Casts. More now about the 2007 surge of troops in eric with a foe cuss on the planning by the Bush Administration. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My name is stef, it is my great pleasure this afternoon to introduce our distinguished panel of speakers. We have ambassador edelman who has served in the department of state and the white house, and u. S. Ambassador to finland, turkey, and was Vice President dick cheneys deputy assistance. He has a department of defense medal for distinguished public service. From the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and a distinguished service award. To my far left we have general lute, he retired in 2017, previously he had a distinguished 25 year career in the u. S. Army and he served for a total of sick years in the white house under both president s, george w. Bush, and barack obama. And in 2007 he was named to coordinate the wars in iraq and afghanistan. It was both on the joint staff in washington dc and on the United States central
Studies, Johns Hopkins university, in d. C. Ambassador edelman has served in senior positions at the department of state and defense as well as the white house. Hes served as u. S. Ambassador to finland and turkey and was Vice President dick cheneys Principal Deputy assistant for National Security affairs. Ambassador edelman has received several awards including a department of defense medal for distinguished public service, a distinguished civilian Service Award from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a president ial distinguished Service Award. Then to my far left, we have general doug lute. General lute has served most recently as the United States permanent representative to the north atlantic council, a position in which he retired in 2017. Previously general lute had a distinguished 35year career in the u. S. Army. He also served for a total of six years in the white house under both president s george w. Bush and barack obama. And in 2007, president bush named him dep
1st a court in bangladesh is sentenced 7 people to death in connection with one of the worst attacks in the countrys history 22 people most of them foreigners died in the siege on the holy artisan cafe in dakar in 2016 an 8th person was acquitted to have a child he reports from outside the court. There is no sympathy for militants in the country it took barely 20 minutes to reach the verdict was handed out you know within 20 minutes one of the verdict was out of the 8 was a credit but his charge in another case even 10 years sentence now while they were getting into the prison and we were nearby some of them were chanting in arabic verses one of them said that continue with our causes that justice was not fair thats all i could hear the public reaction has been more or less a positive most of the people say it was a just verdict i spoke to one of the victims brother his. Brother was killed there was a Police Officer during that attack and hes very happy with the verdict he said this wa
Through to this point. It is exciting to be in this moment, thank you all for the leadership. It is exciting. Thank you. No other comments the chair would entertain a motion. I move approval. Moved and seconded. All those in favor. Aye. Thank you very much. We are now on item 10. General Public Comment. Any other Public Comment on items not on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item 11 commissioners matters. Seeing none. Item 12. New business agenda setting. Seeing none. 13. Communications. Any Public Comment . No. Item 14. Adjournment. Move that we adjourn. Second. Moved seconded. All those in favor. Aye. Thank you very much. [ ] i just wanted to say a few words. One is to the parents and to all of the kids. Thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a Soccer Program in the bayview. Soccer is the worlds game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. I coached basketball
Loses in the 1st round of voting in a country plagued by koos. Could have you with this welcome to aljazeera the u. N. Says one of its peacekeepers named shot and killed a young protester in the democratic republic of congo after new evidence emerged senior official in kinshasa announced an investigation is short time ago that protests against the uns mission are spreading in the east of the country the unrest started in a bad day where people have driven the casket of a man killed during demonstrations on saturday around the streets in the past 2 days 6 people have died protesters are angry at what they see as a failure of un peacekeepers to protect them from armed rebels whove killed dozens of people this month. About 100 kilometers away in goma police have fired live rounds into the air to clear protesters people tried to storm the u. N. Facilities but were blocked by Security Forces. Well there are also been protests and determine the Catherine Sawyer heres our correspondent in gom