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Events. Before we get started i ask that you please silent your mobile devices and cell phones. Please note this conference is open to the press and it is being webcast live and being recorded. The comments from the stage of all the speakers, panelists and moderators are all on the record. As theme for the conference this year is achieving advantage and we will attempt to provide insight on how america can continue to achieve strategic advantage to address current and future global challenges. Our opening keynote speaker today is someone who daily looks at, addresses and is at the heart of Nat...

Within our caucus and i do think its time to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders. And i want to be a part of that transition. I want to see that happen. You know, i think that we have too many really great members here that, you know, dont always get the opportunities that they should. And, you know, i would like to see that change. Would nancy pelosi win a caucus leadership fight right now if she were challenged . I dont know. I mean, i dont know. There are a lot of members in our caucus and again, everybody has their opinion. I just dont know what the answer to that is. By saying i...

Nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General dunford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation. We are grateful to your wife ellen for the support she has always provided to you and to all who serve our nation in uniform. Id also like to welcome your son patrick. Patrick. Fortunately, you look like your mother, patrick, who is joining us this morning. Joe and ...

Act. We will hear from those who will create courageously share their family story with us and also others will offer a perspective of current state of what i propose changes you then have the opportunity to hear from the panel of expert witnesses sharing their views that has drawn significant support. Last month senators introduced an act of 2017 with Bipartisan Group of 20 coast sponsors have grown since then including eight members of this committee. This would amend section 230 to bring to justice websites that knowingly facilitate sexual trafficking. That affects every Community Across am...

Grann here. These were circumstances out of everyones control. His plane was delayed. You may insert your own early joke here. Tonight david grann will talk about his book, 28, the story of the unspeakable historical crime of greed, fear, anger and racial cleansing. It is part crime thriller them apart political history and this is a book that will generate conversation long after david catches his next plane. It is easy to read this book because david tells the story in a riveting detail rich, suspenseful way. It is hard to read this book because it is true and devastating and maddening. Davi...