Which are two American Public forums collectively of 70 years and more than 2200 programs presented in the Public Interest and the dialogue of democracy. This is our second washington event. If there are more that lie ahead, you will help us make that decision. In many ways, if you are going to do a literary series, this is one of the great duties in which to do it. Great cities in which to do it. There are a number of writers here today. Carroll, who did the great book on Clarence Darrow and tip oneill. He is right there. Hello, jack. Jane liddy did two of the books ever, one on Mickey Mantle, and the other on sandy koufax. And this levy is down ms. Levy is down here. [applause] and to every writer in the room, we want particularly to tell you how much we appreciate you and the art form in which you are engaged, because there are very few, if any, that are more important. I have several other introductions i would like to make. First, the former director of the federal bureau of inves
It sure is strengthened when you get others involved it in. I have not seen to that extent where its been used that way. I cant think of one. I can see where they are using it to attack people. One of the ones they released was 100,000 to go after the saudi ambassador here in the u. S. And washington. When you start to look at some of those, there is tremendous impact that these programs have. I am an intern here. I greatly enjoyed your talk. My question is, are american and other western Multinational Oil companies who are doing business in russia, like exxon, shell, are they affected by sanctions against russia . If so, how . Who is best on this . On what the actual effect has been . I dont know. I know the answer is yes, but the specifics of the answer we could handle better in the front row. We are allowed one free question to the audience here or one free answer. David knows. You want to pick that up . Go ahead, david. As has been noted, the sanctions in relation to the Russia Ukr
Capture oil and gas facilities, to fire on foreign embassies, to seize news of the foiled plot breaking as the United States is stping up its drone attacks there. Killing at least seven al qaeda terrorists in the southern part of the country. In the broader plot that led to the closings of 19 embassies and facilities and 16 countries still acted tonight with no indication that the threats have in any way diminished. Here is state Department Spokesperson jen saki on the closings and the erts. Our Embassy Remains closed. Were continuing to evaluate all information on a daily basis. But beyond that, i dont have additional updates. Were keeping it closed to keep our people safe and because we believe a threat remains. Saki said the threat remains as president obama visited Camp Pendleton today where he once again insisted weve decimated al qaedas leadership. That in direct contrast to a daily beas report tooay saying the ongoing security alert is in place because the United States intercep
Uncovered an al qaeda plot to capture oil and gas facilities, to fire on foreign embassies, to seize news of the foiled plot breaking as the United States is stepping up its drone attacks there. Killing at least seven al qaeda terrorists in the southern part of the country. In the broader plot that led to the closings of 19 embassies and facilities and 16 countries still acted tonight with no indication that the threats have in any way diminished. Here is state Department Spokesperson jen saki on the closings and the alerts. Our Embassy Remains closed. Were continuing to evaluate all information on a daily basis. But beyond that, i dont have additional updates. Were keeping it closed to keep our people safe and because we believe a threat remains. Saki said the threat remains as president obama visited camp peleton today where he once again insted weve decimated al qaedas leadership that in direct contrast to a daily beast report tooay saying the ongoing security alert is in place beca
Capture oil and gas facilities, to fire on foreign embassies, to seize news of the foiled plot breaking as the United States is stepping up its drone attacks there. Killing at leasteven al qaeda terrorists in the southern part of the country. In the broader plot that led to the closings of 19 embassies and facilities and 16 countes still acted tonight with no indication that the threats have in any way diminished. Here is state Department Spokesperson jen saki on the closings and the alerts. Our Embassy Remains closed. Were continuing to evaluate all information on a daily basis. But beyond that, i dont have additional updates. Were keeping it closed to keep our people safe and because we believe a threat remains. Saki said the threat remains as president obama visited Camp Pendleton today where he once again insisted weve decimated al qaedas leadership. That in direct contrast to a daily beast report tooay saying the ongoing security alert is in place because the United States interce