I think we will go ahead and get started or good morning. I am the Vice President here. I am delighted to welcome you to todays important and timely event. Many of you know, we were founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent, nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vitally Important Mission of preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflict abroad. Odays topic is near and dear we have had an office since 2002 and are working closely with the afghan u. S. Governments and others to address underlying causes of the stability and violence. Dedicated considerable effort in the last care years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops, and policy analysis both here in washington and afghanistan. Throughout all of our efforts to hold fast to the conviction that the Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. We recently held a workshop in istanbul with work leaders from afghanistan, most of whom participated in various a couple of mon
Andrew wilder i think well go ahead and get started. Good morning. My name is andrew wilder. Im the Vice President here at usip at the asia center. Im delighted to welcome today to todays are important and timely event. As many of you know, usip was founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vital Important Mission of protecting mitigating and resolving violence abroad. Todays topic is very near and dear to usip. Weve had an office in kabul since 2002 and where closely with the afghan and u. S. Governments, civil side organization, and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the afghan Peace Process is a top priority for usip. We dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops, and policy analysis both here in washington and in afghanistan. Throughout all our efforts with held fast to the conviction that for Peace Process t
Usip at the asia center. Im delighted to welcome today to todays are important and timely event. As many of you know, usip was founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vital Important Mission of protecting mitigating and resolving violence abroad. Todays topic is very near and dear to usip. Weve had an office in kabul since 2002 and where closely with the afghan and u. S. Governments, civil side organization, and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the afghan Peace Process is a top priority for usip. We dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops and policy analysis both here in washington and in afghanistan. Throughout all our efforts with held fast to the conviction that for Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. In fact, we recently held a workshop in istanbul with top negotiators from afghanist
that would come. and it was handled appropriately. and we are now getting a clearer picture of exactly how the u.s. response played out, at last saturday the balloon was first detected in alaska. on tuesday, it relented continental u.s. airspace, which is when the president asked for military options on wednesday, the president ordered the military to take out the balloon as soon as practicable. on friday, the president was briefed on an execution plan, and on saturday the balloon was shot down. now, the balloons eight-day track is sparking debate and political finger-pointing on capitol hill over the administration s approach. listen here. clearly this was an attempt by china to gather information to defeat our command and control, are sensitive mission weapon sites, and that certainly is an urgency that this administration does not recognize. the president and united states military did what they did, that is my opinion, very just and very defensible. so the president
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