Ohio. Caller from columbus, ohio. Caller i am not knowledgeable about that. Host thank you for joining us. We take you live to hearing focusing on the iran nuclear agreement. Thank you for being with us. Good morning pit welcome to the heritage foundation. We welcome those of you who join us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. We ask those inhouse to make sure cellphones have been silenced as we prepare to begin as a courtesy. And our internet viewers are always welcome to send questions or comments, emailing speaker heritage. Org. The director of our Douglas Center for Foreign National Security Policy. Asserved for three decades an Army Special Forces officer, and top pentagon official, he is well versed in special operations and Cyber Security as well as defense support to civil authority. He served as military assistant to don rumsfeld for 5. 5 years. Upon retirement, he continued at the department of defense. Prior to heritage, he was a lead consultant to ibm on
They crafted this case and won in rosedale and the decisions that was rendered said children cannot be discriminated against based on the color of their skin. It was an incredible victory for 1924 but appeals came where we were sitting and they ruled against it which made it became state law and it was appealed again and it became law of the land of the country and the Supreme Court in 1927 and over the course of those three years this family was back and forth, they didnt know what to do with their children, if they were safe in the south, or north, they landed in arkansas, the whole legacy of immigration and the role of immigrants in the Civil Rights Movement and overall construction of the south has kind of been pushed to the side because it doesnt fit easily in four paragraphs in a textbook which is why i devoted this book to it but i would love to see more come out and look at the fact there were enslaved immigrants in the mississippi delta, plantations outside new orleans, this l
Acting director. This hearing on the 2020 census is available on cspan. Org. Leaving the last few minutes for a conference on countering violent extremism in qatar, iran, and the Muslim Brotherhood, featuring lawmakers and former intelligence officials. House Homeland Security Committee Chair mike mccaul, david petraeus, and former white house strategist steve bannon. Coming up shortly, former defense secretary leon panetta. From the beginning, it has been devoted to the freedom, security, and prosperity of the United States and the health of its institutions. Its work is especially focused on strategies for the long term, strategies that thus deal with our most abiding challenges. In its research, it draws upon a wide variety of perspectives and opinions, and it will do so today. And it covers a wide variety of policy areas. Domestic, foreign, and National Security. Let me first of all in addition thank you all for being here and participating in this conference. I said before that th
And we have with us here mr. Stewart force, mike mccall many of you know as chairman of the Homeland Security committee. Congressman brad sherman from los angeles. Congressman hank johnson is with us as well. What i thought i might do here is let me say a few words of introduction, if i could on behalf of mr. Stewart force, because i wanted to share with him how much we admire his work, the work he has done, the work his wife robbie has done to try to ensure that no other family has to endure the pain that their family has endured. Their son taylor force was a Great American patriot. He was a west point graduate, as you know, who served his country with honor in iraq, and had served in afghanistan. And i i remember our meeting last spring with senator corker. My democrat counterpart eliot engel and i have put together a bipartisan house version of the Taylor Force Act which we will be marking up in a few weeks. And i want to thank him again for taking the time to address us here today.
If i could have everyones attention at this time and ask everybody to take their seats. If we might, im congressman ed royce, i chair the Foreign Affairs committee. [ applause ] and we have with us here mr. Force, mike mccall, many of you know is chairman of the Homeland Security committee. [ applause ] congressman brad sherman from los angeles. Congressman hank johnson, as well. What i thought i might do here is let me say a few words of introduction if i could on behalf of mr. Stewart force because i wanted to share with him how much we admire his work, the work he has done, the work his wife has done to try to ensure that no other family has to endure the pain that their family has endured. Their son, taylor force was Great American patriot. He was a west point graduate who served his country with honor in iraq and served in afghanistan. And i remember our meeting last spring with senator corker. My democrat counter part elliot engel and i have put together a bipartisan version of t