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Day. Good morning. I am dane kennedy, director of the National History center. I want to welcome you to this briefing on congressional oversight and president ial misconduct. This is part of an ongoing series by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issues that congress is currently addressing. I should stress that the center is a strictly nonpartisan entity and is the purpose of this program and the others we do in the series are not to advocate for any particular po...

Check out this clip of defense secretary mark us on face the nation when pressed about President Trumps for embassy assassination justification for the president didnt say when there was a tangible he didnt cite a specific piece of evidence what he says he probably he believes are you saying that event one i didnt see one with regard to 4 embassies what im saying is i share the president s view that probably my expectation was theyre going to go after our embassies. Probably maybe could. You see...

From the National Press club, this is about an hour. Good afternoon, and thank you all for being here to todays newsmaker interview. Our guest is mark morgan, who is the acting commissioner of protection,border one of the dhs agencies, the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country, and brings in the second highest amount of revenue of any Law Enforcement agency, and i would venture to say, probably more popular than the agency that brings in the most, which is the irs. Thank you for being he...

The committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record, subject to the limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that today is mr. Mccauls birthday. So happy birthday, mr. Mccaul. [ applause ] im 35 years once again. Yes. Me too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy toward iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses....

We were not. The lack of advanced consultation and transparency with congress was put in the constitution for rather, the need for advanced consultation and transparenty was put in the con constitution for a reason, because the lack of advanced consultation and transparency with congress can lead to hasty ill considered decisions. When the security of the nation is at stake decisions must not be made in a vacuum. The framers of the constitution gave war powers to the legislature, and made the ex...

Greetings and. You know you live long enough talk watchers and youll realize that the age old adage the more things change the more things stay the same couldnt be more true especially when it comes to u. S. Foreign policy you see while the faces and names of u. S. President s may change the fact list excuses for our military adventurism drone assassinations and regime change wars do not recently weve seen u. S. President donald trump and his pack of political sycophants and Administration Offic...

Operation designed to kill Major General Qassem Soleimani no one should shed a tear over his death. The operation against soleimani was conducted without specific authorization and any advance notification and consultation with congress. I am a member of the gang of eight which is typically briefed in advance about operations of this level of significance. Not. The lack of advance consultation and transparency with congress was put in the constitution for or the need for advanced consultation an...

I want to start by thanking our witnesses secretary esper and chairmans a joint chief of staff for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria, particularly in light of the events that happened win turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore bu...

A war. Iran Supreme Leader is vowing forceful revenge. Here at home Republican Leaders voice support for the attack. Democrats in congress agree soleimani was a threat but claim the president s decision done without consults them with destabilize the middle east and possibly lead to another war. Pentagon is beefing up u. S. Forces in the mideast in response to the killing. 3,000 soldiers in North Carolina will be deployed to the region. Just days of a 700 soldiers were sent to kuwait after the p...

Evening. Inave taught religion america for more than 35 years. And i believe that the First Amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a. D dress of grievances the to come first, which is where religious...