Peter brooks is leading the discussion this morning. He is also in his term as a member of the congressional us, China Economic and security review commission. Prior to coming to heritage he served as a Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for asian and Pacific Affairs at the george w. Bush administration. He is also served on the Committee Staff for International Relations in the house with the Central Intelligence agency, the state department and was an active duty naval officer. Please join me in welcoming peter brooks. Peter. [applause] thank you. Welcome to heritage in our program on iran. Is a 2015 the Nuclear Agreement with iran has continued with troubling policies in the uk in the middle east. Irans expanding influence in these wartorn countries have been facilitated by the strategic dividends and sanctions provided by the nuclear deal. This raises questions like how should the United States respond, what should be done about the Nuclear Agreement, how can the United States t
If we really believed and were going to live this record programmed to go live to the Heritage Foundation this afternoon. A quick reminder you can watch the rest of the Program Online on cspan. Org. This type center for strategic and budgetary assessment in the search bar. Live now to the Heritage Foundation for the future of the every Nuclear Agreement. This is cspan2. Will post a program in the heritage homepage following todays presentation as well. Leaving our discussion as jim phillips, Senior Research fellow for middle Eastern Affairs in douglas and Sarah Allison center for Foreign Policy studies. If the veteran foreignpolicy specialists who has written widely on the middle east and issues of International Terrorism since coming to the Heritage Foundation in 1979. He has authored dozens of papers on iran on its Nuclear Program, use of terrorism and testified before congress on Irans Nuclear program and other middle east security issues. Please join me in welcoming jim phillips. W
The Heritage Foundation hosted a Panel Discussion recently on the current status and future of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Analysts critical of the agreements current span standing offer their recommendations for what the Trump Administration should do to encourage its enforcement and ensure its intended purpose of preventing iran from obtaining Nuclear Weapons. This is just under 90 minutes. Why is it so quiet . Good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation and are douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website on this occasion. For those in house, we asked that our mobile devices have been silenced, turned off as we prepared to begin and for those watching online, you are welcome to send questions or comments by emailing speaker heritage. Org and of course we will post the program on the heritage home page following todays presentation as well. Leaving our discussion is jim phillips who is Senior Research fellow for middle Eastern
Workers, and there are new warnings tonight that the number of workers affected by those attacks may be significantly higher than has been revealed to this point. We take up chinas attacks with cybersecurity experts Bruce Parkman and steve bucci. Also tonight, you are looking at live pictures of new york st. Patricks cathedral, where pope francis will lead a Prayer Service this evening. The pope in new york city after going decidedly political in the first ever papal address to a joint meeting of congress. The pontiff calling upon americans to embrace Illegal Immigrants. This, from the leader of vatican city, which is extremely selective about those who are allowed to reside within its high, thick walls. We take up the pope, his message, his likely influence on american politics. And new gop president ial polling shows Donald Trump Holding the lead thats made him the frontrunner since early july, but his numbers are slipping slightly. Dr. Ben carson, Carly Fiorina are on the rise in th
States in the circuit. That would mean to be coming in would be legal in 30 states and also the district of columbia. In the large republican district john lewis met for the first televised debate in the race and they spoke about americas approach on isis. We will take you live now to the Heritage Foundation for a discussion about the u. S. Visa Waiver Program that allows citizens in some of the countries to travel to the u. S. For up to 90 days without a visa. At any time you can email speaker heritage. Org and we are pleased that the audience will be joining us today and we look forward to the wonderful question and answer session throughout the programming. Posting our discussion this afternoon is stephen, the rector of the douglas and Sarah Allison center for foreign and National Security policy who served for three decades as an Army Special Forces officer and a top pentagon official served in the special operations cybersecurity as well as the defense support for civilian authori