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Great pleasure to introduce her moderator for the conversation, doug foster. Thank you and thank you for coming. Its great to meet you and have a chance to talk about the wonderful book. I wanted to start with the wonderful essay from the great kenyan satirist denyer banca pena who wrote that nine bloodedly good essay, how to read about africa by which he meant of course all of us who write about the continent should stop representing that. Hes down with the following. Broad brush strokes throughout are good. Avoid having the african carrot tears laugh or struggle to educate their kids or just...

In terms of generating these this analytical thinking is qualify them. You can make a lot of money. De question from both of you. And and his, it seemed that both of you have missed the fact that when you raise the minimum wage are many businesses that will not be able to be created that the causes too high. These businesses would have hired not only people who work below minimum wage, but the theory of the people all the way up the wage letter. This is even a bigger loss. I can tell in not going to resolve the questions. One minute marry can have it if she wants. Here we have time for one mor...

At least 13 or 14 cities over 15year period that you can take a look at as one of the models thats doing an incredible job of connecting Law Enforcement young people in a role where theyre still Police Officers but their role very much different than what it would normally be, helping create broader relationships. It is called the ok program. Yes, sir . Clear up Something Real quickly. Not a word has been mentioned about the Civil Rights Division of doj. I spent 39 years in the fbi. I ran the fbis civil rights program. This criminal section of the Civil Rights Division will look at every singl...

Quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to major david wilson, a u. S. Air force officer who is currently serving as a defense legislative fellow in my office for the duration of todays session in the senate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin this is a bittersweet moment for me because major da...

Its binding components will only come into force in 2020. This means the other components must test the needs to increase substantially our investment and resilience now. The economics of resilience are compelling. For every dollar we can save 4 in the cost of relief. For every dollar invested in Early Warning we can save up to 30 in reconstruction. The cost of an action arising. Economic losses from Natural Hazards have hassen from 50 billion from each year in the 80s to just under 200 billion a year in the last decade. Along with economic losses, ensured losses from weather events have also ...