madeleine albright inaugurated the series in 2017. since then, it has featured senator chris van hollen, the under secretary general and executive secretary of the u.n. and social commission for the western hemisphere, and the executive director of the georgia institute for women's peace and security here in washington dc. the wilson center is a unique institution in foreign policy. it was congressionally chartered, scholarship driven and we are fiercely nonpartisan and independent. that has obligations to not duplicate what others are doing but instead to prioritize the most important issues and opportunities and to try to do so in ways where we can add value and make a difference. this year's topic, efficacy for afghan women's rights on the global stage, is critical to our work here in the center and to the policy community at large, that is very much something among the most important priorities we have. women represent a powerful locus of change, whether at the helm in government, civil society or private sector, women play a crit

madeleine albright inaugurated the series in 2017. it has featured senator chris van hollen, undersecretary general and exec at his secretary of the u.n. and social commission for the western hemisphere and ambassador malan verbier. the wilson center is unique in foreign policy. we are professionally chartered, scholarship driven, and fiercely nonpartisan and independent. that special status brings with it certain obligations. to not give the gate what others are doing, but instead to prioritize the most important issues and opportunities and to try to do so where we can add value and make a difference. this year's topic, advocacy for afghan women's rights on the global stage, is critical to our work here in the center and to the policy community at large and is very much something that have. women represent a powerful locus of change. whether the helmand government, civil society, or the private sector, women play a critical role in preventing conflict,, building peace and sustaining prosperity -- building peace, and sustaining prosp

i did not hear that statement about, from madeleine albright.r the first, but i have to remember that one. [laughter] and or forgive me, i did not recognize you because you usually keep your glasses down. so very lovely to see you. but my answer to your first question, i really want to say that is, yes, i feel positive it will happen, 100%. 100%. by the way, not just only for afghanistan, but for iran. i believe, i believe firmly in the free spirit of the -- well, the spirit of -- excuse me. let me put it this way with, i believe in the human spirit, that it will never be depressed, that that is something that's common across the globe no matter what country, what culture you're in. people want to live their lives. and not be repressed in the way in which they live. and in that sense, i'm confident that we will see a change in both places. and in that sense, human rights of women, men, children will indeed prevail. 100 percent. and i will convey your message to the bush center. i will be glad -- it's up to you, if you want to take -- i'll give q

and finally, you mentioned madeline albright.ays used to say there's a special place in hell for women who don't support her women. and i want to thank who started the forum and invited secretary albright to be here and i recall she mentioned. thanks again for tonight, it was wonderful of you to come and it gives us a lot of courage to work, more or afghani women. >> as i said truthfully i was very inspired when i knew this was the forum. i responded immediately, i said yes, sign me up. two fast comments, i did not hear that statement from madeleine albright. i heard the first, but i have to remember that one and henry, forgive me, i did not recognize you because you usually keep your glasses down. so, so very lovely to see you, but my answer to your first question, i really want to say that, yes, i'm positive it will happen, 100%. 100%. and by the way, not just only for afghanistan, but for iran. i believe firmly in the free spirit of the -- well, the spirit of -- excuse me, let me put it this -- i believe in the human spirit th

that's little comfort to jessica and chris albright. >> i'm boiling with anger over the situation. >> they evacuated days after the derailment and moved into a hotel. that bill covered. but since returning home, he's been diagnosed with a heart disorder and unable to keep his job. >> we're doing our best but are treading water right now. we're barely paying the bills. >> like the albrights, susaw left home with her 10-year-old son, but a year out, they are still living in a hotel. >> i still wake up every day and i'm in disbelief a year later. >> she's afraid to go back to east palestine, but says she's had a tough time finding housing elsewhere. there are more signs many others want to say. slogan east palestine strong is planted throughout town including on misty's property. >> you can have a victim mentality. you can't choose the cards you're dealt. >> she testified last march during hearings on rail safety. >> my 7-year-old has asked me if he's going to die from living in his own home. >> she wants to see the rail safety act become law. it calls for tougher regulations and it's no

for more, let s bring in amy celico, a former american diplomat and us china trade expert from albrighttonebridge group. because 2023 was just such a tense year with us and china not talking on official levels in key areas and in competition. so, for example, with the united states and china restarting military to military talks it's not a sign of an improved relationship but both sides understand that these are very difficult issues and an accident could quickly escalate into a conflict if they can't prevent it so whether its economic issues, military issues, transnational issues. the us and china are talking again but i'd hasten to add that the relationship isn't necessarily improving, its just managing the tensions a little bit better than in 2023. in terms of results, what would china prefer under the circumstances? i think president trump in his re—election bid is focusing on punitive damage to the us china relationship and to shore up american interests so his talk of a 60% tariff hike is meant to do what he has long wanted to do which is to reduce the trade deficit that the unite

