And other minority groups. Host we are asking if you have questions about what is happening in iraq right now, specifically the efforts of the kurdish people, we are joined for the 35 minutes or so by the head of the Regional Government for the kurds in d. C. U. S. ,re outside the the curtis tend government held kurdistans dan Regional Government, what are they asking right now . Guest we are confronted with a lot of challenges right now. Verse, you mentioned the military and crisis. We have a population of about 5. 3 million. About 1. 5 million. Theyre coming in the tens of thousands, if not the hundreds of thousands. This has been a huge burden under the leadership in providing for and assisting these refugees. On top of this, we have not received a single penny that we are entitled to from baghdad as a result of the oil revenues. Us 9 billion. There has not been a single penny that has come since the beginning of this year. Without revenue coming in, we try to upset and making up fo
Belonged to the kurdistan charges, but Saddam Hussein drove the kurds out. There was an article in the iraqi constitution that calls for a referendum. But that article was also held hostage under the leadership of almaliki. In terms of the oil, the whole region is very rich in natural resources, oil, gas, and other minerals. This is why isis has made the region their target. Not only that, there are american diplomats and businesses and investors on the ground that they would like to go faster. That is why it is critical that we continue to receive the means that we need to push back on isis offenses. Host that is all the time we have in this segment. Ofant to thank Karwan Zebari the Kurdistan Regional government, director of the d. C. Office. Thanks for being with us. As part of our series this week on Lyndon Johnson, we will focus on the elementary and secondary education act of 1955 and how it continues to influence the Education System. And later in the make a Robin Williams suicid
Clintons council of economic advisors and has been the feds vice chair beside ben bernanke since 2010. If confirmed, the 67yearold yellen would be the first woman ever to run a central bank. To have that barrier broken, you know, im smiling a lot today, i have to confess. Reporter christina romer, former head of president obamas council of economic advisors, became a close friend of yellens when both taught at the university of california at berkeley. She is incredibly smart and in that job when it is so hard and theres so much to know i really trust both what she knows and her judgment. She is a proven leader and shes tough and not just because shes from brooklyn. laughter reporter the son of a doctor and a teacher, yellen was class valedictorian in her brooklyn high school. She later earned economics degrees at brown and yale. Today she pledged to honor the feds mandate. To promote maximum employment, stable prices, and a strong and stable Financial System. Reporter do you think shes
I thought that thats the answer. There are more women in politics and in around in power things would change. So i called my editor and she basically said okay. All of us in the workingclass are subjected to punitive taxes, being ignored by the elite media, not getting any kind of specialinterest help in washington like the fat cats get to the we are all in the same boat no matter what color we are and that is the problem. As a young child i faced segregation and Racial Discrimination and i didnt like it. My mother, my father, grandparents, great grandparents , why Racial Discrimination . And they would say thats the way it is. Dont get in trouble. Dont get in the way. But in 1955 when i was in the tenth grade, 15yearsold i heard of rosa parks. I heard the voice of Martin Luther king jr. On the radio and the words of dr. King inspired me to find a way to get in the way. In 1956, my brothers and sisters and some of my cousins went down to the Public Library in a little town in alabama t
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