Independents 202 7488002. You can also send us a text at 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. Here are the headlines on john beings statement about win willing to testify. The story noting that bolton rejected demands as the administration delayed military aid. Here is john boltons statement from yesterday. During the impeachment controversy i have tried to meet my obligation as a citizen and former National Security adviser. Since my testimony is an issue i have tried to resolve the issue as best i could. Based on careful consideration and study i have decided that its the Senate Issues a subpoena i am prepared to testify to testify. A few hours ago the momentum for uncovering the truth in the senate trial gathered more momentum. One of the key witnesses i have bolton,r, mr. John former National Security advisor to President Trump correctly acknowledged that he needs to comply with a Senate
Escalatory spiral. A big part of this is that the United States decided to push , includingm pressure getting United States out of the joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran deal. That meant that we were putting pressure on the iranian government, and the iranian government decided to respond in various ways. Through proxies and other things. We have seen a spiral. If you think back over the last couple of years, you have had the tanker tax in the gulf, the attack on the saudi oil facilities, the tightening of the sanctions, you have also aen this contractor death and ratcheting up of these tensions. The worry that a lot of people have is that we are on a spiral. Owards a hot war the question is, whats next . In International Politics you have to talk about how the enemy gets a vote, the other side gets a vote, and a big part of this is how will iran respond . Its hard to say. Youve heard people talking and iran about a military strike on a military target. But who knows, that co
Council looked at the potential role of american muslims in combating terrorism, policy differences between the obama and Trump Administrations, at the potential impact of president trumps immigration policy. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. My name is rabia ahmed. Thank you so muchh for attending aus roundtable titled islam vers the west. We are grateful to our esteemed panelists who are agreeing to speak on this very critical in timely topic, and to all of our viewers were watching on cspan2 and listening on cspan radio. We would like for this penalty be as interactive as possible so we have cardsac on the table for our guests inhouse to submit question for the q a, and we also for our viewers were watching on tv, please tweet us your questions at hashtag ask impact. Before i pass the mics on to the director of a policy and ethics the program and the moderate of todays event, i which is like to say a few words about impact. Impact is a National Public Affairs Organization t
Involved said the removal was driven in part by concerns that President Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a may 2017 meeting in the oval office in which trump us discussed highly classified intelligence with sergi lavrov and sergi kislyak. The intelligence concerning isis in syria had been provided by israel. The disclosure to the yrussians by the president prompted officials to renew discussions about potential risk of exposure according to the source directly involved in the matter. At the time cia director mike pompeo told other senior Trump Administration officials too much information was coming out regarding the asset. This is incredibly significant and great reporting, important reporting, you worked for a long time on this. This is not the first time they were concerned about the asset. The background is important. At