If there are, stand or wave, wherever you might be. And if we do not have any veterans, that is a shame. We would love to have them as always. Anybody working on the home front that is here . Theres somebody. Dont be bashful. I thought so. [applause] i saw them earlier. Holocaustors of the who might be here, i would like to recognize them as well. And veterans of any period of time wherever you are in the audience, would you please stand and raise your hand . Thank you. [applause] service. All for your and thank you again for being here. In the Early Morning hours of may 7, 1945, and a Little Red Schoolhouse in france in a Little Red Schoolhouse in france, world war ii officially came to an end in europe with the surrender of German Military alfred jodel. It is the anniversary date of ve day, the 72nd anniversary of that event, which celebrates the allied defeat of the nazis. 72 years ago, the west was facing a new beginning, a Herculean Task to ensure that another war would not break
Operations budget for the state department and the u. S. Agency for International Development. Committee members asked about the high number of personnel vacancies within the department and hiring from a diverse pool of candidates. This is about an hour and a half. The subcommittee will come to order. We meet today to discuss the state department and u. S. I. D. Fy 2020 operations budget. Without objection, all members may have five days to submit statements, questions, extraneous materials for the record, subject to the length limitations in the rules. Ill now make my opening statement, and then turn it over to the Ranking Member for his opening statement. Ive noticed that the republicans are a little bit faster getting over here after votes. I want to thank the Ranking Member mr. Zeldin members of the subcommittee and our witnesses for joining us for todays hearing for the fiscal year 2020 operations budget, also want to thank the witnesses for being accommodating knowing that our vo
Organizations so that they, including, could somehow influence what is happening now because , er, Political Prisoners are in in rather harsh conditions. That is, they are not given medical access, they are not provided with medicine , that is, there is not enough medicine in prisons, colonies in pretrial detention centers, they are also refused to hand over medicines that are given to them by relatives, that is, they simply take them away and the police do not receive these medicines thats why we have to react somehow, well, in any case , i think its safe to say that the russians use it as a factor of pressure, a factor of coercion to certain actions. As far as i understand, even in their russian prisons and colonies, they treat their russian Political Prisoners in roughly the same way, well, those who can really be called Political Prisoners, and not some kind of semicriminal detainees , well, if we are talking about gorkin, then unlikely he can be called politically connected, altho
When you play on select videos. This timeline makes it easy to quickly get an idea of what was debated and decided in washington. Scroll through and spend a few minutes on cspans points of interest. Pentagon and state Department Officials testifying now on the Security Partnership between australia, the uk, and the u. S. And how the alliance can improve security in the Indo Pacific Region, u. S. National security and investments and a submarine production and maintenance held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders expect this hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce the agreement. A generational opportunity that will enhance u. S. National security interests by transforming our alliances. Deterring aggression from the peoples republic
Pentagon is state Department Officials testifying now on the Security Partnership between australia, the uk and the u. S. How the alliance can improve security in the Indo Pacific Region and u. S. National security and investments in submarine production and maintenance. Its held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. You ready . Okay. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce the aucus agreement. A generational opportunity that will enhance u. S. National security interests by transforming our alliances. Deterring aggression if the peoples republic of china and fostering a more peaceful and stable indo pacific. Beijing today has the Worlds Largest navy. Pings hypernationallist government has been laying claim to territory and international borders. They have built artificial isl