Were honored to have them here today. A special welcome to our commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, chairman farar, vice chairman bill hible and commissioner ann weidner. Today, as you know, under the auspices of the Advisory Commission weve called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa. And where it fits into state departments vision for Public Diplomacy Going Forward in the 21st century. And as vivian walker, executive director, it is my honor to open this event. Before i turn the mic over to my colleague for opening comments, i just want to tell you a little bit about how things are going to go today. Mr. Farar will give us brief comments and well turn it over to our principal speakers. Theyll speak in a tagteam formation. At the end of their presentation well be happy to take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they have finished their presentation. For the moderated q a session, the
Tells about what happened in kansas and why this is such an important event to put in perspective right now . We are proud of the story and the journalism at the heart of it and reporting. We have gone back to a community in olathe, kansas where two indian born engineers who worked for a Company Called garmin were shot, one of them was killed. One was shot in the leg in february this year by men who yelled, get out of my country. What happened that night in the bar . They were just drinking at the bar, like they do. We sent photographers to this bar, it is not unusual to see a mixedrace group of people having beers. Sharing stories with colleagues. The only thing that is a little bit interesting about this is just how mixed this community was. The people dont know the investment these companies are making. This is a town that has a hindu temple. There were cricket leaks. There are areas where there are indian born families having celebrations of the community. It was disrupted by a man
Tells about what happened in kansas and why this is such an important event to put in perspective right now . We are proud of the story and the journalism at the heart of it and reporting. We have gone back to a community in olathe, kansas where two indian born engineers who worked for a Company Called garmin were shot, one of them was killed. One was shot in the leg in february this year by men who yelled, get out of my country. What happened that night in the bar . They were just drinking at the bar, like they do. We sent photographers to this bar, it is not unusual to see a mixedrace group of people having beers. Sharing stories with colleagues. The only thing that is a little bit interesting about this is just how mixed this community was. The people dont know the investment these companies are making. This is a town that has a hindu temple. There were cricket leaks. There are areas where there are indian born families having celebrations of the community. It was disrupted by a man
Tells about what happened in kansas and why this is such an important event to put in perspective right now . We are proud of the story and the journalism at the heart of it and reporting. We have gone back to a community in olathe, kansas where two indian born engineers who worked for a Company Called garmin were shot, one of them was killed. One was shot in the leg in february this year by men who yelled, get out of my country. What happened that night in the bar . They were just drinking at the bar, like they do. We sent photographers to this bar, it is not unusual to see a mixedrace group of people having beers. Sharing stories with colleagues. The only thing that is a little bit interesting about this is just how mixed this community was. The people dont know the investment these companies are making. This is a town that has a hindu temple. There were cricket leaks. There are areas where there are indian born families having celebrations of the community. It was disrupted by a man
This is a sad but important story in which you guys loop in a lot of stuff. Tell us about what happened in kansas and why this is such an important event to put in perspective right now . We are proud of the story and the journalism at the heart of it and reporting. We have gone back to a community in olathe, kansas where two indian born engineers who worked for a Company Called garmin were shot, one of them was killed. One was shot in the leg in february this year by men who yelled, get out of my country. Oliver what happened that night in the bar . They were just drinking at the bar, like they do. We sent photographers to this bar, it is not unusual to see a mixedrace group of people having beers. Sharing stories with colleagues. Just like everyone does. The only thing that is a little bit interesting about this is just how mixed this community was. The people dont know the investment these companies are making. This is a town that has a hindu temple. There were cricket leaks. League