madeleine albright was right. america is the essential nation. and they all looked to us as my gut. my colleagues now and every time i leave. not a joke, whether it's at the g20, the g7, or wherever they are, they'll pull me aside one at a time and say, you got to wind, you got to win. we can't afford my my country's at stake. meaning their country. so there's a lot at stake here, folks. we have an enormous obligation. but, you know, i think it's time to finish the job here. i think it's time for us to. and if i don't stop talking and get hook from jill, she's going to pull me off this little town. but folks, look, things are people are beginning to focus. they're beginning to focus in the polling that everything's picking up across the board. the new quinnipiac poll, national poll has us beating them 5044. our neighbors say to pennsylvania, susquehanna poll has been in 47, 39, and another one in pennsylvania, 4237. and by the way, in new hampshire, we were on the ballot, couldn't campaign there. i guess what we got 64% of the vote in. so, folks, i'm going to put all this away and j

for more, let's bring in amy celico, a former american diplomat and us—china trade expert from albrightbridge group. she's been telling me about what we can expect of the us china relationship in the coming days. it china relationship in the coming days.— china relationship in the coming days. it was such an intense year _ coming days. it was such an intense year where - coming days. it was such an intense year where the - coming days. it was such an intense year where the us l coming days. it was such an i intense year where the us and china were talking unofficial levels in many key areas of disagreement as well as key areas of competition. for example, with the united states and china restarting military to military talks, it's not a sign of or an improved relationship but it is a sign that both sides understand these are very difficult issues, an accident could quickly escalate into a conflict if they can't prevent it. and so whether it's on economic issues, military issues, transnational issues, the us and china are talking again, but again, iwould again, but again, i would hassan

general poverty led to public demonstrations until may 19, 1998, when us secretary of state madeleine albright ordered him to resign. when muhammad suharto fell after 33 years of power, many indonesian people were of the opinion that the country of indonesia. well , we introduced the first part of our conversation with the political deputy of the indonesian ambassador in tehran before this video , here we will see the second part of the conversation with him, please stay with us. my other question is about how to advertise the election. yes, members of the legislature can work. they talk and people choose them. that's mean about their own program and missions for the people , is there any special law in this field? responsible election committee. all regulations and how to hold election campaigns and candidates' dialogue with the people , all of these have regulations. can they use government facilities for advertising ? no, absolutely , i ca n't. the punishment will be in such a way that each level of the province or national is different. sometimes in a province, participation is high becaus

the sort of gabby in you and that the united states is that country which ultimately as a madeline albright one said the united states stands taller and looks further. and therefore, it is essentially superior to the rest of us. we, we are less, are people then lesser states, them the united states. and therefore, when they send that, that they sense that they are superior, then they have exceptional rights. and when they do something, which we consider to be evil, they don't consider to be able at god most i'll say it's a mistake, like any rock by invading the country and destroying the company. they then baited and destroyed the country. they never said that we did evil at most. so say it was that there was a mistake. now i know that you were born and spoke to your formative for gene, a chairs and the united face and done at a certain point of time. you returned to iran, you're also volunteer. it's a 25 and the iran iraq war you were subjected to, to a chemical weapons attack. and i want to ask you, it's a personal question, but i think it's very valid in this day and age. did you ever ha

for the united states, let's not forget that there have already been several secretaries of state, albrightza rice, and now the vice president of the united states is also a woman, so i think that the american society has matured and... and for the president of the united states to be a woman, but of course that this issue will be decided by the american voters and they will have their say word, and they will decide which of these three candidates will become the president of the united states today, it is purely the prerogative of the american voters and the united states of america. one more question, mr. oleksandr, look, as if foreign policy wrote... that the united states and germany want to postpone ukraine's invitation to nato. well, how much , well, how much, well, this is me, it makes me happy, because putting it off does not mean excluding this possibility, we do not know how much to postpone, one thing for two or three years, another thing for 5, 10, 15, but why, what is interfering, what... what are the undercurrents, well, it is obvious that what is interfering is that if tomorr

arrived in concert for much needed medical treatment that were flown from egypt on ministry plain albright and go for reports. these injured palestinians and their families survive, check points and shunning during the john needs to leave garza so catch a set. most of the family members and the health since the war and goal is that they can now goodness that it was a normal night that these really tanks came in without warning guys. and we were in the cameras. and when the he tested my father and younger sister were killed and i was injured. i have blood in my eyes because of the tank shaving. outside of the bed. the man y u is hoping had thoughts. i will make a full recovery. and as i um, what else if i'm, i'm accompanying my daughter. she was injured with shrapnel in her head. just received permission for treatment outside guys. i think god were waiting now to board the plane and the name on the fly out on fluffy sconces health ministries has more than 60000 palestinians, have been wounded. steering is ready to attack since october. they're relying on barely functioning hospitals for tre

