Protesters in iraq defy an army curfew found a way to stay on the streets until the nations leaders stepped out in the holy city of karbala 8000 protesters are killed. Also criticism brings it logjam begins to break Opposition Leader jeremy piven says hell back and early election now that a new deal drags it has been averted. And 2 massive wildfires raging across california and the northern wine Country Homes and wineries are turned shows close to los angeles thousands are forced to flee. Thank you so much for your comfort everyone turkey is threatening to resume its assault on the kurds in. More than syria angara says Kurdish Forces have not pulled back from the region which is one of the conditions set by turkey and russia when they agreed to a 6 day ceasefire that ends later today all meanwhile more salient details are emerging about the raid in which the Islamic State leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi died a Senior Adviser to the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces says the s. D. F. Wa
Regional power and president xi jinpings leadership. Good morning. My name is bruce jones. Im the Vice President and the director for Foreign Policy here at brookington. Its my pleasure to welcome you this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones and its a pleasure to invite you to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for endopacific affairs, randall shriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of policy research over the past decade, and while hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense by President Donald Trump on january 8th, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs, under which portfolio he covered china, tie won, hong kong and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserve the right to reset the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things. Faithfully execute his or her office, and protect and defend the constitution. That old, of course, cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. Our National Security is jeopardized, in our country is then thefended, ability to faithfully execute the office becomes smooth. The duty to defend the nations foundational to the responsibilities. But what of the second responsibility to defend the constitution . What does that really mean . The founders were not speaking of course of a piece of parchment, rather they were expressing the obligation of the president to defend the. Nstitution to defend the rule of law, a principle on which the idea of america was born that we are a nation of laws, not men. If we do not defend the nation, there is no constitution.
Camps meets refugees who were kidnapped in libya this is they were tortured by people smugglers who promise to take them to your. Just to have your company. The u. S. House Intelligence Committee has released of adapted version of a whistleblower complaint that prompted an impeachment inquiry against President Trump acting director of National Intelligence mcquire is due to testify to congress about that report today it has to do with a phone call between trump and ukraines president the issue at stake is did the u. S. President abuse his power by urging ukraine to open a corruption investigation into trumps political rival joe biden and his son. Not for the 1st time on a difficult day in new york donald trump was forced to defend his conversation with ukraines below to me as a lenski using a familiar line which arent continues but theyre getting hit hard on this which arent because when they look at the information its a joke. Impeachment that i didnt do it to take a look at that call
Its been around for a long time and computers didnt cause it. But when people die because of a tweet, there has to be a tech solution. Expanding the marketplace of ideas is all well and good to welcome you to brookings this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and its a pleasure to invite you to the event with randall schriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him over the past decade. While hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and, randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall schriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense on january 8, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered, china, taiwan, hong kong, and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state and also served as an active duty Naval Intelligence officer. Beyond his government car