Were honored to have them here today. A special welcome to our commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, chairman farar, vice chairman bill hible and commissioner ann weidner. Today, as you know, under the auspices of the Advisory Commission weve called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa. And where it fits into state departments vision for Public Diplomacy Going Forward in the 21st century. And as vivian walker, executive director, it is my honor to open this event. Before i turn the mic over to my colleague for opening comments, i just want to tell you a little bit about how things are going to go today. Mr. Farar will give us brief comments and well turn it over to our principal speakers. Theyll speak in a tagteam formation. At the end of their presentation well be happy to take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they have finished their presentation. For the moderated q a session, the
Commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hippel and commissioner weidner. Today we know under the offices of the Advisory Commission we called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, and state department, and the executive director, it is my honor to open this event. And for opening comments, i want to tell you how things will go today. And to principal speakers, they speak to the tagteam formation and at the end of their formation we will take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they finish their presentation. For the moderated q and day session there will be a microphone. Please speak into the microphone, and your questions and answers are part of the transcript that will be part of public record. It is important to capture your question so we can reflect them accurately. It is my great pleasure to turn it over to the chairman. Thank you for the audience being here. The president of Public Di
Meanwhile coronavirus cases in the u. S. Are closing in on 13 million. The cdc now believes the real number could be much higher. A new report from the agency reveals the country could miss eight covid cases for every single case that is recorded. The u. S. Reported nearly 125,000 new infections just yesterday alone. That means by the cdc estimation the actual number could be closer to one million cases. As leading Health Experts warn that travel over the thanksgiving holiday time could make the current surge worse in the weeks to come, they believe that thanksgiving could prove to be a super spreader event of its own. More breaking news this afternoon out of iran. That countrys Top Nuclear Scientist is dead in an apparent assassination. This story could have serious implications across the groub. Were going to get the latest from tehran in just a few minutes. Let us begin with the pandemic and the growing concern that the thanksgiving holiday will worsen the surge that we are already