Out on tuesday. This is about a topic which is relevant and important but as the authors discussed under studied and underemphasized. I dont want to waste too much time with a big long intro but i will have an intro to highlight the work of luna next to me whos been doing really fantastic reporting for the wall street journal and im going to quote from one of her stories this year because it sets us up nicely. A piece coauthored with him, they are increasingly recruiting intelligent officers as a campaign to shake loose government secrets, current and u. S. Officials say china has grown older and more successful in traditional spy cams including targeting less conventional recruits and she quote the infamous statement by crystal ray, the fbi that no country poses a threat than china. They are doing it through chinese Intelligence Services, through extensively private companies, through graduate students and researchers all working on behalf of china and finally, this is one of my favor
[inaudible conversations] were live for remarks by 2020 president ial candidate including mike bennett and Pete Buttigieg. Expecting this to start shortly. You are watching live coverage on cspan2. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome J Street National board member, ambassador. Good morning, j street. And welcome to another huge day at the J Street National conference. During the first few days of the conference we spoke in a great deal about the Pivotal Moment in which we find ourselves, as americans, as american jews, and the supporters of a safe, secure and peaceful future for israelis and palestinians. [applause] were gathered together as a movement at a time of many of our most sacred democratic norms are under assault. When the United States global standing is at an alltime low, with a relationship with many key allies has never been more in doubt then when our president probably allowed himself with autocrats, demagogues and extremists around the globe here in israel we are face
And palestinians. [applause] as a gathered together movement, at a time when our are sacred democratic norms under assault, when the United States global standing is at an low, when our relationship with many key allies has never been more in doubt, and when our president proudly aligns himself with auto ratts autocrats and demagogues. In israel, we are faced with a Prime Minister who has holeheartedly embraced President Trump. Deployed the same kind of rhetoric andigoted has worked with the president to and nch the occupation undermine prospects for peace. E know that in order to vercome these illiberal forces, defend our values and better, y toward a brighter future, we must start by defeating President Trump at the polls a year from now. [cheers and applause] thats why we at j street are ommitted to defeat the current occupant and to support the eventual democratic nominee for president. We also know that to achieve our goals in the long term we than a win in this pivotal election.
Good afternoon and welcome to is newly renovated headquarters. I am the Senior Vice President at the middle east institute. I am pleased to welcome you to todays important and timely commsby examining cent approach to the middle east. We will explore prospects for an effective u. S. Military role in the region, especially given current news from northeast syria. Great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollock, we are also pleased to welcome back senior fellow and director of the defense and Security Program after a oneyear fellowship at the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue quarterlyhington entitled broken partnerships can washington get security . Eric schmidtht is a writer for the new york times. Since 2007, he has reported on terrorism issues with assignments to pakistan, afghanistan, Southeast Asia among others. Is a coauthor of counterstrike the untold st
Syria and us military leadership in conflict zones. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to our newly renovated headquarters. I am gerald feierstein, Senior Vice President at the middle east institute. Welcome to todays important and timely panel, examining centcoms approach to the middle east. This gives us an opportunity to reflect on the approach and explore prospects for an effective us military role in the region especially given current news from northeast syria. We have a great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Kenneth pollack, dana stroll and we are pleased to welcome back senior fellow director of the defense of Security Program after a 1year fellowship in the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue of the washington quarterly entitled broken partnerships, can washington get Security Cooperation right . Moderating todays panel of distingui