Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 96, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The senate will be in order. The senate will be in order. The majority leader. The senate will be in order. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i understand the senate has received a message from the house to accompany s. 139. The presiding officer the majority leader is correct. Mr. Mcconnell i move that the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s. 139, and i ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. The presiding off
Good evening. Were deeing highed have join us erre van dick, investigateoff journalist focusing on terrorism in the middle east region and our moderator, Senior Vice President of programs at World Affairs. Were recording tonights program so please take a moment to silence your cell phones. Im tim, the Program Officer here at World Affairs. If you enjoy the discussion and are interested to learn more about the organization, ill be around after the program. I want to turn it over to our modern rater. So, good evening, everything, and thank you for joining us. Its my great pleasure to introduce our guest this evening, erre van dick, journalist, author and cbs news consultant who covers afghan and pakistan. He has authored a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban and another work in afghan. He is also written for such publications as the New York Times, newsweek, and national geographic. And in 1981, while working as a correspondent for the New York Times, van dyk lived w
And the Desert Island and the team are doing so well at the moment that the other teams might as well not show up ireland and their team. Sarah keith lucas has all the weather. Sarah. The strong winds have moved away but we have lots of wintry weather on the cards with snowfall and ice and i will bring you all those details in halfan i will bring you all those details in half an hour. Some day their prince will come but crowds gathering in cardiff for prince harry and his bride to be Meghan Markle will have to wait a bit longer because the royals train is running an hour late. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. The french president , Emmanuel Macron, is in the uk for a summit with theresa may and its an important one for both countries. The leaders will be concentrating on what could be a crucial relationship once britain leaves the eu. They already have Strong Security links, underlined today by the first ever meeting of the quint, the heads of all five british a
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The Korea Foundation and the ambassador here to give some opening remarks. Before before i introduce them, is would like to say a few words about safety. We feel very secure in our building but we have a duty to prepare for any event. My name is lisa collins. Im a fellow and i will serve as your responsible Safety Officer for this event. Please follow my instructions should the need arise. Please also familiarize yourself with emergency exits in the back of the room on the right and on the left. Now to introduce our first two speakers, the investor is currently the president of international pretty with the deputy of state and the Deputy Assistant secretary for defense for asia and east Pacific Affairs in the office of defense. Is he has had a distinguished career in government and policy. He was south koreas ambassador to the oecd from 2013 until 2015. Investor lee has had a long esteemed career working in south koreas ministry of foreign affairs. They will give her marks first follow