Economy and hong kong a top of the agenda and an appetite for business our vendors at malaysias ramadan bazaars are finding new opportunities despite coronavirus long time restrictions. I am. A new standoff is brewing between the United States iran and venezuela over a shipment of millions of dollars of fuel 5 Iranian Oil Tankers are just days away from arriving in venezuela to help ease petrol shortages that his way his own Oil Refining Industry has collapsed because of sanctions as well as mismanagement alexey obrien reports. In the venezuelan capital caracas the queue at the petrol station can last for days. This is the richest country in the world and we should not be like this because there is wealth there is oil there is everything the shortages have plagued venezuela for years ever since its 1300000 barrel a day refining network collapsed which critics blame on underinvestment and mismanagement by the state oil company now president Nicolas Maduro has turned to iran for help for
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Good evening, everybody. Im bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine, and on behalf of her but here welcome your think you very much for coming. We are very y pleased to have pl richter with us here this evening. Paul and i crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for the Los Angeles Times based in washington. Over several decades paul wrote about National Security and Foreign Policyy on both the pentagon and then the state department beat come and heal other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose of reporting in this city on National Security affairs and in his new book, the ambassadors, he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlighting the valuable roles played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four in particular, ryan crocker, robe
I am Ellen Alan Clark and i am the Library Director for the American Revolution institute and it is my special pleasure to welcome you and to introduce our speaker, dr. Christy pichichero. She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view doctor pecker row will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Their experiences had a profound impact on their politics and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She
An amazing crowd. We had to turn away a good 50 people or more. There is a briefing on u. S. And it is part of a National History center bringing historical perspectives to Current Issues that have confronted congress. It is a political position. It is nonpartisan. It is intended to inform policymakers in public about the sorts of finishes theyre dealing with. I want to give a few thanks to the melon foundation. I also want to thank our assistance jeffrey who is outside of this room for helping make the arrangements. I want to thank the off the of gerry connolly. I want to explain why there was index cards on your seats. We will get questions, answer questions, but we would like you to write those questions on the index cards. So keep them ready and jot down questions when they come to mind. Everyone out there that supports the National Historic center and thank you for coming to the event. We have to get you information about professional organizations like schaffer. Panel rooms are f