Its precursor to hezbollah took an active hand in the killing of the marines in the barracks in beirut . Or had a participation in support of. I think thats true, mr. Chairman, but i dont have the personal knowledge to give that answer to you with knowledge. I chose those questions and ill summarize, mr. Chairman because 308 years ago, they iran clearly was promoting activities on the streets of beirut, including kidnapping and so on. This is when they were a fiveyearold government. 20 years ago americans died for sure, no small part because of irans hand. Ten years ago, americans were dying. So, when we look at ten years before they get an outright go under this, and their ability to have the materials and the to suit their ambition, my only question to all of you, and general hayden, if theres only time for one it would be you, if they were doing this 30 years ago, including kidnapping on the streets of lebanon, 20 years ago they were killing americans in saudi arabia, 10 years ago a
That became a popular thing in the Republican Party because people were hurting. When people are hurting at home the last thing theyll say we have to go around the world and do things. To me the fundamental element is to make sure we have Strong Families. We have Strong Families that are together and raising children. I think it was putnam in his book said its more important for parents to read to their children the first four years of their life to pay for four years of college. I dont think that message is out there. That the message from either party about how important this Public Policy issue is of reknitting the American Family. Were going to go to nicole from roll call. [ inaudible question ] well, obviously, i talk about the importance of targeting voters who have been left behind by this economy in the last ten years. Thats why i announced on the factory floor. You look at stagnant wages and Median Income has declined. Part of that is the recession but it hasnt recovered. You
House Foreign Affairs on cspan tonight or any time on cspan. Org. As Foreign Affairs subcommittee on europe held a hearing today on the European Union, its future and the u. S. Relationship with eu members the greek financial crisis, and britains referendum vote on the european membership in 2017 led to increased speculation on the future of the eu and how its troubles can impact the u. S. Economy. This is about an hour and a half. Im sure he will be joining us momentarily. Im sure he wont mind if we get some of the formalities out of order. I call to thrd this afternoons hearing on the future of the European Union from a relatively modest idea in the early 1950s for six countries to form a Common Market for steel and coal production. The Super National organization that we now know as the European Union was created. Five and a half decades on it has expanded to including 28 National Governments is and represents over 500 Million People. Taken together, the gdp of the eu is over 18 tri
We begin with a greater involvement by turkey in the fight against isil. The United States and turkey are said to be finalizing plans to create a safe zone along the turkey syria border. Mike viqueira joins us live from washington. What more are you learning about this plan . Reporter for months they couldnt agree on the best tactics to confront isil now theres new cooperation and a new agreement, but turkey has a different agenda and another enemy than the United States. A week ago in the border town turks gather in an anti isil protest. Moments later, tragedy. [ explosion ] reporter amid the chaos, 32 are dead. Isil is respect expected of carrying out the attacks. The next day turks urge the government to do more. Against this backdrop of unrest turkey stepping deeper into the fight against isil. Agreeing to allow Coalition Aircraft to fly out of their air base and the turks have launched their own attacks against isil targets. Now the u. S. And turkey are negotiating a socalled safe
With author thomas ricks. And later, another look at that discussion from washington journal about the trump administrations approach to Foreign Policy. Announcer this week on q a, author and Foreign Policy magazine blogger, thomas ricks. Host tom ricks, let up to the time that you started writing churchill and orwell. Tom i was saying a farewell to journalism for myself and becoming a fulltime book writer. I was wondering who would be remembered if any. Started with h. L. Minkin. I found his style raw. I turned to eb white. Style. Ose his concerns werent mine. Pearlman. I still dont see why hes funny. Hemmingway, blowhard. Then i picked up George Orwell. His prose style seems contemporary. It feels fresh. Ou could take a paragraph out of many of his essays and drop it into todays newspaper, and it would fit right in. I started diving into orwell. Why did he feel so fresh and contemporary. Him, i was ead of struck, boy, this resonates with our own time. Then i began thinking how orwell