But nevertheless theres huge opportunities there. I will be another example where engagement by the United States and the region has been a spectacular success. And that is colombia, i dont know what they call in english actually, company plan i guess. [laughter] i think thats a. [laughter] sometimes my mind switches and i apologize. This was the plan to deal with the dramatic social turmoil in columbia with the drug cartel and the violence was significant and the Previous Administration they made a significant effort to provide Technical Support military support economic support, the president made a real commitment to open up the economy to allow people to liberate the economy so that it would be more Economic Opportunity. And it was a huge victory. We should apply that same type of approach right now. The president has not proposed a. I havent seen the details of it, for the northern tribal states and Central America which have a very similar situation perhaps even more grave. And t
That is live at 12 25 eastern time on cspan2. Here is some of the featured program for this president s day weekend on the cspan networks. On booktv saturday morning at 9 00 live coverage of the savannah book festival, nonfiction authors and books on topics like the disappearance of michael rockefeller, a British Company of the elephants in world war ii and four women spies during the civil war and at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on afterwards former Senior Adviser for president Obama David Axelrod on his 4 years in politics. On American History tv on cspan 3, saturday morning in beginning at 8 30 the 1 notedanniversary of the release of the film the birth of a nation. Setting with an interview with dr. Declare. A showing of the film followed by a call in program with civil war historian larry jones and declare and sunday at 8 00 on the presidency George Washington portraits focusing on how artists capture the spirit of the first president and what we can learn about him through their paintings.
Our black americans who recently, and we cant tolerate that any longer. So i think there is we should leave thinking about dr. King and his vision and dream we all can be treated with dignity, and justice because were all part of humanity but we do have a lot of work to do, to achieve that vision still. [applause] now, i will leave it over to autumnlilly for closing. Today at the city club we have been participating in intense and enlightening discussion. Are thank you to shakyra diaz chief gonzalez, jonathan gordon, and ambassador jones. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for coming to this forum. I hope that you guys learned a lot about your roles in this community and this forum is now adjourned. [applause] have to hit the bell. Snowy day here in the nations capitol as it is on much of the east coast. The federal government is closed due to the weather. Also happens that congress is not in session this week. A number of congressman and senators are out and about on congressional dellga
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