institute of peace board chair, stephen hadley previously the national security advisor under president bush. i hope you'll be able to stay with us for all three panels i'm very important topic that a very important time. to start this morning, we are quite fortunate to be joined by leaders from the region who will assess the current situation and discuss what is likely to happen next. i am honored to welcome iraq's ambassador to the u.s., and ambassador yasseen, representative arg and our own sarhang hamasaeed, director of our middle east programs. we are quite delighted to have with us to moderate this conversation, ambassador alberto fernandez, president of the middle east broadcasting network ambassador fernandez oversees and manages to television networks, radio saw was and all of the digital and social media platform. so, in his role is to provide critical news and information in arabic to the middle east into africa. previously, he was a career member of the u.s. foreign service with the rank of minister counselor. he was foreign service officer from 1983 until 2015 and served in

stephen hadley former national security adviser during the george w. bush administration mod rates this hour-long event. >> good morning, everyone. good morning. my name is nancy lindborg, i am the president of the u.s. institute of peace and i'm pleased to be able to welcome everybody this morning for a very special program. i'm glad the weather cooperated to let us continue with this morning. welcome to everyone who braved the sort of pseudo weather event to joining us this morning. we are pleased to see the members of our international advisory council and welcome to those who are joining us by webcast. as many of you know, usip was founded in 1984 by congress, dedicated to the proposition that peace is a very practical undertaking, that it is absolutely essential for our global security and that it is eminently possible. so usip works with partners in conflict affected countries around the world with governments, civil society leaders, women and youth to equip them with the kind of tools and learnings and information that enables them to work to pr

institute of peace board chair stephen hadley. i hope you will be able to stay with us for all three panels. very important topics at an important time. to start this morning, we are quite fortunate to be joined by leaders from the region, who will assess the current situation and discuss what is likely to happen next. iraqinored to welcome ambassador to the u.s. , and sarhangseen hamasaeed. have the president of the middle east broadcasting network to moderate this conversation. the ambassador overseas and manages to television networks. his role is to provide critical news and information in arabic to the middle east and africa. previously, he was a career member of the u.s. foreign service with the rank of minister counselor. he was a foreign service officer from 1983 to 2015. rolesved in many critical and posts. ambassador, over to you. much.nk you very it's a pleasure to open up this important conference today, which i think will be powerful. this panel onh pivotal moments in iraq. a pivotal moment in history. this year is th

institute of peace board chair stephen hadley, , previously the nationl security adviser under president bush. so i hope that you be able to stay with us for all three panels on very important topics at a very important time. so to start this morning we are quite fortunate to be joined by leaders from the region who will assess the current situation and discuss what's likely to happen next. i'm honored to welcome iraqi ambassador to the u.s., ambassador yasseen. the representative of the k rg, bayan sami abdul rahman, and our own sarhang hamasaeed, our director of our middle east programs. and we are quite delighted to have with us to moderate this conversation ambassador alberto fernandez who's the president of the middle east broadcasting networks. ambassador fernandez overseas and manages to television networks, radio, at all of their digital and social media platforms. so his role is to provide critical news and information in arabic to the middle east and africa. previously he was a career member of the u.s. foreign service with the rank of minister counselor. he was foreign service

stephen hadley former national security adviser during the george w. bush administration mod rates this hour-long event. >> good morning, everyone. good morning. my name is nancy lindborg, i am the president of the u.s. institute of peace and i'm pleased to be able to welcome everybody this morning for a very special program. i'm glad the weather cooperated to let us continue with this morning. welcome to everyone who braved the sort of pseudo weather event to joining us this morning. we are pleased to see the members of our international advisory council and welcome to those who are joining us by webcast. as many of you know,

administration's perspective by the secretary and then december 13, we had another hearing with stephen hadley and they then developed the principles i gave to the senate or the. december 14 with secretary kerry and may fourth 2014 with steve preston and mary mcleod. when we did the bipartisan amf. that's what we propose to do here on wednesday to having all members staff meeting set up in a room and walk through it just like we did last time, which would give people time to write amendments. having another hearing felt like a stall tactic when the hearings are what develop the principles that cause us to come to this bipartisan agreement so i hear you but i can't imagine a. i'm glad to spend however many hours people want to spend walking through in a closed session so i guess i'm not understanding when we did this dot day and passed it. >> we had have a history of wog collaboratively. in authorization for the use of military force and the single most significant vote a member can take because it is about defending and committing our sons and daughters into war and actions and risking their l

. >> stephen hadley worked under president ford and later worked in the pentagon and then worked for it's like a narrow spindle held up cause the spin maker keeps going. they have to go from plate to plate to plate, keep it from falling. >> reporter: being president has never been easy, but the in age of terrorism, the number of threats have multiplied and americans are vulnerable as home as they've never been. >>> 10,000 successes equals one failure. >> jeh johnson was chief counsel and served as secretary to homeland security. >> we're responsible for catching it all, and many days in homeland security, whether you're talking about a terrorist threat, the threat of a lethal virus, a cyber attack, spikes in migration, it's like trying to catch raindrops. >> to respond to security issues, a well-functioning white house requires a stable and methodical system. >> the job is so large that there has to be a certain structure to it to ensure that the presidents' day is spent effectively and efficiently and that he's making right decision. >> without a system, presidents veer from crisis