Tumor that represents an approach to the immunity. Fred hutchins focus is just a few notes before i turn the floor over to our first speaker, dr. Gilliland. Turn your cell phone to mute or off any other noise making devices. Once dr. Maloney made his remarks, we will open it up to questions. When you are called on to pose a question, identify yourself by name and organization. Dr. Gilliland . Thank you very much david for that fantastic introduction. I think you covered most of my talking points. I am gary gilliland, the president and director of the fred hutch. My colleague, dr. David maloney and i are excited to be here for an important announcement. Ill start with what david alluded to, which is the fred hutch has been in existence for about 41 years. Its the place where bone marrow transplantation was invented by dr. Don thomas. He went on to win the nobel prize for that work where patients with leukemias are treated with chemotherapy and radiation. Such high doses they would die f
Indiana. Also the cato institutes ian vasquez looks at the future of u. S. cuban relations in a trump administration. Postfidel castro. And Boston University assistant professor linda spraug martinez looks at a new report looking at the safety of young people of color and what impact the lack of access to overall support and opportunity has on them. Cspans washington journal. Live beginning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern saturday morning. Join the discussion. At a pentagon briefing today, Afghanistan Military Operations Commander general John Nicholson wrapped up 2016s military operations and counterterror efforts in the country. This is about an hour. Folks, weve got about 45 minutes and ten minutes of opening comments. Ill be calling questions for general nicholson. Sir, all yours. Thanks, jeff. Good morning, everyone. Great to be back with you all again. Want to thank you for covering our mission in afghanistan. What id like to do this time since my last update in september is review 2016 an