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Washington journal continues. Host welcome back to washington journal. Our guest is jordan tama, hes a professor at the school of International Service at american university. Welcome to the program. Guest thanks for having me on. Host we dont have a House Speaker right now. Can you talk about the National Security implications of what that means . Guest its a terrible time to not have a speaker from a National Security standpoint. Israel is at war with hamas. Ukraine is at war with russia. Both those countries have major needs. President biden is asking for congress to approve a major aid pac...

And informal powers when it comes to u. S. Foreign policy. Start with the formal. What are their duties and responsibilities . Guest congress has some very important formal powers under the constitution. The most important is the power of the purse. The president simply cant spend money on programs whether its defense, foreign aid, diplomacy, unless Congress Appropriates the money for that. We are seeing that right now with aid for ukraine and israel. President biden simply cannot provide new aid for ukraine and israel unless congress provides that money through appropriations legislation. And...

Host good morning. It is friday, october 20. The president addressed the nation last night the oval office, arguing that u. S. Security interest require supporting israel and ukraine. He is asking congress for more funding for military support for those countries, and in the house, presented of jim jordan said he would temporarily suspend his bid to become speaker but then reversed course and says he will make a third run. The house gavels and at 10 00 a. M. Today, and we will keep you updated. We are taking your calls on either or both of those topics. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202...

[laughter] you can watch this hearing and all confirmation hearings on our website cspan. Org. We will leave the last few minutes to take you live to the pentagon. This is the Briefing Room as we await the start of everything by defense secretary james mattis and joseph dunford. This is the first joint news conference. They are expected to provide an update on the war against isis and counterterrorism efforts. It should get underway in just a few moments. Live coverage on cspan2. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I returned last week from a meeting in copenhagen with the ministers of defens...

Counterparts from a dozen additional nations and discussed the military aspects of that campaign. Mr. Mcgurk, President Trumps special envoy and vital state Department Leader to the cotion to counter isis returned from his trip to syria, iraq and jordan and this is our first opportunity to get together and we took advantage of that to put this conference. This is a good time to describe where we are at, what has changed and the way ahead. President trump directed the department of defense to the comprehensive review of the campaign. We submitted that report and after his review, he ordered an ...