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Ill take the opportunity of session. To begin this im not going to spend a lot of time on introductions, but very briefly, i have been with us from brookings, and this is a real opportunity because my co panelist, interviewee, im not sure what to call him, he has a remarkable diversity of experience with 702. I actually met matt way back when he was working on guantanamo issues once of upon a time, but subsequent to that he became general counsel at nsa and went from there to run the National Co...

Cspan2s book tv. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a Senate Committee on the future of the federal Aviation Administration and the president s proposal to privatize the air Traffic Control system. This is just over two hours. Morning. I want to welcome secretary chao back today. This is her first time beforee the committee since being confirmed. Secretary, i want to thank you for appearing before us today to discuss reauthorization of thehe faa. We arend working hard on a bip...

Well leave at this point as ben carson is speaking about Housing Affordability challenges. Its a impose jum hosted by the National Housing complex. Many people i havent seen for quite some time enjoyed the meeting with some of the award winners. Now, last week hud hosted a Housing Policy Forum where i spoke about the Housing Market. It is stable, secure and sound. We must remain vigilant and very watchful and anticipate more than react. We must be prudent and practical, continue to maintain resp...

Cspan2s book tv. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a Senate Committee on the future of the federal Aviation Administration and the president s proposal to privatize the air Traffic Control system. This is just over two hours. Morning. I want to welcome secretary chao back today. This is her first time beforee the committee since being confirmed. Secretary, i want to thank you for appearing before us today to discuss reauthorization of thehe faa. We arend working hard on a bip...

Good morning. Well call this hearing to order. Well be waiting for senator hatch which will make an introduintr introducti introduction. Congressman from the private sector myself and this is absolutely i have been very impressed with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This nomination process is not easy, as youre well aware of. We have so many willing to subject themselves in this process and serve, you know, in the federal government far lot less than you make in ...

Row lit fest starting saturday at 11 a. M. Eastern on cspan2s book tv. Treasury secretary steven mooun mnuchin defended trumps 2018 budget request for his department on capitol hill. He appeared before the house weighs and means committee. He once again called on congress to raise the debt ceiling before leaving for their august recess. This is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] [ inaudible conversations ] the committee will come to order. Good afternoon. And thank all for joining us tod...

The relationship between iran and syria, the governments decision to help syrian president assad in his civil war, and how iran can destabilize the region. This is about an hour. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for coming to the American Enterprise constitute. Im fred kagan. Im director of the critical threats project here at aei. And its my great honor and privilege to lead this panel discussing a report which has just been released by my colleague, matt mcinnis, the futur...

South korean president. The panelists including korean and American Scholars who talked about the challenges north korea posed to the u. S. And asian allies. Afterwards they took questions from the audience. This is about 90 minutes. Okay, thank you very much, everybody, for coming to this event at iiss discussion for north korea, boom or bust. Normally we have a 30 drapout rate for those that signal tendance. Today we had a 30 increase. Thats a tribute to our speakers. But also to the issue at ...

School. Were live today and author thomas ricks is next. His book is churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. Hello, everybody, walk to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune print effort row lit fest. Answer to thank our sponsors. Todays program well be broadcast like on cspan2s booktv. If theres time at the end of the q a session we ask that you use the microphone provided to that the viewers at home can hear you. Before we begin todays program, please silence your phones. Welcome our interviewer...

Anyone say what im about to say to you. The most remarkable thing in that photograph is that there are is a child in it. A child under the age of ten. In fact there are tree or four children under the age of ten in that photograph. Now, this is a photograph taken in the spring of 1943. We know when the population of the warsaw get to the was down to about 50,000. We know from the records of the warsaw get oadministration how many were still alive. Fewer than 500. There had been 50,000 of them wh...