All our little case only trapped in osama does have another month or so to make that appeal hes expected to be back in Court Next Year towards the beginning of the year until then zuma is speaking to people like this outside the court asking for their support maintaining his innocence. Still ahead on aljazeera so all shows off its military might at one of the biggest Defense Industry trade shows in the region. Hello the weather in this part of asia is now much quieter the sun is out so are almost all of japan and the Korean Peninsula and a good posture and thats a bit of a hint of incoming cold weather but it skips northward so its still in the teens nothing much colder than if last 9 is a max in still teens in beijing as well youll notice there is a potential of some rain just coming in to the western side of honshu reaching tokyo slow moving not particularly heavy but rain nevertheless and thats the picture for thursday and the cloud that comes across the green but as you might use a
Committee will come to order. Today, we will hold the nomination hearing on a very important position. The honorable John J Sullivan to be the ambassador to the Russian Federation. First, we have two very distinguished colleagues of ours who wish to introduce our nominees. Torefore, i am going postpone my Opening Statement and i ask the Ranking Member to do likewise. Beh that, we are glad to joined by senators sullivan of alaska and cardin of maryland. Sullivan thank you very much, mr. Chairman, Ranking Member menendez. It is an honor to be in front of the committee again in front on behalf of my friend John Sullivan to support his nomination to be the United States ambassador to the Russian Federation. Despite what his last name would suggest, we are not related, although i regularly joke with senator markey who is also a proud sullivan member in his heritage that at some point in history, we will probably all related. I have supported secretary sullivans nomination before and can spe
We had to rebuild the military didnt have a choice. Welcome to hudson wide big crowd in the middle of summer. But the topic is very interesting and i appreciate you being here. Today we will talk about the intersection of economics and National Security thinking about competition as you know across the domain and on the economic side of things. The ad jumped secret fellow and a former associate director for capability and the chief Technology Officer National Geospatial intelligence agency. In that capacity responsible for technology r d and the strategy of the Agency Overall responsible to bring ai into the agency and to adopt it more effectively and ceo of two technology startups. With the phd and we need more of anthony and the government of economics of National Security with his whole career and then i will open this up to the audience. Thank you so much and to discuss this topic today. And then to spend some time and what that means for the American Military and intelligence in t
To the subcommittee as well as the oversight committee. We are delighted to have you. Lets see. Without objection i want to wave onto the subcommittee, stephen horseford from nevada who wanted to ask questions. By unanimous consent we grant that privilege. I want to thank witnesses for their ongoing cooperation, you and your staff have been truly excellent partners in this oversight process. Thank you for your work, i learned from my district staff, you toward Silver Spring in montgomery county, maryland, these are diverse high density areas with high concentration of immigrants where a variety of languages are spoken and i appreciate your coming out to take out our community, my district director kevin connor met with your staff and was encouraged by the bureaus preparation so i thank you and your staff for your hard work. We have a lot to accomplish before 2020. We were embroiled in a battle over the Citizenship Question. Now that the administration is forced to stand down, the effor
[indistinct conversations] welcome to hudson. This is a big crowd. I am surprised, in the middle of summer. Everyone must be seeking some air conditioning. But i think the topic is interesting and i appreciate you being here. Theill talk about intersection of economics and National Security, thinking about competition. As you know across the economic and political military domain and we will spoke focus on the economic side. We are fortunate to have an adjunct senior fellow from the american and for the new security. And the chief Technology Officer geo national he was responsible for technology, r d, and the strategy of the agency. He was also responsible for bringing ai to the agency, which is an accomplishment. Would you know is an accomplishment. Previously he was the ceo of two Technology Start ups and he served with the department of defense and iraq, afghanistan, i think afghanistan . And africa. He has a phd in International Relations at the London School of economics. Theeed m