I am telling you, if we ever clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks and senator lee, and i wi be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to create some kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know they are doing it for the world bank, but i like the global fund idea where you come together under American Leadership to solve the problem. To our two colleagues, to live for your leadership. Senator leahy . Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the jokinthat goes back and forth, it isafe to say that the chairman d i feel very strongly about this. We do want to help. Were inwhitehouse and vietm last year, and we met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic pollution and had a great meeting, and we talked about a
All around washington but nonetheless reflecting a real divergence and breadth of thinking, experience and approach. In thinking about these kinds of conflicts with a lot of broad strategic expertise and also a lot of Field Research and handsonexpertise. This struggle is at the new American Engagement Initiative at the Selikoff Center at the Atlantic Council. He has a longstanding scholar, many will know him from his years at the Cato Institute and his most recent book is hes, war and liberty. He is also a former navy officer and is in many ways one of the great skeptics and contrary invoices in American Foreign policy and strategy thinking today who has prolonged time and were pleased to have them with us se in this event read chuck and logan Catholic University is at that center for study and statesmanship, used to be cato as well and is recently written an important article in defense priorities call the case for withdrawing from the middle east and is an advocate of minimizing us m
And the director of the center for strategy at the council and security. Last october, the skull cross Center Forward defense team reported on effective resilience and national strategy, lessons from the pandemic and the requirements for key medical infrastructure by distinguished fellow kramer. A Strategic Operational framework for effective resilience is the capacity to withstand shocks of a magnitude of a major pandemic, a strategic shot. Today, as President Biden confronts covid19, our report and recommendations on Health Security remain timeless. To discuss these issues i am , very pleased to welcome a variety of guests to our event. Our moderator will help frame the discussion. She will be followed by the report author, frank kramer cool present key findings. Jaclyn leavy, chris mcguire, on our Panel Moderated by the director of our former defense practice area, clementine starley. I would like to thanks speakers and the audience for joining us. In accordance with the legacy, it
Were excluded. And the window to contain the coronavirus is narrowing a warning from the w. H. O. As an outbreak in northern italy gets worse. Welcome to the new agreement that supposed to usher in peace in afghanistan has come into effect the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence if the 7 day deal is a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the u. S. Says it wants to pull its troops out of afghanistan. Now americas longest war began in 2001 the u. S. Presence in afghanistan came a month after the 911. 00 attacks it launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power more than 12000 american soldiers are still in the country thousands more from nato allies and partners countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to spend more than one trillion dollars in it
Conservatives back to to hold on to power after moderate and reformist candidates were excluded. Welcome to the program an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace the afghanistan has come into effect the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence is the 7 day deal as a success both sides will sign in accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the u. S. Says it wants to pull its troops out of afghanistan well john 100 is following the story for us from washington d. C. What wonders really what except a bill level of violence really is for this agreement to work. Hell that is the biggest unanswered question about this whole process this is after all not technically a cease fire its a pause in hostilities but none of the parties involved in these discussions the United States the government of. Afghanistan or the taliban has publicly defined exactly what a violation of this pause in hostilities i