. >> an arts council. you >> what an arts council.ts council fund. have an arts council fund. you're paying. you're literally paying. >> you're gonna get a huge number out the arts council. >> but this is the thing. everybody's like, oh, but this is in scheme of things, is in the scheme of things, these diversity coordinators. is in the scheme of things, thernotiversity coordinators. is in the scheme of things, thernotivehuge coordinators. is in the scheme of things, thernotivehuge amounttors. is in the scheme of things, thernotivehuge amount ofs. is in the scheme of things, thernotivehuge amount of money. it's not a huge amount of money. it's not a huge amount of money. it's amount money. if it's a huge amount of money. if we it's not a huge of we if it's not a huge amount of money, don't we them money, why don't we fire them all? we of the all? why don't we get rid of the arts why don't we scrap arts council? why don't we scrap instead lottery funding going instead of lottery funding going to pointless monuments and things? why are

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signed off a wave of cuts in services ahead of a 21% rise in council tax over two years, including adult social care,and children's services. the artsin five council leaders in england have said they were likely to declare bankruptcy in the next 15 months. so has austerity for public funded arts — neverfara away, become closer again. here's from a clip from the current production at the birmingham repertory theatre, which will lose 100% of it's local authority funding over the next two years. # get up on the floor, hit me with your bhangra # bhangra, bhangra, bhangra # gotjoy in your soul # light it up, lose control # drop the beat on the dhol, banging it.# i'm nowjoined by sean foley, the artistic director of birmingham's repertory theatre and kwame kwei—armah, the outgoing artistic director for the young vic. good evening to both of you. obviously, council money makes 0bviously, council money makes up awe smaller proportion than it did for example a decade ago of your funding, and i suppose in these times of difficulty for councils, it is inevitable that whatever the arts budget is it will face squeeze. i think you are right, and

the arts council unanimously took irina petrovna, the arts council did not take that boy, again, as ifpetrovna had this such a dachshund, i had charlie, and somehow we agreed on a story, we lived not far from each other and agreed to take the dogs to the silver board. apparently, irina was filmed pregnant. when she was expecting a child, she also behaved very courageously, because she had to stay in the hospital for several months, she endured it, it was very difficult, incredible, that is, she is also purposeful, this is also how she prepared for the performance, she reacted the same way to maternal responsibilities, you still don’t know what to live - this is more courage. than to die, irina’s first son, alexander, was born shortly before the release of the film, one can only admire the actress’s fortitude, even during a difficult pregnancy she did not quit her job, i am with you always, always, irina, which means she played a role there at the end of the film, this already in... in the black and white part of the picture, when, as it were, the color left the picture along with, how

in the supreme council of the cultural revolution, with the proposal that we had approved in the art councilsed the establishment of the animation foundation to the supreme council of the cultural revolution, and it was finally approved there, and mr. our animation we know that animation is the beginning of promotional and educational activities in the field of culture and art . in this ceremony, the minister of education announced his support for the establishment of animation in conservatories across the country by announcing the truth. with the establishment of the national foundation for animation, the subject of training students in this field will naturally grow even more . currently , we have an animation field in many conservatories in the centers of the provinces, but in the future , these will develop more specifically , naturally, wherever students if there are interested, education is his duty, he knows that provide them with the opportunity to study in this field , especially that we need our special national religious school for the subject of animation, as a result of training

the arts council used to be an advocate for all that was best in the arts , and that was best in thed into sensible and meaningful discussions with the sector about how to achieve that. now they're behaving like a pv headmaster for sir nicholas kenyon. >> by the way, you and i were interrupted halfway through by madame butterfly about how very delighted i'm delighted that was after the break, we'll explore the life of the bohemian aristocrat who blazed a trail through europe, and who died fighting for greek independence 200 years ago. next month, of course . i mean, the poet lord course. i mean, the poet lord byron tarry with us a while. good viewer welcome back as i am, lord byron was a cambridge alumnus. as i had. he had a scottish mother. and like me, he fell out with a few tories in his time. he was a dandy. few tories in his time. he was a dandy . no few tories in his time. he was a dandy. no comment. and pre—eminent amongst the romantics . pre—eminent amongst the romantics. his vigorous and creative achievements in life reverberated through modern history. since his death, exac

