ruling classes continuing to gut what's left of the working class a new report from the institute of policy studies found that we the taxpayers are funding c.e.o. pay that is a hundred times what the average worker makes for example lockheed martin gets more taxpayer money in government contracts that any other publicly held company did ninety seven percent of their funding in twenty seventeen the median compensation for a lockheed employee was one hundred twenty three thousand dollars while c.e.o. marilyn houston received twenty two million eight hundred sixty. six thousand one hundred eighty six times a typical worker and that's taxpayer money we're paying for her to get rich while over her employees and lockheed martin makes weapons of dad i mean this should be infuriating. these repeated it seems to me if you read even if they didn't make death weapons even if lockheed martin made sent to lotions and paraffin wax footbaths they should still pick you up and won and won by far the only body part because joan bass why you don't leave me where the nipple bass or the elbow jacuzzi i want to go home

news director of the afghan institute for strategic studies in kabul and also a former senior policy adviser to the afghan ministry of foreign affairs he's joining us from there now and how significant a development is this first if indeed it is confirmed that the founder of the her car the network has died. and really really you know. particularly has been really. moving it without any meaningful impact on what's happening in the korean. war and. on in many ways he is a person personified the misfiring of u.s. policy in the region given that he was funded directly by the cia and feted as a hero in the one nine hundred eighty s. as they fought against the soviet troops only for them to be described as terrorist by the united states in twenty twelve. that occurred as spending nearly two dozen remarked it was the current target of the prize at that during the soviet invasion but then we have the core motif of the us military and media live in maryland who describe the afghani newsgroup as a relative arms of the oil acting which shows that you have only. two minutes on the parking lot bu

michael cannon is the director of health policy studies at the cato institute. is a co-editor of replacing obamacare, the cato institute on health care reform and he is a co-author of healthy competition, what is holding back health care and how to free it. michael holds a bachelor's degree in american government from the university of virginia and an m.a. in economics and a j.m. in law in economics from the george mason university. we'll now turn to their remarks which will be followed with plenty of time for questions and discussion. so with that, i'll turn things over to michael. >> thank you, jeff. i want to thank chris pope for coming -- to speak with us about this important issue today and i want that thank all of you for coming as well. we're here to talk about a change that the federal government has made in how it implements federal health insurance laws and regulations and this is a change that hasn't really received the attention it deserves because it really is a bit revolutionary. it is a huge victory for those fighting for better and more affordable

of the law. she's a fellow at the middle east forum and a fellow at the institute for the study of global anti-semitism and policy. she's the author of 18 books, including the landmark feminist classic "women and madness". she's here tonight to share her new memoir a politically incorrect feminist. [applause] >> without further adieu. >> i'm so pleased to be at the strand. i began coming here in 1957 when i worked for d. brown plumbing, a little bit down the block, when i was 17. i've spent many many happy hours here. so i'm thrilled to be here. it is a longstanding independent not chain bookstore with magnificent finds. so thank you for having me. this book is dedicated to our unknown soldiers whose mighty deeds were either disappeared or never documented. those who saved women's lives while risking their own and those who served the cause of women's freedom with humility and dedication and in so doing, braved scorn daily. this book is dedicated to our women of ideas, our word smiths, our artists of activism and to every feminist of my generation who fought for women's rights. this book is also dedicated to the

of the cato institute we are delighted to have you here. talking today about pj overwork book none of my business. constitutional studies foreign-policy and education but perhaps the most distinguished scholar if we can agree it depends on the meaning of distinguished is our distinguished research fellow t 16. i grew up with pj when i was in college the most popular magazine was national lampoon. i remember a few funny bits but i cannot quote any of them because they all involve gender relations or stereotypes and then he moved on to rolling stone with the foreign affairs desk chief. they let him travel wherever he wanted including religious retirement village which was mystifying. then to move out of the rock 'n roll stage into sober reflection the most serious magazine in america and he wrote seriously about medicare reform and social security reform campaign finance reform. and now moving into the age of retirement he is editing a magazine on finance and investment. he recently commissioned an article from me. it is called american consequences. he is the author of 19 books including holidays in hell. parliament of horrors. and one

