Good evening. Im andrew, the director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the bush school of government here e at texas a and m. University. I would like to welcome our special event this evening with kim ghattas who is going to speak of the recent book, black wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening you can get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it to be at its fascinating and very wellwritten and very well researched. There was a narrative thats very troubling. I would like to announce that our event with ambassador dennis ross is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. Hcollege station. He had a family emergency and so kim ghattas is an awardwinning journalist and writer covered the middl
Generalists and clever with it the fight interesting stories. Something outside in interesting at the time was what the internet was doing to us as a society in terms of our information streams. It wasnt political in my mind at that time. It was sort of what happens when the trusted systems of information breakdown and people no longer know whats true of whats important versus irrelevant or how to spend their time. I was looking at this as a tech story, as the business story. I was looking at clickbait farms and had to get you to click on things and waste your time and have make money from that. And then in the middle of 2015 there was a Big Press Conference at trump tower and trumpkim down the escalator and then i suddenly thought, all these forces ive been looking at about how informational architecture online is changing us, thats a political store as well. From there it was kind of off to the races. Host you group your book into two groups of people if i understand it correctly, an
Collective memory in the middle east. I spent the weekend reading it. I couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening im sure you will try to get the book if you havent already and i urge you to read it. Absolutely fascinating, very wellwritten, very well researched, there is a narrative flow to it and it is very troubling i have to say. I would like to announce unfortunately that our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross, is unable to come, he had a family emergency, so his lecture wednesday evening will be postponed until later. Wuhan is an Emmy Awardwinning journalist and writer on the middle east for 20 years for bbc, and the financial times. She reported from iraq, syria, lebanon and cover the war between israel and hezbollah earning enemy for International News coverage. She has also reported on the state department and american politics regularly traveling with secretaries of state including condoleezza rice, Hillary Clinton and john
Care for migrants in cbp custody and stopping Illegal Drugs coming over the border. From later last month this is just shy of two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] today, we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Customs and border protection, mark morgan. Mr. Morgan, thank you for being here today. We look forward to getting your perspective on cbps priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 budget proposes 15. 6 billion in discretionary funding for cbp, an increase of 714 million above the current year level. The total includes 2 billion for the construction of an additional 82 miles of border barriers, an increase of 625 million over the current year appropriation, and nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about spending another 2 billion on Additional Border barriers. But aside from any debate we might have about them, this administra
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