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c-span, created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. >> john sopko is the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction. he testified on the trump administration's future strategy in that country. he also answered questions on how a possible peace agreement with the taliban could impact u.s. interests in afghanistan. held by a house oversight and reform subcommittee, this is almost two hours. subcommittee will come to order. a recess of the committee at any time. examining the trump administration's afghanistan strategy, and i now recogniz...

it is my pleasure to welcome you to this session of the center for the economics of the internet's review of the telecommunications act of 1996. with us today is commissioner michael o'rielly, former commissioner of the federal communications commission. internet's review of the telecommunications act of 1996. with us today is commissioner michael o'rielly, former commissioner of the federal communications commission. he was one of the original staff members working on the telecommunications act of 1996, together with yours truly. together we will have a brief review of the telecommu...

That was unfortunate. And anybody who thinks that the heat wasnt raised was saying that there was not going to be a deal i think is incorrect. But thats not why i asked for the one minute. What i asked for the one minute is, colleagues, the American People are relying on us to come together and to agree on things they know are very important to them and their families and their communities and their country. Let us not accuse one another back and forth of bad faith and lets lower the heat and lets try to get that work done. Well, the gentleman wouldnt yield to me but im glad to yield to him. M...

Coulter. So, tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify. What do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common the fact that theyre driving disruptions in their industries. In some ways, if you look at the history of tpg, while we are often called a private equity firm, from the very beginning when we started with continental airlines, people began thinking we were airline investors, but really, that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we h...

So, tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify. What do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common that they are driving disruptions in their industries. In some ways, if you look at the history of tpg, while we are often called a private equity firm, from the very beginning when we started with continental airlines, people began thinking the were airline investors, but that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly speciali...