Our guests of honor today you have their biographies first to welcome jake, a coauthor of jake bright of the Foreign Policy and has worked to the clinton imitation with senior economic issues. And she has been involved in a number of outlets as well as reporting to receive among other honors but of course, aubry hruby is at home here. Like all great boxer is already out of date. Such as the visiting fellow with the approval of the Atlantic Office and the board now aubry hruby is the seizure followed want a fellow at the embedded cancel atlantic cancel. [applause] so well either of us could get into the Atlantic Council to hear war stories in africa but and he was is a Corporate Strategy to facilitate 2 billion of investment. Me and also to recognize by top of those under 33. I would not say when that occurred. Aaron to be delighted august occasion we are here in and and we are delighted to have senior Reuters State Department correspondent here to moderate. We are grateful to be here w
Rational business. He also has worked in the clinton administration, the u. S. Department of commerce and speechwriter and chief aide and senior economic issues. Also he has been involved in a number of Media Outlets and reporting for which he received among other honors the best business column distinction by the weak magazine. Of course aubrey hruby is at home here and i would like to announce the like all great books, it is already out of date. I am not trying to hamper sales but it is always listed on the cover as the visiting fellow, delighted to make public that with the approval of the executive office of the Atlantic Council, aubrey hruby is senior counsel at the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council so we are delighted on our continued association. [applause] aubrey hruby has had a distinguished career working on a number of project over in the years before either of us came to the Atlantic Council and our share of war stories from various friends in africa. Aubrey hruby was m
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Espionage act and other charges. He now faces up to 136 years in prison. Julian assange will join us from the Ecuadorian Embassy in london where he has been living for more than a year. Then we go to fort meade, maryland, where the sentencing hearing begins today. Obrien,peak to alexa who has been reporting from their everyday. We are not talking about the trial, as important as it is. We are talking about setting legal precedent for National Security and whistleblowers, and beyond that, people using the internet, communicating in legallyprotected speech. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. For brentcing hearing a man and begins today following his acquittal on the most serious charge he faced, aiding the enemy, but conviction and 20 accounts. On tuesday, manning was found guilty of violating the espionage act and other charges for leaking documents to wikileaks. He avoids an automatic life sentence but st
Espionage act and other charges. He now faces up to 136 years in prison. Julian assange will join us from the Ecuadorian Embassy in london where he has been living for more than a year. Then we go to fort meade, maryland, where the sentencing hearing begins today. Obrien,peak to alexa who has been reporting from their everyday. We are not talking about the trial, as important as it is. We are talking about setting legal precedent for National Security and whistleblowers, and beyond that, people using the internet, communicating in legallyprotected speech. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. For brentcing hearing a man and begins today following his acquittal on the most serious charge he faced, aiding the enemy, but conviction and 20 accounts. On tuesday, manning was found guilty of violating the espionage act and other charges for leaking documents to wikileaks. He avoids an automatic life sentence but st