for afghanistan and talked to the taliban. one of the few trump appointees to remain in the biden administration. zal khalizad was born in afghanistan and talked to george bush about how to overthrow the taliban and negotiated with the taliban leading to the american withdrawal. appointed by president trump to lead peace talks with the taliban. former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan from 2003 to 2005 and to iraq from 2005 to 2007. he headed the bush-cheney transition team for the defense department. he grew up in kabul. he received a ph.d. from the university of chicago. khalizad and mike pompeo signed a peace agreement with the taliban paving the way for the full withdrawal of american troops. if certain conditions were met, including guarantees and
You are hereHome > Women’s Democracy Network Announces 2021-2023 Advisory Council Members
May 13, 2021
Washington, D.C. – The Women’s Democracy Network (WDN) has announced its Advisory Council for 2021-2023. As WDN continues its work promoting women’s participation in political and civic leadership worldwide, the Council will play a vital role in uplifting women to pursue their political leadership goals.
“Throughout the last fifteen years, WDN has leveraged its incredible network of both aspiring and experienced women leaders to address today’s continued lack of gender equality in political leadership” said Cindy McCain, WDN’s honorary chairwoman. “The guidance and shared experience of the remarkable women composing our Advisory Council will be critical in inspiring and mobilizing our members.”
trenches over the last couple of years. that s what we are seeing. there is those in the republican establishment who are dism dismayed, disgusted frankly by the pick of steve bannon in a high level position like this. how does the president-elect move past it? all the picks you make, no one will be 100% satisfied. you try to build the best possible team around you. they represent different viewpoints and priorities. out of that you try to develop the best policy apparatus you can. there will be more picks and announcements both for the cabinet and in the white house staff. it s important to allow the process to unfold and take stock of the team as a whole in seeing where the administration goes. reading between the lines and correct me if i m wrong are you saying to let it ply out if bannon s pick isn t as controversial? all the picks will have their own characteristics, people who are pleased or not.
you have to look at the picks as a whole before making long term observations about them. is mike pence marginalized if he was going to liaisoning with congress? i know that s not a word. i think mike pence s role could be like vice president cheney s role. mike pence is policy-oriented. vice president cheney very involved in policy for eight years. i see possible parallels which could be positive news for the trump team. michael toner, thank you very much for being with us on set. member of the bush-cheney transition team in 2000. thanks for having me. coming up, donald trump repeating campaign promises of putting an end to illegal immigration. are you really going to build a wall? yes. they are talking about a fence in the republican congress. sure. would you accept a fence? for certain areas, i would. certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. i m good at this. it s called construction. up next, the former mayor of
it is going to be not only a great team but we are underestimating really president-elect donald trump. it will be him that makes the decisions. as we set it forward. i applaud them and the decision. it is intended to be such. does the association via breitbart of bannon concern you? does it give you pause? any form of racism is denounced and certainly isn t going to be supported in this administration. but to make mr. bannon truly accountable for all the headlines on breitbart would be to hold you accountable for the headlines on nbc. neither would be accurate. i can tell you having private conversations with him, he s willing to be consistent.