remind us of the importance of using nonmilitary levers, including economic assistance and humanitarian aid. thus, the bipartisan policy center work. the institute piecework to study these dynamics and identify elements of a preventive strategy is instructive to our long-term efforts. while we must maintain our ct pressure, will be our efforts to address the underlying drivers of terrorism that will ultimately yield success in this generational struggle. i would like to close by offering my congratulations to tom, emil and to lee to your commitment to our nation. when we reflect on 9/11, it is fitting to honor these two members who have set aside partisan differences to find solutions that makes our country stronger and who have helped out our nation effort to help with counterterrorism. to acknowledge the work with lee and tom, well done, good and faithful public servants. thank you. [applause] >> please welcome the governor of oklahoma. [applause] >> i know we are all waiting to eat, so it is anticipated to be a fidel castro to earn 27 minute address by me will be 47 seconds. the chaplain comments earlier about the experience of those who served and sacrificed o

or joining us now on the news grid is on he is the director of policy analysis at the doha institute for graduate studies marwan very good to have you again on the show they seem to be intense negotiations going on behind the scenes to avoid a full scale syrian government offensive on it but it seems like right now it's not a matter of. whether there'll be an offensive but of when this will actually happen what are your thoughts you think the turks will be able to convince iranians you know. syria and russia not to go ahead with this offensive i think we have three different scenarios concerning. the first one is not what we are seeing right now i'm talking about the air strikes is that the russians might actually be trying this is the fierce you know your might be trying to put maximum brush on turkey ahead of the summit we know that there is a trilateral summit on friday on friday right it will bring together a sedan of three to russia and iran they will be talking mainly merely about where the russians are trying to do. is put maximum pressure on turkey and its allies on the ground i'm talking about t

of the pulse of the iraqis in the positions and what they thought formation orent government in general and especially u.s. foreign policy. and ahmed ali. worked at the institute for the study of war. i've often cited his work. good to have him give us a pull of what the iraqis are thinking as well. we look at the different parties in iraq trying to form the power and the alliances. to run this like a sunday morning news format. i'm going to put out a scene setter. going to throw different issues to the panelist. basically we're talking about today. three main issues. shiite protest in the south, not down of thening the burnonsulate and dowa party offices. that's a rejection by the iraqi increasing iranian influence in iraqi by targeting or --ous entities correction political entities to iran.ias tied campaign has said isis is defeated. you can look at attacks every day. one.the big government formation. the continuing shifting alliance s. we now see alliances forming, which means you have the man who won the most votes and the man second marginalizing the u.s. preferred canada body party. i'm going to throw that to ahmed on in know what's going iraq? >> good afternoon, lad

of the important if using non-dalit terry lovers, including economic assistance and humanitarian aid to counter terrorist influence and undermine their presence. the bipartisan policy standards work and institute piecework to study these dynamics and identify elements of a preventive strategy isn't strep into our long-term counterterrorism efforts. but we must maintain our ct pressure, it will be our efforts to address the underlying drivers of terrorism that will ultimately yield success in this generational struggle. .. to borrow a slightly montford phrase from the bible, well done, good and faithful public servants. thank you. [applause] is welcome the former governor of oklahoma, frank keane. [applause] >> i know we all all waiting to eat so this anticipated to be a two hour and 27 minute address by me will be 47 seconds. the chaplain's comments earlier about the experience of those who have served and sacrificed on 9/11 brings to mind a the story of my own tragic experience as the governor of oklahoma and during the oklahoma city bombing. we had urban search-and-rescue teams from all over united states including several from the marston metro area and from new york came ray downey who was a deputy chief of

of my business." we have many distinguished scholars at the cato institute, scholars in constitutional studies, economics, foreign policy, education and so on. but perhaps our most distinguished scholar -- at least if we can agree that it depends on what the meaning of "distinguished" is -- is our h.l. mencken fellow p.j. o'rourke. as i've said before, i sort of grew up with p.j.. when i was in college, the most popular magazine on campus was national lampoon, which he edited. i still remember quite a few funny bits, but i can't quote any of them because they all involved drug abuse and stereotypes, and they're all illegal now. [laughter] he then moved on to "rolling stone" where he was the foreign affairs desk chief which was totally cool because they paid him to travel wherever he wanted, a although why he wanted to travel to places like beirut and religious right retirement village was always kind of mystifying. and then as he moved out of the rock and roll stage and into the age of sober reflection, he became a correspondent for the most serious magazine in america, "the atlantic monthly," and he wrote seriously abo

