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Opium war as an anomaly or something very particular to a very particular time and place. I am saying i am guilty of thinking about the opium war that way. But great scholarship, truly great scholarship like killer high in a lot of the work thats done here at the Watson Institute forces me and us to see the world in a totally new way. This book, has forced me, and i think it forces all readers to really focus on the internal and expansive relationship between drugs and war. That relationship ext...

Security will come to order. Let me say at the outset a number of our members are still in route from the Prayer Breakfast this morning. And they will join us accordingly. The Ranking Member being one of them. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the department of Homeland Securitys use of facial recognition of Biometric Technologies. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. The committees meeting today to continu...

Department of Veterans Affairs department of Agriculture Programs that identified Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance to those in need. Specifically todays hearing will focus on how veterans access to nutritional resources and how recent policy changes impact of thimpacted the availaf resources and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subco...

Since 2017. As the world bids goodbye to 2019, ringing in a brand new decade right now it is midnight in moscow russia. Well bring you celebrations all across the globe this hour. First Deirdre Bolton at the new york stock exchange. Green on the screen today. That certainly matched for this year, for this decade. If you look at the stocks really the standout stocks for the year, well start with that, before we Start Talking about the decade, apple is certainly one we have to highlight it. By far...

Will you please call the roll call . [roll call] we have a quorum. Thank you. Please call the first item. Item one is a hearing on how the cuts of over 300 classes will affect low income in communities of color and to take in High School Students who take city college of San Francisco classes to meet college and requirements, and any proposed cuts need to be heard by the students in communities most impacted. Thank you, mr. Clerk. This is a hearing that was called by supervisor walton. I will tu...

Breaking year for payouts, the best dividend stocks to own in this market. The Investment Committee is ready to go, Halftime Report starts now its great to have you with us on this friday, our Investment Committee, jim, josh brown, and portfolio manager, we begin with stocks, the dow hitting 29,000 for the First Time Ever, the question now, how far this market can really go, and whether its all happening a bit too quickly. Josh i come to you with that notion 37 days its taken to go from 28 k to,...

All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Historians who edited or wrote essays for the book reinterpreting seven histories talk about new avenues for understanding the history of the south. Topics discussed include native americans, the civil war, slavery, the environment, and the Great Depression. This panel was part of the 2019 Southern Historical Association Annual conference. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us on this panel about southern history. I am lori glover and work at st. Louis...

Strategy that substantially reduces the likelihood of war and a nucleararmed iran. The time is running short. The Administration May be committed to a policy of regime change, but the senate can act. We can pass a bipartisan s. J. Res. 68 and other measures to make sure that this administration cannot take us recklessly to war with iran without congressional authorization or a declaration of war. We owe it to the American People and to our Service Members to do this. Mr. President , i would yiel...

Today to discuss employee morale at the department of Homeland Security. Concerns about morale transcend party, nearly eight years ago my republican colleagues on this Committee Held a hearing on the same subject. Today, the subject of the hearing coincided with a recently released best places to work in the government rankings released by the partnership for public service. Unfortunately, the results indicate a strong need for improvement. This, year as has been the case since 2012, the dhs ran...

It is wonderful to see so many friendly faces, former officials, advocates, Congressional Staff, and thought leaders. Thank you for joining us this morning. It feels a little bit like a family reunion, but this is more than a reunion. It is more than an average think tank conference. We all have an urgent task before us, to be ready to advance the Progressive National security and Foreign Policy agenda on day one of a new presidency, should we be so lucky in november. It is obvious there will be...