Law enforcement following the militarys involvement in recent protests around the country. They were asked about alleged russian bounties against u. S. Troops, and the debate over military bases named after confederate soldiers. Military bases named after confederate soldiers. Chairman smith i call the meeting to order. I welcome our witnesses, secretary of defense esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley. We appreciate you being here today. I do have to read an Opening Statement here about procedure in light of the fact that we do have members who are participating remotely in his hearing, in accordance with house rules. So i will do that and then a couple other programming notes and we will get started. I would like to welcome members who are joining todays markup remotely. Those members are reminded that they must be visible on screen within the Software Platform for the purposes of Identity Verification for maintaining a coram participating, and voting. We will not be
Committee on alleged russian bounties for u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Announcer defense secretary mark esper and general mark toley were on capitol hill testify on defense department. They were also asked about alleged russian bounties over u. S. Troops and military bases named after confederate soldiers. Chairman smith i call the meeting to order. I welcome our witnesses, secretary of defense esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley. We appreciate you being here today. I do have to read an Opening Statement here about procedure in light of the fact that we do have members who are participating remotely in his hearing, in accordance with house rules. So i will do that and then a couple other programming notes and we will get started. I would like to welcome members who are joining todays markup remotely. Those members are reminded that they must be visible on screen within the Software Platform for the purposes of Identity Verification for maintaining a coram participati
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Under the spotlight state governors act against the use of chokehold and types of restraints plus. Forces loyal to libyas un recognized government celebrate the collapse of Khalifa Haftar as 14 month offensive to take tripoli. Hello here the u. S. President donald trump has been criticized for invoking George Floyds name while taking a victory lap over lower than expected jobless numbers his likely election rival joe biden called his remarks despicable floyd was killed in Police Custody after a Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes the death has led to 10 days of protests right across the u. S. Hopefully george is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing thats happening for a country theres a great day for him its a great day for everybody this is a great day for everybody this is a great great day in terms of equality so the new figures for may suggest the American Economy is already starting to recover from the pandemic but its not great news for everyo