of our two co-authors and then i will turn it over to them. our first speaker william ruger is a research fellow in foreign policy studies at the cato institute. he is also vice president for research and policy at the charles koch institute. jason sorens his lecture and the department of government and program director of political economy project at dartmouth college. gentlemen, we await your information. >> thank you, john. thank you to the cato institute for publishing this book. if you want to know who was number one, you might look at my tie color. that might give you some indication but i'll save that for now. so again welcome and thank you for coming to hear about our study of freedom in the 50 states. this is the fifth edition of this book. we've been doing this now for over think it think it and we d because although it back to 2000 so we are to nice look at a variety of different policies overtime. freedom and 50 states that the most comprehensive study and ranking of freedom across the 50 states. it doesn't just examine economic freedoms, fiscal and regulatory. it also looks at personal freedoms and that was one of the big innovati

he is the director of economic policy, studies at aei, american enterprise institute, previously serving as the executive director at the center for politics and governments at ut austin, as well as serving as a special assistant to the president for policy for president george w. bush and a policy advisor for mayor goldsmith in indianapolis. he's the author of transforming charity, towards a results oriented social sector. the editor of religion and public square in the 21st century. and the co author of the soul of civil society and has been widely published in publications such as the washington post, the "wall street journal," the weekly standard and national review. directly after frank's talk, ryan will offer a brief response which will be followed by a moderated conversation between our two speakers. frank, welcome. [applause] >> thank you, for that generous introduction and thanks to isi and trinity forum for having me here. i'm astonished at the crowd tonight and really glad there's so many young faces in it. so thank you all for appearing. so let me get right into the book. so

bring in marwan to the news great he's a syria analyst and director of the absent for research and policy studies at the doha institute very good to have you with us as we've said there are multiple groups not just one fighting inside it labe right now and these groups are stephanie said are very suspicious of each other how difficult and complicated a battle is this going to be when it actually begins is very complicated this is why the turks have been trying actually over the past few months to sabrina between the so-called extremist and moderates within the syrian opposition as you know it live has become the home of more of the syrian. opposition factions because you know they have been actually relocated from different. places around the country you'll remember that the regime. in fact took. those groups who have very few was actually to accept to the sovereignty of the regime there they were actually relocated to live and in the same exactly the same had been in daraa in the south and then in the north and in countryside of homs so all these groups actually have been gathered here in this in this part of syria a

he previously served as a senior fellow and director of foreign security policy at the tokyo foundation and the mitsui global institute studies in tokyo so it's a blue ribbon panel we have and we've have nabe go first because many folks in tokyo have not, at least outside of the japan watchers crowd may not have heard him so he'll give us the view from tokyo on many issues and others will be commentators and panelists presenting their own views. nabe-san? >> thank you, bruce. approaeciate the introduction. one correction, i don't have a title for the japan initiative for japan reconstruction. maybe that's one correction. >> maybe after today you will. >> i'm very happy to be back in washington, d.c. i keep coming back to washington, d.c. in my ten years, '95 to 2005, people don't often see each other so some people are very wise still in washington, d.c. i keep coming back to washington, d.c. already this time i come back to the washington, d.c. this year so i may come back november. that's my second hometown. appreciate the heritage foundation, that's always the -- to give opportunity to discuss this issues. i tried contacti

study of the state of native america published in 1928 by the brookings institute. that report is probably the most singular indictment of the state of native american contemporary affairs and policies from the early 20th century and will set in motion subsequent reforms with the indian new deal under the roosevelt administration which is the first time tribal governments begin receiving structured forms of congressional recognition and authorization through something known as the indian reorganization act. the amazing nature of history is the pendulum, the dynamism, the chapters that evolve. indian history has this kind of momentum between assimilative of autonomous protectiveness policy dimensions. most of us don't realize there was a very concentrated effort in the second half of the 20th century to terminate american history -- american indian reservations. there was a policy passed in 1953 led by the former interior secretary who had overseen the internment of japanese americans during the war. ofre was an entire period american indian policy trying to diss aggregate reservations, eliminate the political relationships we talked about, terminate their status, and find the remova

