Publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. What is the relevance to their lives today, and how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing programs. We are very busy. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we celebrate we will tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. The first object we would like to show is the oldest in our collection. It is the first treaty that the United States entered into, in 1738. Most americans understand 1778. That americas independence was in 1776. Part of the recognition of these revolutionaries was not only did you have friends and allies that were going to fight your enemies in Great Britain, but also, the establishment of economic security. This was vital to this new nation and so
Ceremony for the Diplomacy Center a museum scheduled to , open in 2019. Up next, we visit the artifact storage area to learn about the history of diplomacy. The curator and a historian selected key items from the 7000 artifacts to help tell the story. The Diplomacy Center is the museum and Education Center currently under development at the department of state. It will be a multimedia, publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. What is diplomacys relevance to their lives today, and how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing Public Programs. We are very busy. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we will tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. The first object we would like to show is the oldest in our col
Iran. This event was held at the ol university of michigans ford school of a policy in ann arbor. Hello everybody and welcome. I would like first to add my thanks to the weiser family as well as to the American Academy of diplomacy with which weve been fortunate to partner to bring todays event together. The topic we will address is obviously timely and extremely important. Going to talk about us iran relations, the nuclear deal, politics and security y in the gulf more generally and of course those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to us Foreign Policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories to the conflicts in syria, yemen and afghanistan and to have a discussion onsuch an important and wideranging array of issues we have assembled a dream team of diplomats with experience in the region. Im going to introduce them briefly and trust me, introducing them in a time efficient manner requires a lot of distillation of their icincred
This is the utmost grifting and arrogance. Here is a classic textbook example of the violation of that emoluments clause. The president reversed that last move late last night after a week that defied convention, dismayed his allies in congress, deepened his political trouble and raised new questions about abuse of power at home and americas credibility abroad. Our guests this week, trumps secretary of state mike pompeo, the top democrat on the Foreign Relations committee, bob menendez. Plus insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable with Chris Christie and rahm emanuel. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. We come onto the air after a rare last night retreat from trump, bowing to fierce criticism and the prospect of a new front in the fight over impeachment. Trump fired off a tweet shortly before 10 00 p. M
To date, which is difficult, as fast as this situation is moving. This hearing today is intended to assess the geopolitical and humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, determined how best to salvage u. S. Interests moving forward and evaluate the state of u. S. turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, its important to recall the path that brought us here. To begin, the Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies, and other entities. Over the course of this eightyearlong conflict, syrias brutal dictator, ai bar shal ai said, with the support of russia and iran, has relentlessly bombed cities and towns across syria, resulting in over 500,000 deaths and leaving over 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware that many confirmed uses of chemical weapons by the russiabacked assad regime, adding to the humanitarian suffering in violations of