Government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Now its a Panel Discussion on the syrian conflict and International Communities humanitarian military and diplomats response to the crisis. The middle east institute post runs just over 90 minutes. Im sorry for the delay this morning. Its keeping our moderator busy but in the interest in time and we are on air on cspan, we should get moving. Ill be giving opening remarks, well get started on our opening remarks and theyll be here and spend we will start the moderator discussion. First of all, welcome to the middle east institute. Thank you ever so much for joining us to this extremely important event. As someone who has worked on syria and particularly on this nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say events like this couldnt come a more important time. Im mostly not aware of any other funds like this one happening in washington these days. Im extrema glad its taking place. The humanitari
Discussing Current Operations and modern efforts. This is close to an hour. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. New at my virtual fireside, and improved, we are graced with the presence of Ryan Mccarthy and 40th chief of staff. Thank you both so much for being with us today. First i want to throw it over to the secretary and the chief for opening remarks. This is the closest i will get to switzerland. A great opportunity to be here. As we discussed in the green room, these are wonderful opportunities for us to talk about how we will transform the army. Effort, notssive only in how we train and modernize, helping our people reach their maximum potential. The third year of a massive , creating an organization to modernize the. Orce readiness, modernization and reform as a tool to help us evolve. Look over three years ago, two brigades. Very proud of that, but one of the things that we recognize with all the changes that we face in the world, is something that you will see
In ukraine, jailed Opposition Leader Yuliya Tymoshenko has gone on a Hunger Strike lending her way to the protests of the tens of thousands who wore marched through tm sunday, the countrys biggest rally in nearly 10 years. And they are continuing to protest. The anger comes after the government pulled out of a landmark trade deal with the european union. Protesters turn out again on the streets of key yahoo , determined to make their voices heard. Ordinary ukrainians are urging to govichs Government Back of the decision to scrap the european trade agreement. We are here for our future because we are not satisfied with the life we have now. We dont see any improvement in the future. At is why we are for european integration. The more people will gather here, the better the chance to victory because authorities are afraid of the people. Riot police push back protesters who had also clashed with them earlier in the day when they try to march on the Prime Ministers building. The menstruati
Benghazi, libya is in a state of crisis as former livein general reportedly was trained by the cia has launched an offensive against militants islamist. We will go to aaa for the latest. Then we go to egypt where al jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy is on Hunger Strike, some say near death. Reached 106 days of my Hunger Strike [indiscernible] if anything ever happens to me. We will speak with his brother mohammed who is in new york. Then, you may know the adventures of robin hood and zorro, outlaws fighting for the poor, today we meet the newest member of that club. A chilean activist to goes by the name papas fritas. He says he is destroyed student debt records in chile worth 500 million. The papers are gone, burned completely and there is no debt. Existthese papers dont anymore, theres no way to charge the students. We will speak with papas fritas. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new report revea
Injections. The founder of the encrypted email provider lavabit, ladar levison, unlike was forced to shut down his company after the government attempted to seize Edward Snowdens email information and much more. What they wanted was unrestricted access to everyones communications. That was something i was uncomfortable with. If the summer of snowden had taught us anything, it is that we cant trust our own government with access to information they should not have access to. Then dave zirin on the protest rocking brazil ahead of the world cup in the latest on whether the nba will force Donald Sterling to sell the clippers. And we will get the latest on thailand, which is just undergone a military coup. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thailands military has taken control of the countrys government days after imposing martial law. The army says the coup is necessary to restore order after six months of po