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Required length of time. Is there a motion to favorably report these 3,196 military nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. Xh tig the Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General ton ford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distongue wished service to our nation. We are grate to feel your wife, ellen, for the support she has always p...

Nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General dunford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation. We are grateful to your wife ellen for the support she has always provided to you and to all who serve our nation in uniform. Id also like to welcome your son patrick...

We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose foll...

Its a crisis. It doesnt discriminate. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month a Police Officer named chris green in east liverpool, ohio, had a near fatal fentanyl overdose following a routine traffic stop. He went up to a car and noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals, went back to the police station, and noticed that on his shirt there was some powder. He reached up like this and brushed the powder off his shir...

Individual, went back to the Police Station and noticed on his shirt was some powder. He brushed the powder off the shirt, he is 6 foot 3, 225 pounds am a big man, he fell to the floor unconscious from overdose. They administered antidote immediately but it wasnt enough, rushed him to the hospital where two more doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have died had he been alone. What if he had gone home with that power on his shirt and hugged his kid . That is just an e...

With Border Patrol agents on their missions to catch undocumented immigrants. I was surprised to see how much the Border Patrol was cooperating. To be inside of that world and see the ways these guys are talking about hunting mexicans. And then to see federal law enforcement, not only tolerate them, but kind of use them in a certain way. Amy mother jones Senior Reporter shane bauer joins us to tell the story of how he went undercover in california, arizona, colorado, to report on the rightwing m...

Then we take a look at undercover firsthand account of border militias loooosely organized networks of armed men who sometimes collalaborate with Border Patrol agents on their missions to catch undocumented immigrants. I was surised to see how much the Border Patrol was cooperating. To be inside of that world and see the ways these guys are talking about hunting mexicans. And then to see federal law enforcement, not only tolerate them, butind of use them in a certain n way. Amy mother jones Seni...

Then we take a look at undercover firsthand account of border militias loooosely organized networks of armed men who sometimes collalaborate with Border Patrol agents on their missions to catch undocumented immigrants. I was surised to see how much the Border Patrol was cooperating. To be inside of that world and see the ways these guys are talking about hunting mexicans. And then to see federal law enforcement, not only tolerate them, butind of use them in a certain n way. Amy mother jones Seni...

The fundamental driver was that we are the minority partner. Its partly about partnership. Its partly about innovation. You know, back there were a few courses around this country. Now the course at berkeley that has the single most attendance. You have kids in high school and College Setting up their own ngos and traveling around the world. Now days all spend time in developing countries. So and you have huge amounts of innovation. The development breakthroughs are not necessarily coming out of...

Agreement this year. We need a creative and pragmatic approach to resolve any outstanding issues. The europeans have a lot on their plate. The brexit vote, the migrant crisis. We sympathize with them and hope they can summon the political will to get this done. Ende is more at stake the ever before, given the questions being raised about the nature and future of the european union. The bold action necessary to promote the growth in jobs . Create the future opportunities young people in to thrive...