Created by americas Cable Television company as a Public Service and brought to you by your cable provider. Secretary of state mike pompeo was on capitol hill to test of by on the state departments 2021 budget request. Asked about china, u. S. Troop withdrawal from germany, the firing of the state departments Inspector General, and is it an trumps recent tweet on possibly delaying the 2020 election. This Foreign Relations hearing is almost three hours. The efforts of china and russia to so discard and read have a can undo the reand open International Order have reached new heights. They have stepped up this and manipulated international institutions, suppress the voices of freedom, propped up dictators, and invaded their neighbors. They deny millions of people access to humanitarian systems. We have a long road ahead of us in this era of competition. We need sustained political will read these challenges require nothing less. On top of all of this, we are confronted by a new challenge,
Germany, the may firing of the state departments Inspector General, and President Trumps recent tweet on possibly delaying the 2020 election. Hearingeign relations is almost three hours. Good morning, everyone. Today we have with us secretary of state mike pompeo to discuss the state departments fiscal year 2021 budget request. Any judge,history is secretary pompeo will face a wide variety of questions that extend beyond the departments budget, which i know you can handle. The u. S. And our allies and partners continue to face serious foreign challenges that will test us for decades to come. Chineseder the communist party is our chief competitor and russia is a key adversary. The efforts of these nations to sow discord, wreak havoc, and undo the free and open International Order upon which shared prosperity and security are built have reached new heights. They have stepped up disinformation and manipulated international institutions, suppressed voices of freedom and democracy, propped
The committee will come to order. Thank you all for coming today, i dont think all of you for being here. It is our honor to have the deputy secretary of state here to testify on u. S. Policy regarding peoples republic of china. I originally defaulting back in march, however, our need to focus on the Community Protests from doing that. It is important this committee continue its work on its most committing Foreign Policy challenges, obviously china is one of those. As a complete mistrust correctly recognized, china is a strategic in global competitor of the United States. It would be the greatest Foreign Policy challenge the United States faces in decades to come. Policies of the Chinese Communist party undermine u. S. Interests and values, as we share with partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge the fork front of american life. We now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and partners in t
We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
Tactics today our panel guests who have both backgrounds in Law Enforcement join me to discuss policing and america all right its time to prove your news i knew. The United States war on drugs was ramped up in the caribbean and eastern pacific with the u. S. Military targeting cocaine trafficking on the high seas meantime a new u. N. Report indicates that the amount of land being used to grow the coca plant in colombia has actually decreased so what is that all actually mean for that lets turn our to correspondent john how he was live in our miami studio with more on this so john whats going on. In the middle of the un office on drugs and crime as its called released a report on wednesday showing that the amount of land and you touched on this in the. The amount of land being used to grow the coca plant in colombia dropped by 9 percent in 2019 from 169000 hectors to 15154000 so thats basically the equivalent of 380500 acres heres the thing though while the amount of land being used to