This House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing is an hour and a half. We will now call a hearing to order. This is a very important hearing in my opinion. Some of them are not nearly as important as others. This one is extremely important because greg and i, the Ranking Member, we are all concerned about the influence of iran in the entire region, also in the gulf region. So today we are here to discuss the expanding influence in the south caucasus, but were also talking about, i intend to talk about some of the problems in the Persian Gulf Region because thats a vital interest to us. The straits of hormuz, persian gulf, or the swiss canal are blocked in any way they could have devastating impact on the United States because we still get a large part of our energy from the region. I traveled to azerbaijan an armenian in early september. And i also stopped in georgia and met with the president. When i talked to these leaders, iran was one of the things that came up at the very beginnin
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Actual Science Behind giving the best possible gifts. All that and much more on cbs this morning saturday, december 21st, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We also have some very distinguished guests for you here in studio 57 this morning, including holiday music from one of new orleans very best the one and only Aaron Neville sings in our holiday session. And he became one of the most honored and accomplished chefs. And on this holiday weekend, well have christmas. Christmas abbott is her full name. After working in iraq during the war, shes become a worldclass weight lifter and is now nascars first female pit crew member. But our lead story this morning, major Weather Threat to an estimated 94 million travelers. A huge storm system is making itself felt in the Northern Midwest and its headed east and south. And for the millions of americans traveling this weekend before christmas, the bad weather means headaches whether youre driving or flying. For the latest
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