Good morning im the director of the middle east program and we are delighted to welcome you to what i think will be a fascinating program on us policy and strategy after the Qassem Soleimani strike. First in the unlikely event we need to evacuate the building i will tell you where to go. I dont think that will be a problem but i will direct you. Also thank you for those who have supported todays activity. They have done it in a way that is exemplary for the way a policy discussion should do so to set up a conference so there is no responsibility for what we say but but it is an issue of significant broad interest we are grateful for the support. Looking at what has happened in the gulf there is a broader National Debate if the us should be digging in or pulling out. Iran is perceived to be a threat. Even within the chump Administration Even how the us should deal with that threat the us increasingly has been facing asymmetrical threats and responding with conventional tools that has be
International perspective on infrastructure. Earlier, i had a chance to meet with mexicos current chair of the governors, konogo, the current chair is francisco dominguez, and the incoming chair governor carlos mendosa. And we have both representatives from mexico and canada up here on the stage, were really thrilled to have with us, a total of five premiers from our neighbors to the north, who we very much appreciate everybody making the tremendous effort to come down here and join us. They are going to be joining us for this discussion on infrastructure from an international perspective. I believe that canadas doing some really interesting and Creative Things on infrastructure. So we want to thank each one of you for joining us. We have saskatchewan premiere, scott moe who is the chair of the council of federation, which is our equivalent, sort of like the nga of canada, quebec premier, francois legault, ontario premier doug ford, and new brunswi New Brunswick premier blaine higgs an
Grunwald a writer with political magazine i live down here in miami we know something about Climate Change down here, im working on a book about it myself. I really want to thank all of you for coming this is such an important topic. This is the only planet with pizza. We do need to try to save it. This is a tough topic that not everybody wants to hear about. These guys have done is really incredible. I remember interviewing al gore he said when he does talk siesta think about three budgets what is talking about climate yes to think about a time budget because people can only listen for so long he has to think about a complexity budget because people only have so much tolerance for that and then he is to think about a hope budget because is only so much climate people can take the doom and gloom before they start to nod off. We have an incredible panel here guys will have tough times with the hope budget. David has written an incredible book about how we are all screwed. [laughter] nat
More expensive and uncompetitive products construction of north stream to began last year as of november 29th seen more than 80 percent of the pipeline was built its launch a shuttle for 2020 the 2 lines of north stream and north stream 2 from russia to germany are currently bin laden and the baltic sea total capacity is expected to be 55000000000 cubic meters of gas play yet some of europes Biggest Energy firms are involved in construction of north stream to the pipeline it will pass through territorial waters and Economic Zones of the Russian Federation Finland Sweden denmark and germany according to the russian side the north stream 2 construction project complies with International Law and there is no legal basis for it suspension therefore it argues opponents of the project are using illegal tools that threaten the Global Economy moscow has repeatedly stated that north stream to is an absolutely commercial and competitive project germany has also repeated lists. That no stream to
Was founded in 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today well be going into the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state, becoming a state, the industrialization of the state, and well go into the later century, the 21st century, and see where West Virginia is today. Were in the West Virginia state museum settlement and frontier period. These are some of the earliest settlers of the land. Were standing beside George Washingtons case where it has specific artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war, and the telescope that he used to survey land here, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s. During this time period frontier and early settlement, this was western virginia. It was part of the state of virginia at the time and it was an area that wasnt greatly developed. A lot of the ideas of