Michael lynchs new book is know it all society. To watch the rest of this Program Visit our website, booktv. Org and type the authors name or title into the search box at the top of the page. Training. Were very pleased to have paul richter with us this evening. Paul and i crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for those Los Angeles Times based in washington. Over several decades paul wrote about National Security and Foreign Policy on both the pentagon and then at the state department beat andy help other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose reported in the city on National Security affairs, and in his new book the ambassadors he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlight the valuable role played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four four in particular, ryan crocker,
Very briefly putting the role of mc just to say hello and welcome you before i hand the baton to tom bowman of National Public radio who will be our moderator. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter, also really thrilled he would join us. He spent ape lot time in a field field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that now is approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and beforehand the baton to them i will just entered is my copanelists Laurel Miller who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan in the stick up romcom numerous other jobs in that capacity and that organization as well, has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently where she recently completed a coauthor 200 page study study on age proposed afghanistan Peace Agreement written as as a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could perhaps consider because even though w
U. S. Sanctions are an economic tool which in general terms show access to those named people or entities that pose a threat to u. S. National security. The exercise of u. S. Foreignty policy and National Security over the last decade. A favorite policy tool of this administration in particular. It the topic is also the subject of a report that we cowrote and we are releasing today. We will have seen that as you came in. The report includes findings of ours that came out of the workshop on signaling and deterrence of sanctions fun opdated either foundation. Bridging the gap with which it is succeeded in a leadership role. We have convened with the intenf achieving a better understanding of how the u. S. Administration and congress use sanctions for signaling and deterrence and gnoffer views and specific recommendations for how to improve the signaling and these instruments. Some of you may have seen over the weekend treasury secretary saying sanctions are, and im quoting, quoting, and
Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. Before i began, i will thank the witnesses for accommodating the scheduled change today. We left the senate floor where senator Johnny Isaacson gave his Farewell Speech and may friend and colleague Ranking Member coons is down there now bidding him farewell on the speech. He and senator isaacson worked a long time together. Its fitting senator is there because in many respects he embodies a lot of the same attributes as senator isaacson in terms of working together on this committee. When he comes in he will interject but in the meantime we will get to your opening statements. We are here to talk about the issue of fraudulent trade marks. As everyone knows trade marks are the back bone of many businesses options. Unfortunately, the United States has seen a surge in fraudulent trademark applications. According to the wall street journal, from 2013 to 2017, the United States patent and Trademark Office testing a surgeon trademark applicati
And live on cspan3, on capitol hill a senate sshdary subcommittee will be hearing about fraud in trade marks. Thanks for accommodating the scheduled change today. We left the senate floor where senator Johnny Isaacson gave his Farewell Speech and may friend and colleague Ranking Member corns is down there now bidding him farewell on the speech. He and senator isaacson worked a long time together. Its fitting senator coons is there because in many respects he embodies alt a lot of the same attributes as senator isaacson in terms of working torgt together on this committee. When he comes in he will intersquekt. But in the meantime we will get to your opening statements. We are here to talk about the issue of fraudulent trade marks. As earn knows trade marks are the back bone of any businesss brandon and operations. A good trademark allows a brand to easily identify and distinguish itself from competitors. Aed good trademark allows good will consumers and differentiate goods and services.