Look at india, we look at pakistan, the relationship is incredibly important. Particularly as the changing mission in afghanistan is the role of pakistan and india in stabilizing the region is incredibly complex and important. Its an honor to welcome ambassador olson to the job. I understand this is your first month on the job, so looking forward to hearing the testimony. Looking forward to working with you and looking forward to furthering the relationship between the United States and south asia and stabilizing the region. So thank you. Thank you so much, dr. Bera. And the chairman would like to express his sorrow for not being here, mr. Ambassador, but he is lea leading the charge on the house floor on four bills from our committee. Thats why hes not here and why mr. Engle is not here either. Were now pleased to be joined by Ambassador Richard olson. Ambassador olson is the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, immediately prior to this appoint mentd, ambassador olson
This book was on the stand and being sold by october of 2015. Not much more than an 18 month process. How did you do that . Well i started right away as you point out. I left the fed on saturday and monday it was at brookings working on the book. I have lots of material. The Federal Reserve let me see my emails because i managed by email. I had dozens and dozens of email every day. It was very useful because you could go back and put a see in real time what was happening and what you are thinking it i also had daily news clippings and other material. I had a wealth of material and i could sit down and bang out a draft. I should also say, i had some help from skidmore who is a pet federal affairs person at the fed who took a year off to help me with the process in the research. I got a good start and had it done within about 14 months. A decade more or less when some of the most dramatic Economic Times in our lifetime, if not on our nations history, you probably have time to reflect muc
We were telling, chastising other people. Secondly, i believe that currently, theres a system that exists that is on a bipartisan, bicameral basis, and that is that the appropriators, when they become aware of something that may be exactly what the gentleman and mr. Mcgovern was talking about, it would be a very difficult issue we should properly make sure that this country knew we were not going to find. Come back through the congress, too, and i think we do the right thing. The appropriators have another foreign account mrs. Granger has the ability to withhold match up and i think instead of an official Going Forward and holding these governments accountable on their own, i think it should come from the people who gave the money. Not the people that represent the money, so, i want to be a part of working with you. If you get to that point, also. Is there anything further from any member of this committee for this panel . Seeing done, i want to thank you all three of you. Thank you fo
Agenda this afternoon. House rules meeting this afternoon on the federal Government Spending measure. Wil in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain reverend aron mcenrees, Unitarian Universalist church of arlington, arlington, virginia. The chaplain creator god, spirit of light, we come here today with our spirits open to the sun of your loving gaze. We come, humbled by the work entrusted to us, to tend to your children, for we know that we are, all of us, your children, bearers of your divine spark. May we remember this, no matter how thick the stacks of paper on our desks. When we are weary, may we be filled with your generosity of spirit. We will pass it on with interest. When we dont know which way to turn, may we find stillness and listen for the soft voice of wisdom. Help us today to do justice, to serve mercy, and to walk humbly with you and the better angels of our nature. And most of all, beloved god, may we practice the arts of kindness in all that we do and
That should be put in front of american citizens host ok. Guest there is no question we have limited resources. In many of these count these challenges, in dealing with isil or frankly russian aggression in eastern europe, the question is what is the cost of not acting . Often, by sitting back and not acting, we encourage further aggression. Both our allies and enemies are watching. There are times, of course, out of moral authority and doing what is right, america steps i steps up. But the on that, it is important to understand the world has never been smaller. Washington journal airs live every morning. Were going live to the house now for votes on measures debated earlier. Erk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 99, resolved, that the house has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the representative nunnelee a representative from the state of mississippi, resolved that the clerk communicate these resolutions to the senate and transmit a copy thereof to the f