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This meeting will come to order. Without objection, you will have five days to submit statements of material and questions to director subject in the rules. It will begin this missus secretary, thank you for meeting with us this morning. Weeks ago, we invited you to testify about american policy towards iran and iraq abusive force. Knowing that soleimani was in danger this terrorist is important that we look at Foreign Policy in terms of whether makes american safer advances our interests. Weeks later we seen attacks and more than a hundred servicemembers and thousands more personnel back to the region. In development of our relationship with the reckon the fight against isis. And run again, pushing towards a Nuclear Weapon and you promised the American People that they would be safer and iran, would be detoured. So my wrong metrics of this policy has been a failure. Mr. Secretary shouldnt have been so difficult to get you here in your parents here today, is far too short and all we ha
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements extraneous material and questions for the record subject to length limitation in the rules. We will begin, mr. Secretary. Thank you for meeting with us this morning. Weeks ago we invited you to testify about american policy towards iran, iraq and the use of force. No one doubts that case and solomon was a dangerous terrorist but its important that we look at Foreign Policy in terms of whether it makes american safer and advances our interest. Weeks later we seen attacks, injured more than 100 servicemembers, then then need to move thousands personal back to the region and remnant of our relationship with iraq and the setback in the fight against isis. I ran again pushing headlo
Live gaveltogavel of the house. Theyll gavel in next. Up the resolution on the appointment of managers of impeachment. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You helped promise god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, give strength and make us whole. On this day, the house and the senate draw our nations attention as the process of impeachment moves forward. Bless all members of congress with wisdom. Give them the courage to honor the constitution as they have promised to do so that all americans can proudly observe their government in action. Opinion and feelings will be on edge, may all members be filled by your holy spirit and engage each other with goodwill and respect. May all that is done this day and in the days to come, be for your gritter honor and glory. Amen.
He spoke to president zelensky of ukraine by telephone, President Trump had the upper hand. Ukraine had been invited by russia. Zelensky had only recently been elected. He badly needed our help. He needed it in the form of military aid, already appropriated by congress, because of our National Security interest in ukraine. And he needed help in the form of an oval office meeting, so he could show the world that the United States stands with him against russian aggression. President trump should have focused on americas National Security, and on the interest of the American People on that call. Instead, he completely ignored them in order to push his own personal political interests. President trump asked for a favor. He wanted ukraine to announce to bogus investigations, one into former Vice President biden, his leading opponent in the 2020 election, and another, to advance a Conspiracy Theory that ukraine, and not russia, attacked our elections in 2016. These were not legitimate reque