissa and i direct the project here at the center for strategic and International Studies and im divided to welcome you to todays event. The u. S. Approach to security jurisdiction in afghanistan. Before we begin today, i want to share our building safety precautions overall we feel secure that as a convener we have the duty to prepare for an emergency. I will serve as your Safety Officer at this event. Please follow my instructions. Finally take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways to the room or directly behind you down the stairs if theres an incident behind you we will go out these doors, you follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting two distinguished individuals from the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the director himself was sworn in as the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction in july, 2012. He has more than 30 years of expe
Afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. Angela rayner is the new shadow deputy Prime Minister and levelling up secretary. She replaces lisa nandy, whos becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development. International development. Shabana mahmood takes the role of shadow secretary for justice liz kendall takes work and pensions and steve reed takes environment, food and rural affairs. It comes as the keir starmer reshuffles his top team, which began earlier afterjim which began earlier after jim mcmahon said he would step down from his post as shadow environment secretary. An independent review says former cabinet minister sir Gavin Williamson should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip. He sent offensive chief whip. He sent offensive Text Messages to wendy morton after he wasnt invited to the late queens funeral. The panel late queens funeral. The panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training. The Prime Minister trainin
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Nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, with great buildup the white house announced a massive tax cut plan today, one its calling the largest tax cut in history and one that could offer significant relief for a lot of americans, not only families and individuals, but businesses, too. The proposed cut of the Corporate Tax rate, the focus of a lot of attention tonight, because among the prime beneficia beneficiari beneficiaries, businesses like President Trumps, but as they say the devil is in the details which appear to be fairly sparse at this point. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander tells us more. Reporter tonight from the president and his team on taxes an ambitious opening bid. We have a once in a Generation Opportunity to do something really big. Reporter the white house outlining a sweeping across the board tax overhaul. Under the trump plan, we will have a massive tax cut for businesses and massive tax reform. Reporter the headliner reducing the number of indi
Lester holt. Good evening. With great buildup, the white house announced a massive tax cut plan today, one its calling the largest tax cut in history, and one that could offer significant relief for a lot of americans, not only families and individuals, but businesses, too. The proposed cut of the Corporate Tax rate, the focus of a lot of attention tonight, because among the prime beneficiaries, businesses like President Trumps, but as they say, the devil is in the details, which appear to be fairly sparse at this point. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander tells us more. Reporter tonight, from the president and his team on taxes, an ambitious opening bid. We have a once in a Generation Opportunity to do something really big. Reporter the white house outlining a sweeping across the board tax overhaul. Under the trump plan, we will have a massive tax cut for businesses and massive tax reform. Reporter the headliner, reducing the number of vi three, 10 , 25 , and 35 . The admi