Your name,r identify yourself ad write your question. When youre ready raise your hand. Staff will collect those, pass them on to the chair of the panel, and then your question will be read and addressed. If you want it addressed to specific panelist, please indicate that. Let me just say a couple words quickly about the chairman of the panel, and then just subject matter a little bit, and then turn it over to them. I am very pleased and honored that my colleague and good friend for many years, neither one of us would like to say how long, but has agreed to chair this panel, particularly with the fact, i mean, hes a college with us at the arab center and a professor at georgetown, and a long time resident an active scholar in washington dealing with these issues, middle east in general but particularly on this issue with u. S. Policy towarden iran. I would like for those of you interested to recommend to you a couple, his most recent work for us. If you go on our website, arab center d
Cspan is covering this event. I would like thats the reason im starting on time because we have a few more people coming in and a difficult afternoon at the present building and we will welcome them when they get here but i would like to ask for your cooperation in terms of turning your phones off to make sure that the ringing does not get broadcast to the whole cspan audience worldwide and to avoid as much as possible walking walking in front of the cameras. It does not look good for people in the middle of that conversation going back and forth. Also, id like to announce that for those of you who are new at the arab center usually our question and answers are done in writing so anytime you have a question feel free to write down your name and identify yourself and write your questions when you are ready, raise your hand that would collect them and pass them on to the chair of the panel and then your question will be read and addressed, if you wanted addressed to a specific family, pl
Building, we will welcome them when they get here, but i would just like to ask for your cooperation in terms of turning your phones off to make sure the ringing does not get broadcast to the cspan audience worldwide. Possibleoid as much as walking in front of the cameras it doesnt look good, for people in the middle of the conversation, kind of going back and forth across from the camera view. Also, i would like to announce that for those of you who are new, at the arab center, usually our questions and answers are done in writing, every 10 we have a question, feel free to write down your name, identify yourself and write your question. When you are ready, just raise your hand and staff full collect those and pass them onto the then yourhe panel question will be read and. Ddressed if you want it addressed to a specific analyst, please indicate that. Let me just say a couple of words quickly about the chairman of the panel, and then just the subject matter, then turn it over to them. I
Tensions. Hosted by the arab center, this is an hour and a half. Kahlil good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is kahlil jahshan, i am the executive director of the arab center in washington. I would like to welcome all of you to this briefing for the confrontation in the gulf and rescan escalations, and the prospects of u. S. Iran talks in terms of diffusing the situation. Today, we are pleased that cspan is covering this event. So i would like to just simply that is the reason i am starting on time, i know we have a few more people coming in in a typical afternoon at the press building. We will welcome them when they get here. But i would just like to ask for your cooperation in terms of turning your phones off to make sure the ringing does not get broadcast to the whole cspan audience worldwide. And to avoid as much as possible walking in front of the cameras, it doesnt look good for people in the middle of the conversation, kind of going back and forth across from the camera
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is kelly just shone, executive director of the arab center in washington. We will look at the prospects of u. S. Iran talks in terms of diffusing the situation. Pleased that cspan is covering this event. So i would like to simply that is the reason i am starting on time, i know we have a few more people coming in in a difficult afternoon at the press building, we will welcome them when they get here, but i would just like to ask for your cooperation in terms of turning your phones off to make sure the ringing does not get broadcast to the cspan audience worldwide. Possibleoid as much as walking in front of the cameras it doesnt look good, for people in the middle of the conversation, kind of going back and forth across from the camera view. Also, i would like to announce that for those of you who are new, at the arab center, usually our questions and answers are done in writing, every 10 we have a question, feel free to write down your name