foundation to the supreme council of the cultural revolution with the proposal that we approved in the art council, and it was finally approved there, and mr. president announced this chapter. it is new. in animation activities, we consider animation as the beginning of promotional and educational activities in the field of culture and art. in this ceremony, education announced its support for the establishment of the field of animation in conservatories across the country : in fact, by announcing the establishment of the national foundation of ponami. animation of the subject of training of art students in this field will naturally grow even more. currently , we have an animation field in many conservatories in the centers of the provinces, but in the future these will develop more specifically , naturally, wherever there are interested students. education knows its duty to provide them with the opportunity to study in this field , especially that we go to a special national and religious school. we ourselves have a need for the topic of animation . as a result, training people who create animati

with grant funding from british council and arts council england, eli has been given the chance to crosstic and perform at america's mega music, film and tech festival. ready to go. the fact that we're going - to showcase not only the work of the charity in the suit, but also eli's incredible l musical talent isjust... ..really incredible i and ijust can't wait. how are you feeling about it, eli? you know, it'sjust a day in the life, really! in here we put on stormzy in 2016 and we put on ezra collective. amy winehouse's first us shows around the time of back to black. so, this area here in terms of international presence for uk music is incredibly important. crispin has been taking talent to texas for over two decades. he's got eli a slot on the day stage. their careers, they can meet agents, the labels, the pr people, the people who can sync their music to the hollywood movies. they're all going to descend on this town in the next few days. it's so funny that this little corner of almost nowhere in america is a place that's been so important for uk bands. i think he's going to love it.

it was supported by the british council and the arts council in england. patient organisation to be able to talk about our work in technology for disability because it is a very unserved area. one of our ambitions to go out there was to gather support for the movements we are starting. support for the movements we are startin: . support for the movements we are startina. , ., ., , support for the movements we are startin. , ., ., , ., starting. eli, explain to us about this act suits _ starting. eli, explain to us about this act suits -- _ starting. eli, explain to us about this act suits -- exoskeleton - starting. eli, explain to us about. this act suits -- exoskeleton suit. this act suits —— exoskeleton suit. especially for duchenne, it is a muscle — especially for duchenne, it is a muscle wasting condition so your muscles — muscle wasting condition so your muscles get weaker over time. when you lose _ muscles get weaker over time. when you lose the — muscles get weaker over time. when you lose the ability to walk you have _ you lose the ability to walk

you can tick box arts council tick a box on an arts council funding form.ed with adhd and it's very get diagnosed with very easy to get diagnosed with adhd everybody basically adhd because everybody basically has , then you get has adhd, then you get prescribed medical grade speed paid for by the nhs. >> yes, exactly. it's ritalin andifs >> yes, exactly. it's ritalin and it's part of this whole self—identity . the problem is self—identity. the problem is the two teams, team world believes in self—identity. they believes in self—identity. they believe if you're a woman and you call yourself a man, you can be a man. if you if you call yourself mental, you can be mental. or is they the kids say, ihave mental. or is they the kids say, i have mental health. that's what they say i've got. not even i'm not mentally ill. i've got mental is that it's mental health. is that it's about about about self. it's about self identity. luckily i don't identity. and luckily i don't have to self—identify myself because so many other people are i >>i -- >> i have a girlfriend w

how about arts council. we about that? the arts council. that. can stop giving money to that. if you want to go and see the ballet, about you pay for it ballet, how about you pay for it instead a bus driver instead of taxing a bus driver for it? i mean, i agree with you and with father and i grew up with my father explaining to me repeatedly pretty broadcast pretty much every news broadcast that expected be that nobody expected to be subsidised. which was subsidised. his hobby, which was building aircraft building model aircraft who didn't he should didn't see why he should subsidise suppose subsidise the opera. i suppose we paying for the pandemic we are paying for the pandemic though, aren't still? but though, aren't we still? but the problem productivity problem is the productivity hasn't normal. hasn't returned to normal. people getting people aren't aren't getting back more people back to work. vastly more people are on sick leave. vastly more people are out of work one way or another. we need make it or another. we need to make it muc

they i think the arts council.over 700 grand a year. this theatre and man, why why are white people being taxed to pay to be told that they're horrible? >> 614,000. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. you're right. it's incredible . and also paul curry, incredible. and also paul curry, he had that incident there where he had that incident there where he person he was he told the person he was anti—israel to get out. and it was a thing. they put out a was a big thing. they put out a quite at quite a tepid statement at first, and then they first, quite weak. and then they put more one. put out a more strong one. they're saying, could they're now saying, oh, he could never back. will the same never come back. will the same happen this? no question mark. >> absolutely no way. i guarantee you, no way all. >> absolutely no way. i guealltee you, no way all. >> absolutely no way. i gueall right.u, no way all. >> absolutely no way. i gueall right. okayway all. >> absolutely no way. i gueall right. okayway isall. >> absolutely no way.