and then madeline albright decided to raise the bar to offer some unacceptable conditions on the serbian side which no country could accept. and but that was used as an excuse to start bombing yugoslavia in 1999 without, without the security council was totally illegal. but they actually caused warrant, they wanted more, they didn't want to and was the same thing and ukraine. so when we watch you prayed from serbia, it's like watching uh, rear on, on the very that. uh you know, tv series. yeah. well, you know, missed the that they, this is what it, what it always gets down to. i mean, when there's a possibility for peace, it's always squashed. okay. we know before, december, uh, in 2021. the russians, as it would tensions were building up, they said, you know, here we have 2 proposals, one the dealt with our ukrainian neutrality and nato. okay. and not expansion of nato and nato should need to go back to in the 1997 parameters, completely ignored. i mean, those were doable, very doable things, very reasonable things. then in this sample it was doable. it was reasonable that was rejected

walesa: [speaking polish] matt m albrecht -- madame albright arrived in my office. what a wise woman she was. and she told me very briefly, mr. president, don't try to -- pres. walesa: [speaking polish] translator: step forward. i kept saying we have to deal with russia. but this wise woman took out a map of russia. pres. walesa: [speaking polish] translator: "do you see the circles," she asked, "on the map?" i said, yeah, i see circles. but she said, do you know what is inside those circles? horrible weapons that the russians have. but do you see those weapons are not just in russia, but in the republics? you want to give them all freedom, but they don't even realize they have those nuclear weapons. pres. walesa: [speaking polish] translator: like poland, where people did not realize they had nuclear warheads stationed on their territory. you can lead to great misfortune , because if they don't maintain those weapons well, some of it can blow up. i was not sure, but i checked her facts and it turned out to be true. so i stopped acting forwarding my goals, but that

the world which i do a lot heads of state because i know them so long and i'm engaged -- madeleine albright colleagues now. and every time i leave, not a joke, whether it's g20, g7, wherever they are, they'll pull me aside one at a time and say, you've got to win, you've got to win, you can't afford-- my country is at stake, meaning their country. so there's a lot the stake, folks, we have an enormous obligation, but you know, i think it's time to finish the job here. i think it's time for us to-- [cheers and applause] >> if i don't stop talking i'm going to get the hook from jill, she's going to pull me off. folks, look, things are-- people are beginning to focus and they're beginning to focus and the polling data, everything is picking up across the board and new quinnipiac national poll has his beating him 50-44. our neighbors say in pennsylvania, 47-39 susquahanna. and another one in pennsylvania, 42-37. and by the way, in new hampshire we weren't on the ballot, couldn't campaign there, guess what? got 64% of the vote. [app [applause] >> so, folks, i'm going to put all of this away and

according to the then us ambassador to the un, madeleine albright, 500,000 dead children is a fair priceen have died in iraq, more than the number of child casualties. russia, is the goal worth such a price? i think this is a very difficult choice, but we think the price is justified. a new milestone in american policy in the middle east was the coming to power of george w. bush. the united states has begun to increase its military presence in the middle east. in october 2001 it began unbreakable freedom. american troops entered. afghanistan became the longest military operation in american history. iraqi freedom happened 2 years later. america announced the start of a military operation against iraq with the aim of overthrowing the regime of saddam hussein. almost 300.00 soldiers took part in the fighting on the part of the americans. during the same period, the bush junior administration was developing the concept of a greater middle east. it is aimed at managing the region from the outside under the pretext of democratization. in the middle east democracy has not yet taken root , ques

madeleine albright was right, the former secretary of state.eas, but we're providing the wherewithal for them to be able to protect themselves it's just outrageous what he's talking about. >> seth: he talked about how he wants to be a dictator on day one, but only way one. you are someone who has dealt with dictators over the years. it does seem as though democracy in vague terms somehow is not easy for us to grasp having dealt with dictators, what do you see in a world where democracy is actually at risk in a way it might be in this election >> the first thing they do, dictators do, is they disregard whatever the rule of law is. they just disregard it here's a guy who says he thinks he can change the constitution and just ignore portions of the constitution here's a guy who talks about retribution. look, you have the thousands of people who stormed the capitol, stormed the capitol, they're insurrectionists two cops died. other people were badly hurt what did he say? they got convicted and/or they plead guilty and he said they're patriots patri

