In the u. S. Withdrawal from syria with james jeffrey, who serves as the state Department Special representative. He joined secretary of state Matthew Palmer and how the u. S. Withdrawal could impact efforts to combat isis. Committee will come to order. Without objection all members will have five days to submit statements, material, and questions for the record. All members will have five days to submit statements, material, and questions for the record. There is subject to the length, limitation, and rules. We meet today to discuss President Trumps decision to withdraw from Northern Syria clearing the way for turkey to attack kurdish partners. The decision i view as disastrous. To our witnesses, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee, welcome to the members of the public and the press. Welcome to our friends from cspan who are broadcasting this important proceeding. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This committee has a long tradition of bipartisanship. We work on that e
This song is from 1969. I started thinking about that year and what a great year it was for music. Jesus christ, superstar came out that year and we will talk to the current production team. I am anxious to see what it is going to be like. Welcome to the 9. We are getting into that fall weather. Is this why you like fall . Yes, fall in the air, there is nothing new. This type of weather has been around since i was a kid growing up here. It will change a little bit later. Because there is not really a breeze here. There is some fire concern here. We are talking about severe wire danger. It is pretty hot out there as well. Everyone will be 80s and near 90 degrees. The freeze is mainly in the higher elevation. We are expecting that later today and into tonight and overnight into thursday. Again, if you are above 1600 feet or 2000 feet, that will be the strongest gusts. A windy morning and possibility of high fire danger. Humidity will be very lo. There will be pretty good gus overnight ab
And members will remember fondly serving alongside here and the facing of serious illness in the recent years was inspiring. Today the prayers of this entire body are with kays husband chip, children jeanette, tilton and carrie and with all of their family and friends at this extremely difficult time. Now, on a completely different matter on sunday morning, we woke up to a better and safer world because one monster was no longer in it. Abu bakr albaghdadi was the founder and leader of isis, in recent years made him the singlemost important target in the fight against radical islamic terrorism. His band of fanatics has committed heinous crimes and shed an unmant un unimaginable blood in an entire reason. Isis has been part of a civil war in syria that claimed hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. Theyve run slave auctions of women and girls, and affected the genocide of the yeazidi people. And isis established a socalled caliphate, imprisoned entire communities. Slaughtered vulnerabl
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Earths environment. You can find all of the results atluding the attitudes cspan. Org. Talks chief historian, to to us about tomorrow. Marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. Tell us what the 50 year mark means to you. Old whenwas 11 years that happened. I was part down in front of our blackandwhite tv in massachusetts. I thought i was in the middle of enjoying the greatest adventure that ever happened. And i was. 50 years later, i am enjoying the greatest adventure ever happened replayed, and doing it as nasas chief historian. What a ride. Host how did you get to this position . What do you do . Guest the quick answers do not do what i did if you want to be chief historian. I did eight when he to career in air force and did a lot of graduate work on the history of the soviet space program. When i retired from the air force, the then chief historian said why not apply for a job here at nasa . Applied, got the job, and ended up being the chief historian. It was right p