Welcome to the program Afghan Government and taliban negotiators are in qatar for long delayed talks these are live pictures now we hope coming from the capital doha yet there they are live pictures of the talks which are just about to get underway its been more than 6 months since the u. S. Brokered a deal aimed at ending americas longest war before his appointment in 2016 President Donald Trump pledged to end the conflict and hes hoping to follow through on his promise ahead of the november election section of state might compare was attending the inauguration event. Well the head of the Afghan Government delegation says progress in the talks is crucial for the countrys development on chamberlains momi one on today with hope and confidence we are heading to doha to build an of guns tanweer no more guns go off and we hope the values of the republic us truth and and the people of afghanistan achieve the Economic Development they deserve well the u. N. Secretary general Spokesman Says t
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[applause] good afternoon. I am lindsay paulson, cochair along with kimberly at the polk county democrats event committee. I would like to start out by thinking hour more than 100 volunteers that are here today to make our event successful. This event was built entirely on volunteers. One of the most inspiring things for me has been to watch our political veterans and our local freshmen come together to revive an american tradition. As you are leaving today, please stop and think some of the individuals in the light blue tshirt spread those are your volunteers and individuals who worked hard to make today access but its my honor to begin the presentation from our three headliners and introduce our first headliner Sherry Bustos of illinois. Its fitting we decided to have me introduce the congresswoman, the one who was born in illinois. She represents illinois 17th Congressional District which includes western, central and northern illinois. In her third term, she focuses on job creation
Ladies and gents, thank you very much for coming. First of all, we are into the season where the city tends to empty out and so we are all really delighted that you are a problem that is arguably as important here in the United States as it is around the world where we will be free hope focusing on it. Let me introduce myself and we will be conversing with. Carnegie at the endowment for international peace, and the democracy and rule of law program, not the climate and energy program. Simon is going to kick us off, simon taylor, whose one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in this around the world and it interestingly combines advocacy with extremely rigorous investigations, and thats one of the things we will be talking byut today, a recent report Global Witness about shows activities in nigeria. He also helped galvanize a coalition of Civil Society organizations in 40 countries worldwide, working for m