Who is Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon correspondent for defense news here with us to talk about the efforts to pass the Defense Authorization bill. Aaron, the bill sets programs and policies for the pentagon. How important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . So the national Defense Authorization act, essentially, its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill and its one of the mustpass bills and this is how much well pay members of the military and this is how many plane, how many ships and how many guns were going to buy and this is how we want to invest and it can include policy, and regarding some movements in some cases and overseas exercises and things like that. It is very much the bill that sets the next year of the military and in some cases the next five years of the military planning. It is seen in the pent fwon as something they need to get done every year and it is done as a point of pride they get done every year and i
In as many questions as possible. It is my great pleasure to introduce todays speaker, philip gordon. He is a senior fellow at the u. S. Foreign policy here at cfr. For joining the council fill a special assistant to the president and white house coordinator for the middle east, north africa in the gulf region under president obama. He previously served the assistant secretary of state for european affairs. He is responsible for the relations of more than 50 countries in europe and eurasia along with nato, eu, and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. Phil has also had a distinguished scholarly career having written and coauthored numerous books on u. S. Policy and foreign affairs. Today we are here to recognize his newest book, losing the long game, the false promise of regine change in the middle east. Former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers hails it as an examination of u. S. Regime change efforts in the middle east. The journalist robin whit
The director of the john w hosted the experience of inflated african muslims in the 19th century, and Supreme Court decisions on religious issues after world war ii. The library of congress hosted this event. Study anotherg to that hasublic debate roiled the republic since its earliest days, how religion touches our daily life in washington and around the country. It wasnt that much noted in the media this morning as they were rushing to cover Todays Health Care vote, but its also a day in which President Trump is asking for or issuing an executive order that will relax the socalled johnson amendment, which was a law passed by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 prohibiting religious organizations from overt political activity for fear of tax consequences. That is also changing today. Day night was the National Today is the national day of prayer at the white house. Last night President Trump met with his evangelical advisory board. That is a group of people who only a year ago were not very happy
9 30 tomorrow so those watch tragic, good morning. As with past virtual lectures there will be time of the talk for our guest to answer any questions you might have. Feel free to ask a question by clicking on the q a icon and split them there 0 or vote for other commit submitted questions. Id like to introduce thomas bowman, class of 2013 who we introduce our spending are foe the evening. Thank you, jeremy. Steven farnsworth is professor of International Affairs and director of the center for leadership and media study at the university of Mary Washington. The coauthor or author of send books and a 201 recipient of the virginia outstanding faculty award from the state council of Higher Education for virginia. In addition, dr. Farnsworth has won three campuswide Teaching Award at Mary Washington. The alum anytime Association Outstanding young factually member bar. The married Teaching Award and the richard poll mary outstanding award. Dr. Farnsworth, american studies at umw has caught t
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