policy. and this is somebody that i have known for a decade. he is in iraq you covers all of these issues who worked at the institute for the study of war and was there and did some great work there. i have also -- i have often cited his work and it is good to have him give us a pulse of what the are rockies are thinking as well. he is on his most recent return from iraq. as we look at the different political parties in iraq that are vying for power and who are trying to form these alliances. in this format, we try to run this like a sunday morning. i'm just going to throw different issues to our panelists. basic lum -- basically, we are talking about today. we have the shia protest in the south. not only the burning down of the iranian consulate, but also the burning down of dollar, party offices, hezbollah offices, and a sob -- as sob -- and other offices. that is targeting political offices tied to iran. there is also offices in kirkuk and where our campaign that is said isis is defeated but yet you can look at ices attacks every day. and then the big one is the government attacks and shifting alliances. we now see to forming an alliance. we

policy. and somebody i have known for over a decade, who is iraqi, covers issues, who worked at the institute for the study of war and was -- did great work there. and it is good to have him give us a pulse of what the iraqi's are thinking as well. he is our most recent returnee from iraq as we look at different political parties and iraq that are vying for power and trying to form alliances. in this format, we try to run format.e a semi-morning i am going to throw out a scene setter and we are going to throw different issues to our panelists. we are talking about today. there are men issues. we have shia protests in the south, not only the burning down of the iranian consulate but and assadces, offices. rockys a rejection by the -- iraqi people of the increasing iranian influence. targeting entities tied to ironic and they have isis. a resurgence in isis in celadon. , where our campaign said you can look at isis attacks everyday. the big one, government formation and the continuing shifting alliances. see -- forming an alliance which means you have --, who won the most votes and then you have -- who came in

policies are lifting people out of poverty. there's been a severe squeeze on the budgets of further education colleges in england, according to a new report. the institute for fiscal studies6 to 18—year—old students has dropped in real terms by 8% since 2010. the government says it's protecting funding in cash terms for the next two years. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30. thank you. if you are getting in touch, you are very welcome. please use the hashtag victoria live on twitter and if you text you will be charged at the standard network rate. ali can get the sport. simon yates has won one of the big cycling races in the calendar. yes, simon yates has won the vuelta a espana, huge personal achievement for him. it isa huge personal achievement for him. it is a massive event, in terms of cyclist in great britain, bradley wiggins and chris froome have also had several victories. the achievement means that victory in the felt as spaniel means that three different cyclists from the same country have won the three biggest races in the same year, which has never been done before. —— vuelta a espana. simon yates had led the giro d'italia three months ago bu

hear from matt fid letter, fellow economic studies at the brookings institution, who worked with tim to lead the analysis of the usc initiative for health policy work that tim put up in a slide. and we'll hear from sara levin, member of the democratic staff of the house ways and means committee. and finally from robert horn, now with leavitt partners, but who served on the energy and commerce committee when macrowas developed. >> first, i'd like to thank paul and the staff of brookings for putting on this event and for inviting me. i'm privilege ed to be here and thankful for the opportunity. unlike the previous panel, i do not have slides, so you're just going to have to watch me talk for the next five to serve minute s, so i apologize for that. it's a very nice background slides. that should take the strain off. what i'd like to begin with, i prepared two presentations in response to the question of this forum. can mips be salvage d? the first one went something like this. no, i'm happy to take any questions. but in the interest of developing that thought a little bit further, i do want to represent the current position with respect to mips

