Afghanistan. The first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome i think many people welcome the fact that President Trump and the Trump Administration has come forward with a new strategy for afghanistan without timelines and redoubling down on commitment to a gray cause. The fact that there are 3 Million Girls in school and theres a whole lot at stake in afghanistan not just our security but theres a moral component to this as well. I think that and theres a lot of progress. So for us to risk letting all of that go would have been the price is way too high. Weve been working on this for a long time here at csis. Weve done a number of things with ambassador wayne. Weve got a very good panel to cover the issues today but the other point i want to make is, you cant solve the challenges of afghanistan without diplomacy and development and that we certainly welcome the fact that there is a it requires a security component but the facts on the ground are being changed by diplomacy and d
It doesnt create more jobs for americans. He claimed that he wasnt going to let wall street get away with murder and he said he was going to drain the swamp. Great talk. Then he got to washington. He put together a team of people who had spent deducts as decades at big banks and large corporations, people who are determined to tilt the Playing Field in favor of wall street and against working families. You dont need to look very far to see it. His most senior Economic Advisors, treasury secretary steven mnuchin, National Economic Council Director gary cohn and dean in a powell. Together those three have spent nearly a half a century combined working for Goldman Sachs. When it comes to our economy, this isnt the Trump Administration, this is the Goldman Sachs administration. Now President Trump has lined up another top Economic Advisor, kevin hassett, who has been nominated to serve as the chairman of the president s council of Economic Advisors. Mr. Hassett hasnt worked at Goldman Sach
More democrats in attendance than republicans was what he is vowing will be included in the plan and what wont. And he will be wining and dining Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi. All part of his strategy. Details and reaction from washington weighing in this hour, art laugher, and howard kurtz. A lot of good people. Dave dow driven higher by chevron, walt disney and verizon. Lets go to nicole pedallides on the stock exchange. Nicole a record day if your 401 k s and iras, Dow Jones Industrial average finishing higher by the 7 points, record across the board, dow, nasdaq and s p led by energy, lets look at apple, apple is the big story, stock is down 7 trading days, scooped up a lot of apple even though the doubled down today, big picture of the analysts very impressed with the latest developments in the iphone. We finally got it, a lot of anticipation, the iphone 10 is out and the 8 and the 8plaps and improvements to the tv and watch. And look at mcdonalds which has been under pressure th
Structure in that country and the influence of regional partners like pakistan, china and india. This is 90 mince. Okay. Were going to get started. Im dan rundy, hold the chair at cis. Were here to talk about nonmilitary components of u. S. Strategy in afghanistan. I think the first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome, i think many people welcome the fact President Trump and the Trump Administration has come forward with a new strategy for afghanistan without time lines and doubling down on a commitment to a great cause. The fact there are 3 Million Girls in school, a whole lot at stake in afghanistan, not just our security but moral component as well. Theres a lot of progress that doesnt get a lot of coverage. For us to risk letting that go would be high. Its been a privilege to work with my friend ambassador wayne, who is the former coordinator. Weve done a number of things with ambassador wayne. So weve got a very good to cover the issues today. But the other point i want t
Im nejra cehic. Still seeing a little reaction from the fomc meeting. Ive got the stoxx 600. We were seeing stronger gains. It softened a little bit. We are still up 0. 2 . Stronger dollar against most major peers. Bloomberg dollar index up 0. 1 . It did gain more than that in yesterdays session. The 10year yield rising two basis points. We are at 2. 27 . Pretty steady right now. Also keeping an eye on crude oil. We are a little lower in todays session. 50. 52 dollars a barrel. Weve also got breaking news for you. Leaving its key rate unchanged at 0. 5 . Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian the bank of japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged, but a dovish board member opposes the decision. He argued there was little chance of reaching the banks inflation target and the effects of the current yield curve program werent strong enough. That was an unexpected dissension on a board chosen by Prime Minister shinzo abe. The u. S. Secretary of state has told european allies the