. >> i also spoke with doctor faith albright, who founded one living sanctuary in the east bay .s agencies could pursue criminal charges for negligence or abuse, even if that wasn't the intention of the tiger owner. >> what's heartbreaking is like very well-meaning people, even there can be like hoarding cases and they just can't take care of them all. and it starts from a place of loving animals. and i think a lot of the people who go after these exotic pets love animals. but they're misguided. >> a federal law passed in 2022 prohibiting private ownership of big cats, including tigers, though if you had a permit before that, you can still own the animals. experts hope eventually that will no longer be a problem. it's a wonderful first step. >> um, but really, our agencies, um, need to be resource first so that they can enforce the laws. um, and unfortunately, people can still have existing permits maintained. um so if you had a permit before this, you can still keep your animals reporting in oakland. >> i'm james torres ktvu icu fox two news. still to come here on the four this

. >> i also spoke with doctor faith albright, who founded one living sanctuary in the east bay. she says agencies could pursue criminal charges for negligence or abuse, even if that wasn't the intent of the tiger owner. >> what's heartbreaking is like very well-meaning people, even there can be like hoarding cases and they just can't take care of them all. and it starts from a place of loving animals and i think a lot of the people who go after these exotic pets love animals, but they're misguided. >> a federal law passed in 2022 prohibiting private ownership of big cats, including tigers, though if you had a permit before that, you can still own the animals. experts hope eventually that will no longer be a problem. it's a wonderful first step. >> um, but really, we, our agencies, um, need to be resourced out so that they can enforce the laws as, um, and unfortunately, people can still have existing permits maintained . um, so if you had a permit before this, you can still keep your animals. >> reporting in oakland. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news, the oakland zoo not only t

. >> i also spoke with doctor faith albright, who founded one living sanctuary in the east bay. she says agencies could pursue criminal charges for negligence or abuse, even if that wasn't the intent of the tiger owner. >> what's heartbreaking is like very well-meaning people, even there can be like hoarding cases, and they just can't take care of them all. and it starts from a place of loving animals. and i think a lot of the people who go after these exotic pets love animals. but they're misguided. >> a federal law passed in 2022 prohibiting private ownership of big cats, including tiger, though if you had a permit before that, you can still own the animals. experts hope eventually that will no longer be a problem. it's a wonderful first step. >> um, but really, our agencies, um, need to be resourced so that they can enforce the laws. um, and unfortunately, people can still have existing permits maintained. um, so if you had a permit before this, you can still keep your animals reporting in oakland. >> i'm james torres ktvu, fox two news, pg and e made more than $2 billion in

including many, many children iraqis were aware that madeleine albright went on television and asked about the sanctions. is it worth the price? all the children dying as a result. and she said, yes. march 16, 2003. cheney is on meet the press with tim russert. the read we get with the people of iraq that there's no question they want to get rid of saddam hussein. that was true. and they will welcome us as liberators. he said that. will be welcomed as liberated several times in the interview. one of the immortal or i should say -- that will live on forever. >> one should not immediately think that the disorder and anarchy inside iraq reflected anti-americanism. what happened inside iraq in march in april and may and june of 2003 the events i cover very carefully were reflections of the inability of the united states to really establish order inside iraq. and the initial disorder inside iraq was not anti-americanism. >> it wasn't an insurgency. >> the insurgency that we all have in our minds grew incrementally over time catalyzed by the fact -- sorry to interrupt. catalyzed by that th

scenarios, how clinton now calmly responds, i’m not shocked, it happens, this is war, so is her mentor albrighton of the brezhnev doctrine, completely. what will change if salevan does working on mistakes? hardly a lot. after all , now blinken explains that there is no need to put other countries before a choice and change their position, they just need to be offered a good choice. if we succeed, and i am sure that we will succeed, as we have always succeeded and will always succeed, then their choice will be obvious. what's behind this set of phrases? probably simple. the americans will put pressure on netanyahu to listen and stop making public statements. after the war there will be no palestinian authority other than one loyal to israel, there will be complete freedom of action intelligence services in all palestinian territories, and the moderate arab countries that we will allow will pay for the restoration, and at the same time the americans will try to bring the arab sheikhs back into negotiations with israel. they want a controlled middle eastern market. and the question of how possible

. >> albright. >> here. >> evans. >> present. >> guerrero >> >> present. >> laguana >> present. >> commissioners we have a quorum, this places you on item 3, devices silence devices during the meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person's responsible for the use of cell phone or similar sound producing electronic devices. thank you for your cooperation, this places us on item 4, announcements by the chair. >> thank you, commissioner secretary. i want to say hello to every one again and also just want to say happy black history month as we great black history this month and every month and also happy lunar new year, this is the year of the tiger, oh the dragon. who is a dragon. >> i'm a dragon. >> i think i'm a tiger. >> just want to celebrate our rich culture and heritage and the city and nation. i also want to give an opportunity for our commissioners to provide their reflections, or any komentz. i was not able to participate because of a family emergency but i want to hear certain response frz certain commissioners just so the public can