Host guy snodgrass is the author of holding the line. The about your role at pentagon specifically under jim mattis. Guest i was the chief speechwriter for secretary mattis. Speechn charge of operations, writing memos and letters to world leaders. I was also his director of communications. That started to elevate that role to the communications and messaging coordination with the white house, state department and international organizations. Host did you know secretary mattis before you got the job . Guest i had met him once very , i had beenically interviewing for my first speechwriter job. For 20 years i was in f18 fighter pilot. Maybe a year to two years of a break. I was interviewing for my first speechwriter role. Here comes secretary mattis. Had a chance to meet him very briefly. Get the job . You host i was contacted. Forere stationed overseas two and a half years. When we moved back to the United States we had just taken a job in norfolk, virginia. I got a call saying my servic
Brothers, the only way that arking people even have chance of achieving the changes and justice they need and deserve is by electing and new aesident, i democratic democratic president. Heart overflows today to see so many of you here today, politically engaged. Stay active. Work harder than you ever have before. And as democrats, as democrats, may we never lose our sense of e at injustice around us. Thank you all. Thank you. [cheering and applause] New Hampshire democrats, please welcome to the stage congressman tim ryan. Thank you. Thank you. My name is tim ryan. Im a congressman from ohio, where i work with my wife andrea , a First Grade School teacher and whoho is 16 and brady who is five. We had a traumatic event several weeks ago in dayton, ohio where an took the lives of ohio oans, where ohi 21, 22, 23yearold kids had to watch people literally bleed out on the street in dayton, ohio because someone had a weapon they should not have ad, with the capacity to kill many people and i
Newshour, meeting with senator mark warner, who needs no introduction, chairman of the Senate Committee on intelligence. Ill be presiding over this discussion. Kenneth a moscow lecture. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow, longtime member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today, seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So, without further ado, ill just say i will invite senator warner. He will speak for about ten minutes, then ill have the opportunity to ask him questions for about 20 minutes and then at 1 00, we will open it up for questions for members. Without further ado, senator mark warner. Thank you for that introduction, judy. Looking forward to our discussion. That is, abou
From you to work with you on that . Absolutely. I will have my staff reach out to you. We take you live to the council on force that counsel on Foreign Relations we take you live to the council on Foreign Relations. You are watching live coverage on cspan. On Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a moscow who was a longtime member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet you have at your seat. I want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today, seated at the center table. Welcome to you. Without further ado, i will invite senator warner who will speak for 10 minutes and i will have the opportunity to ask them for 20 minutes, and at 1 00, we will open it up for questions from members. Without further ado, senator mark warner. [applause] sen
The past. It wasnt really an unusual thing to happen in sudan, the same way it was in egypt, for example. There was always in understanding this was different, but there was also Lessons Learned from the arab spring, when Omar Al Bashir was from the arab spring, when Omar Al Bashir was deposed, and from the arab spring, when Omar Al Bashir was deposed, and the army remained in power, the protesters would not go home, because they realise this would just be a man mike redux, a continuation of his regime. They realised it in a way, because of what had happened in egypt . A couple of ways, the military didnt ever really return it to the barix. Also, because the entire military establishment is tainted by Omar Al Bashir, entire military establishment is tainted by Omar Al Bashir, and entire military establishment is tainted by omaral bashir, and it wasnt really separate to him, in the way the military was separate in egypt. Optically, there wasnt enough daylight, there wasnt enough distanc