nine seats in parliament not a house for me is director of the middle east studies at the university of denver he says the stakes are high with the new alliance but iraq has a lot to be positive about. this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of various religious minorities and what's positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based most of the key players have a nationalist political agenda that is cured toward developing iraq for all iraqi citizens not catering to the at ethnic or sectarian interest of one particular group so in that sense there's a lot to be optimistic about whether they can address the immense political social economic and environmental challenges that iraqi society is facing remains to be seen the stakes are are huge you know your rock is a failed state it's. been deeply affected by a sectarian war by the rise of isis which has been you know c

my father starts teaching at the university of denver. he became a pretty big deal. he wrote books, was a popular professor. he died in 1977. there were lots of flowers and tribute. among them a ceramic pot in the shape of a piano with leaves in it. i said to my mother, where did this come from? she said it was from her favorite -- his favorite student, condolezza rice. she had to take a international relations course for distribution or something. she took one from my father. he persuaded her to become an international relations major. she then went to notre dame. where she got her masters and working on her phd with my father when she died. this african-american music major from alabama, wrote her dissertation on the czechoslovakia military. when i was working for my long list of losing presidential candidates, i was working for michael dukakis and finding foreign policy advisors. i didn't know conde. but i know issue was a soviet expert, woman, taught on the west coast. i called her up. i was looking for experts. she said, madeleine, i don't know how to tell you t

nine seats in iraq's parliament not a hushed me is director of middle east studies at the university of denver he joins us now live via skype from denver good to have you with us again so eleven groups now forming an alliance in order to cobble together some form of government this is a recipe for disaster isn't it. watch i have the exact opposite of you this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of their various religious minorities and what's positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based most of the key players have a nationalist political agenda that is secured toward developing iraq for all iraqi citizens not catering to the at ethnic or sectarian interest of one particular group so in that sense there's a lot to be optimistic about whether they can address the immense political social economic and environmental challenges that iraqi society is facing remains

which gives them an outright majority not a hashimi as director of middle east studies at the university of denver he says the stakes are high for the new alliance. this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of various religious minorities and what's positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based most of the key players have a nationalist political agenda that is geared toward developing iraq for all iraqi citizens not catering to the at ethnic or sectarian interest of one point particular group so in that sense there's a lot to be optimistic about whether they can address the immense political social economic and environmental challenges that you rocky society is facing remains to be seen the stakes are are huge you know your rock is a failed state it's. been deeply affected by a sectarian war by the rise of isis which has been you know crushed but not comprehensively

now the me is the rector of middle east studies at the university of denver he says the stakes are high with the new alliance but iraq has a lot to be positive about. this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of various religious minorities and what's positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based most of the key players have a nationalist political agenda that is cured toward developing iraq for all iraqi citizens not catering to the ethnic or sectarian interest of one particular group so in that sense there's a lot to be optimistic about whether they can address the immense political social economic and environmental challenges that iraqi society is facing remains to be seen the stakes are are huge you know your rock is a failed state it's. been deeply affected by a sectarian war by the rise of isis which has been you know crushed but not comprehensively

of forming a government will begin now the hashmi is director of middle east studies at the university of denver he says the new coalition gives him reason to be optimistic. this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of various religious minorities and once positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based to antigovernment protesters have been shot in nic the nicaraguan capital managua has been a flare up in violence that since saturday had followed president daniel take us decision to expel a human rights mission from the country. hundreds of people have protested outside the offices of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees in jordan that demanding that the u.s. reverses its decision to withdraw funding from the agency run schools hospitals and social services for more than five million palestinian refugees across the middle east. and those are the headli

iraq's parliament will not hashmi as a direct is the director of middle east studies at the university of denver he says the stakes are high with the new alliance but iraq has a lot to be positive about this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of various religious minorities and what's positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based most of the key players have a nationalist.

of forming a government will begin not hashmi is the director of middle east studies at the university of denver he says the new coalition gives him reason to be optimistic. this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of various religious minorities and what's positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based to anti-government protesters have been shot in the nicaraguan capital managua there's been a flare up in violence there since saturday had followed president to take his decision to expel un human rights question from a country activists say that three hundred people have been killed in the last four months in brazil of fire is raging at rio's two hundred year old national museum it started after closing hours and shows no sign of abating all floors of the building ablaze twenty million items are under threat including human fossils and the ancient egyptian artifac

david: you went to the university of denver. madeleine albright's father was your teacher.ondoleezza: he was the one who got me into international politics. i actually went to du as a piano major, but graduated with just enough units to be a political science major. if you look at my transcript, i have got 100 units of music and 45 in political science. david: all right, so then you went to notre dame to get a masters? condoleezza: that's correct. david: then you went to stanford later? condoleezza: i went to stanford on a one-year fellowship in the arms control and disarmament program, learning the physics of nuclear weapons, how many warheads could dance on the head of an ss 18. i learned something important from that. stanford was looking to diversify its faculty. and it engaged in what i think is a very smart way to do affirmative action. and to this day, i believe affirmative action is still necessary, which means you look outside of your normal channels to find people. they have in their midst a young black woman who was a soviet specialist. and they offered me a job.

nine seats in parliament not a house for me is director of the middle east studies at the university of denver he says the stakes are high with the new alliance but iraq has a lot to be positive about. this is a coalition government that is the most inclusive and i would say representative iraqi government since the two thousand and three american invasion it includes both iraqi shia sunni and members of their various religious minorities and once positive about that development is it marks a transition from previous iraqi governments that were very sectarian based most of the key players have a nationalist political agenda that is geared toward developing iraq for all iraqi citizens not catering to the at ethnic or sectarian.

denver that the festival that brings together over 10,000 people each year and mr. ali maia hoo and grew up in ethiopia and studied philosophy in the university and he pursued the masters of science from oklahoma state university and his a ph.d candidate in the public administration. thank you for being here today and we look forward to your testimony. >> do you want me to do the second one? >> okay. i am proud to introduce from colorado, as well, jamal sayed is the president of the community of activists and he grew up in the regional state of ethiopia and came to the united states in january 1999 seeking refuge from persecution. he graduated from columbia college in 2009 with a business administration and he has married and has four children in aurora, colorado. thank you for testifying today. >> thank you very much, mr. kaufman. i would like to introduce, as well, emily estelle, senior analyst at the american enterprise institute and the africa team lead. she's studied philosophy of the jihad i movement in africa including al qaeda, isis and associated groups. ms. estelle specializes in the libya conflict and has expertise in the horn of africa. ms. estelle coordinates