The opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Announcer coming up, a discussion about three women from the afghan female tactical platoon who trained and worked alongside u. S. Special forces and are now facing potential deportation. This discussion is hosted by the womens Foreign Policy group. Good evening, everybody, and welcome. I am the executive director of the womens Foreign Policy group. On behalf of our board and our staff, and importantly, our value coorganizers, as i call your name, please stand. Composed of 68 afghan women trained by the military embarked on dangerous, highprofile missions and pursuits against the taliban. With the distinct ability to contribute tactical strength and communication expertise, these womenrcised relentless spirit andnmatched strength during hardship. The ftp worked alongside the Cultural Support Team consisting of highly trained american female soldiers to interact with women and chil
I think President Trump was the right president at the right time. I think his policies were good. [laughter] i had a great working relationship with him. I told him the truth. When he was doing something right, i supported him. When he was doing something wrong, i showed up in his office, pick up the phone, and said you cannot do this. We had a very Good Relationship in terms of that. Having said that, i think we need a new leader. I dont think he will be good going forward. [laughter] [applause] when you ask a president ial candidate was the first thing you would do, some tend to go with what they would do with congress. I will tell you that a president should always control what you can control first. That is your agencies. The first thing i would do is what i did in South Carolina. You do not put in a politician. You and people who know their constituencies. No other challenges. We sent people from every agency to clean it up. Pull down any sort of bureaucracy and make it more effi
With us today. Courtesy of peter and pamela vos as well as bob and alice. Alison smith bob drury is the author, coauthor, editor of nine books hes written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, vanity fair, mens journal and gq. Hes currently a contributing editor and Foreign Correspondent for mens health, and he lives in new jersey. Tom clavin is the author or coauthor of 16 books for 15 years. He wrote for the New York Times and has contributed to such magazines as golf, mens journal, parade Readers Digest and smithsonian. Hes currently the investigator of features correspondent for manhattan magazine and lives in sag harbor, new york. Together, they are the number one New York Times bestselling authors of the heart of everything that is lucky six, six, six houses. Typhoon last men out and the last stand of fox company, which won the marine corps heritage foundations general wallace and green award. Please give a warm savannah welcome to bob drury and tom clavin. Tha
I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning, i want to begin by welcoming our witnesses, secretary austin, general milley. We appreciate your willingness to be and found this committee this morning. General milley, this will be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here a little bit. Youre the ultimate professional. You are somebody that has been very good for me. I think i can say this for the whole committee. Youre a straight shooter, youve done a good job. I appreciate that and i just hope that the senate will be able to find some common sense to be able to confirm your successor so the department isnt forced to rely on the place holder for your position because its simply too important for that. This is an unprecedented indefinite hold on military promotions thats frozen over 60 nominations and can affect as many as 60 by the end of the year. I will tell you, the people on this committee know what the threats are in this world and we need to b
post a picture of himself in a taco bowl. budget before that biden made a announcement that on everyone i washington including me and his staff. we ve got a lot of work to do. and i m doing a major press conference this afternoon, so i love you all, but i like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business. it was breaking news, y all. that was joe biden announcing h was giving a major press conference tonight. now joe biden s handlers know he is in keep full of holding a major press conference. he can barely answer questions on the white house lawn. so the white house quickly work to cover up guidance fake announcement. they said the president misspoke. by now biden s own staff have come to expect this gaffe. but they didn t expect them fro the vice president kamala ha harris. she was supposed to be, you k know, the insurance policy. they didn t know what they were getting. officials in the by demonstration where probably hoping biden secure the church when porch whe