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i m the president of george washington university and i m pleased to welcome you. when you do have the opportunity to look outside, we have a balcony here with a broad view of the nation s capital. this is an excellent symbol of what it means to be the largest university in the heart of our nations capital. it affords an end view of our monument, the monument here. we like to think of that as the monument of george washington university. and this location is extraordinary. if you do a line from the state department white house, it would intersect where we are sitting now. that tells you a little bit about where we are. it tells you about the importance of this location. and it leads towards events of global significance. i would like to welcome you to today s discussion. a conversation with the secretary general of the nato. we are honored he could make time during his brief visit to washington to come to our campus. i m pleased with knowledge members of the diplomatic unit
[applause] thank you. i really get applause when i come out. my name is john henry. that weo the director have standing room only and i said let s not wait 15 minutes to watch the clock, let s get going. let s to do that. typical of his character, he is always getting added. thank you. when we had like this, we starta little safety announcement. this, we start with a safety announcement. , m responsible for your safety so follow my instructions of i ask you to do anything. i m not worried about the wreck about the director, he has guys with guns. if i have to ask you to leave the room, the exits are behind us. the stairs going down or a two-year. , wille to left-hand turns go over to the courtyard of national geographic, i will order ice cream and we will sing a song of praise for our salvation. [laughter] just follow me if i have asked you to do something. we are honored that director pompeo agree to be here. said he people sent was going to be here, i was like, what
month, we re featuring our studentcam winners in c-span s video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year, students told us the new urgent issue for the president and congress. our second prize high school winner is an 11th grader from phoenix, arizona. sofia taglienti is a student at the metropolitan arts institute. teachers retention is called, a heart for teaching. take a look. i have come up with a process, the bore process. continue on with this story. the one thing i think the president and congress can do to improve our education system is focused on our teachers. their development, and making sure that in the classrooms and their schools, they have the proper support systems to be successful. we are facing a crisis, where receipt really high levels of teachers who are living the profession in the first five years. lower seeing actually numbers of young people who want to become teachers. i think that there are probably a coup
message. critics of the military approach have expressed concerns of the wrist, civilian casualties, and questioned whether the industry should has a strong enough political and diplomatic plan to accompany the military might. today, we are asking our view is for your thoughts on the recent action. republicans can call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. we also have a life or acted and retired military. 3.u can call 202-748-800 you can also reach us on social and onon twitter facebook. more this morning from the wall street journal about the massive military strike. it says, the u.s. military dropped one of the largest nonnuclear in its arsenal thursday in east afghanistan, the pentagon said. the u.s. played dropped the deal between 2000 pound massive ordinance bomb, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, just days killed u.s. soldier was in the same area. we had been waiting months to an official in afghanistan. that show of military straight is