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[inaudible conversations] are we ready to go . Great. Welcome to todays launch of the council on Foreign Relations and the pendant Task Force Report north america time for a new focus to rid the cochairs hear Robert Zoellick of course, somebody who i think last time i interviewed you we were both in sudan. So thank you very much. Shannon oneil, director and cochair, David Petraeus i think last summer i into the jew we were in iraq. So its good to be in a slightly more tame environment. I want to get right to the question of why now, why this . Reading newspapers, the attention, the focus of this administration clearly on Foreign Policy, current prices the in the middle of these, please to the idea of a p ....
Diagnosis. Cervical cancer, an especially aggressive form of the disease that despite radiation and surgery would have taken her life for months. That would have been where the story ended. Somewhere in the hospital Henrietta Lacks lived on, at least some of her did. Before henriettas death her doctors to a sample of her tissue to study inside a test tube. When they looked closely, they discovered something unusual for cells. Hers not only survived but thrived and multiplied in the live. In fact, henriettas cells were so resilient they were replicated again and again and again in laboratories all over the world and went on to become the most widely used cell for for human cellular and molecular biology. Those cells known as hela are the basis of breakthroughs. Jonas salk used them to develop the first vaccine for polio. Medical advances in vitrovertization, cell biology, Cancer ....
Of fair housing. Protecting hardearned victories in fair housing is what took him and others to d. C. On wednesday morning. To d. C. And to the steps of Supreme Court. On wednesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Texas Department of housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities project. I know, its not exactly a snappy title, but this case is really really important, so stick with me. When the court rules on this case the one that got those activists out in the cold with their handlettered signs, when the court makes this decision, it could be among the most historic and consequential choices ever made about the issue at the heart of american lives and dreams. The place ....