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budget, which is why he acknowledge it will affect the whole community -- parks, leisure, arts funding, councilng up. a lot of blame throwing around. conservatives say delivered to for mistakes about equal pay. labor says the government has underfunded local government. there are warnings across the board about financial pressures in the sector. christian: alex forsyth in birmingham. we will come back to that story lar in the program. welcome back. there were four polls out this weekend spelling bad news for president biden. the new york times poll had the president four points behind his likely opponent, donald trump, and a hypothetical matchup -- might not be hypothetical much longer. there were three surveys showing trump leading amid broad and deep dissatisfaction with the incumbent. anthony scaramucci with us, and also katty kay. i think you both know each other very well. anthony: hi, katty. christian: this should go swimmingly. katty: hey, anthony. christian: let's talk about joe biden because we focused on donald trump. those are bad numbers for an incumbent. the one thing he can fix wh

councils. speaking to nicky campbell earlier, pawlett, who works in the arts, spoke of her frustration with birminghamty council. ~ ., , frustration with birmingham city council. ~ . , ., , , ., council. what is happening to services. _ council. what is happening to services. as _ council. what is happening to services, as you _ council. what is happening to services, as you know, - council. what is happening to services, as you know, our. council. what is happening to - services, as you know, our citizens in birmingham will have at least a 9.9% increase in our council tax. the frustration for me, because i work within arts organisations in birmingham, is the way that they have cut funding to a number of major arts organisations that do fantastic community work around the city, and they are cutting it by 50% this year, and then 100% next year. it is unfair that the arts have been hit as an easy way to say, yeah, let's just cut the arts. the city of birmingham has been targeted by city council for their mistakes. they are the ones who for over the last ten years have been fighting for this equal pay aw

nonsense on the other side of the pond, the british government should not be giving money to the arts councilitute signs that promote this kind of divisiveness, and i think it's an absolute disgrace that these black only nights are going ahead. it's not what britain needs . as belinda , do britain needs. as belinda, do you think this is what britain needs ? needs? >> oh, please go away. it's almost like whenever america sneezes , you know, england has sneezes, you know, england has to catch its cold. and i just want done with these crazy lunatic racists who are sanctioned by a lot of the liberal progressives here as being somehow virtuous and saint like because they're speaking for, you know, black and brown people. they're insulting and infante missing black and brown people by by saying that they can't , you know, experience can't, you know, experience a white gaze during a play about oppression. oppression imagine if women started demanding women only theatre theatre nights dunng only theatre theatre nights during plays which happened to cover the oppression of women centuries ago. we woul

this is the arts and humanities council is their job. >> cut their funding deeply, understand their fundingdy are the government has already cut the funding over the last 14 years over and over again. this is a this is rubbish. this is a sector that contributes 5% of the economy, makes billions . it the economy, makes billions. it is a sector that is so under—resourced. you know, the arts is important. it's bordering on a fascist argument from you because almost. >> why don't we burn the books? no, it's what i'm saying. >> i'm saying you put on shakespeare commercially and people go and see it. you put on this sort of and you have this sort of junk and you have to have subsidies for it because. >> no one wants to watch >> because no one wants to watch it. we've 1400 quangos it. and we've got 1400 quangos in country. the arts takes in this country. the arts takes up a large proportion of that. they are not in any way lacking, but the waste of money. >> it's not a lot of money trusting people who are scraping together to get to the end of the month are paying for the privilege of a few middle

telegraph newspapers charlotte gill report that white audience members attending a comedy show at an arts councile soho theatre in london. the femme of colour comedy club is billed as an unapologetic celebration of comedians, of colour that are not cis men. attendees are told. white audience members are encouraged to check their privilege at the door. to check their privilege at the door . well, joining me now is door. well, joining me now is comedian quincy , who, let me comedian quincy, who, let me tell you, is a regular on headliners. but he's on holiday in barbados tonight. quincy, the comedian , is this progress? what comedian, is this progress? what do you think of this story , do you think of this story, well, when i first heard it, i actually thought to myself, is that a new word for tickets? yeah, that's what i thought it was . is that new? the new. the was. is that new? the new. the new word for tickets? but, yeah , new word for tickets? but, yeah, i thought to myself, you know what? female comedians of colour , all different shades, isn't a bad thing because you don't get a lot of fema

