And play richardson. Welcome to the show. The United States says its reducing troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be reduced to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. Bringing american troops home was a key pledge of the trump presidency, but that situation has also triggered a backlash. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule. But suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have winked. Now, outgoing President Donald Trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here and in iraq. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formally announcing that we will implement president trumps orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those 2 countries by january 15th, 2021. Our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops,
And this merges several of my interests. The constitution with the Heritage Foundation and my friend jason j fitz. I first came to know his name over 30 years ago as a placekicker at byu and was really good to this day he holds the record including the most successful points after touchdown scored in a single game and i think in a single season and also famous for the fact immediately after he kicked a field goal the helmet would come off and he became famous for that i think it was called the Jason Chaffetz rule but it played a key role in his success as a statesman and people came to know him and who he was. I remember many years later long after he played for byu with a successful career as a businessman i met him for the first time. I was starstruck. I met him while he was running on the campaign for governor. And Jason Chaffetz himself convinced me he was the man to become utahs next governor we had a long conversation about i it. And several months after that after he was elected
Bream. Good morning shannon. Good morning guys how are you . Will we wanted to dive into one of the most important topics of the woke and possibly over a bigger timeline here for the eyes of america thats happening in new mexico where the governor has teated to declare emergency a Public Health emergency in suspend in essence conceal Open Carry Laws In Albuquerque heres where we want to dive into the deep end with you shannon. Is it the case that in some instances weve certain seen it tried feels like successfully governments can set aside rights and, you know, citizenry, expectations of the way of life in cases of emergency. Does chef any ground whatsoever on which to stand shannon . Will, this is going to be really tough im thinking what Justice Clarence thomas would like a word with the governor based on his jurisprudence based on what the Supreme Court has done i think got there in time it would have a really hard time stay manager practice the thing is like shes only given us a 30
Strengthening Border Security. We will hear from Thomas Holman homan. Spoke earlier today. This is an hour and a half. Quest good morning. We welcome those who are joining occasions forhese those inhouse, we would ask that your mobile devices have been turned off 10 for those watching online, youre welcome to send questions and comments on time. Waiting our discussion, a visiting fellow from the Heritage Foundation. Of redlso the Founder Branch consulting as well as a senior advisor. He served as a professional lecturer at George Washington of theity and an advisor american bar association. Please join me in welcoming paul. [applause] paul thank you very much. It is an honor to be asked to post event. Immigration had a story history in American Life beginning back with the founding and continuing this day. It has at many times been a contentious subject. Immigration,bout we could probably identify three basic things that have animated the debate. Some look at immigration and see it thr
Good morning welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our douglas and sarah elson auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website. We would ask you see your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off and for those online, youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time, simply emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Leading our discussion is a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He is a former Deputy Assistant secretary for policy at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. He is also the founder of red branch consulting. As well as the Senior Advisor to the churt off group. He serves as a professional lecturer and law and he is an advisor to and former member of the american bar associations Standing Committee on law and National Committee as well as a contributing editor to the law fair blog. Paul . Thank you very much, john. It is an honor to be asked to host todays event. I want to welcome you to the heritage allison auditorium. Immigration has