Albany. He spent his career preserving military history with the National Park service, new york state government. Rensselaer. Civil War Preservation trust. Kentucky state parks and u. S. Arm. Hes written books on various aspects of military leadership from 1775 to the present. Published to books with the civil war at perryville and stone river and Tullahoma Campaigns and studied the 1941 and 42 entitled last day in bataan released in 2016. In september of 2016 the arm published his volume on virginia campaigns as part of the series on the civil war. Last year at this event friday night i bought this book and i spent all night reading it. Highly recommended. Last about chris he is a great researcher, he knows an amazing amount of almost anything military, havent writer and, most importantly he is a really good guy who will share anything with you which i think is the most important thing. He is also getting ready to get married. So without further ado, chris kolakowski. [applause] good
Highlights russias influence in syria. The humanitarian crisis and the hold on power. The Senate Foreign relations subcommittee held a hearing to examine the report and discuss the findings with the cochair of the study group. It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for thei
Next, look at the current relations between the United States and china with security and defense experts. U. S. China economic and Security Review Commission hosted this event. Thank you. We will catch up sometime here. We are not too far behind. I would like to introduce our second panel, which will explore major developments in the u. S. China security relations in 2019. We will start with doctor orianas carl mastro who is assistant professor of Security Studies at the admin a Wilson School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. And a resident scholar at the american enterprises. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks and more time. And currently working on a book about chinas challenge to u. S. Privacy. Next we hear from doctor andrew kirby voinovich senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, defense consulting firm. His previously served as presi
It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for their willingness to take up the task of examining an extremely accomplished problem with no easy solutions as the report states Optimal Outcomes are left behind long ago. Its never easy to devote time and resources to the task who