North korea expert, scholar and author for the sister, dr. Sungyoon lee. His bio is on the website, but i do want highlight that outside of his Academic Work research. Chair dr. Lee has been an Expert Witness for us congressional. Hearings on north korea policy, including the Otto Warmbier versus dprk trial this evening. We have a unique opportunity to hear his insights about country that keeps us awake, continues to present challenging policy problems for the region and beyond and. As if that werent difficult enough to try to the pathology of secretive kim that leads it joining dr. Lee is our very own Emma Whitmyer easy Society Policy institute officer, Program Officer will interview dr. Lee and then conduct a q a with the audience. Emma was previously a fellow with the south Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Now we get the program underway, which is why you are here. I want to first thank dr. Lee for taking time to speak here. We are delighted for this opportunity to host you for w
Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the members of the peoples house find their way back to the capitol in anticipation of a busy second session of the 115th congress, we ask your continued blessing on our nation. May the days of celebration near the end of 2017 and the welcoming of a new year inspire hope and good will among the members of the peoples house, that the issues to be faced might be addressed with wisdom and timely consideration. Bless as well those who have labored in these halls and offices even while congress has been in recess. Without their steady and faithful service, the work of congress would not be possible. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3a of House Resolution 670, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. He chair will lead the house [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. ,