Kenow today. He currently serves as ceo of Business Executives for National Security. He joined there in january 2020 following 39 years of distinguished military service and served for three years as the commander of the u. S. Central command and he prior to serving as the commander of Central Command he commanded the u. S. Special Operations Command and the special joint Operations Command in addition to his current role as the executives for National Security he is also a distinguished senior fellow in National Security at the middle Eastern Institute and we have the president of the middle east institute here. He has got to talk about the theme that has come up through other discussions this morning, which we are all aware of but werent exactly sure what to think about and i think a moment about 30 minutes we will know exactly what to think about it, about how we should think about Great Power Competition in the gulf so. Im delighted to introduce general joseph votel. He sent to th
Last night i complicated the president , commended him for not throwing a tantrum after 16yearold Greta Thunberg was named person of the year by time magazine. We all knew he wanted to be person of the year, we know it bothered him. He showed uncharacteristic restraint. He was on Good Behavior. Sadly that Good Behavior lasted just under 24 hours. This morning he wrote, so ridiculous, greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good oldfashioned movie with a friend, chill greta chill. Says the sweaty old man who was mad at a magazine because they didnt put him on the cover. The fact that Greta Thunberg is a teenager makes this especially insane. Im old enough to remember a time when everyone at the white house had a fullblown hissy fit because a witness at trumps impeachment hearing had the gall to say the word barron in a completely benign fashion. That time was last tuesday by the way. I guess things have changed. The first lady did not tweet about this actual attack
A tantrum after 16yearold Greta Thunberg was named person of the year. We all knew he wanted to be person of the year, we all know it bothered him. But he showed uncharacteristic resfrap restraint. He was on Good Behavior. Sadly, that Good Behavior lasted just under 24 hours, because this morning, at 7 22 a. M. , he wrote, so ridiculous, greta must work on her anger management problem then go to a good oldfashioned movie with a friend. Chill, greta, chill, says the sweaty old man whos mad at a magazine because they didnt put him on the cover of it. And the fact that Greta Thunberg is a teenager, im old enough to remember a time when everyone at the white house had a fullblown hissy fit because a witness at trumps impeachment hearing the gaul ll to say the word bar. This kid is very good. Right after trump tweeted, she changed her twitter bio to a teenager working on her anger management problem, currently chilling and watching a movie with a friend. [cheers and applause] trump hasnt be
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Public life included 2 terms as president and Prime Minister period he became a champion of the european single currency and a vocal opponent of the u. S. Led war in iraq they also served 18 years as the mayor of paris so this period was marred by allegations of corruption. Reports. People gathered outside former president Jacques Chiracs home in central paris to remember one of frances most famous politicians whose career spanned 5 decades in a t. V. Address to the nation president emmanuel macro pay tribute to the conservative leader know. The people of france have lost a great statesman that we love as much as he loved us became a familiar face after being in politics for more than 40 years and whether we share his views or not this is all recognize this man who resembled us and assembled us there of paris Prime Minister twice and president for 12 years he held nearly all the top jobs sure i was born in paris in 1932 his political prowess was clearly evident he spent the 1950 s. Wor