Statement. Thank you, secretary shenker and assistant administrator harvey for testifying today. Nearly three years into the Trump Administration, the United States faces a multitude of challenges in the middle east. While the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destaiblize countries. Despite President Trumps bella koes rhetoric, tehran has bnl able to launch attacks. Undermining u. S. Deterrence and credibility. The Iranian Nuclear program is more advanced today. And the International Community is more guided in con froonting it. Iran continues to unjustly imprison americans and violate the human rights of its own people. Iran also continues to support bashar alla sawed and inside syria and in neighboring countries. This conflict in the humanitarian crisis will reshape the middle east for decades to come but our policy in syria remains ambiguous at best. President trump has now twice announced the rapid and complete withdrawal from troops from syria wit
Welcome, everyone the subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on both budgetary and policy priority is in the middle east for the fiscal year 2020. We look forward to hearing from the witnesses about the 2020 budget2020budget for the departf Near Eastern Affairs bureau. Thanks the witnesses were appearing today and now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Thank you assistant administrator for testifying today nearly three years into the administration the United States faces a multitude of challenges while the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destabilize from iraq to lebanon despite President Trumps bellicose rhetoric, tehran has been able to launch attacks in the International Shipping and regional states and undermining the deterrence and credibility in the process. The program was more intense today than it was on the day President Trump took office and the International Community is more divided in confronting i
Middle east for the fiscal year 2020. We look forward to hearing from the witnesses about the 2020 budget2020budget for the departf Near Eastern Affairs bureau. Thanks the witnesses were appearing today and now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Thank you assistant administrator for testifying today nearly three years into the administration the United States faces a multitude of challenges while the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destabilize from iraq to lebanon despite President Trumps bellicose rhetoric, tehran has been able to launch attacks in the International Shipping and regional states and undermining the deterrence and credibility in the process. The program was more intense today than it was on the day President Trump took office and the International Community is more divided in confronting it. Iran continues to imprison americans including my constituents and finally the human rights of its own people. Iran
And a standoff ko continues in ukraine as they have three buildings. And they will stop an out break of bird flu. And volgograd and now pakistan and the olympic torch travels through some of the most dangerous regions. And a third day of syrian peace talks is getting underway in swiss land and the chance of a breakthrough looks slim. They want to talk about president bashir alassad handing over power but his team has other ideas and that is a day after the two sides made some progress, a deal on a safe passage for civilians and it would take place in palms in the early stages of the up rising there and s. In c says its time to move talks forward and this is what they had to say late last night. Tomorrow, we will Start Talking about transition to democracy and clearly the regime is not enthusiastic to talk about that and they are trying to use delay tactics, trying to go into details about information that cant be verified. Reporter and from the syrian peace talks, in geneva, now, james
The u. N. Says plans to save the ceasefire in sudan are under way. First volgograd and now dagestan, the olympic torch travels through one of russias dangerous regions. So the first country to rise up in the arab spring has what some say is one of the most progressive constitutions in the region. Tunisia enshrined equal rights for men and women. The right to due process and protection from torture and it was done with consensus. It was a benchmark for neighbours struggling to recover from its own resolutions. This was the moment tunisian politicians put aside their difference, passing an historic constitution. Three years on from the rev lugs, its revolution, its been a long and emotional road. Of course nothing is perfect. We strongly believe that this constitution represents a basis and forces a necessary and balanced mechanism balancing rights and freedom. Tunisia has a potential new government. The Prime Minister presented his cabinet to the president. Parliament will vote on the m