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I want to thank our witnesses, secretary esper, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria particularly in light of the events that happened when turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but ...

Good afternoon and welcome to is newly renovated headquarters. I am the Senior Vice President at the middle east institute. I am pleased to welcome you to todays important and timely commsby examining cent approach to the middle east. We will explore prospects for an effective u. S. Military role in the region, especially given current news from northeast syria. Great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollock, we are also pleased to welcome back senior fellow and director of t...

Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 36. Twothirds of the senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask consent before the roll call to be recognized to make a unanimous consent reque...

They conducted air strikes. Theyve conducted artillery strikes. Must population displacement that has been we told that since they started from the violence and i believe that we have theyre holding grids in sport unfortunately yet another humanitarian crisis in syria. Also coming up he released imprisoned journalists and made sure that women were in his cabinet and made peace with his neighbor for that and more ethiopias Prime Minister. Is receiving the 2019 a nobel prize for peace. With regard...

What we are doing today. This whole festival is about the idea that we all have a stake in government. Of our and we as citizens should be more engaged and better informed as a way to motivate civic participation tams complicated and simple as that. For 10 years, the texas tribunes journalism, we have tried to give all of youened everybody else in texas and elsewhere, a way into that conversation. It is Public Service journalism in the ideal. We believe in it, we believed in it then, we believe ...

Current news from northeast syria. We have great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollack, dana stroul and were also pleased to welcome back in the eye senior fellow and director of the defense and Security Program bilal saab after a oneyear fellowship in the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue of the washington quarterly entitled broken partnerships can washington get S...

Foreign relations for a discussion on u. S. Policy toward syria and washington dc with live coverage here on cspan. Welcome. The executive director, Syrian Emergency Task force. We have the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for the middle east. Assistante the deputy secretary of state for affairs and special envoy for syria. Thank you to all four of you for being here today. Everything important in life i learned from two sources. Johnny cash and the United States military. The military as r...

We have one hour together with susan rice. That will include 50 minutes for questions and answers so you have 45 minutes to think of killer questions and i am looking forward to hearing them. You all know ambassador rice. She served as president obamas u. N. Advisor and the National Security advisor. Previously, as the assistant cemetery of state for African Affairs under the bill Clinton Administration you also may know she has a book coming out soon. my story oflove things we are fighting for....

Thank you for being here. This is important. What we are doing oday. This whole festival is on behalf welcome to the festival and to our oneonone with susan rice. We have an hour together. Thats going to include at least 15 minutes of time for your questions and answers, so youve got 45 minutes to think of some killer questions and im looking forward to hearing them. You all know ambassador rice. She served as u. N. Ambassador then security ide viser and then secretary of state under the bill cl...

So welcome to the annual lecture. Featuring our special guest general david berger in the marine corps. He is a true american patriot, he is making very exciting changes to the recorder and he is here to share with you. We are honored to have him here to hear his insights and to see what the future holds for the marine corps. We would like to think the sponsor for this event James Mcginley who makes a series of lectures possible. The annual colonel lecture always features an distinguished speake...