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Most accomplished Public Servants in their respective nations as well as two of the most astute analytical observers of the middle east and its prospects. I live in abu dhabi right now and ill tell you it has been a challenging year for businesses in the region, for political folks, for government entities, and if you if you look at it in a snapshot, you paint a picture of all sorts of challenges and obstacles, many of which we are discussing at this conference. Parsons has been in this region f...

One of President Trumps Core Campaign promises was to defeat isis. With a stunning fall of mosul in june and now with isis nearly eradicated from raqqa, it is ra clear that isis so called caliphate is crumbling. Our brave Service Members comes at a high cost, particularly to the Syrian Democratic forces who suffered many casualties as they fought to liberate their own country from the oppression of isis. Instead of caring for the urgent humanitarian needs of raqqas residents, isis utilized the m...

I want to give a special thank you to dr. John duke anthony. Of thehony has been one most active proponents for bringing people who care about this region together. Not just through this conference but all the time. And theership that he council have displayed has really helped bring together the u. S. And arab world, particularly the gulf area programs organized by the national council, such as the Study Abroad Program really helped build very important bridges between the United States and the...

Briefing, Sarah Sanders answered questions about federal belief efforts in puerto rico. President s conduct and phone calls to the families of soldiers killed in combat you this is 25 minutes. One of trumps promises was to defeat isis. With the fall of muscle and with isis nearly eradicated, it is clear isis is crumbling across iraq and syria. Of theminent Victory Global coalition and brave Service Members comes at a high cost, particularly to the Syrian Democratic forces that suffered many casu...

Firefight with the armed forces of the philippines. We congratulate our filipino partners for their success and eliminating the leaders of the monthlong siege. We will continue to stand with our philippine partners, providing intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities, as long as the training. As they combat terrorists, we will remain fi vigilant. The aspirations of isis to have a physical caliphate are crumbling rapidly, from mosul to raqa, where 90 of the claimed capital has been liberated, ...

Attack from pentagon spokeswoman dana white and Lieutenant General mckenzie. They updated reporters during the daily pentagon briefing. This is 25 minutes. Good afternoon. The secretary will attend a summit in the philippines this philippines,the departing this afternoon. That severalseen militants were killed in a firefight with the armed forces of the philippines. We congratulate our filipino partners on their success of illuminating leaders of the monthlong siege. We continue to stand with ou...

We of the department of defense are working to see which aspects of this approach should be included in the doctoral Training Management systems. Many of our services, my service in particular, are taking measures now to develop forces designed for this type of warfare. One of the tasks at hand is the Overall Concept of buying, with, and through. The length is for further development and discussion. It is not just a military problem. By, with, and through applies to diplomatic, economic, Law Enf...

General joseph votel, who is in charge of u. S. Central command. He talks about his role as centcom commander and how partnerships in the middle east are important to u. S. Interests. Hosted by the National Council on u. S. Arab relations. This is 25 minutes. [ applause ] thank you, bill. Thank you. Im conscious that i am the second introducer and the final act before the main event, so i promise, ill be brief. But let me start with bill. And thank you for that lovely introduction, but i want to...

Lost that day, well never forget them. After speaking to secretary mattis this morning, i decided to address you because theres been a lot of speculation about the operation in in a jury. And theres a perception that the department of defense has not been forthcoming. I thought it would be helpful for me to personally clarify to you what we know to date and to outline what we hope to find out in the ongoing investigation. Secretary mattis will be here, but as many of you know, hes in asia. Were ...

The Foreign Relations committee will come to order. Two housekeeping issues, if i could. We have a number of people in the audience, some of whom like to express themselves. We thank you for being here. Senator corker in the past when there have been interruptions, on occasion, ive been able to have people arrested but we stopped that. So please dont do anything that causes you to have to be escorted out of the room because hen the process continues with being arrested, its fairly unpleasant, id...