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The salem which craft process of we know somebody is evil and bad and we want someone to burn at the stake. Maybe it is you. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. For this presentation we will not be taking any questions and answers. I would like to introduce the acting chairman of the acting endowment of the humanities. Hello, on behalf of my colleagues at the National Endowment of humanities i am pleased to be with you and our agency is proud to be a contribute to the National Book festival hosted by the library of congress and now in its 17th year and thanks to the coach chairman of the festival and to the many volunteers and can we just take a moment and recognize the library of congress . Can you make a moment to acknowledge dr. Hayden . It is wonderful to see so many book lovers of all ages and all walks of life. Before this starts i want to ask you krgz of your fellow audience members to please turn off or silence your skel phone. It is my pleasure to intr
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
Good evening, thanks for joining us. There is now a deal in place to force syrian president Bashar Alassad to get rid of allhis chemical weapons by the middle of next year. That means a military strike is unlikely any time soon. After three days of marathon talks in switzerland, they announced the agreement. The United States and russia eliminating chemical weapons in the soonest and safest manner. We agree that syria must submit within a week, not in 30 days, but in one week a comprehensive listing and Additional Details will be addressed regarding that in the coming days. There can be no games, no room for avoidance or anything less than full compliance by the assad regime. Under the deal, International Inspectors would be on the ground in syria in november and almost immediately begin destroying equipment used to produce chemical weapons. One potential complication is how to enforce the inspection agreement when the country is in the midst of a civil war thats resulted in more than