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Country in the world with Digital First for g. D. P. Growth job unconclusion, health care, education to every location, movement of their cities south, by the way, cisco the partner all the way through it. Three nights of tech starting tuesday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Now a discussion on governance and leadership in the world from the u. S. To europe to asia, thats part of a conference hosted by the Rand Corporation called set politics aside. Speakers include former fdic banking regulator sheila bear. This is about an hour. Well, hello and welcome back. Im michael rich. Im president and c. E. O. Of the Rand Corporation. The focus of the last session, of course, was the middle east Foreign Policy more generally there also. The middle east, of course, is a region several hundred million people, hardly any democracies in that region. In fact, authoritarian states, teetering states, vanishing states, an increasing amount of ungoverned territories, in this hour well shift our focus t
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the congregation meeting in church. we have the freedom to choose and rather than choosing darkness as the young man did that day, i say we choose life. rob: much larger service than normal. hundreds of people showing up at this tent service for first baptist church in sutorland springs, texas, the church building turned into a memorial. you see open to the public, it is beautiful. each victim represented by an empty white chair and a single rose. the building is expected to eventually be demolished. a mother held a hero for saving her children from a burning apartment building. a child playing with a