Regional power and president xi jinpings leadership. Good morning. My name is bruce jones. Im the Vice President and the director for Foreign Policy here at brookington. Its my pleasure to welcome you this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones and its a pleasure to invite you to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for endopacific affairs, randall shriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of policy research over the past decade, and while hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense by President Donald Trump on january 8th, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs, under which portfolio he covered china, tie won, hong kong and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief
Today. With the exception of commodities. That is our mliv question. We will get to that later. We sought records on the dow and s p. We are continuing on the momentum here today with not that much news to trade on. Yes, the u. S. And china have risen talks. They are talking on the phones. Communications have returned. We are hearing the u. S. Is also talking more about curbs on steel when it comes to china, as well as vietnam. Still extending the tariff target list here in this part of the world. That could still be a risk when it comes to markets. Seeing the likes of asx 200 up 6 10 of 1 . We are getting close to the 1 high with sydney stocks. Look at the dollar. Interesting to know what we have seen when it comes to the thai baht, continuing its strength. We heard from the blt. Bot. Thailand officials are worried about the strength. It will be worries some whether it will continue on the reluctance to ease a little bit more. The Central Banks seem to be tilting more. Thai baht is st
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. And welcome to the second forum of the Congressional Black Caucus Emergency Task force on black Youth Suicide and Mental Health. I need to start by saying thank you no my colleagues who have obviously changed their schedules in order to be present here today for this important event. We launch third caulk with two Core Missions to identify comprehensive legislation that will result in solutions that it will reverse the growing trend of black youth and broaderring you suicide and raise awareness and sound the alarm so that the parents, the educateogy are and other Community Members understands what is happening and what to look for in their own children. Theres often no better way to raise awareness than to rely on the voices of wellknown icons in our community and wore blessed to have one here with us today. Im incredibly gravitiful to have Award Winning actress, taraji p. Henson. In order to maximize our time i want to
Deep strikes and supply missiles to ukraine medium and long range. He also stated that france would do everything to prevent russia from winning this war. The majority of bundestag deputies voted against the draft resolution of the bloc of the christian democratic and christian social unions demanding that the German Government begin supplying taurus missiles to ukraine. For the recommendation of the Foreign Policy committee to be rejected. The resolution was supported by 495 deputies, 190 were against it, and five more deputies abstained. A total of 690 deputies took part in the voting. German chancellor olaf scholz has repeatedly rejected the possibility of sending taurus. According to him, the effective use of such missiles requires the participation of german troops, and this is precisely the line he does not want to cross. Member of the European Parliament from the netherlands. Marcel degrave ukraine in child abuse and collaboration with pedophiles. All these reports about the dep
Creative industries. For the twentyfourth year, we have already selected 70 clusters in 79 regions of the country. And now an additional selection of twenty more is underway, which will be completed by midapril. Along with such already branded projects as the zemsky doctor and the zemsky teacher, on your instructions , from the twentyfifth year we will begin the implementation of the zemsky cultural worker program. And a specialist who comes to work in a village or small town will receive a onetime payment, as you instructed, in the amount of 1 million rubles, and those who go to far east, to donbass or novorussia, twice as much, that is, 2 million rubles. I would like to immediately say that as a result of your decision, the initiative has received a very positive response in the regions, and we will actively interact with colleagues and methodically support this work. This will significantly reduce the existing personnel shortage. Vladimir vladimirovich, you announced an important me