After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
The army and defense. The first year he said almost nothing, the second year a little, the third year almost everything, the fourth year more than necessary, so i think approximately the same formula may be applied to ukraine, the europeans are really having an extremely difficult time without america, and political in military terms, but european militaryindustrial the complex, with all its limitations, is quite powerful, yes, it is not homogeneous, it is at different speeds, but the first year is extremely little, the second year more, next year they will be able to give zelsky even more, in the fourth year even more than probably , he will have people, accordingly, in the field of armaments, i think ukraine will not have problems, but with people this is a very big issue, and this is an issue that needs to be studied, another point that could play against ukraine if this will become a bone of contention between the electorates of the two candidates or several, of course, to the amer
Nagorno karabakh was controlled by Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. Azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. Heres more from dickran khodanian, a Freelance Journalist currently in goris. Im actually in goris, which is 30 minutes right after the illegal checkpoint that azerbaijan has set up. As you can see behind me, there are a few tents set up. As of now, theyre reporting that around 100,000 armenians have entered the republic of armenia. And just to give you an idea, the population of goris is 20,000. So one of the first stops is the city, because this is where they are registering. This is where theyre getting a media assessment. And this is where theyre being then later sent for accommoda
He was introduced by former republican president george w. Bush. Lican president , george w. Bush. First of all, i want to thank todays panelist. The discussions were relevant, fascinating, intelligent, and we cant thank you enough for participating in our conference. Secondly, i hope a lesson from the conversation was that if the United States withdraws, the world gets worse. And that if we expect to be secure at home, we had better worry about the lives of others abroad. [applause] he works at the george bush Intelligence Center which in my case is not oxymoronic. We are really lucky to have them here today. He is knowledgeable, he is a thoughtful guy. So please welcome to the stage cia director bill burns. [applause] cia director bill burns. [applause] thats all right. President , thank you very much. Im david kramer, the executive Director Director of the george w. Bush institute and its a real honor for me to be here with bill burns the director of the cia. He director of the cia.
I thought the discussions were relevant, fascinating, intelligent, and we cannot thank you enough for participating in our conference. Secondly, i hope a lesson from the conversation was that if the United States withdraws, the world gets worse and that if we expect to be secure at home, we better worry about the lives of others abroad. I want to its my honor to introduce the last conversation the nexttolast conversation, soon to be last conversation. I have known bill burns for quite a while because during my presidency, he was the ambassador to russia. By the way, the guy is fluent in russian. He was the number three at the state department. A really big job. He is now the head of the Central Intelligence agency. He works at the george bush intelligence center, which my case is not oxymoronic. We are really lucky to have him here today. He is knowledgeable. He is a thoughtful guy, so please welcome to the stage the cia director, bill burns. [applause] thats all right. Thank you very