Recession, President Trump tweeted today, quote, consumers are in the best shape ever plenty of cash Business Optimism is at an alltime high. And then the mayor from jaws tweeted, beaches open no sharks in sight. [ laughter ] former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced today he is dropping out of the president ial race and released a three minute video thanking his supporters by name. [ laughter ] jeff, i really got to thank you, jeff. [ laughter ] you were there for us at each one of those polls. Former president barack obama has shared his Summer Reading list coming in at number one, how to tell your friend youre not endorsing him. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause according to reports, allies ofe number of gaffes hes making in speeches where as in the white house, theyre pretty much screwed after 5 00 a. M [ laughter ] president ial hopeful congressman tim ryan held a fundraiser in new york this week that included a yoga class and a breathing session. Oh, thats good. Becau
Spared putting a gold star in their front window, we were successful. A look at some of the highlights from the past 12 months continues as we take you to reno, nevada. Divorce is really the thing that put reno on the map. It had been known for being a railroad junction. It was modest. It started out as a crossroads and a railroad stop. In 1905 when the first big divorce came, that got international attention. The media started to focus on reno for that reason. That was the publicity they did not have to try to get. People were fascinated by this western town where all of these cosmopolitan people were coming and getting divorces. That was the beginning of a tourist trade for reno. The state of nevada legalized gambling in 1931. It had been on the books before that. That is when they said gambling is legal. We mean it. You can open clubs and casinos. Heart of thehe tourist industry through the 1970s and the 1980s. It was the combination of being the divorce capital of the world and thi
Hill conference work our topic today is the United States saudi arabia and relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have supported this relationship from deepening counterterrorism and deepening womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to remain faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing demand change. These issues are right for informed passionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today to delve into the approach to saudi arabia while, relationship and its future. However, before i turned to todays program i would like to say a few words about the middle east counsel. The council was established in 1981 for the was of promoting dialogue and education including in the United States in the countries of the middle east there are three flagship grams. Quarterly
The audio is courtesy of timberlane media. Next remarks by policy experts and former diplomats about the current state of relations between the u. S. And saudi arabia. Held by the policy counsel, this is two hours. Good morning, everyone. I am gina abercrombie. Vice chairman of the board of the policy counsel. I am pleased to welcome you to this our 97th quarterly capitol hill conference work our topic today is the United States saudi arabia and relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have supported this relationship from deepening counterterrorism and deepening womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to remain faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing demand change. These issues are right for informed passionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today to
Jamal khashoggi, the civil war in yemen and Irans Nuclear program. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am gina, the vice chairwoman of the board of the middle east policy council. Im pleased to welcome you to this, our 97th quarterly capitol hill conference. Our topic today is the United States Saudi Arabian relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have observed and supported this relationship from deepening our counterterrorism operation to championing womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to reconcile close, effective cooperation on National Security issues while remaining faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for informed dispassionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of p