Im the president of George Washington university and im pleased to welcome you. When you do have the opportunity to look outside, we have a balcony here with a broad view of the nations capital. This is an excellent symbol of what it means to be the Largest University in the heart of our nations capital. It affords an end view of our monument, the monument here. We like to think of that as the monument of George Washington university. And this location is extraordinary. If you do a line from the state Department White house, it would intersect where we are sitting now. That tells you a little bit about where we are. It tells you about the importance of this location. And it leads towards events of global significance. I would like to welcome you to todays discussion. A conversation with the secretary general of the nato. We are honored he could make time during his brief visit to washington to come to our campus. Im pleased with knowledge members of the diplomatic unity for being with
Later a look at russias foreignpolicy objectives and its relations with the u. S. And europe from the center for the national interest. Our live coverage begins at 12 40 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Nato secretarygeneral Jens Stoltenberg was in washington this week for a twoday visit. Of his stops included a speech at George Washington university where he took questions from students. Topics included russias military buildup and the syrian civil war. This event happened the day after the secretarygeneral met with President Trump. It is just under an hour. [applause] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As our guests are being seated im steven knapp, president of im steven knapp, president of George Washington university and im pleased to welcome you. When you do have the opportunity to look outside, we have a balcony here with a broad view of our nations capital. This is an excellent symbol of what it means to be the Largest University in the heart of our nations capital. It affords an excel
Special interest. Amy in their first oneonone debate, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and vermont senator Bernie Sanders repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Toda that detenon witho arge haseen foundy the ghest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary tention. L of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic presiden
Repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Today, that detention without charge has been found by the highest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary detention. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton squared off thursday in a heated debate over the role of mone
Special interest. Amy in their first oneonone debate, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and vermont senator Bernie Sanders repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Toda that detenon witho arge haseen found by the ghest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary tention. L of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic presid