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House conveniences for business at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. The house is expected to take up Energy Legislation that week. Live coverage of the house of representatives is on cspan. On cspan2, the senate comes back monday at 3 00 p. M. Later that day the Senate Begins debate on the nomination of gail smith to be administrator of the u. S. Agency for international development. Coming up next, a subcommittee looks at policing and the role of the Civil Rights Division. They heard members from that divis...

They announced the bombing against the rebels would be accompanied by fighter planes. So they are taking the threat environment more seriously than they did. As hannah mentioned on the military side they have made pretty significant strides in reform in the last couple years. A senior russian i was speaking with last week pointed out jokingly that of all things we said we will reform and the only ones with result is the military. It is true not only in terms of the professionalization of the for...

To put forward, so, i commend the u. S. Senate proappropriatio committee providing some assistance in that regard. I want to just invite david to ask, to address whether the, whether we can wait another 30 or 40 or 50 years to take action and expect not to have consequences. Thank you for the question. Not acting increases the cost of action. The longer we delay in action will increase the cost of action. Because we will have infrastructure lock in and other dynamics that will make it increasing...

Its called the crossroads of new york state, and this weekend our cspan cities tour will explore the history and literary life of syracuse, new york. On book tv, well visit the special Collections Library at Syracuse University and learn about the Antislavery Movement in the area through the papers of abolitionist garrett smith. A local author discusses her book, prelude to prison. Then well talk with jeff hems lee about his book going viral. Reality is a process of social sharing. Its the proce...

A Technology Perspective is an incubator to continue. Particularly for the sorts of technologies that are can be sized for special operations, special operations units. But at some point i think to the extent the growth of special operations will whether it continues or not, i think that has much more to do probably with the evolution in the future security environment as anything and that the more those sorts of forces are seen as the optimal sort of instrument to deploy in a particular conflic...

This month is also the 15th anniversary of you in Security Council resolution 1325. Which obligated nations, and not just ask pretty please, but obligated nations to include women in all peace negotiations and postconflict reconstruction. So the last decade and a half or so has been a time of great change. Are these anniversaries related . I think they are. I dont think it was a coincidence that young men from nations where women do not enjoy the full spectrum of rights as embodied in the conven...

As you can see, we havesee, we have a great panel. The importance of the conversation has been heightened. As we speak their negotiations going on in new york following secretary kerrys visit to moscow. With that i turn it over to our 1st speaker. Thank you. I am flattered to be here, delighted to be invited to Atlantic Council program and humbled to be among so many deeply experienced and wise copay lists. My task was to layout the motives for the russian intervention in syria and then say a li...

Together, how that partnership worked. Sen. Mccain when the terrible tragedy of 50 veterans dying in phoenix that were part of the phoenix v. A. Because theyre on a phantom waiting list, it happened that triggered this whole crisis that continues with the v. A. The leaders asked me to negotiate with bernie, who was at that time chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee. I must say to you that it was a very colorful and xrated experience. I believe that my reward will be in heaven, not here on e...

Whatever we discuss regional events. We take great pride in being multidisciplinary, cross disciplinary and in this case we have the Eurasia Center and the Hariri Center for the middle east working together on this fundamentally crossregional issue. And even as american russian and middle eastern diplomats are together new york wrestling with the same problems well be discussing here today. We would just like to go to our experts who began speaking. I should note that at the bar principle discus...

To the Market Reaction. The market seemed to rally on this news. Why do you think that was . Well, remember that this particular move was targeted way in advance, and the market had adjusted to it. The only question that was out there was what was going to happen subsequently that, not that you could actually make certain happen but with what the policy was. As it became apparent the fed was going to just raise the rates and then not do a whole series of rates, then basically the markets said un...