Up next, the Senate Armed Services committee holds a confirmation hearing for Navy Vice Admiral Charles Richard to become commander of u. S. Strategic command, which oversees the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. This is just over 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] our meeting will come to order. I think i do have an Opening Statement. Today we are meeting to consider nomination by Charles Richard were the greatest admirals to be commander of United States Strategic Command. I appreciate you being here. We enjoyed meeting your beautiful family i dont agree with a couple of things they are pursuing but thats all right. [laughter] we appreciate it very much and be sure to introduce them to the committee. And with those laws and regulations will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines with questions for the record. Will you cooperate to provide witnesses in response to congressional request quick. Yes mister chairman and those that are protected for reprisal from briefings quick. I will. We
Have seen that a ceasefire that we established along syrias border has held. It has held very well. Beyond most expectations. Earlier this morning, the governor of turkey informed by administration that they would be stopping combat and that their offensive in syria, making the ceasefire permanent, that it will indeed be permanent. However, you would also define the word permanent in that part of the world as somewhat questionable. We all understand that. I do believe it will be permanent. I have instructed the secretary of the treasury to lift all 14ctions imposed on october in response to turkeys original offensive moves against the kurds in syrias northeast border region. So the sanctions will be lifted unless something happens that we are not happy with. This was an outcome created by us, this United States, and nobody else. No other nation. Very simple. We are willing to take blame and also take credit. This is something they have been trying to do for many, many decades. Since th
Good morning. You may be seated. What the panel will do is we will hear the first case. Then we will take a brief recess, and we will then hear the rest of the calendar. So i will call the calendar as to the first case right now. Then i will call the calendar as to the remaining cases after the recess. Trump donald j. Trump versus cyrus r. Vance. Before i do that, let me read into the you can stand there. Just let me, if i could, read as a matter of housekeeping for all concerned, just to read into the record the agreement that i understand that we understand is now in place. And im quoting from the joint letter, which says, vance agrees to forebear enforcement of the subpoena between the date of oral argument in this matter, its october 23rd, 2019, in ten calendar days after this court issues its panel opinion, the forbearance period on the follow conditions. One, any petition for serb area in this matter will be filed in the Supreme Court within the forbearance period. Any opposition
The reagan legacy, reagan flame, reagan legacy in america today. Frank worked on the 1976 reagan campaign. He worked on the 1980 campaign. He worked in the reagan white house, worked on the 1984 campaign and also has been the longtime chairman of the reagan ranch, which is one of the three americanchstones in politics today. If you know anything about Ronald Reagans library, it is in simi valley. We learned about Eureka College last week in illinois. Thank you for being here. Let me get right into it, and then the students, of course, are going to ask questions. Very firsted the conservative Political Action conference in 1973. 1974. And reagan spoke. Was the keynote speaker, was the star attraction. Is there shirley first of all, thanks for having me. Its great to be here with all your students. The great baseball player, used to play for the new york yankees, yogi berra had a tendency to mangle his syntax sometimes. He was once asked if he had read a new biography about himself, and
clinton and civil rights leaders gather to honor and mark martin luther king jr. day at a breakfast hosted by the national action network here in washington. this is an hour and a half. good morning. as we gather today, first let me thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. it is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. king. today, dr. king as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. so we do a nots a take it as a off. we take it as a day on, to do something in the spirit of human rights andnd civil rights that . king stood for.n national action network startedn 28 years ago on those principles. and we ve been blessed to feder partner with martin luther kingl iii who thought it appropriate to spend this holiday every year with us at the breakfast. and he had brought his mother to our convention for many years. so we are in our dna king-like. and no year is more important than this year, because we are meeting on the m