And i got the memo on what to wear today. I love it. Anybody else in bright pink . We have got a few more. It is good to see you all. Im so glad to have this chance to be with you and so glad that i brought family with me. I have my son, alex. Where are you . There he is. The guy in the blue shirt. [applause] sen. Warren just so you know, alex has been my tech support since second grade. [laughter] sen. Warren its true. He now runs his own small business, but he has picked up a new sideline. The new sideline is called support your mother when she runs for president of the United States. [laughter] sen. Warren thank you, alex. [applause] sen. Warren so i thought what we would do today is that i tell you just a little bit about myself, a little bit about why im in this race. I will try to do that as quick as i can. Then we will take as many questions as possible so that i am covering the things most important to you. Then we will engage in that most important part of democracy, selfies.
Sen. Warren you can see judy and i got the memo on what to wear today. I love it. Anybody else in bright pink . We have got a few more. It is good to see you all. Im so glad to have this chance to be with you and so glad, in fact, that i brought family with me. I have my son, alex. Where are you, son . There he is. Where . Guy in the blue shirt. [applause] sen. Warren now, just so you know, alex has been my tech support since second grade. [laughter] sen. Warren its true. He now runs his own small business, but he has picked up a new sideline. The new sideline is called support your mother when she runs for president of the United States. [laughter] sen. Warren thank you, alex. [applause] sen. Warren so i thought what we would do today is that i tell you just a little bit about myself, a little bit about why im in this race. I will try to do that as quick as i can. Then we will take as many questions as possible so that i am covering the things most important to you. Then we will engag
I like toisch welcome our guests. I hope they can get us uptodate, which is difficult, as fast as the situation is moving. The hearing is intended to examine turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east. State ofaluate the u. S. Turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, it is important to recall the path that brought us here. 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 eightyear conflict, the syrian dictator with the support of russia and iran has bombed towns and cities across syria, resulting in 500,000 deaths and leaving 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware of confirmed use of chemical weapons by the regime incked assad violation of international law. Syrian, russian and iranian regimes hope to tilde upon the successful defeat of the islamic northeast syria. These are circumstances we find ourselves in today.
Guests who i think will be enlightening after the discussions we had earlier today. The situation is quite fluid and im sure they can help us get uptodate. This hearing today is intended to assess the humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, and evaluate the state of u. S. Turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, it is 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. Ira, the u. S. , nato allies and other entities. Over the course of this eightyear conflict, the syrian dictator with the support of russia over the course of this eightyear conflict, the syrian dictator bashar alassad, with the support of russia and iran has bombed towns and cities across syria, resulting in 500,000 deaths and leaving 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware of confirmed use
Mf should not have time restrictions or be geographically constrained. This hearing is just over three hours. Stop endless war. Stop endless war. Stop endless war. [inaudible] [indiscernible] Foreign Relations committee will come to order. Two housekeeping issues. We have a number of people in the audience. Some of whom sometimes like to express themselves. We thank you for being here. In the past, when there have been interruptions, on occasion i have been able to have people be arrested but we have stopped that. Please dont do anything that causes you to have to be escorted out of the room because then the process continues, being arrested is unpleasant. I would hate to see you go through that process. We have a chance for two votes today. Which is unfortunate. What we have talked before about doing is adjourning the hearing seven minutes until 6 00, everyone rushing down of voting on the tail end of the first vote and the beginning of the second book. There will be no speaking befor