Good morning. Today we are going to vote on senator sessions nomination to serve as attorney general. After we look on senator sessions, we will turn to legislation and other committee housekeeping business on the agenda. I would like to mention a few things before we proceed. Except for the Ranking Member, i will ask everyone to try to limit the remarks to five minutes. That is how i handle lynchs nomination and by my count, every democrat on this committee except for two that i know about, has already announced that the intent to oppose the nomination so there is no mystery how this thing may go today. As far as the final vote is concerned. With everyones cooperation we should be able to move forward in an orderly way. Three weeks ago senator sessions testified before this committee. For more than 10 hours. Throughout that testimony, the American People had the opportunity to hear and learn directly from senator sessions. What all of us on this committee already knew to be true becau
Good morning. Today we are going to vote on senator sessions nomination to serve as attorney general. After we look on senator sessions, we will turn to legislation and other committee housekeeping business on the agenda. I would like to mention a few things before we proceed. Except for the Ranking Member, i will ask everyone to try to limit the remarks to five minutes. That is how i handle lynchs nomination and by my count, every democrat on this committee except for two that i know about, has already announced that the intent to oppose the nomination so there is no mystery how this thing may go today. As far as the final vote is concerned. With everyones cooperation we should be able to move forward in an orderly way. Three weeks ago senator sessions testified before this committee. For more than 10 hours. Throughout that testimony, the American People had the opportunity to hear and learn directly from senator sessions. What all of us on this committee already knew to be true becau
Libya was among the two Foreign Relations that testified before the senate Foreign Relations committee adhering on the ongoing civil conflict in libya and what role the us and its allies could take. Senator ben cardin, the senator drinking cardmember, who criticized President Trump for his assessment last week that there was no role for the us to play in the ongoing libyan conflict. Todays hearing will examine the crisis in libya. Id like to thank our witnesses for appearing before the committee on this important issue. Unfortunately, six years after the nato intervention libya remains on the brink of civil war. Like many of its neighbors libya failed to transition into a stable Representative Democracy hoped for by citizens. Sadly, if libyan people who paid the price. Fighting between the malicious has undermined internal security , weekend government institutions and damaged the economy. It also posing potential. [inaudible] to the us and allies. Infighting has created a permissive e
Here. And todays hearing will examine the crisis in libya. I would like to thank our witnesses for again appearing before the committee on this issue. Unfortunately, six years ago, after the nato intervention, libya remains on the brink of civil war. Like many of its neighbors, libya failed to transition into a stable, Representative Democracy hoped for by citizens following the arab spring. And sadly, the libyan people have paid the price. Fighting between militias has undermined internal security, weakened government institutions, and damaged the economy. It is also posing substantial risk to the u. S. And to our allies. Infighting has created a permissive environment for terrorist groups like isis. The organizations gains in libya have led to u. S. Supported military operations last year in places like sert. Weve had some successes there but conditions allowing extremists remain. Many of us agree the libyan political agreement needs to be altered as the current government lacks the
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