Cspan2. Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations iran policy before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the president s decision to kill iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Committee chair representative eliot engel threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Subject to limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that todays mr. Mccalls birthday. So happy birthday. Im 35 years once again. Me, too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today, as well. After we invited him, he announced that he would instead be in california. Thats unfortunate whether you agree with this administrations ap
Important in washington d. C. Going on tonight, i think you know what im talking about. Thank you for coming. Im Mark Loiselle at this George Mason University and we author the intelligence policy and National Security that has put on a number of these wonderful programs in the last few years. Im flattered that his turnout and look very much forward to this event. For those of you who dont know George Mason University has a short School Policy government that provides academic programs in fairfax and Arlington Virginia and we have a number of her fashion of degree programs primarily taught in arlington and Public Policy Public Administration interNational Security studies which has been ranked number two by u. S. News and world report nationally that we are very proud of and i think the Michael Hayden sent her center for Security Policy studies a number of other entities at the school are a very important component of the recognition we have received for being leaders in the field of s
Title and for a wonderful, fascinating conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you, paul thank you all. Good afternoon, everyone. Im david brigham. Im the librarian and ceo here at the Historical Society of pennsylvania. It is a great pleasure to have you here for our inaugural program in our refreshed patterson room. This is literally the first event in this newly renovated space. So welcome and thank you for coming by with us this afternoon. Were absolutely delighted to be collaborating with the Philadelphia Club and appreciate the promotional support from the Library Company of philadelphia and the American Philosophical Society. Our topic today is the underground railroad and one of our colleagues has described William Still. Els journal si as the most extensive, most important document of the underground railroad that survives. So we are thrilled to be able to share that with you under the plexiglass over there, youll be able to see it again at the end of the program. But were go
are as close today, as two peoples have ever been. we see you as our strong and trusted friend. we believe, that you intern, will find us as ready as ever to bear our four share, and defending the valleys and which we both believe. good afternoon. i m jonathan capehart, here in new york, with chris chances, and london. welcome back to live coverage, of the royal transition, as king charles the third, takes the throne in the wake of the death of his mother, that was queen elizabeth the second, speaking at the white house in 1976, for the bicentennial celebration of the united states. just moments ago, her coffin arrived at the royal palace in edinburgh scotland. over the next few days, the coffin will travel to london, where the queen s funeral will be held on monday, september 19th. this will be a major international gathering, president biden will be among the world leaders who will attend the funeral, it is a sign of the special relationship between the u.s. and britain
Angle. A couple of things that made me laugh and cry over the past few days. First what made me laugh. The borders not open. That something that is peddled as a talking point. Its not t true. There are fences, their walls. Our Border Patrol agents who work on the e border. Whether Bridging Media is working overtime for the big guy. He reminds me iraqs state media back in the ay. We ed the forces and Saddam International airport. Then we cleaned the hole place of the airport. Yeah, baghdad bob would be proud of the whole provided crew. Just like the iraqi troops were clearing the airport, the biting eam is clearing the border. No problem. We ill work to remove as quickly as possible for those that do not qualify for relief under our law. We are combating the smugglers more intensely than ever before. By resting and prosecuting them. Disrupting and dismantling and seizing their properties and funds. I like how they couldnt mic it well either. Didnt want anyone to hear this. With telling