1000000000. 00 pledge to help and hopelessness. First lets begin in the u. S. Where president Donald Trumps acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has been summoned to testify in the impeachment inquiry and the testimonies of 2 key figures in the probe have also just been made public they are excerpts of interviews with the former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine kurt volker and gordon song the current u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Witnesses have said the vulcan song played a key role in trumps unofficial channel to Ukrainian Government officials trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine unless the country investigated his democratic rival joe biden. Well shiver clancy joins us live now from washington d. C. With the latest on this 1st of all she had but what does the testimony this latest testimony reveal. You know its a funny thing barbara you wait all day for 2 transcripts and 3 suddenly turned up because actually its slightly superseding the 2 transcripts from the depositi
Says its a step towards a political solution to end the war in yemen under the plan yemens government will return to aden to put state institutions back in place and members of the sudden Transitional Council get cabinet positions all forces would join together under the coalition to restore stability and security. The Un Special Envoy martin group has welcomed the deal stating the signing of this agreement is an important step for our collective efforts to advance a peaceful settlement to the conflict in yemen listening to southern stakeholders is important to the political efforts to achieve peace in the country 6. The u. A. E. Backed separatist Movement Just wanted south rule in south yemen and in august it sees the president ial palace and Government Military camps an age in the since he was the interim capital of the saudi backed internationally recognized Yemeni Government im listening to their aim was to win back the independence the south north from the 2 you havent seen knight
Welcome, everyone the subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on both budgetary and policy priority is in the middle east for the fiscal year 2020. We look forward to hearing from the witnesses about the 2020 budget2020budget for the departf Near Eastern Affairs bureau. Thanks the witnesses were appearing today and now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Thank you assistant administrator for testifying today nearly three years into the administration the United States faces a multitude of challenges while the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destabilize from iraq to lebanon despite President Trumps bellicose rhetoric, tehran has been able to launch attacks in the International Shipping and regional states and undermining the deterrence and credibility in the process. The program was more intense today than it was on the day President Trump took office and the International Community is more divided in confronting i
Middle east for the fiscal year 2020. We look forward to hearing from the witnesses about the 2020 budget2020budget for the departf Near Eastern Affairs bureau. Thanks the witnesses were appearing today and now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Thank you assistant administrator for testifying today nearly three years into the administration the United States faces a multitude of challenges while the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destabilize from iraq to lebanon despite President Trumps bellicose rhetoric, tehran has been able to launch attacks in the International Shipping and regional states and undermining the deterrence and credibility in the process. The program was more intense today than it was on the day President Trump took office and the International Community is more divided in confronting it. Iran continues to imprison americans including my constituents and finally the human rights of its own people. Iran
Members who provide updates on the committees findings from the Previous Year and give an assessment of what was discussed throughout the day. Madam chair, when youre ready. Thank you. Were continuing this afternoon with panel 3. So well get the perspectives of the Services Trial Defense Service organization chiefs regarding conviction, and case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear something slightly different than we heard this morning. Staff, can you tee this up, please . Thank you, maam. This is in response to the rfis. We just pulled together some questions and im going to read the first one and this concerns the referral process. The defense rfi responses indicated victim preference may play an outsized role in whether or not a Sexual Assault case is referred to trial. What consideration or way should the convening authority give to victims wishes regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case . Colonel bennett, can you start us off . Make sure