In the name of allah the merciful, we give imhad praise and thanks for his prophets and his messengers and the scripters which they brought. We thank him for moses and the israelite prophets who gave thus torrau or the old testament. We thank him for jesus, who gave us the apostles who gave us the gospels. We thank him for muhammad, even abdullah through whom the final revelation to the human family before the judgment of this world came, the holy quran. I am a student of the most honorable Elijah Muhammad. And i could never thank allah enough for his merciful intervention in the affairs of the black man and woman of america. By his coming. In the person of master mohammed it great. And we thank him for raising up in our midst as his messenger messiah to us, the honorable Elijah Muhammad. I greet all of you, members of the press, members of congress, members of the activist community. I greet you all with the greeting words, peace. We say it in the arabic language, asalam alakem. I wan
Good morning, everyone. Im director of turkey studies at middle east institute. Im very happy to welcome you all to our eighth annual conference on turkey. Each year as we convene this conference we fine keen interest in turkish matters. 2017 was very dramatic and a difficult year for turkey for its neighbors and allies including the United States. So we appreciate if you are making time to join us in our discussion. Our keynote speaker, is a leading voice on Turkish Affairs in Foreign Affairs of the german parliament. She will provide a firsthand report on the challenges facing ankara and berlin. We have elected members of the turkish and European Parliament on the program as well alongside a leader in u. S. Diplomacy toward turkey and expert analyst. You will hear our guest speaking guest speakers on three panels. To begin we will examine turkeys internal dynamics. Our panelist include recent member of the Turkish Parliament, Political Party representative and scholars who have been
On turkey. And the countrys domestic politics. Including the growing power of the president and his party. Also, the role rival parties might play in this novembers elections. Good morning, everyone. Im director of turkey studies at middle east institute. Im very happy to welcome you all to our eighth annual conference on turkey. Each year as we convene this conference we fine keen interest in turkish matters. 2017 was very dramatic and a difficult year for turkey for its neighbors and allies including the United States. So we appreciate if you are making time to join us in our discussion. Our keynote speaker, is a leading voice on Turkish Affairs in Foreign Affairs of the german parliament. She will provide a firsthand report on the challenges facing ankara and berlin. We have elected members of the turkish and European Parliament on the program as well alongside a leader in u. S. Diplomacy toward turkey and expert analyst. You will hear our guest speaking guest speakers on three pane
I now have a scheduler and her parents are here. Thank you for the millers. Also, i can tell her one more time that kansas city has the most complete Baseball Team i have seen in the last 30 or 40 years. [applause] so, i want to thank also the chancellor for welcoming me here. 11 years ago, i came here to launch a lecture series. I was honored to do with then because i always like bob dole and i always admired him. And because even when we were, we knew we were going to be running against each other for president , we found a way to Work Together. So, i think we need to be serious about this topic today. We can all say we are here at the university, we have comfortable lives, we will be nice to each other. This is a much more serious subject. For the polarization of americas politics, as present not just in washington but american life. You just look at how many of our collective bigotries we have overcome in america in the last 100 years. We are less racist than we used to be, less se
The cia is lying. There was a lot of cherry pick going on by this committee. Thoesz wse who put together Senate Report. Torture dependent just happen, after all. The cia tortured detainees for years. Torture is something we avoided. Water boarding thats ka lating into near drownings. We thought we were doing the nations will. Theyre responsible for the use of these techniques. Of course theyre going to defend them. The level of abuse was torture. Absolutely devastating to read. Helps our enemies recruitment efforts. What are we supposed to do in kiss them on both cheeks and tell us please, please, tell us what you know. My president would have ordered these interrogation methods. I have no sympathy for them. Torture doesnt work. More often than not, you get bad information. Talking points is siding with the cia people. It did, in fact, produce actionable intelligence. I have a book on world war ii killing patents so i know what im talking about. I would do it again in a minute. Washing