Some of you know me. Im ron marks. I head up the Intelligence Program here. Before we begin our session, and talk about our speaker and everybody gets to sit down, i would like to make sure there is q a at the end, if everybody would be so kind as to shut off your cell phones. Frank fletcher, who is our head of Public Affairs here, has a very large and heavy mike. Hell run to you and get you. So be careful. Were dealing with dangerous people here. The best thing someone who introduces can do is get out of the way quickly so im going to try to do that. I would like to welcome everybody to Daniel Morgan graduate school of National Security. A great school we have here and a nice opportunity for us to have the latest in a series of speakers at the National Security area, and also thanks to cspan3 people who are here today as well. I started off as a Clandestine Services in the cia in the soviet division, and we were always curious as to what the military people were doing on the other sid
It is engaraved on the side of this gun. Sundays at 2 00 p. M. On cspan3 working as we explore america. Coming up next, a look at the effectiveness against countries like iran and north korea. Its about 90 minutes. Committee will come to order. All members will have five legislative days to submit materials for inclusion into the record. This is entitled evaluating the effectiveness of programs. I am pleased to welcome our colleagues to the hearing on u. S. Sanctions. From iran to north korea to russia and venezuela sanctions are used in our Foreign Policy tool kit. Congress must ensure they be held accountable for result. It may provide context for this discussion. Sap sanctions are key. They should be designed accordingly. That means calibrating sanctions relief based on achievable actions we wish to see from a foreign actor. Tailoring sanctions is important for secondary sanctions given how banking restrictions have less predictable effects. They reported and the full house overwe o