76 videos found for “rebuilding”
Afghanistan: The Challenges of Rebuilding
Afghanistan: Challenges of Rebuilding a War Torn Infrastructure with Afaghanistan's Ambassador to the United States Said Tayeb Jawad. Today, Afghanistan is on a long and difficult road...
05.23.2007
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00:51:06 min
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9,369 Views
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Lydia Khalil - Iraq, Afghanistan: A Comparative View
Iraq and Afghanistan - two very different countries and two very different theatres in which our militaries are conducting stability operations and counter-insurgency. As unique as eac...
09.24.2008
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00:56:23 min
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2,270 Views
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Rebuilding After Disaster
The tragic fallout from recent natural disasters is overwhelming. For some, it's a challenge and a call to action. Come learn what a brave few are doing to understand and improve post-d...
11.04.2010
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01:35:26 min
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842 Views
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92Y: Ed Koch, His Legacy and the Remaking of NYC
Jonathan Soffer, author of the first authorized biography of the controversial New York mayor. Soffer examines whether Koch was a racist demagogue or a pragmatic liberal, and in his sig...
10.18.2010
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01:02:41 min
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434 Views
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A Conversation on the Economy with Timothy F. Geithner
Timothy F. Geithner, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, discusses economic growth, financial repair and reform, and the fiscal policies that challenge the U.S. economic ...
04.26.2011
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01:04:37 min
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256 Views
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William Bynum - Hope Community Credit Union
Bill Bynum founded Hope Community Credit Union to serve the "unbanked" of the Mississippi Delta Region, helping address the significant housing and other credit issues followi...
07.04.2008
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00:02:12 min
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432 Views
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Donna Brazile: Compromise Is the Way to Success
Nick Glunt | Staff Writer
Donna Brazile’s sister Sheila, who had suffered from a benign yet mentally debilitating brain tumor, lived in Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2...
07.29.2011
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01:14:28 min
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353 Views
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John A. Powell: Opportunity Is Racialized
The head of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity maps out opportunity to affirm what many people--particularly people of color--already know. Powell's momentum: &qu...
09.07.2009
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00:19:50 min
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22,101 Views
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Post Hurricane Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans in 2005, its mayor, Ray Nagin, was thrust into the international spotlight. Both criticized for his handling of the immediate afterma...
06.26.2009
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00:38:07 min
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2,339 Views
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Eliot Spitzer: The Cataclysm of 2008-2009
As the former attorney general and later governor of New York, Spitzer prosecuted some of the most notorious white-collar crime and securities fraud on Wall Street. He now questions whe...
01.26.2010
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01:05:31 min
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101,207 Views
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Robert Reich: 2010 Economic Forecast
Is the U.S. economy showing signs of recovery, as some indicators suggest, or are these assertions dangerously premature? Having served in three administrations, former U.S. Secretary ...
01.22.2010
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01:08:26 min
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98,047 Views
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Barney Frank: The Election, the Economy, and the Future
Congressman Barney Frank speaks with Emily Rooney, host and executive editor of Greater Boston, to unravel the factors that led to Barack Obama's victory in the historic 2008 election -...
11.13.2008
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01:32:39 min
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3,181 Views
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Kathleen Merrigan: Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
Kathleen Merrigan, the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and creator of the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, talks at The New School. She speaks about efforts to...
02.25.2010
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01:27:12 min
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955 Views
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Asia: Advice for the Next American President
Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani in conversation with Vishakha N. Desai on U.S. Policy Towards Asia: An Asian Leader’s Advice for the Next American President. The next President of the Uni...
02.27.2008
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01:24:28 min
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3,686 Views
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The Future of Iraqi Armed Forces
The Future of Iraqi Armed Forces American Enterprise Institute's Danielle Pletka moderates a discussion on the future of the Iraqi military. The panel includes representative from the ...
07.23.2006
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00:58:26 min
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663 Views
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2 Comments