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Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The p...

Women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait just a few short years and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war and many of them were women as well for the first time. It didnt turn out that way that we needed that many. At any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation with, they would barely get established and set up a hospital and they would ha...

Thanking our witnesses, secretary esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discussour policy in syria , particularly in light of the tevents that happened just a couple months ago in turkey when they invaded and drove the kurds out of portions of that but its our first hearing since congressman brendici has joined the committee. We have a lot of new faces but theyre not new faces anymore but its good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving, welcome. As i said the purpose of thi...

I want to start by thanking our witnesses secretary esper and chairmans a joint chief of staff for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria, particularly in light of the events that happened win turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving. The purpose of thi...

Cosponsors are listed in the program that you have received. My name is linda yar im a Research Professor here at the Elliott School and director of partnerships for International Strategies in asia. This is a program here at the Elliott School that partners directly with universities and Research Institutes across asia. And since 1994 weve had extensive work with universities and Research Institutes and Government Agencies in vietnam. We love to be able to also bring the voices of the region here. Here to washington. This week is devoted to waging peace in vietnam is especiall especially i wo...