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At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreove...

Chief of staff. Before that i held a number of different positions with another member and with two committees. Being the chief of staff of the speaker is very much like drinking out of a fire hose everyday. We had two years under president bush. Then two years under president obama. During that time we covered everything from the financial collapse to the passage of health care and stimulus and the after effects of the financial meltdown. The last two years we lost the majority so we were in th...

Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. You just have no idea how warmi warming, how generous, your affection and im gratified by it. Im sorry we got here a little bit late and a little bit short. Earlier today i spoke to president bush and i offered him and laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation. We talked about the danger of division in our country and the ne need, desperate need finding Common Ground and co...

To keep it in place. We start with the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan there are claims the latest attempt to when the violence is faltering just hours after it began both sides are accusing each other of violating a 2nd russian mediated ceasefire in the space of a week it was established the day after the there is said 13 people were killed in a missile attack in the city of ganja more than 700 people are estimated to have died so far in the fighting in the occupied region of nagornokar...

Welcome to the weekly where we bring you the days news along with the biggest headlines from the past week. First in germany excepted moscows request for legal cooperation on a probe into the alleged poisoning of onyx and im only over state prosecutors warn some information will only be shared with the consent of the activists its as Russian Police asked to interview him in berlin where hes in hospital germany and that still expects russia to be held accountable for the incident. The relations w...

Conversation by adam gopnik. My name is bo mendez, manager of program progressive communications. Brooklyn Historical Society. While we walk in the tort physical location i am still honored and have opposed to welcome you all to our virtual programs. We look forward to hopefully having you join us for more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of two Nights Program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to more virtual programs. We wi...

I am the Vice President of the open Society Foundation that is hosting this event. And i should say, that we are going to talk to around 45 minutes, give or take. And that we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions. Those questions that you would like to share with eric and maya and me should be sent to questions at open Society Foundations. Org. Questions and open Society Foundations. Org party can also do this by twitter. If you really need to, you can do it via facebook. We are r...

Of us 2020 feels like its been a decadelong and so this fall, two months from now we are going to be facing an election which will be the First Time Ever that an impeached president appears on the ballot. Could you talk a little bit about the dynamics that were set into motion by this investigation by the subsequent impeachment and the acquittal that are still playing out today as we head into this final stretch before the election . Thanks karen, i will start their. Two big big things, one is e...

Reacting fast enough. And israel tightens its 2nd nationwide knocked down further banning protests and ordering all nonessential businesses to close. With one of the biggest football stars in the world. For coronavirus. A senior republican politicians in the United States have been promising an orderly transition if donald trump loses novembers president ial election this after the president refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power during wednesdays White House Briefing Senate Majority ...

With you giving a brief background and very briefly with your job and experience and career. Yes. Thank you for doing this today. I grew up in Dutchess County new york and i received a nomination to the Us Naval Academy which i started one week after graduating high school 1989. I completed annapolis and was then commissioned in the u. S. Navy and served first as armscontrol action officer in the pentagon and then i moved on Surface Warfare ships and navy ships in the atlantic and in the middle ...