Ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome you to the United States institute of peace. We are very pleased to welcome you here this afternoon. My name is bill taylor, the executive Vice President at the institute of peace. Very pleased to be able to cohost this with our friends. We will introduce everyone at the right time, the Kurdistan Regional representative is here and is cohosting. We also have the ambassador from iraq, welcome. Both will have an opportunity to speak to before the Panel Discussion. Three years ago this month, isis targeted many of iraqs minority groups including christians, yazidis, and others in its assault on others in northern iraq. Isis also targeted arabs and kurds in many more areas. Last year, the secretary of state and u. S. Congress, i just last week, the Current Administration labeled as genocide the attack on the yazidis, christians and other groups by isis. Celeste administration, and this demonstration are in agreement and have been very clear. Over the pa
Ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome you to the United States institute of peace. We are very pleased to welcome you here this afternoon. My name is bill taylor, the executive Vice President at the institute of peace. Very pleased to be able to cohost this with our friends. We will introduce everyone at the right time, the Kurdistan Regional representative is here and is cohosting. We also have the ambassador from iraq, welcome. Both will have an opportunity to speak to before the Panel Discussion. Three years ago this month, isis targeted many of iraqs minority groups including christians, yazidis, and others in its assault on others in northern iraq. Isis also targeted arabs and kurds in many more areas. Last year, the secretary of state and u. S. Congress, i just last week, the Current Administration labeled as genocide the attack on the yazidis, christians and other groups by isis. Celeste administration, and this demonstration are in agreement and have been very clear. Over the pa
Times know about the drones, i guess. [laughter] i think we can say that. No, i think, i think journalists have done their work in developing a lot of information about what our National Security apparatus thinks, how its motivated and how its acting. I think thats true. But what we, but we have not had a fundamental policy discussion in the country that we need to have. And i think and i think we can define that along many different lines. But for me the key issue is, um, if we look at whats going on in pakistan, for instance, you know, we have the cia engaged on a traditional, in a traditional theater of war in what historically have been viewed as military tactics over a sustained period of many years involving hundreds of strikes with clear military objectives. And is that a correct use of an Intelligence Service . I think thats a very fundamental question, and weve got the same issue with respect to yeaman, i think yemen, i think, potentially other places. So this is the cia growi