U. S. Central command, as well as former state department and pentagon officials who worked in afghanistan and pabs. From the u. S. Institute of peace, this is about 90 minutes. We pursue our vision of a World Without conflict by working on the ground with local partners to help prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. Usip has been working in afghanistan since 2002. We have an office in kabul thats running a range of programs we also support policyrelevant research and hold of the record events, but also on the record events, like the one we have today, to inform policy makers and practitioners and the public about the situation in afghanistan. Usips current top priority in afghanistan is to support u. S. Government and afghan efforts to achieve a politically negotiated end to the war in afghanistan. This 17year war is now the longest war in u. S. History. Lets not forget its been going on for 40 years for afghans. I recently returned from afghanistan, and i have to say for th
Mr. Chairman, i know you have not gaveled us but if you could gavel us and like to address the chair for one second. Will you gavel us so we can i think the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately i will have to go to the Democratic Organization which will run all morning and as you know we had all day organizational meeting in america we have a hearing in the middle of that and i know you indicated yesterday at the chair should not be misconstrued but i have a solemn allegation to elect the next leadership. Unfortunately, it means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly not to the topic. I dont like to miss hearing of any kind. I regret that i will have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and i think the cha chair. This is good a time as any theres never a good time to have leadership and given the seriousness of the subject matter and the fact that weve had to reschedule it multiple times, no witness should take from the absence of any member that they are not interest
Punctual. So with that id like to welcome you all to usip. My name is andrew wilder, as president of the asia center here at usip. Usip was founded in 1984 by congress as an independent National Institute dedicated to the proposition that peace is possible, practical, essential for u. S. And global stability. We pursue our vision of a World Without conflict of work on the ground with local partners to help prevent, mitigate and resolve violent conflict. Usip has been working in afghanistan since 2002. We have an office in kabul that running a range of programs. We also support policy Relevant Research and hold both off the record events but also on record events like the one we have today to inform policymakers and practitioners and the public about the situation in afghanistan. Usip current top priority in afghanistan is to support u. S. Government and afghan efforts to achieve a politically negotiated end to the war in afghanistan. This 17 year war is now the longest war in u. S. His
By working on the ground with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. Usip has been working in afghanistan since 2002. We have an office in cabell kabul running a range of programs. We support policy relevant hold off the record events and on the record events like the one we have today to inform policymakers and practitioners and the public about the situation in afghanistan. Current top priority in afghanistan is to support u. S. Government and afghan efforts to war in a end to the afghanistan. This 17 year war is now the longest war in u. S. History. It has been going on for 40 years for afghans. I recently returned from. Fghanistan for the first time in many years, i came back with a glimmer of hope that there is a possibility to reach a peaceful settlement to the conflict in afghanistan. The stars seem to be aligning, but also this is going to be extremely difficult. I often describe it as a longshot, but i think it is the only shot we have in terms of h
Its currently a category 1 hurricane with 90mileperhour winds, moving slowly at six Miles Per Hour out of the west. Currently there is a tornado watch in effect and will likely continue into tonight. Storm surge along the carolina coast will continue into saturday. In some areas sunday night and into monday morning. Expect higher levels of higher tides during high tide cycles and the next high tide cycle along the carolina coast is around noon today eastern time. I do want to emphasize that this is only the beginning. Florence is a very slow mover, well continue to trek will continue to trek along the North Carolina and South Carolina coast line for the next 24 to 36 hours. It will not get to columbia, South Carolina, until sunday, midnight morning. Weve already seen a foot of rain just north of wilmington area. Were still expecting rainfall amounts of 20 to 30 inches, some isolated spots of 40 inches. Some of you may remember this is in comparison to september of 1999. The first half