The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
Welcome to todays hybrid hearing to have subcommittee on the committee of oversight and government reform. Some members will appear in erson and others will appear remotely via webex. Pursuant toe latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members that are appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as active speaker mode. A timer is visible directly in front of you. For the members appearing remotely i know that you are all aware by now. But let me remind everyone of a few points first. You will be able to see each other speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote as long as you have your web said to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this activation, plea
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Domestic threats, they share their thoughts on the evolution of the position. Coronavirus and the next administrations priorities. Such an honor to be here and of course with this very, very impressive panel, im really honored to lead this conversation today. These gentlemen do not need an introduction but for good measure ill just run through the very, very top lines of their bios. General james jones is executive chairman emeritus, who served under barack obama as the nations 22nd National Security adviser in january 2009, previously he served as supreme allied Commander Europe and as the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. Nuclear technology company, he served as the 13th National Security adviser under president Ronald Reagan and is a retired marine corps officer. Its great to have you here too. And of course ambassador john bolton chairs the foundation for American Security and freedom, serving most recently as the 27th National Security adviser under President Donald Trump and a