Questions for the record. There is subject to the length, limitation, and rules. We meet today to discuss President Trumps decision to withdraw from Northern Syria clearing the way for turkey to attack kurdish partners. The decision i view as disastrous. To our witnesses, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee, welcome to the members of the public and the press. Welcome to our friends from cspan who are broadcasting this important proceeding. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This committee has a long tradition of bipartisanship. We work on that every day. I think we are the most Bipartisan Committee in congress. The main reason is that members on both sides tend to share a vision of American Foreign policy that is rooted in and guided by our values. Supporting human rights and human dignity. Leadershipt american can and should be a force of good in the world. We know that on the world stage our country thrives on the power of partnerships and alliances. Limited in, we are
In the u. S. Withdrawal from syria with james jeffrey, who serves as the state Department Special representative. He joined secretary of state Matthew Palmer and how the u. S. Withdrawal could impact efforts to combat isis. Committee will come to order. Without objection all members will have five days to submit statements, material, and questions for the record. All members will have five days to submit statements, material, and questions for the record. There is subject to the length, limitation, and rules. We meet today to discuss President Trumps decision to withdraw from Northern Syria clearing the way for turkey to attack kurdish partners. The decision i view as disastrous. To our witnesses, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee, welcome to the members of the public and the press. Welcome to our friends from cspan who are broadcasting this important proceeding. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This committee has a long tradition of bipartisanship. We work on that e
What is happening in the World Economy. Working off a couple signs that the Global Economy is losing momentum. We are also getting october area manufacturing pmi instead of the forecast of 46 pounds. Its all to do with the extension. Were hoping and waiting to hear from the eu. We are getting a couple of key decisions and we have the ecb a little bit later today. All eyes on mario draghi for his last News Conference. Bank norges bank leaving its key rate unchanged. Shares are down 22. 5 and we will have a full roundup of all of your stocks. Coming up, we speak to the acting chief executive of air shuttle in about 10 minutes. But first, lets get straight to first word news in your city. Agree theysadors should accept the eus request for a third extension of the brexit process. Splitey are reportedly over how long to grant the extension. The french are pushing for a tight deadline but many other countries want to permit the three months officially asked for. Johnson was forced to ask for
To date, which is difficult, as fast as this situation is moving. This hearing today is intended to assess the geopolitical and humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, determined how best to salvage u. S. Interests moving forward and evaluate the state of u. S. turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, its important to recall the path that brought us here. To begin, the Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies, and other entities. Over the course of this eightyearlong conflict, syrias brutal dictator, ai bar shal ai said, with the support of russia and iran, has relentlessly bombed cities and towns across syria, resulting in over 500,000 deaths and leaving over 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware that many confirmed uses of chemical weapons by the russiabacked assad regime, adding to the humanitarian suffering in violations of
Huge Public Health crisis. Carol and aramcos mega ipo is finally set to go. Jason first, here is joel webber on this weeks issue and the cover story, tesla and the complicated ethics of autopilot. Joel thats right. We all like the idea of driverless cars. It seems like the future, right . But how do we get there . Basically, tesla is in the middle of this grand experiment with autopilot, which is viewed viewed as a stepping stone to driverless cars. But there is this big ethical dilemma. With autopilot, which is viewed this cover story is an ethics course of how do we get there . Tesla is already doing this in real time with autopilot, and other companies have been not quite as bold as what tesla has chosen to do. Carol joel, dilemma is right. The more miles we get on the road with something, the better. There is so much data involved in making this better, but in the interim, youre going to lose some lives. Joel thats right, that is the moral calculus that we are living in right now b