On thursday, the Potomac Institute for policy studies brought together the former Defense Department and fbi officials to discuss the terror group isis. They reviewed the groups evolution and spoke about why the International Community did not detect them earlier. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. Thank you very much, mike, for the introduction. I would like to welcome the panelists as well as the audience and those who collaborated with us over the years in the Diplomatic Community in washington and internationally. As mike indicated, we are going to focus with isis and we have a very distinguished panel with rich backgrounds and experience. I will not go into details to introduce them, but first, we have professor ruth wedgwood. Right here to my left, not politically, but at any rate i am, actually. [laughter] she is a professor of International Diplomacy at Johns Hopkins university and the president of the International Law association and she has worked with different administr
The Potomac Institute brought together former Defense Department and fbi officials to discuss the growing strength of the terrorist group isis. Groupsmine the evolution and discuss why the International Community did not detect them earlier. You can see the discussion today at 10 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Now, New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg on afghanistan. He was expelled from kabul recently after the publication of his story on the formation of an interim government. The two candidates now vying to be providence president s say they welcome the reporter back to the country. This is 50 minutes. I am the president of the National Press club and host for todays newsmakers news conference. First, as we always do, here are the guidelines. After this biggest presentation, open the floor for q a. When you are recognized, please identified yourself and your organization before asking your question. No speeches please. Just a question. Our guest today is Matthew Rosenberg who was e
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It means we have persuaded much of the world to share our ideals. And thats not a cause for concern. Its a cause for hope. We americans are a strong and confident people. We know that in open competition our ideals, our ingenuity, and our courage ensure our success. Isolationism and protectionism are a fools errand. We should build no walls in a futile attempt to keep the world at bay. Walls are for cowards, not for us. [applause] we are the worlds only superpower. We must accept the responsibilities along with the blessings that come with that distinction. And if america is to lead, then americas leader must be prepared for that challenge. The most solemn responsibility given the president is the role of commanderinchief. When it comes time to make the decision to send our young men and women into harms way, that decision should be made by a leader who knows that such decisions have profound consequences. There comes a time when our nations leader can no longer rely on briefing books