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HERE. I AM ON THE BOARD OF IIE AND HEROES THIS EVENING. WE HAVE C-SPAN WITH US THIS EVENING. THEY ARE GOING TO BE TAKING A UNINTERRUPTED. DURING THE...
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| 00:04:51 |
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CHAIR. [LAUGHTER] PLEASE, GIVE ME GOOD MARKS. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THE IIE FOR BRINGING ME HERE AND FOR THE WORLD...
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| 00:23:58 |
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WHAT SERENDIPITY TONIGHT THAT THROUGH IIE AND OUR STATE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE AN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM IRAQ....
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| 00:26:27 |
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FOR IMMIGRATION BETWEEN KURDS AND TURKEY. >> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT OF POPULATIONS AS THE KURDISTAN REGION IS STABILIZING AND HAS PROGRESSED.
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| 00:26:41 |
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THE STANDARD OF LIVING HAS IMPROVED AND MADE IT FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE TO MANY KURDS IN SYRIA AND IRAN AND EVEN IN PARTS OF TURKEY. WE HAVE A PRETTY OPEN...
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| 00:27:40 |
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OF IIE. I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER A MEMBER OF THE KURDISTAN REGION IS IN ANY DANGER WHATSOEVER OF SUFFERING AN ONSLAUGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM AL QAEDA...
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| 00:28:07 |
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AND OF ITSELF PRESENTS A DANGER TO OUR EXISTENCE. THE FACT THAT WE ARE OPEN ABOUT OUR PRO-AMERICAN ATTITUDE, THAT WE'VE BANKAMERICA PUBLICLY AND NOT...
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| 00:29:55 |
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IT HAD VERY POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE KURDISH GOVERNMENT AND THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE. IT SAID THE KURDS HAVE ALSO WORKED OUT A PEACEFUL...
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| 00:30:42 |
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TURKEY ON THE OTHER, SYRIA HAVING TO THE DOMESTIC ANGLE TO DEAL WITH. IRAN IS A POWERFUL NEIGHBOR, AND IT HAS A VERY LONG BORDER WITH US. IT IS A NEIGHBOR...
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| 00:32:35 |
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AREAS WHERE SOME CONFLICT OR DISAGREEMENT HAS ARISEN RELATED TO KIRKUK, AND WHO SHOULD CONTROL IT AND WHO SHOULD GET THE MONEY FOR THE FIELDS AND SO FORTH....
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| 00:33:01 |
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DEVELOPS HARMONY BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. KIRKUK IS A CITY THAT IS OIL- RICH, MULTI-ETHNIC, THAT HAS HAD A VERY MISERABLE HISTORY. A CITY THAT...
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| 00:38:30 |
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AND TURKEY, AND WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON A GREATER KURDISTAN PROPOSED BY THESE OTHER KURDS? >> THERE ARE KURDS IN THOSE COUNTRIES. WE ARE THE LARGEST COMMUNITY...
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| 00:38:52 |
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OWN COUNTRY. SOME ESTIMATES SAY WE ARE CLOSE TO 40 MILLION PEOPLE NOW. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE FROM, WHETHER FROM IRAQI, SYRIAN, KURDISTAN,...
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| 00:41:20 |
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THIS IS ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES OF THE REGION. HISTORICALLY, IT HAS BEEN THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN OUR
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| 00:41:27 |
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SOCIETY -- IT IS ALL TOO OFTEN IN NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN, AND IN PARTICULAR THE KURDISH WOMAN. WHEN THE MEN WERE OUT FIGHTING,...
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| 00:43:25 |
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GOING BACK 500 OR 1000 YEARS OF HOW THE KURDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I NEED THAT. IT WILL HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LOT. >>...
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| 00:43:43 |
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AFTERWARDS. WE COULD DO A WHOLE 12 STEPS DEDICATED ON THE HISTORY OF THE TRIBE. WE ARE AN INDO-EUROPEAN PEOPLE. WE ARE ARIAN. -- ARYAN. IT IS NOT CLEAR...
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| 00:47:11 |
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CULTURAL QUESTIONS THAT PRECEDED ME, I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE PLEASED IF YOU WOULD RECITE YOUR FAVORITE POEM OR A SHORT STORY OR SOMETHING IN THE NATIVE...
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| 00:47:39 |
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AM A INTERNATIONAL POLITICS STUDENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I AM CURIOUS. YOU MENTIONED
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| 00:47:47 |
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THAT YOU SUPPORT AN AMERICAN PRESENCE IN IRAQ. WHAT THE THINK WILL HAPPEN WITH THE IMPENDING REMOVAL OF TROOPS? >> U.S. TROOPS? >> YES. >> I THINK THE...
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| 00:48:07 |
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BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU. EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT HAVE MANY TROOPS UP IN KURDISTAN, WE KNOW YOU ARE NOT FAR AWAY. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE FIFTIES,...
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| 00:52:50 |
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TO DENVER AND YOUR INSIGHT. IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY INTERESTING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FROM THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE DENVER WATER...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.