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We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy today we hear from john sullivan. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. Operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those ...

We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. S...

I must be allergic to this panel. If youll stand to be sworn in. Do you confirm that the testimony before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth . Thank you. Ill go ahead and introduce both of you together and then well proceed from there. Ms. Jamie winterton is director of strategy for asu Global Security initiative. Glad youre representing the state so well. Specializes in Cyber Security and defense research. Prioring to joining asu she was a scientist for L...

Its 7. 00am in singapore. And 8. 00am in beijing, where the final day of the 19th Party Congress is just about to get underway. President xi jinping looks set to be confirmed as the most powerful man of his generation and elevated to the same status as mao zedong and deng xiaoping. His personal political ideology, xi jinping thought, is to be written into the partys constitution and will be taught in schools. Joining us from Tiananmen Square in beijing is robin brant. What will be taking place o...

Its 8. 00am in singapore and 9. 00am in beijing, where the final day of the 19th Party Congress is just about to get underway. President xi jinping looks set to be confirmed as the most powerful man of his generation and elevated to a similar status as mao zedong and deng xiaoping. His personal political ideology, xijinping thought, is to be written into the partys constitution and will be taught in schools. In xi jinpings new era, people who think differently learn to hide. Hi leilei is careful...

Senator compareder in the United States was the last senator gardner the United States was the last standing. It was hurting our interest. It was hurting the ability of this elected government to have a good start in addressing the problems that had been ignored by 50 years of military authoritarian repressive rule. It does not mean burma had reached perfection. Mr. Murphy we knew this would be bumpy. We knew there would be challenges. We had to look at the tools available to us to encourage beh...

Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with milita...

Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with milita...

Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009, the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. Policy taking a leap of faith in an approach combining in engagement and pressure would usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical of such a shift, 2010 elections provided an opportunity to test the credibility of a more proactive engagement approach. And in the en...

Good morning, the hearing will come to order. Er id like to say on one hand, its nice to see senator carper acting as my Ranking Member, but thesa circumstances are unfortunate to say the least. Senator mccaskills husband is in the icu, so senator mccaskill is with him in missouri. We certainly want to send them our thoughts and prayers, for claire, for joe, and their family members as well. I just mentioned, i texted with claire last night to see how he was doing. He apparently had a massive he...