express my deep gratitude to you, dear vladimir vladimirovich, and to the members of the council for culture and the arts who supported my candidacy, and, of course, to my family. i thank my parents, spouse, children and sister for their understanding and support in all my endeavors. for contribution to the development of national musical art, educational activities, ramm alexander alexandrovich, cellist. dear vladimir vladimirovich, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to stand in front of you today. you, receiving a prestigious presidential award. this moment fills me with great gratitude for my country and its unwavering commitment to preserving its great cultural heritage and promoting education. from the bottom of my heart i express to you, vladimir vladimirovich, vladimir teodorovich spivakov and the respected members of the council for culture my most sincere gratitude for this high recognition. this is a testament to the dedication of so many people. and their work, who have supported me throughout my journey, especially within our unique music education system. i am deeply grateful t

record number of migrant encounters at our southern border but let's bring in art del cueto national border patrol councilt, let's jump right in. do you think it is time for president biden to take executive action to secure the border? if so what specifics would you like to see and that executive action that you know would provide immediate relief for border patrol? >> he should have done something from day one. his rhetoric during his campaign when he was running for office was come one come all in that it's would open up the floodgates. he created this entire message should have admitted it some time ago. to do something now three years later it's past three years from when they cause this problem to begin with. the way they can do it now is to admit the entire time. the policies actually worked. >> dyou think it's possible? if president biden were to executive action would you support it? i understand you're saying too little too late but is there anything that could possibly work by way of executive action at this time? >> it would work it would slow the traffic. it would stop some the individuals th

with grant funding from british council and arts council england, eli has been given the chance to crossow the world his talent, as well as the smart suit that will help keep his dream alive. first, they've got to draw a crowd. there you go. - thank you so much. news travels fast here and eli's soon invited for a headliner interview. welcome to the studio, eli crossley. then a very special guest dropped by to offer some sage advice. jon bonjovi. no! yeah. jon bon jovi? nothing else matters unless you write. - everything else is second to writing because you got to write the song. | what?! but that wasn't the only surprise. paddy dunning of temple lane studios, who's recorded with everyone from westlife to rem, was at the festival. what we've done is we've organised you a recording session in ireland and this is from the giant project, right, which is the building with the biggest moving statue in the world, which celebrates giants. and you are going to be put up onto the giant. thank you so much. great, great. yeah, listen. great. so i hearyou're a fan of sam fender. sam has recorded wit

if you had a city council at art local congressman, who treatould officers like, where the hill would congressman greg kosar is u real peach. he loudly and proudly supports defining the police.d but when crime went up in hisam neighborhood, he wanted additional patrols there. but hes doesn't give a -- about you but wants to make sure hisin family is taken care of and thea don't give a -- about the residents in austin.ents >> laura: there is a short step of police officers in northern california and has resident so worried they may doc something drastic, watch. >> there are a lot of people wanting to sue for lack of response and people feel like a the stress andre anxiety they fl they are in so bad that multipl individuals have indicated that they are intending to move because of the lack of response to calls for issues like domestic violence and restraining orders? >> laura: joe, if people aren't going out to thn'e gun range to get trained up, armed up, they are trying to move to s place where they are actuallyth safe and their family is safe. that is common sense, isn't it?d at this

about the start of the session of the regional council and the work of local deputies. art gallery of contemporary art, traditions of folk rituals and holidays. an agricultural estate in... we begin the spring holiday issue with special tenderness and warmth. we dedicated this week to our most beloved and dear ones. to our women. on the eve of march 8 , congratulations were received by the beautiful half of the central region. and those who devoted themselves to raising at least five children were given state awards. a special sign of gratitude for maternal work and contribution to the development of the country. for the day, your professions. kukinykh began almost 14 years ago. the chance acquaintance of sergei and olga grew into true love, a wedding on the day of the intercession of the virgin mary, a blessing from above and a solid foundation for happiness with many children fivefold. we try our best amount of time to devote to family. education, that means we hold some themed evenings, that means self-education, again, english lessons, that means, well, we try to live w

