Weeks after running aground in the im a recess a japanese ship begins to break apart spilling even more fuel onto the pristine coastline. We begin in baton rouge were to mulch as week of protests down the government crackdown has now culminated in the largest demonstrations yet against president Alexander Lukashenko a week after he declared an overwhelming victory in the president ial election his government is facing its greatest challenge since he came to power nearly 3 decades ago speaking at a progovernment rally rejected calls for his resignation or a rerun of the vote you accuse nato of sending troops and planes to the countrys western border a claim promptly rejected by the military alliance across many a crowd gathered for what they called a day of freedom longstanding grievances. I mean economy and the governments response to the coronavirus all contributed to growing anger over last weeks vote which the opposition says was was rigged and then theres been calls for lukashenko
Check to see if we have any member of the public on the line. If there is anybody that can hear me and would like to comment on commissioners matters, please press star 3. All right. So Public Comment is closed. We are now on item 15, new business agenda setting. Any new items . None. Is there anyone on the public line, please star 3. I think a bunch of us just got kicked off the system. Anybody there left . Seeing no one on the line, Public Comment is closed for item 15. We are on item 16, communications. Awe nun. Anyone in the public that would like to make comment . On communications . Last one. Anything . All right. Seeing no one, we are on item 17 and adjournment. Move to adjourn. Before we adjourn, i want to thank you very much for we are learning this process as we go, but i think youve got it almost down completely. You can be an inspiration to the entire city. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We will entertain a motion to adjourn. Second, third and fourthed. All those
Or until you complete this Online Training or all of this, whatever the process is. It should be you dont get to carry a gun around any more. Im here to support miss cohen. If a cop has had negative spikes against him or her, they do not we do not hire them in San Francisco. We absolutely need someone and that was i know leah cohen would help the people, especially out for american citizens in San Francisco and especially africanamerican young men who find themselves on the wrong side of the law. We need someone to speak up for the people and i whole heartedly believe that a she be appointedo this position. Thank you. Next caller, please. Speaker good morning or good afternoon, im britney and im calling in as a member of the San Francisco community, born and raised here in San Francisco, where the majority of my family still leaves and as a former staff member from when she served as president and member of the board of supervisors and im very enthusiastic to support her candidacy for
Geostrategic challenge with the rise of china poses for the United States, not just today but in the future. The communist party led people were public of china through unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, market manipulation and very prominently, in my view, nonreciprocal treatment, not just in the economic round but in many realms i has been a fore in the Global Economy that undercuts the resiliency and strength of the u. S. Economy. China has been one of the worlds fastestgrowing economies averaging close to 10 growth from 19792015. In 2014 china overtook the United States ass the Worlds Largest economy purchasing power parity basis according to the International Monetary fund. I believe that there is a strong eipartisan interest hopefully we will see that today in establishing a longterm economic United States strategy with our allies that focuses on reciprocity, intellectual property theft, and ultimately, from the United States perspective out competing the chines
The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any t time i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good morning todays hearing will focus on the f35 joint Strike Fighter a highly technical Stealth Fighter that is the pentagons largest and most costly acquisition programs in cf 35 Program Began more than 20 years ago the department of defense more than 350 billion onts Development Total cost to sustain the program is estimated at more than 1 trillion. Unfortunately this program is plagued by challenges including major problems with maintenance of the aircraft. This hearing will address the many, time and manpower the military is forceded to spend for spare parts from Lockheed Martin. Juneck 2019 the dod Inspector General found over a threeyear period more than 15000 spare parts for the f35 lacked dialogue that maintains Important Information of the spare parts. 2020 Committee Staff from the majority and minority visited multiple military bases and interviewed personnel who maint