The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi
With the most natural satellites. President trump has been angrily defending his decision to pull american troops out of northern syria, a move that opens the way for an attack by turkey on kurdish fighters, long time American Allies in the fight against the Extremist Group the Islamic State, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. Mr trump has repeated his warning to turkey not to take advantage of the withdrawal, threatening to decimate the turkish economy if they go what he called off limits. The kurds have been leading the Syrian Democratic forces and have been key to defeating the Islamic State extremists in syria. The kurds have reduced areas under is control to virtually nothing, and now hold thousands of is prisoners and their families. President trump and the government in ankara have proposed a 20 mile so called safe zone on the border to help the return of millions of Syrian Refugees currently in turkey. The kurds see the american withdrawal, which has already begun, as a s
President trump has been angrily defending his decision to pull american troops out of Northern Syria, a move that opens the way for an attack by turkey on kurdish fighters, long time American Allies in the fight against the Extremist Group the Islamic State, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. Mr trump has repeated his warning to turkey not to take advantage of the withdrawal, threatening to decimate the turkish economy if they go what he called off limits. The kurds have been leading the Syrian Democratic forces and have been key to defeating the Islamic State extremists in syria. The kurds have reduced areas under is control to virtually nothing, and now hold thousands of is prisoners and their families. President trump and the government in ankara have proposed a 20 mile so called safe zone on the border to help the return of millions of Syrian Refugees currently in turkey. The kurds see the american withdrawal, which has already begun, as a stab in the back. Our International
President trump has been angrily defending his decision to pull american troops out of Northern Syria a move that opens the way for an attack by turkey on kurdish fighters, long time American Allies in the fight against the Extremist Group the Islamic State, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. Mr trump has repeated his warning to turkey not to take advantage of the withdrawal, threatening to decimate the turkish economy if they go what he called off limits. The kurds have been leading the Syrian Democratic forces, and have been key to defeating the Islamic State extremists in syria. The kurds have reduced areas under is control to virtually nothing, and now hold thousands of is prisoners and their families. President trump and the government in ankara have proposed a 20 mile so called safe zone on the border, to help the return of millions of Syrian Refugees currently in turkey. The kurds see the american withdrawal, which has already begun, as a stab in the back. Our Internationa
Francisco right around a mile at that point and seeing that fog searching all the way up into the east bay times into the afternoon just as youd expect will have some sunshine conditions to he came back out and then early afternoon this time around we are going to see that fog pushing back through yesterday we stayed nice and clear all the way into the evening for peninsula areas thats not going to be the case this evening as fog will push back in after dose of sunshine in the early afternoon as for our skies, they are nice and dry. We do have just a couple of spots of drizzle sitting right off shore. You may be turning on that windshield wiper a time or 2 is your traversing around Half Moon Bay pacifica on up towards the ocean beach this morning. Temperatures 50s on the peninsula but then 60s elsewhere, dublin, oakland conquered pittsburgh livermore also in the 60s this morning concord and pittsburgh noticeably not just in the 60s but just a few degrees shy of the 70 degree mark in th