I also do want to thank both of you, though, in all seriousness for the superb stewardship of this conference. I understand its been basically been a year in the making and thats extraordinary and even more extraordinary the work that its produced, some of it which i have had a chance to see in a world with uncertainty, there are a few more important tasks right now than giving a platform to the next generation of scholars and policymakers, after all, who is going to help us get it right. We are looking to all of you and the work that youre doing could not be more valuable, could not be more timely. So i want to say a special welcome and a special thanks to all the conference participators and all of you, all of you stand at the scholarship of asia. It may be hard to imagine right now. Theres going to be a time when all you want to do is go back to school. After 21 years in public service, im very fortunate to be back in school and particular here at the john hopkins, very fortunate to
I also do want to thank both of you, though, in all seriousness for the superb stewardship of this conference. I understand its been basically been a year in the making and thats extraordinary and even more extraordinary the work that its produced, some of it which i have had a chance to see in a world with uncertainty, there are a few more important tasks right now than giving a platform to the next generation of scholars and policymakers, after all, who is going to help us get it right. We are looking to all of you and the work that youre doing could not be more valuable, could not be more timely. So i want to say a special welcome and a special thanks to all the conference participators and all of you, all of you stand at the scholarship of asia. It may be hard to imagine right now. Theres going to be a time when all you want to do is go back to school. After 21 years in public service, im very fortunate to be back in school and particular here at the john hopkins, very fortunate to
Good morning, everybody. Time to givee some you a quick update about the situation in iraq. Meetingy, i convened a with my National Security discuss the situation there and this morning i received an update from my team. Days wevest several seen significant gains made by organizationrist that operates in both iraq and in syria. A terroristof offensive, Iraqi Security forces have proven unable to defend a which hascities allowed the terrorists to overrun part of iraqs territory danger to iraqa and its people, and, given the of these terrorists, it could pose a threat eventually to american interests, as well. Is not brand new. Over the last year, we have been up our Security Assistance to the Iraqi Government with increased equipping and intelligence. Now, iraq needs additional momentum ofreak the Extremist Groups and bolster the capabilities of Iraqi Security forces. Will not be sending u. S. Troops back into combat in iraq but i have asked my National Security team to prepare a range
Many ideas. But there is also real darkness at the heart of the vision for the next four years. If there is engagement with the sunnis, it is about creating a new class of sunnis from the tribal and political groups at low level and trying to completely reduce and eradicate the National Level leadership of the sunnis. It struck me that the sunnis that wanted to support the sense of there being a Sunni Community who could Work Together, those people are the ones that the Iraqi Government were planning to continue persecuting. And if they were going to involve sunnis in future government, the plan was really to create a new class of sunnis that they could deal with and also control. That is an extraordinarily dark vision for the next four years. My hope is, as i recently put in a piece with the institute, that this may be a catalyst. Sometimes in iraq, you have to get right to the edge of a cliff or even take a step over the edge before people do the right thing. My feeling is if the ele
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