Special representative for afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the over house on National Security about the Trump Administrations afghanistan policy. He answered questions about the recent u. S. Taliban agreement and plans to reduce the u. S. Military presence in afghanistan. Good morning. The turning of the subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via web acts. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physicians office, all individuals intending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they
Tvs american artifacts we visit the Cannon House Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. Im farar elliott. And im matt waz knsniewski. We wanted to talk about africanamerican representation in the 20th century. We have a lot of artifacts from the house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last africanamerican to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carolina. And then its a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. And that is Oscar Depriest from illinois. And we have a couple of really rare artifacts from Oscar Depriest from the 1920s and 30s. But before i launch into them, because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. So, theres a long period, almost three decades, after George Henry White leaves congress where theres no africanamericans who serve in either the house or
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If you say no, the twoparty system is not working, your line is going to be 202 7488001. If you are unsure what you still want to talk about this issue, your number is going to be 202 7488002. You can alwaysd text us your opinion at 202 7488003. Keep in mind, we are always reading on social media, on. Witter, and cspan we are going to have live on the two current thirdParty Candidates running for president. Coming up at 8 00 we are going to hear from Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins. Coming up at 9 15, the jorgensenn nominee jo will discuss her platform and strategy for this years election. If you want to hear directly from those candidates, keep watching the show. First, we want to hear from you about the twoparty system in the United States. Do you think the political system is working . There is a story from cnn that talked about this earlier this year. Even if they are down on the independent candidates being presented, nearly 40 of americans think a third local party is needed
You are running for president this year. Tell us the history of the green party, how has it changed since 1984, and what does the party look like today . Howie well we got started in 1984 after the german greens elected people to their 35 bundestag, their congress, and around the world people said maybe we should do that. So we met in 1984 in st. Paul, meeting wend said cannot build this out of the president ial run. We have to start in local politics, and we proceeded to do that for the next dozen years. In 1996, ralph nader let us use his name on ballots for president. He did not do an active campaign, but he got on 30 ballots, and then he ran an active ballot in 2000 and we were on over 40 ballots. That put us on the national spotlight. We have been here 35 years and we currently have 129 elected officials in local offices. It is one of the best kept secrets in american politics, that is more than any independent Progressive Party has had since you have to go back to the heyday of t