All right, the Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the Government Accountability office, the Service Secretaries, the Service Chiefs, on the current condition of privatized military housing. Almost a year ago, i first heard from the military families about the dismal conditions they faced. Frankly confession is good for the soul. This was janet driver called this to my attention, from Tinker Air Force base. And i thought this was something that was just unique to Tinker Air Force base, and then i thought, no, it is elsewhere in oklahoma. And so that was the background of how this all started. Weve come to learn that its it is a problem nationwide. Its a National Crisis of proportions we havent seen since the scandal at walter reed about a decade ago. Members of this committee, our staff and myself, weve all traveled and seen these problems firsthand. This is the third hearing this committee has had on this issue and im sure its not going to be the last. We open that since o
Order. Without 0, all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record, subject to length limitation and the rules. We immediate today to examine the fiasco surrounding the Trump Administrations decision to invoke Emergency Authority under the arms expert control act. And abuse of authority in my view and ram led to 8 billion in arms sales to gulf countries. Well hear testimony from assistant secretary of state for plate political clarke cooper. Thank you for appearing before us today. Welcome to members of the and can the press and thank you to your friends on cspan who are broughting this important proceeding. Before i recognize myself for opening stam i want to just say to the member isll be heavy with the gavel because we want to get in as many people asking questions as possible. So, the five minutes will be pretty hard and fast. Instead of let it go for six or seven minutes. If ask people to please speak within the fiveminute recognized per
International law and competition. In this moment of global upheaval and disruption, can western countries uphold International Order based on the principles of the United Nations charter . Is the current framework for International Law adequate to govern engagement between nations as well as with nonstate actors . Or does it need rethinking . How can multilateral institutions help to preserve International Law and ensure accountability . I am pleased to welcome dr. Matias spektor, whose profound insight and expertise uniquely positioned him to discuss the complex issues at hand. Hes a professor of politics and International Relations and founder of the school of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in sao paulo, a top think tank in latin america. He was a visiting fellow at the Princeton University institute for International Regional studies and is currently a fellow at the Georgetown Americas Institute and specializes in international security, transnational repression,
International law and competition. In this moment of global upheaval and disruption, can western countries uphold International Order based on the principles of the United Nations charter . Is the current framework for International Law adequate to govern engagement between nations as well as with nonstate actors . Or does it need rethinking . How can multilateral institutions help to preserve International Law and ensure accountability . I am pleased to welcome dr. Matias spektor, whose profound insight and expertise uniquely positioned him to discuss the complex issues at hand. Hes a professor of politics and International Relations and founder of the school of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in sao paulo, a top think tank in latin america. He was a visiting fellow at the Princeton University institute for International Regional studies and is currently a fellow at the Georgetown Americas Institute and specializes in international security, transnational repression,
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