Thanking them for their service to our country. Both have served our country in various capacities for a long time. Not an easy thing to do. I respect and appreciate that work. I look forward to continuing to work with you. The good news i want to start with is unlike last year we have a budget agreement. And last year we spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Now, last year we were off by i dont know 3. 5 months, Something Like that, but thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get Appropriations Bills and an authorizing bill done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department. I think thats important. This year we hope to come a little bit closer to october 1st. Certainly on the authorizing bill, but also in the appropriations bill. Most importantly, we have a budget number. And hopefully we can get that pre
I like toisch welcome our guests. I hope they can get us uptodate, which is difficult, as fast as the situation is moving. The hearing is intended to examine turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east. State ofaluate the u. S. Turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, it is important to recall the path that brought us here. The Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies and other entities. Over the course of this eightyear conflict, the syrian dictator with the support of russia and iran has bombed towns and cities across syria, resulting in 500,000 deaths and leaving 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware of confirmed use of chemical weapons by the regime incked assad violation of international law. Syrian, russian and iranian regimes hope to tilde upon the successful defeat of the islamic northeast syria. These are circumstances we find ourselves in today.
Guests who i think will be enlightening after the discussions we had earlier today. The situation is quite fluid and im sure they can help us get uptodate. This hearing today is intended to assess the humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, and evaluate the state of u. S. Turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, it is important to recall the path that brought us here. To begin, the Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies, and other entities. Ira, the u. S. , nato allies and other entities. Over the course of this eightyear conflict, the syrian dictator with the support of russia over the course of this eightyear conflict, the syrian dictator bashar alassad, with the support of russia and iran has bombed towns and cities across syria, resulting in 500,000 deaths and leaving 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware of confirmed use
To date, which is difficult, as fast as this situation is moving. This hearing today is intended to assess the geopolitical and humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, determined how best to salvage u. S. Interests moving forward and evaluate the state of u. S. turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, its important to recall the path that brought us here. To begin, the Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies, and other entities. Over the course of this eightyearlong conflict, syrias brutal dictator, ai bar shal ai said, with the support of russia and iran, has relentlessly bombed cities and towns across syria, resulting in over 500,000 deaths and leaving over 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware that many confirmed uses of chemical weapons by the russiabacked assad regime, adding to the humanitarian suffering in violations of
Higher multiple was because of cross selling. Made that point many times, quite some time, a higher multiple than the peer group as a result of the benefits of being able to sell in a sense across the product categories across the banks many different divisions. And she showed all the evidence in the form of earnings transcripts, which jim likes, as well meantime, at the same time, weve been hearing from the former ceo of equifax. Our aditi roy has been listening in to that one and has some of the recent developments ch what have we heard we have been sitting in on this hearing its still under way right now with former equifax ceo Richard Smith getting grilled by 23 lawmakers on this house subcommittee heres what weve learned so far. When smith was questioned about why it took the company 40 days to notify the public about the breach, he said initially they didnt understand the scope of the breach, initially it was termed as suspicious activity and they didnt know the scope and breadth