We also welcome distinguished Board Members and selfless fund of middle east programs here at Atlantic Council john de blasio. Finally we welcome u. S. Government officials, private companies and nonprofits. I predict a rich and substantive question and answer session following the discussion on the stage. Open to everyone. This richins of the discussion will be enhanced by the absolutely superlative interviewer who will draw the kernels of wisdom out of nabeel today. Tom friedman needs no introduction but simply for fun i will remind you can read his analysis of Foreign Affairs in the new york times, analysis for which he has thrice won the pulitzer prize. Tom is the author of several books and one of which was a textbook as an undergraduate. His full bio is available for you and is printed at. Let us turn to our man of the hour nabeel khoury. Hes a nonbrexit senior fellow fellow at the atlantic counsels christopher middle east are in addition to his work on our website you can read o
, zi mbabwe, slovenia, and ecuador. From the four corners we come to you. And here at the atlantic council. Into welcome Us Government officials to have a question and answer session this richness is enhanced by the superlative interviewer. Tom friedman needs no introduction and with Foreign Affairs in the New York Times and thrice won the pulitzer prize. To be focused on the middle east and one of which is a favorite of jerusalem is the textbook as an undergraduate. Now let us turn to the man of the hour. A long resident senior fellow at the Career Center for the middle east in addition to reading his work on the website you can read on his own blog 25 years in florence one Foreign Service in the last overseas posting the deputy chief of mission in yemen and in 2003 during the iraq war serving as Department Spokesperson at Us Central Command from the university of beirut and phd in Political Science from the university of new york the published articles of leadership and development a
Our gathering today is ambassadors and representatives including the ambassador from tunisia and iraq, jordan, morocco, iraq, jordan, morocco, turkey, a , zi mbabwe, slovenia, and ecuador. From the four corners we come to you. And here at the atlantic council. Into welcome Us Government officials to have a question and answer session this richness is enhanced by the superlative interviewer. Tom friedman needs no introduction and with Foreign Affairs in the New York Times and thrice won the pulitzer prize. To be focused on the middle east and one of which is a favorite of jerusalem is the textbook as an undergraduate. Now let us turn to the man of the hour. A long resident senior fellow at the Career Center for the middle east in addition to reading his work on the website you can read on his own blog 25 years in florence one Foreign Service in the last overseas posting the deputy chief of mission in yemen and in 2003 during the iraq war serving as Department Spokesperson at Us Central
I know youre watching on t. V. International for me in the rescue team welcome and thank you for joining us. We start with our breaking story this hour president obama trying has been impeached by the democratic controlled house of representatives becoming only the 3rd u. S. Leader in the countrys history to receive that sanction. The as are 230 the nays are 197 present is one. Article one is adopted. The claim. Is already gathered to have an article of. Well donald trump has been impeached on 2 articles abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Democrats accuse the american president of withholding military aid to cry. For political gain republicans in the house have been strongly opposed to impeachment describing the process is a sham the articles will need to be sent to the Republican Controlled Senate which must hold a trial to determine if the president should be removed from office considering the republican majority in the senate seemed confident of his study during a speech at
Democratic leadership of pressuring Party Members to vote a certain way and there have been plenty of sound bites coming from the house floor already. This is a moment that youll read about in your history books he sought to elevate himself as a dictator a king but we are not him arent monarchy we are the United States of america i want my daughter to be able to tell her children grandma did the right thing because in america no one is above the law now one of the democrat witnesses not one was able to establish that the president committed bribery treason or high crimes and misdemeanors tents taken Office Nearly 3 years ago President Trump has consistently and intentionally divided this country when the president withheld military aid to vulnerable nuke ukraine he sought to sabotage our elections after all the drama the majority is not found a single shred of evidence only 2nd 3rd 4th hand information i cant stop thinking about the cost to our country. Not just the impeachable offense