President carter in march that year. On the half of president carter who is unable to be here, i want to welcome new first to welcome you to the carter president ial center. We say center because theres two fabulous entities here, the federal entity is the Library Museum which is where you are now and, a few feet away is the Carter Center. Together, president carter looks at us as the center, we provide him with data, research, commodity, advice and we work really hard for him as well. So the refugee act as an amendment to the earlier immigration and nationality act in the migration of the refugee assistance act. The goal was to provide admission to people who were suffering in other nations and provide asylum that was the whole point of it. This is what makes it so exciting, we are partnering with the ceo whos been doing this work for over 100 years. Helping people come to america and work through resettlement and getting the life more robust and back on track in more ways in the Unit
The United States resigned today after getting iced out by President Trump for speaking his mind in diplomatic cables. Now the ambassador thought they were confidential, but they were leaked. Margaret brennan has more on this. Reporter sir kim darrochs resignation came after days of unrelenting criticism by President Trump, who said he would no longer work with the british ambassador. In a statement, darroch said the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like. Prime minister theresa may said she regretted that decision and hoped it wont prevent other diplomats from being candid. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. Reporter in one of the diplomatic cables leaked to the mail, darroch said the administration was clumsy and inept and doubted they will ever look competent, but warned london do not write him off, referencing mr. Trumps ability to survive scandal. The president fired back on sunday. He
Records on religious tolerance in a new Us Government report on moral freedom across Party Commission on International Religious freedom censured me on march saying that the range of Muslim Minority is persecuted widespread killings and other atrocities of forced war the 900002 flee into neighboring bangladesh china is condemned for its detention of nearly 2000000 muslims in socalled reeducation camps the commission accuses saudi arabia of discriminating against the shia minority norm was lims women and prisoners of conscience reports also highlights attacks on places of worship in the Central African republic where fighting for resources and territory has increased religious and ethnic divides to fill part is a professor of Political Science at the university of knox author of the book religious freedom is in islam he says the report reflects a why the u. S. Strategy on the issue of religious freedom. Well we have a u. S. Ambassador for International Religious freedom who. You know tr
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Taking some escalatory moves in order to abandon the nuclear deal i think if the iranians abandon the nuclear deal that would increase also the potential for confrontation with the tom administration wide because the Time Administration would be saying then that look the iranians are back to they have Nuclear Program they are trying to develop a nuclear bomb and we cant actually accept that and that will lead to further escalation they are because have been trying. Says President Trump abandon their nuclear deal in may last year to convince the iranians to stay in the deal but the iranians are telling them they cannot actually stay in a deal without adding that he was actually off that deal because the iranians the accepted to abandon their Nuclear Program because they expected that the sanctions actual be removed but now the americans actually that having that deal iran sticking to the deed but without giving them that he wants what thats being that is a very difficult city were going