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Next senators hold a moment of silence and speak about the mass shooting in orlando, florida. You. You appear from Senate Majority leader mitchell, minority leader harry reid and floridas senior senator bill melson. This is 30 minutes. Ask the Senate Majority leader. I ask unanimous consent the Senate Observer moment of silence for the victims of the a orlando victims. The senate will now observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando Attack. Madam president. The Senate Majority leader. E above this capital the American Flag flies at half halfstaff. A symbol of national relies take...

To have you today and particularly unfortunately given the tragic events in orlando at your book isis a history is particularly relevant today. We want to have a conversation in the context of what happens but also as your book very eloquently lays out the history of isis and thats what we want to try to understand because many people focus so much on the brutality but your book goes much further and much deeper than just talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology and you talk about the religious dimension which is so important for englishspeaking audiences to understand. Just as ...

I would like also for you to recognize our genocide and to bring every single one from the Islamic State whether a leader, middle or a soldiers, to bring everyone who committed these crimes to justice. We would love to see that. Again, thank you very much mr. Chairman, i dont have any more questions. But i just would like certainly to thank all of you. And one of the Key Takeaways for me here is we talk a lot about the golden rule, treating other people the way we want to be treated. We both have children. Our children are out of school. Out into the world. But the schools that they went to, t...

Something you highlighted in your testimony about them acting recently to recognize that lgbt rights are human rights. A first in that forum. You highlighted it and it is very important in moving forward. I guess i want to ask in terms of your po posals and recommendations to others, how important it is for governments and authorities and regimes to say lgbt rights are human rights and how dangerous is the absence of that, the silence to that. Thank you for this important question. From my own experience being a gay man in syria, i know i knew at an early age that the government has laws again...

Among u. S. , china, and russia, there are many other players. You also started to bring that out in your presentation. The rise of china, especially economically since 2010 against backdrop of Global Economic and financial crisis and the youre oh zone crisis has changed everybodys calculations. We start looking further afield both in the asiapacific and also europe and see that everybody is factoring china in in a different way. In many cases sometimes to russias detriment. Not just an issue how russia perceives the relationship with the United States against backdrop of the relationship with...