The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the i want to submit here today. We are enjoying the and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a diplomat in residence, Woodrow Wilson school of Public Affairs chris university. He has been all over the map and ambassador eric edelman, Counselors Center for strategic and budgetary assessment. By macaque this is your ninth appearance before this committee. Does that sound right to you . Yes. And ambassador james jeffrey, distinguished fellow, university of Washington Institute for near east policy. I remember being with you in turkey and other places. Of course, ambassador stuart jones, Vice President your presence was both in jordan and iraq. It is great to have all behavior much of the nations attention over the last two decades has gone to the middle east in terms of military operations. And appropr
Lets turn to you across the gulf in the position that they may be having different reactions. They may have taken this agreement. How does it impact their relations with the u. S. And iran and their identity identity in a clear arm rate issues related to this what are your thoughts on the reactions and actions . I look out at the audience and i see so many friends have told me that i have been doing this for too long. I want to start off in all of the years that i have been living in and writing about the middle east a recently learned that the fact that i want to start with discussion by just leaving it with you. Islam make law provides which is levied on the nonbelievers in an Islamic Community. One of the act acts consolidating their control over arabia tack in the early years in the 20th century by the king was to levy a the nonbelievers and to me if you want to understand the collective attitude about shia, that tells you what you need to know. Keep that in mind as we go through t
[applause] dr. Rice is going to be interviewed for us by one of the best interviewers i know who has his own show on bloomberg, our National Book festival cochair and very generous supporter, mr. David reubenstein. Please welcome both of them. And thanks and enjoy. Well, thank you very much for coming. Thank you very much for having me here and welcome to everybody. Thank you for being here. Its a great event. Great eventment. Host so, hard to believe but you have now been out of government for about nine years, just before we get into your new book on democracy, which i highly recommend, and well talk about in a few moments, tell us what you have been doing since you left government other than writing three bestselling book. Youre tetching at stanford. Guest ive gone back to my real risk had that digression into washington, but ive actually been at stanford sis i was 25. I start thread as an assistant professor and returned to stanford. My appointment is in the Business School but i t
Thank you very much for having me here and welcome to everybody. Thank you for being here. Its a great event. Great eventment. Host so, hard to believe but you have now been out of government for about nine years, just before we get into your new book on democracy, which i highly recommend, and well talk about in a few moments, tell us what you have been doing since you left government other than writing three bestselling book. Youre tetching at stanford. Guest ive gone back to my real risk had that digression into washington, but ive actually been at stanford sis i was 25. I start thread as an assistant professor and returned to stanford. My appointment is in the Business School but i teach both Business School students and undergraduates. Teach a course in American Foreign policy. Ive been able to do a little bit of work in the private sector, little consulting, and im spending a lot more time practicing the piano than i did when i was in the government. Thats really a great love and
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