wessel, senior fellow of brookings and contributing correspondent to the "wall street journal" and colin graybau, a policy analyst at cato institute center for trade policy studies gentlemen, thank you very much what is the objective here for the united states? what are we really wanting is it. >> that's a great question the trump administration has spoken in generalities it wants an end to intellectual property theft and stealing of trade secrets from the united states what steps they want china to undertake, i'm still unclear what it is that they want. >> is it that they really want to change chinese -- i guess i'm thinking in sort of three baskets. do they want to change behavior, david? do they want to disrupt supply chains and inflict severe damage on the chinese economy and slow it down. or, third, does the white house want to win some political points domestically? what do you think? >> i don't think those are mutually exclusive they definitely want political points they want credit from voters that they are doing something to stand tough and stand up to china. i do think that there are a lot of people in the united states who think a business community,

policy in southeast asia, talking about diplomatic objectives in the indo pacific region. the american enterprise institute hosted this event in august. >> good afternoon, everybody, my name is dan blumenthal, i am the director of asian studies here, thank you all for coming, i can see that the topic of u.s. and southeast asia is of great interest, and i congratulate my colleague for a wonderful report that hopefully all of you will have time to read about what our strategy should be going forward, in that most critical of regions. it is right now my distinct pleasure to introduce my friend and colleague randy shriver, who is the assistant secretary of defense for asian pacific affairs at the department of defense and is spearheading efforts in the department of defense and throughout the government, to really compete more visit -- vigorously with china and southeast asia, to build out new relationships, with respect to vietnam, and indonesia, and the philippines. he has already done some excellent work with his team here as well. and, we will do a lot more in the future. and we are thrilled to have him to open the session with his remarks. without further ado, let me call up shriver. whenever you are ready. thank you. >> da

aaron kline is a fellow and economic studies and serves as policy director of the center of -- on regulation and markets at the brookings institution. he was the director of the bipartisan policy center where he also directed the first bipartisan comprehensive review of the post-crisis financial regulation. on the outset of the crisis, kline served as chief economist of the senate banking, housing, urban affairs committee with dodd.an chris in 2009 he was appointed to the treasury department, working as deputy assistant secretary for economic policy where he spent the first term of the obama administration working on financial regulatory reform issues, including developing the white papers for financial regulation, housing, and housing finance reform, crafting and helping to secure passage of the dodd-frank wall street reform act. and implementing the tarp program. he's a graduate of dartmouth college and woodrow wilson school for public affairs at princeton. ow you can talk. mr. kline: thanks for having me. it's a privilege coming next door to a.i. look forward to the conversation with my fellow panelist. i want to start by laying

policies are lifting people out of poverty. there has been a severe squeeze on the budgets of further education colleges in england, according to a new report. the institute for fiscal studiesd, but appears happy and healthy. it is thought there are only 1,600 of the species left living in the wild, making them one of the rarest mammals in the world. the calf, thought to be a female, is six foot tall, but could grow to three times that height. she has not yet been given a name. i think they are in my top three animals, giraffes. they should be high on the list. they are incredible runners, as well. which documentary was it recently, when the giraffe was getting chased by lions and booted them in the face, do you remember that? it was not blue planet, it was the other one. cute and tough at the same time. they are quick as well. that 81 is gorgeous. i the way they have those giant ears and no chin whatsoever. 0nly giant ears and no chin whatsoever. only you would spot that. iam i am trying to get a link to simon yates, the top of the world. simon yates won vuelta a espana. he has spoken about how when he grew up, all the famous riders were spanish or french, but for all the

ruling classes continuing to gut what's left of the working class a new report from the institute of policy studies found that we the taxpayers are funding c.e.o. pay that is a hundred times what the average worker makes for example lockheed martin gets more taxpayer money in government contracts that any other publicly held company and did ninety seven percent of their funding in twenty seventeen the median compensation for a lockheed employee was one hundred twenty three thousand dollars while c.e.o. marilyn houston received twenty two million eight hundred sixty. six thousand one hundred eighty six times a typical worker and those times they are money we're paying for her to get rich while over her employees and lockheed martin makes weapons of dad i mean this should be infuriating. this repeatedly if you read even if they didn't make death weapons even if lockheed martin made sent to lotions and paraffin wax footbaths they should still pick you up and won and won by far the only body part because joan bass wife can only be where the nipple bass or the elbow jacuzzi i want to go home sit back pu