Then we are doing a conference, making a statement, and i think we have had a very successful meeting. [translating in foreign language] we have first had a sensitive meeting and discussions were comprehensive. [speaking foreign language] we have had the opportunity to focus on Strategic Partnerships with President Trump. And we are trying to accomplish the target. And of course our indisputable partnership under the offices of nato. And as you are probably aware between december 3 and fourth we will gather for the Leaders Summit of nato in london. And turkey is among the top five contributors of nato. And of course our position with the United States under the roof of nato is quite different. And i believe london will be quite busy. President trump we will have a big meeting on nato very soon. I think i can say it because other people feel the way, the president was disappointed in the statement made by france having to do with commitment and nato. It was a big statement made a couple
Watch booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good evening. Good evening. Im steve we bert with the like librarys Public Affairs staff and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight. And thanks to rainy day books, our frequent and favorite collaborator and of course one over the nations great independent book stores. We operated ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming, whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a coup of oped pieces for the New York Times and for cnn business. After the death of david koch. Chris spent aye eight years ee. Americaed in kochland, the place and title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the very potent Politic
Good evening. Good evening. Im steve we bert with the like librarys Public Affairs staff and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight. And thanks to rainy day books, our frequent and favorite collaborator and of course one over the nations great independent book stores. We operated ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming, whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a coup of oped pieces for the New York Times and for cnn business. After the death of david koch. Chris spent aye eight years ee. Americaed in kochland, the place and title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the very potent Political Network that was put together by da
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Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac whats next . Will there be a possible action policy . The great work sigar is doing. What should be done . Good, good. Thats a very good question. All of our work, not just the Lessons Learned is, we try to get congress to focus on this issue and weve been successful. And the Lessons Learned team goes out, many of them are here today, they have briefed members. Were trying to incorporate these lessons into practice. Theyre not really Lessons Learned until theyre actually adopted. Thats what were trying to do. And my team has gone to many agents in the u. S. Government. Theyve briefed many people. I remember briefing joe dunford and his team for almost two hours. We try to get it incorporated for best practices, thats what we try to do. Thank you. Im quite familiar with the Peace Process in el salvador which the u. N. Implemented. A little different. They were defeated as was the farc in columbia. Do you see a role