The center for strategic and International Studies enables a host of todays forum with indication to speak. I thank this isit the ninth or tenth such forum and is the great opportunity in a timely to discuss a lot of critical issues. I also want to congratulate the csis andat john and victor cha, for the tenth anniversary for the korea chairs csis. It marks a decade of contributions of nonpartisan objective research has made to the Public Policy debate on korean issues that are so important to the American People and to the korean people. Its really been a significant accomplishment for victor and john and all it csis. I am delighted to be here today. Im also sure the leadership of north korea is delighted that i am here today and a private capacity. [laughter] at least thats what ive read. Perhaps there will be a little less delighted now that i can speak in unvarnished terms. About the grave and growing threats the north Korea Nuclear Weapons Program poses to International Peace andm
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Weve divided the lines this morning this way if you support the idea of a ban, dial in, if you oppose it, 202 7488001 if you can also text us for tiktok users your line this morning is 202 7488003. You can also text at that same number all of you include your first name, city and state or go to facebook. Com cspan. Welcom tonversation. The house vote yesterday is whether or not to force tiktok to sell the company, divest from china, or face a bend in the United States. About banning the app was posed to americans in a survey done by the Public Affairs Research Poll ap centers Public Affairs Research Poll and i found that 31 said they support a ban on tiktok well 35 oppose and 31 said neither. This legislation would not ban it unless china refuses to divest its app. A little bit from the debate yesterday, listen to Mike Gallagher, republican of wisconsin, one of the lead advocates for regulating tiktok. This is what he had to say on the floor. [video clip] tiktok is a threat to National
Candidate in every general election since 2008. This is the second time the president has campaigned in the state th year. Air force one touched down a shortime ago in michigan and we will be bringing to the president s remarks live here on host at our table this morning is the former Trump Administration former u. S. Assistant secretary of commerce here to talk about this debate in washington over what to do about tiktok. The house approved this legislation 35265, overwhelming bipartisan support. Is this significant . Guest given the scope of tiktok users and how debated this issue has been over the last several years, it is really heartwarming and really encouraging to see the government come together on a bipartisan basis about the threats posed to u. S. National securities, absolutely. Host you said heartwarming, why . Guest in todays era, we tend to overpoliticize issues and it is really nice when in instances put partisanship aside and really come together to address National Sec
Host at our table this morning is the former Trump Administration former u. S. Assistant secretary of commerce here to talk about this debate in washington over what to do about tiktok. The hoaplegislation 35265, oveg bipartisan support. Is this significant . Guest given the scope of tiktok users and how debated this issue has been over the last several years, it is really heartwarming and really encouraging to see the government come together on a bipartisan basis about the threats posed to u. S. National securities, absolutely. Host you said heartwarming, why . Guest in todays era, we tend to overpoliticize issues and it is really nice when in instances where people can put partisanship aside and really come together to address National Security threats. Your second question is this a threat, absolutely. Director wray, director haynes, the director of intelligence has been incredibly vocal about the threat that tiktok poses. When you look at how much they have been issuing a warning,