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The Importance of Ethics and Integrity
Egil Krogh announced an "Integrity Zone" campaign. He talked about his experiences as a deputy counsel for President Nixon. Mr. Krogh was chief of the White House "plumbers," a unit designed to contain administration leaks, and went to prison for his role in Watergate. He spoke about how those experiences informed his understanding of the principles of loyalty, integrity, and accountability. He also answered questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
Hurricane Katrina
Mercatus Center scholars talked about their research analyzing the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. One year after the hurricane and the severe flooding from broken levees devastated New Orleans, they described serious homeland security shortcomings. They and others discussed the crucial lessons learned for preparedness and response and the implications for other communities. After their presentations they responded to audience members' questions. Dr. Peter Boettke was the project director for "Crisis, Preparedness, and Response in the Wake of Katrina…
Type: Media
Indonesian Foreign Policy
Indonesian Ambassador Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat talked about Indonesia's role as the world's largest Muslim nation in efforts to combat international terrorism and its policies toward North Korea and Iran. He also talked about the political climate in Indonesia, the impact of economic growth on democratic movements, and relations with the international community. He also answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Mexican Political Outlook
Arturo Sarukhan, international affairs coordinator and spokesman for the Mexican Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) presidential candidate, Felipe Calderon, talked about the Mexican presidential election results, the Mexican political outlook, current legal challenges to and public protests over the narrow results, and the future agenda of a Calderon administration. He also responded to questions from members of the press in the audience.
Type: Media
CIA Leak Lawsuit
Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame spoke to reporters about their civil suit against Vice President Cheney, his former aide Lewis Libby, presidential adviser Karl Rove, and others in the White House. Ms. Plame, whose role as a United States Central Intelligence Agency operative was leaked to reporters, accused Vice President Cheney and the others of conspiring to destroy her career in retaliation against her husband's public opposition to the grounds for war in Iraq. They also answered questions from reporters. Valerie Plame Wilson was identified as a C.I.A. operative in a…
Type: Media
Mid-Year Budget Review
Ambassador Portman presented a mid-year review of the nation's budget and commented on economic issues, budgetary procedural matters, and the Bush administration's budget goals and priorities. Other topics included inflation, unemployment figures, the federal budget deficit, and the legislative line-item veto. He used charts for some of his presentation. Afterwards he answered reporters' questions. The program ends abruptly and is missing several minutes.
Type: Media
U.N. 2006 World Drug Report
The UN 2006 World Drug Report was released, marking the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. The report presented trends in the production, trafficking and use of illegal drugs. Leading law enforcement officials discussed the report's findings, which shed light on the global illicit drug problem.
Type: Media
International Priorities
Ambassador Bolton reported on the priorities established for major world challenges by a group of United Nations ambassadors. The ambassadors from ten countries, China, India, Russia, Egypt, Zambia, Tanzania, Thailand, Pakistan, Viet Nam and the U.S., met the previous weekend at Georgetown University to use the Copenhagen Consensus process to rank the major challenges to the world. He responded to questions from the reporters.
Type: Media
Persecution of Falun Gong in China
Wenyi Wang spoke about the persecution of the Falun Gong by the Communist Chinese government and China's human rights abuses of Flun Gong Members. Among the topics she addressed were organ harvesting of prisoners for transplant patients, treatment of detainees suspected as practitioners, and the ruling party's fears about dissemination of information on the treatment of Falun Gong members. She also talked about her protest from the press gallery during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House. She also answered questions from reporters and others in the audience.
Type: Media
Future of Afghanistan
Ambassador Jawad talked with reporters about the future of Afghanistan. Topics included a brief history of Afghanistan, reconstruction, civil rights and the empowerment of women in the past four years, freedom of the press, free elections, anti-Taliban and anti-terrorism efforts, and the work of the Parliament. After his speech the ambassador answered reporters' questions.
Type: Media