One part of the discussion focused on the next first lady and her team. This is just under an hour. We will go ahead and get the program started. On behalf of georgetown, welcome. We like to say that Public Service is a good thing, politics can be to. O. Connecting student threatened with political leaders who embody this notion and understand how politics is done, but more importantly how it can be done better is essential to the mission. To that end, we cannot be more thrilled to host such a distinguished panel today. To take us all inside the east wing. It is especially fitting to be hosting this allstar, all female panel on the topic of first ladies and the chief of staff as the closeout womens history month. Minute toke to take a thank all of those who made this possible. The georgetown womens center, the georgetown women alliance, the women in Public Policy women ine, Georgetown International affairs and g women and leadership. A good lineup. I would like to turn it over now to a
Region. We can be a partner to anybody who wants us to partner with them in the fight against sectarianism and others. We are there, and we will still be there. Iran will always be our neighbor. Bear that in mind in any evaluation you have. The region itself is going through tremendous social, political upheaval. The arab spring has been hijacked. No clear mandate to the governments in the region governing pre as in comparison to prearab spring. So please bear that in mind. So in that sense, i would say that in iraq you have a reliable partner, but at the same time, help us to help you in the fight against international terrorism. Somebody asked us the other day, a question a senior official said to me he said lukman lets say we get rid of isis will you be a partner with us against isis elsewhere or are you content with just iraq . My response is no. We know we will have a responsibility that we will take seriously, but we have an urgency now which we want you to help us with, and let
Difference in a positive way in the world. He does not believe that we can be a force for good in the world. The president gave a speemp in cairo. Do you remember that speech in went to cairo and apologized for the United States to send a message of uncertainty right from the very beginning we were now going to be a different kind of country. He went to west point and spoke to those wonderful graduates ready to take degrees and commissions and go stand up for us as necessary across the world and said they were not going to have any difficulties because of americas policy of pulling back. As an army veteran, i was embarrassed by that speech. He goes to the Prayer Breakfast a few weeks ago and says at the Prayer Breakfast that isis are bad people but we have to remember that during the crusades, the christians were bad people too. Now, ladies and gentlemen, when he gave that remark, i went into the press, and i said that that was the worst statement ive heard a president make in my lifet
Agencies in america that are also engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of our tax code as well. Please join me in thanking senator lee and senator rubio. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Next week the United States will begin chairing the Arctic Council, a group that sets policy for the arctic, regarding drilling and other issues. Eight countries are members of the Arctic Council, the u. S. , canada, denmark, finland iceland, norway, russia, and sweden. And this morning at the center for strategic and International Studies the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, police leesiae ia Lisa Murkowski of alaska, is speaking. Some of the issues also facing the arctic such as Climate Change, pollution and the health of the Indigenous People who live in the arctic the discussion expected to last several hours should get under way shortly. This meeting happening, this International Meeting happening as a number of other International Ministers and lead
Multiagency strategy for understanding and working to develop the science to mitigate the impacts of Unconventional Oil and natural Gas Production and this is with our office and usgs and epa and like wise you see the l recommendations that are pointed to doe. And this report really points back to that role for the arctic as well. In one way the way i think about the work of our office is were the office of science for federal and state regular lay to rs. We were in alaska last week and i can tell you state regulators in alaska are very much focused on these questions and understanding what the science says in an unbiased and neutral manner about this activity can proceed. And those are the same questions that our partners are asking at other federal agencies, and were the the office that they turned to understand what the center of the science understands. And its a vital role that Government Research plays and providing policymakers with an unbiased view of science, technology, and i