The cia and George Washington university cohost of this intelligence and National Security conference. This is an hour and 10 minutes [inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to the Fourth Annual ethos and professional intelligence conference presented by the Central Intelligence agency and the George Washington university. I am Frank Cilluffo andia i dirt their center for cyber and National Security and will serve as you emcee for the day. Im truly excited that gw is once again partnering with cih opposes most important event. Before we get started i ask that you please silence your mobile devices and cell phones. Please note that the conference is open to the press and is being webcastei live and being recorded through the comments from this stage of all the speakers, panelists and moderators are all on the record record. Our theme for the conference this years achieving strategic advantage and today we will attempt to provide insight on how america continues to achieve str
Right now, details are limited, but here are the basics. The plan increases the standard deduction and keeps mortgage, interest, and charitable deductions, but it gets rid of many others. The top tax rate drops to 35 , the Corporate Tax rate is slashed, and the plan eliminates the estate tax. With me now is jamie hopkins, he is an associate professor of taxation at American College of Financial Services in radnor. Thanks for being here, jamie. Jamie hopkins thank you for having me, lauren. Lauren so, the president calls this a middleclass miracle. Is this a good deal for the middle class . Are they going to pay less . Jamie so, the reality is this is a tax cut almost for everyone in the us, so from the highest earners, businesses, all the way down. Now, how much of a tax cut it is for each Different Group in the country, thats where the details are going to matter. But it really is a tax cut almost across the board. Lauren are we able to tell at this point what it means for, say, a fam
Right now its clear they want stability, stability, stability. Afterwards he will have probably a freer hand to think more about the strategic goals he is setting on the Foreign Policy front. It will be an interesting path forward to follow. Is it interesting to say he envisions himself . Yes. It is 19th Party Congress is chinas leadership is a Global Leader but the Asian Infrastructure investment bank, down the road to g20 is Global Leadership. You know, he has gotten rid of a number Anti Corruption campaign. It is putting china on the stage in a global sense and leadership sense, thats an important piece. It plays well to chinas sense of history. On another question, is there i dont know where it is but i do want to give journalists a chance to ask a question. Who can help me out on that . There we go. And again, if you could identify yourself. Kim dozer. Oh, i dont know they were giving the mike to kim dozier. What does the president s tweets do to the overall policy . How do you th
In fact, every signatory of the nonproliferation treaty which is every country except five in the world right now except inspections. That is why we have international thank you for being here. We deeply appreciate our two distinguished witnesses here today to give us an inside look at the budget as it relates to africa and where the challenges are and where funding will potentially increase. As you know, the appropriations budget has passed the house and clearly it indicates there are some differences is opinion as to where we should be spending that money and we have come to a consensus, at least on the public inside of extraordinary programs like the emergency plans for aids relief, refugee programs and a whole lot of other programs that deal with Infectious Diseases, like. Ellipsis. They need to be funded in a very robust way in order to save lives and to mitigate dangers to women and children. We also have a strong commitment on this committee and from our leaders in the state dep