Good afternoon, all. I thought it would take a few moments to offer a few comments on the strategy for south asia that President Trump outlined last night in his address to the nation and then i will take a few of your questions on that subject. I think the president did a fairly thorough job in terms of describing the new military approach and i think the important point in that is a conditionsbased approached as opposed to a timebased approach with timetables. I think the president has been quite clear that what will be different this time is he has empowered military commanders on the ground to make more timely conditions. To conduct battlefield operations based on the conditions on the ground with secretary oft defense mattis will be approving. That will change conditions on the ground considerably. These are some of the tactics the have been employed in very Successful Campaign to defeat isis in syria and iraq. So i think we are taking a lot decisions based on that. This is going
From eddie murphy movies. So, of course, everyone who lived in brooklyn were vampires, and if you wanted to find the clean, you would go to queens, of course. , we are going to export more about flushing, queens, is community, its microcosm of world religions. Before we begin, just a little bit about our author. Has lang r. Scott hanson a phd from the university of chicago. He is but most of his adult life thinking about pluralism in the world, but most of it from the neighborhood of flushing, queens, in new york city of course. He has studied acting and the university, sunni, the university of pennsylvania. Inis currently a lecturer history at the university of pennsylvania. He has studied at the the universityy, of pennsylvania. Ladies and german, please join ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming ruth tonight. Cott hanson [applause] all right. Good evening and welcome. That i should add tonights talk will be filmed by American History tv on cspan3. So, during the question
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. So, i think to answer that question, its important that you understand the nature of the corruption thats in afghanistan. So corruption is like a disease and there are different kinds of disease, all right . One of the problems with using the term corruption is its this big banner that can mean anything from sort of low level shakedowns at check points all the way to a cleptocratic form of government. Low level is illegal and not tolerated by the system is actually very easy to deal with. Corruption by sort of individuals that when the larger context of the system is corruption is not tolerable, you can eventually put enough pressure on those individuals and deal with the problem. When its in a sector like the ministry, thats an even more aggressive form of the disease. It could be treatable if you isolate it. If youre a crelecleptocracy. The difference between patronage is that money flows from the top down and loyalty goes up. And in a cleptopracy, goes
Be sure to watch washington journal at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Join the discussion. A former u. S. Ambassador to afghanistan and a former undersecretary of state, talking about the ongoing contact this conflict between u. S. Role in afghanistan. It is hosted by the center for new american security. Good afternoon, i am the ceo. We are delighted that you could join us today. A rollout of the new report that we have done on afghanistan and the way forward. We were thinking about the president ial , it seems that afghanistan as it were to continue 16 years of the strategic leadership group. Also a former military officer told four times in afghanistan. Pioneered a new approach to counterinsurgency in many case studies and books as the model for how it can be effective. He went on to be a season advisor for general pates. Im fortunate to have him as my Senior Adviser on policy for afghanistan and pakistan. A natural and match a natural and national treasure. Within weeks we hope he will be a n
The mother of all bombs dropped on isis in afghanistan. President trump is calling the attack as success but members of the bay area Afghan Community say they are dafrtsed good evening thank you for japg ushs dan ashley a local afghan leaders say many civilians live in the area bomb show you where it happened. The 22,000 pound weapon dropped in area of the pack jts call nangarhar province. Katie marzullo is here live with the dwefrlg story katie. With the ppt the concern in the Afghan Community into the bay area was civilians were killed in the bombing a professor of middle easten studies tells me he doesnt think tl make much difference. The air force named the bomb the mother of alm bombs would be dropped on a cave complex believed to be used by fighters in eastern afghanistan. A afghan spiritual leader says its a densely populated area and he is devastatesed. There is no sympathy for iceness the muslim world especially in afghanistan. That said civilians are prorobay in the forefront