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The president and ceo of the center for american progress. [applause] house everyone doing . Good afternoon everyone. I am so happy to once again thank you for joining us for this important event at an incredibly critical time for our country and the entire international community. The gathered together at the dawn of a new decade and at this moment its becoming clearer that the 21st century will be defined by a singular competition. A competition not of technology or of weaponry, but of ideas. ...

Since 1988. She is assisting on human rights. Ssues karen has been the heart and soul of the human rights and deborah so its a giant treat to have karen here and i know you wee heard this before but are also blessed to have john pulitzerere who was a prizewinning biographer and contributor to the New York Times book review. They print periodicals. [laughter] he is a professor at Vanderbilt University from chattanooga. There is a border dispute between georgia and tennessee but we are pleased he ...

I saw last night where the president said barack obama started this border policy and im correcting it. And what they did and this is what i want you to consider, what one of the tv networks did is put out people making statements about what was happening. They showed Jeff Sessions when he first announced the separation policy at the border. Problem, as churchill said, alike and travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes. That is true. If we started a new bible, that shou...

Foreign policy as a way to promote democratic ideals around the world. It was moderated by Pulitzer Prize winning lab for john meacham. [applause] jason thank you very much. It is my great honor to introduce this remarkable panel on a topic that is the core of everything that the Carter Center does. At the core of everything the Carter Center does, the northstar of this organization forever will be human rights because that has been the northstar for my grandparents forever and ever. To do that....

To promotes as a way human rights [applause] thank you very much. It is my honor to introduce this remarkable panel on a topic at the core of everything the Carter Center does. The north star for this organization will be human rights, because that has been the north star for my grandparents. We are honored to do that. Many of these people have been introduced to you before. I will use a prop to introduce my grandfather to you in a unique way, for the first time ever. [laughter] [applause] i wou...

Introduced to you all before. Im going to use a prop to introduce my grandfather to you in a unique way, for the first time ever. Hold on. [laughter] [applause] jason i would like to introduce you to jonathans greatgrandfather. [laughter] jason how is that, buddy . [applause] is the easiest applause line of the whole day. In all seriousness, we are thrilled that you are here. We are excited that you have devoted your life to human rights and all of us are doing our very best to ensure that incre...

The author ofan, a new book on Cyber Security. Happy new year. Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the center. It is a wonderful evening in cambridge, massachusetts. We have cspan with us today and a good twitter presence as well. For those of you not in the room, it is very sunny, very warm outside. ,lease visit cambridge anytime especially our Cyber Security project. It is a wonderful panel we have today. First, our colleague ben buchanan, david sanger, and fiona hill joins us from washington, cur...

We dont really know. This is the whole question. No ones actually had to cast a ballot yet. We know that it is a regular theme of the Republican Primary Campaign stops that obama does not respect the constitution, obama does not respect Congressional Authority and doesnt respect your rights on everything ranging from immigration to guns. I think the immigration one has been sort of the more active topic on the campaign trail. But it certainly appears that the republicans believe it is a very suc...

This was run by the department of agriculture. That was viewed as not acceptable. I thought it was perfectly acceptable. It was a very important task of whether in fact, or how much soda can contribute to obesity. So we do we have a lot of play in the government. At the school lunch program, with what we permit people to buy with wic and food stamps. Its an influence on what people do consume. And i think, again, we all pay for it. We pay for it coming in, in terms of the food. We also pay for i...

This month is also the 15th anniversary of you in Security Council resolution 1325. Which obligated nations, and not just ask pretty please, but obligated nations to include women in all peace negotiations and postconflict reconstruction. So the last decade and a half or so has been a time of great change. Are these anniversaries related . I think they are. I dont think it was a coincidence that young men from nations where women do not enjoy the full spectrum of rights as embodied in the conven...