expected to arrive in el paso, texas in the coming days, joining us national border patrol council vice president artfor being here today, we so appreciate it. another caravan on the way, how has the border changed since we spoke and lost. >> and continues to be chaotic, when you see the caravan coming up to the border is not necessarily going to be the entire caravan of the one area in the drug cartels for quite some time they control where the groups are going to cross the drug cartels will strategically split this caravan apart and the good determine where they'll be strategically so they can bring drugs into the country that's the way it's been done and it needs to be done and to stop it. >> the drug cartels organize these people and they decide who goes where in terms of the entries whether texas or even different areas of texas or even of the arizona's. >> that's exactly how it works the human smuggling make the deals with the drug cartels in the drug cartel leadership will determine whether they're going to cross it depended on what the drugs are and what the drugs they need to cross in the ma

for more on the crisis at our southern border is bringing national border patrol council vice president artdel cueto, you heard what the president had to say in his state of the union address, your response? >> i should be shocked but i am not. the word illegal alien is used in the court of law it didn't illegal documents and been there for quite some time and honestly the president should be apologizing not just to the family but the many individuals that have lost a loved one in the united states both by crimes of illegal aliens and also by the drugs that are flooded our street during this administration in the real apology should be given to the american public but it shows where the priorities are of this administration and it is not with the american public. jon: is kind of interesting the president said he had the border under control of day one of his administration, listen to this clip. >> instead of celebrating the contribution of them against her country, donald trump calls them vermin. unlike donald trump my first day in office as president i introduce a comprehensive plan to fix

joining us now by phone is national border patrol council vice president art del cueto. >> i think it'snts to apologize he needs to apologize to the entire america public for the disastrous border policies he has put in place. many lives have been lost because of his policies, not just the riley family, but also have to take into consideration the amount of fentanyl that has been allowed into this country under this administration. that's where the apology needs to go. the entire american people. >> john: art, it's john here. i just want to play, so it's fresh in folks' minds, what biden said at the state of the union address in response to marjorie taylor greene yelling at him, say her name. >> i -- lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. that's right. but how many thousands of people killed by illegals? so to her parents i say, my heart goes out to you, having lost children myself. i understand. >> john: so he says my heart goes out to her parents but he said her name incorrectly and then tried to say ok, so she was killed by an illegal, but how many thous

prior to joining the arts commission, jen was a program officer for the massachusetts cultural council, a state arts agency, and was a state affiliate for the national . endowment for the humanities with mass humanities. uh, jen has a bachelor of arts in drama from san francisco state university and a master of arts in, uh, management from carnegie mellon university. we welcome jen. and jen is, um, if you remember, uh, and tricky was promoted and that vacancy was left open and this is, uh, their, uh, their new replacement . so, uh, welcome, jen. uh other announcements, um, a reminder for commissioners, please remember to complete your annual form 700. our favor fit form 700. filing and ethics and sunshine ordinance training declaration, which are due next month on april 2nd. we just love that. please reach out to commissioner secretary dhaliwal, should you have any questions or need any assistance. uh, also, uh, general reminder that tomorrow, march 5th, is voting day. um, the big ones coming in november. but this is big two. they're all big, but just get ready. just get yourselves edu

joining us now, national border patrol council vice president art del cueto. art, it's good to see you again. texas is fighting back. it's fired up. it's not going to back with down as the fifth circuit appeals court blocked texas' new law that lets authorities arrest and deport i legal immigrants. i mean -- illegal immigrants. i mean, this appeals court move came just hours after the supreme court gave the green light to texas doing that. that's a major blow and loss to the biden white house. >> no p i mean, it is, but it's a common sense if thing if you look at it. what is it that they're asking more? if -- for? they're asking to protect the nation's borders. you constantly hear, look, the immigration, the protecting of the border, that falls on the federal government. but what is the state supposed to do when the federal government is failing to do that? and make no if mistake, for the last three years the federal government, you know, the biden administration if has, they've ignoredded the problem, they've said there isn't a problem, and now, you know, eve

doctor, about the internet taxi that's also happening, all the art friends in tehran municipality and in tehran city council is that we should go now quickly. let's start, i don't know our price tool. let's apply it, because i saw that this was the issue in your conversation, gentlemen, i say you should go and do your own work, that is , what did you do in the area of ​​urban management in all these past years? he wants to solve the issue of employment, a large part of these challenges that you could not solve, and now he has finally succeeded to some extent, although i have criticisms that i expressed in the price discussion. i mentioned this issue immediately from many other topics these friends are in trouble, so now we go there, intervene, set prices, do so-and -so, you do your own work , you are incapable of doing your homework, you are acting incompetent. mr. nakhi , what are you saying? because i was in the council during those periods, the tehran city council appointed 3 people to interact with the government and that you know that according to law 80 , the costs of providing infrastructure in the a

