he spoke at george washington university last month about uio russia, india and israel. he spoke at george washington university last month about u . nations, russia, india and israel. he spoke at george washington university last month about u.s. efforts to promote democracy. this is about an hour and ten minutes. >> thank you all for coming to this event. we're all very excited to hear from the honorable thomas pickering. the panel -- the conversation is going to be moderated by chris kojam who is a visiting professor of the practice of international affairs after serving as the chairman of the national intelligence council at the elliot school he was previously the director of the mid career mipp program and director of the summer foreign policy program. in government, chris served as a staffer on the house foreign affairs committee, under representative lee h. hamilton as the deputy assistant secretary of state in the bureau of intelligence and research and as deputy director of the 9/11 commission. he was also the president of the 9/11 public discourse project, the c