Former Obama Administration National Security advisor and un ambassador susan rice discusses her life and career in american diplomacy and foreign policy. Shes interviewed by the new yorker columnist robin wright. After words is a Weekly Program with guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. Welcome, susan rice to after words. After thank you. Its great to be with you. It is a fascinating book. So it is a personal tale and a chronicle of your professional life and threw a wide array of crises and challenges, but lets begin with the Current Crisis that the United States faces. As you know, President Trump had a phone call with the president of ukraine in july, a whistleblower reported on it in august. It was released last week. What do you make of the whistleblowers complaint . What did i tell you, what struck you . What is so extraordinary about this is that we have now in blackandwhite in the president s own words evidence of the fact that when hes cond
Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning to you, you can start calling in now. It was expected to be the most highprofile testimony of the week and there is plenty of reaction to get to. It was a nine hour deposition and most of the reporting comes from the Opening Statement that William Taylor made yesterday. It was a 15page Opening Statement obtained by the Washington Post and other news outlets. Here is a bit of what William Taylor told lawmakers at the outset of his testimony. He said Gordon Sondland told me that President Trump had told him he wants ukraine president zelensky to state ukraine will investigate the Energy Company where joe bidens son had worked and alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Ambassador sans len tol
I would like to welcome all of you to todays program on financing terrorism. Of the many aspects of the fight against terrorism, cutting off the financial flow is most critical. It is the oxygen that keeps these groups alive and allows them to recruit, control plan operations on the global level. It remains a top seekity for the u. S. As we to defeat the Islamic State and other terrorist groups. Arab. S. And its Gulf Partners have taken significant steps to stem the flow of funds to terrorist groups over the years, a robust effort since 9 11. However, despite the measures put in place, those organizations continue to generate income from the region to finance their activities. What more can be done regionally and globally to stem the flow of money to violent extremists . We have a very distinguished to answer the question and explore the issues related to. I am pleased to welcome our speakers juan carlos zarate, kate ba and and steveu, who wille introduce ther panel and moderate, the p
His commitment makes him a valuable asset and we are happy to have you. I would like to join you and welcome mr. Donovan. He is an outstanding attorney and an outstanding public servant. Great to have you on board. Just to show how bipartisan we are going to be, as a democrat, i would like to welcome my former colleague dan donovan. It is great to have you here and i look forward to working with you. Anybody else echo mr. Richmond onto a more serious topic, yesterday in boston, sorts are merging that mr. Rahim was killed by federal Law Enforcement officers after lunging at them with a knife. After communicating with and spreading isis propaganda online. Known associates are also being arrested as we speak. These cases are a reminder of the danger posed by individuals radicalized by social media. In garland one month ago. He urge others to do the same the mohammed cartoon contest that islamists have singled out as a target. The final tweet minutes before the attack, he told his follower
Quorum call mr. Thune mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , i know of no further debate on the motion to proceed. The presiding officer is there further debate . If not, the question is on the motion to proceed. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar number 55, h. R. 636, an act to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations and for other purposes. Mr. Thune mr. President , i call up substitute amendment number 3464. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from south dakota, mr. Thune, proposes an amendment numbered 3464. Strike all after mr. Thune i ask consent that the reading be waived. The presiding officer without ob