be reappointed another the names mentioned kevin hassett on the former chair of the council of economic advisors artr, kevin warsh and economist during george w. bush administration. what do you think of those three individuals. >> president trump nominated the current federal reserve chairman jerome powell but as he would not want to confirm or nominate again these are three good folks who would be good nominees for the federal reserve that would do the right things when it comes to look at inflation price stability should be the key thing that the federal reserve should look at and only have control over others would be john taylor from the hoover institution with the taylor rule we need rolls in place for the federal reserve not just a discussion of higher inflation throughout the economy somebody's going to put in place what americans can expect and what the federal reserve will do overtime. >> another factor for donald trump the wrath against jerome powell he did think that donald trump did not like he started raising interest rates earlier in the president came on him like a ton of brics but t

all the art of the friends in tehran municipality and in tehran city council is that we should go and start immediately . i don't know. because i saw that this was the issue in your conversation, gentlemen, i say that you should go do your own work, that is , what have you done in the space of city management in all these past years, now there is a reality called internet taxi, which is now a part of that issue of employment. i have discussed a lot about the price in many other topics. this issue will immediately appear in the heads of these friends, so now we go there, intervene , set prices , do so-and -so. well, i have to be here let me defend sharia management in tehran . see, mr. nakhhi, what you are saying is that because i was in the council during that period , the tehran city council appointed a three-person committee to interact with the government, and as you know , it is 80% of the cost according to the law. the provision of infrastructure in public transport is the responsibility of the government, and the law clearly states that the government must foresee this in the an

arts. citizens in birmingham have been targeted by birmingham have been targeted by birmingham city councilghting this equal pay award. which goes way back. it goes way - fighting this equal pay award. which goes way back. it goes way back. i fighting this equal pay award. which i goes way back. it goes way back. but the have goes way back. it goes way back. but they have not — goes way back. it goes way back. but they have not managed _ goes way back. it goes way back. but they have not managed finances i they have not managed finances effectively. they have a computer system that is very poor. you try to go on to your so—called brom account, you are not given instructions on how to sort out your council tax. they made poor investments, it's a poor way of investing and we asked the citizens of birmingham are having to pay for it. that's not fair at all. you think, how can they get away with it. there are other ways and means for them to be doing things other than hitting the arts and culture in our city. as you know, birmingham did a wonderful commonwealth games. we have great, historical

art of science project started in minsk. the women's movement in belarus has become a force in society that cannot be ignored. the results of recent elections to parliament and local councils of deputies are further confirmation of this. today the president held a meeting with activists of the belarusian women's union. there are more than 170,000 representatives of the fair sex in its ranks. the role of the association is growing; it is represented in all regional, city and district centers of the country. and recently, when the entire belarusian people's assembly was given constitutional status, the bsjj received the right delegate their representatives to its composition. for the president, this meeting is an opportunity to congratulate and thank the women for theirs. work, family responsibilities, creating the most comfortable conditions for realizing oneself in a career, in the honorary status of a mother, is one of the priority tasks. we have given women the opportunity to work part-time, on a flexible schedule or remotely, for example, at home, now you can earn money and do household chores without wasting time on the way to the office, and this is just... the beginn

secretary of defense's tom advisor and representing the department of y council's deputies committee. she also holds ahelor of artspolitical science and fine arts and a master of public policy from the university of maryland. joining secretary wormuth for this is our own alista ayres. dr. ayres is the first whom to serve as dean at tell cannot school of international affairs. she's an award-winning author with senior experience in the government, nonprofit and private sectors from 2013 to 2021 she was the senior fellow for india and south asia. deanes awarded numerous fellowships and has received honor awards for her work with the state department. she focuses on india's role in the world and the astralses wit. her book request "our time has come" was published by oxfo 2018 and was selected by the financial times for its 2018 politics list. dean ayres has worked as an interpreter for the national committee of the red cross. she received an m.b. harvard college and a degree from the university of chicago. she has held the trilateral jenld -- aagenda working group and the board of policy board of directors. this yea