Ok. Hello, everybody. I hold the chair here at csis. I am happy to have sean cairncross, who is the ceo and president of the millennium challenge corporation. We have a fully installed mcc president. I think that is something that is worthy of applause. We have a fully installed mcc president. I think that is something that is worthy of applause. Can we give our friend sean a round of applause . [applause] congratulations. You get the prize for saintly patience and diplomacy. I am really glad you are in this job. I think it is important Government Agencies have Senate Confirmed leaders. It is important you have have been entrusted with his role. I wanted to give you a chance to share some of your views with our friends here about how you see the future of the mcc. Before that, maybe you ought to give this group i think everyone in this audience if they are here probably knows about the mcc, but maybe just so we are all on the same page. If you would just do the 101 from your perspectiv
Residents in the mountain and pacific time zones are 202 7488001 you can also catch up with us on social media. Twitter. Com cspanwj. You can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. He talked about the problems facing American Cities. [video clip] pres. Trump no one has paid a higher price than our nations inner cities. Dear price. Id a you see whats happening. You see our inner cities, we spend millions for years, and it is stolen money. It is wasted money. It is a shame. For decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. It has been total one Party Control of the inner cities. For 100 years it has been one Party Control. Look at them. We can name one after another, but i wont do that. I dont want to be controversial. Host that was the president with his concerns about American C
The leading critic of islamic extremism and fundamentalism. We showed in the interest of full disclosure say that she happens to be my wife. [applause] you there me reassure will be no softball questions. Quotation with a this is the first time we have appeared on stage together. We have put it off and put it off. Sons are the first hoover fellows to be bred in captivity. We will begin on more serious quoting from one of the grandmasters of strategic thoughts on Foreign Policy. Henry kissinger, who has been astonishingly acute grasp of the issues we will be discussing this afternoon. He has written on artificial and he made the following observation the andveness of Network Social and military sectors has revolutionized fall abilities. I am basing most rules and regulations, it has created a state of nature, the escape of which provided the motivating force for creating political order. Asymmetry is built into relations between powers and , both inn cyber powers diplomacy and in strate
Benefits for legal immigrants. That, immigration policy and how the everify everify system is being used in the u. S. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 15, 2019. We begin the washington journal focusing on the issues facing Rural Americans after spending Yesterdays Program talking to City Residents, it is Rural Americas turn. Give us a call and let us know what your top issue is and how it is being handled by state and local leaders where you are. Eastern and central time zones call in at 2027488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, call in at 2027488001. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good thursday morning to you. Rural residents only, you can start calling in now to give you a sense of the universe of callers, it is about 60 Million People, that is how Many Americans live in Rural Communities. Here is the latest information about them. 64 of that population lives east of the mississippi river. 10 of the total population in the west liv
Directors, government representatives and International Technology companies to talk about what state and local governments need to improve their systems. if you could silence your cell phones electronics i would appreciate it. Im going to take the role now. Vice chair ben hovland. Commissioner thomas hicks. We have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today at the u. S. Election system to examine the security challenge Election Security faces ahead of the 2020th president ial election. This vital conversational providers with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002 that established the eac is the only federal entity solely focused on supporting Elections Officials on the voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse of information on the Election Admini