crisis in syria and how western nations can respond from the center for strategic and international studies this is one hour. good afternoon. welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. welcome as well to our viewers online print my name is jacob, acting director of economic humanitarian agenda. the humanitarian agenda is a project that cis speaks to leverage the expertise of our scholars and programs to shine a light on the most pressing humanitarian issues in the world today and offer policy solutions. before we begin i like to direct everyone s attention to our emergency exit and safety and security plan and encourage you all to take this opportunity to turn your phones to mute. i want to acknowledge before we begin the partnership that our partner has with the agency for international disaster systems whose support allows us to put on events that works with this discussion. we have a short time today so i will be brief. all of us here are keenly aware
source taken aback by this. there is a source from whitehall here saying, we are being as positive as we can, but their attitude has hardened, which signifies that they are a bit shocked by this and not sure where to take it. in part, this was supposed to be project fear. it was supposed to be project fear. it was supposed to be something that was never going to happen. david cameron mentioned it in prime minister s questions about ten days before the vote. it was supposed to be one of the last gasps, saying we can t possibly do this, it would lead to dreadful things. when he suggested that the border could be in the sea, i have relatives from the nationalist community who would not particularly be that obsessed with their british identity. they were all voting to stay in the eu, and they were so annoyed that david cameron would even suggest this and would treat them differently than people in his oxfordshire constituency that they thought about voting no just to spite him. c
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senator chris murphy spoke at the council on foreign relations about foreign policy and national security. he is the top democrat on the subcommittee and talked about proposed trump administration budget cuts and the impact on national security. this is about one hour. good afternoon everybody. welcome to today s council on foreign relations meeting with senator chris murphy. i m the washington bureau chief and i will be presiding over the conversation. in addition to the council members in washington i want to welcome those around the country who are watching on c-span this afternoon. honestly today s meeting is on the record. our speaker is connecticut senator christopher murphy. he was elected in 2012 after representing the fifth congressional district for two terms in the u.s. house of representatives. he serves on the appropriations committee, the health education and labor committee and most appropriate for today, serves on the senate foreign relations committee as th
held by the council on foreign relations, this is an hour. good afternoon, everybody. welcome to today s council on foreign relations meeting with senator chris murphy. i ll be presiding over our conversation. in addition to the council members in washington, i want to welcome those of you around the country who are watching on cspan this afternoon. obviously today s meeting is on the record. our speaker is senator murphy. he was elected to the senate in 2012 after representing connecticut s fifth congressional district for two terms in the u.s. house of representative. the senator services on the appropriations committee, health committee, and most appropriate services on the senate foreign relations committee where he is the ranking member on the europe and regional cooperation subcommittee. he has been outspoken on syria and russia so i guess that means we ll have plenty to talk about. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator chris murphy. thank you very much. i lo