Recommendation to expand registration to include women. Author and former Obama Administration official cass ,unstein talks about his book impeachment a citizens guide. Host there are eight dead and anleast 11 injured following attack in new york city yesterday. Reportedly he shouted god is great in arabic after the attack. The attack was carried out in the name of isis. That we will tell you about in the first hour of washington genesys morning. We invite your phone calls on the attack and related issues stemming from that great you want to give us a call this 202 7488001 democrats. 202 7488002 republicans. 202 7488005 independents. Can post on our facebook page. Abc News Highlights some of the him thison about morning saying he became a legal permanent resident of the United States. He lived in cincinnati, tampa florida, most recently paterson new jersey where he lived with his wife and three children and that he rented the vehicle at a nearby home depot. He also worked as a uber dri
Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso thank you, mr. President. This week, the senate is moving through a series of votes to fill vacancies in the federal appeals court. President trump has nominated highly qualified, mainstream judges and legal scholars to do these jobs. Now, democrats have responded once again with delay and with obstruction. It is clear to me that we need to change the rules in the senate that govern how we debate nominations in this body. All year, democrats have been putting up roadblocks to nominations. They have forced the majority leader to file cloture so that they we can confirm nominees like these four judges. President trump, as of last mister president , as of last friday, democrats have forced the senate to file cloture 47 times when we had to have cloture vote on Donald Trumps nominees. There are only 6 cloture votes of the previous president , 5 for obama, none for georg
You start to create conditions in which they can return voluntarily to where they are from. That would be an unmitigated good. It is something we are working hard for. We will continue to make sure they can bear the burden of these refugees. It includes isis. I know they work very hard to prevent that. Theres an area we can see where the u. S. Can actually make a difference in helping maintain stability despite challenges. The Banking System, if you will, something that has been a backbone of their economy, i think maintaining it is important but also as we advise them ensuring that Banking System is not exploited by bad elements, doesnt become for money laundering. In fakts the entire existence is where it gets tricky and our ability and the situation that lebanon is experiencing now, the good news is they have a government. Thank you very much. Mr. Snyder of illinois. Thank you mad dam chairman for hosting or calling this hearing and to our witnesses for being here this afternoon. I
Opioid epidemic. After that, a border oversight hearing. Yesterday the United Nations called for the lift on the u. S. Embargo against cuba. Several Defense Department nominees testified at conformation hearing earlier. Well hear from mark esper asked about Army Readiness and Sexual Assaults in the military. The Senate Armed Services committee is chaired by arizona senator, john mccain. Good morning. Senate Armed Service s committe meets to consider the nominations of mark t. Esper for secretary of the army. Personnel of red naez. Joseph to be undersecretary of defense for intelligence. And guy v. Roberts for nuclear, chemical and biological defense weapons. I would like to say that ive been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense. And the administration in being cooperative in responding to our questions and to our ability to carry out our responsibilities on the Defense Authorization bill. I think that most members were happy with the briefing that we received concernin
Service, has been tested. Routinely theyve proven their courage, skill and determination. The burden imposed on our soldiers only gres as threats to our nation increase and sequestration remains the law of the land. Given current operational demands, restoring readiness must be the armys First Priority. Weve made some progress this year towards improving ready brigads ready for deployment. But the army still does nautd plan to return to full Spectrum Readiness until 2021 at the earliest. Meanwhile, the army is woefully behind on modernization and our soldiers are increasingly unprepared to confront the harsh realities of 21st century warfare. With glaring capability gaps, these problems would only get worse as our adversaries continue to modernize their forces. Put simply our army lacks both the adequate capacity and the key capabilities to win decisively. If confirmed we will expect you to implement the six key priorities for force modernization that the remember army announced last m