Have made to washington, d. C. , over the years. The the doors that they have knocked on, the efforts that they have contributed are just are just considerable. And you start to name names. You start thinking about tara sweeney and the folks that have been there year in and year out. Those who have been supportive, either traveling back here or those who call, those who write. It really is it really is its gratifying, its heartwarming, and it is it is a its a reality that you can never say thank you for the efforts that you have made over the years. So to know that as you as you spoke as alaskans that your voices have been heard and that congress has finally listened is, indeed, gratifying. And, of course, we would not have reach this point without two particular alaskans, the one im proud to serve with here in our delegation, don young, the dean of the house, the congressman for all alaska. He has singlehandedly kept this issue alive in the house for a generation. It has been 13 times
Good morning or afternoon however you decide to part this time of day. Thank you for coming audience to this book event and thank you audience on cspan for watching us in what would be a fascinating hour and a half discussing new Book Strategic failure. Strategic failure, i think a book that every republican candidate ought to be reading and whose staff ought to be examining chapter by chapter to see how we got in this terrible six that we got in right now the United States position there, and also some key ideas of how we get ourselves out. Mark has written a book which i think comes of kindliness for understanding whats happening around the world couldnt have been in tune with the American Public today. Poll after poll shows that the American Public is deeply disquieted with our position as visavis other powers inalluding including russia and china and allies and are worried about increasing instability and violence around the world particularly with the rise of the radical terrorist
Stocks down again. I mean, were up 156 now though, thats the main point. We have a number of guests lined up with Nicole Petallides to set the stage for us on the floor of the new york Stock Exchange. Certainly dont want to complain about the rally. Well take anything we can get, nice to see it up. 401 k s, iras, you want to see up air eaus. Duh arrows. This comes up two extremely difficult days of trading, the dow was down 870 points in those two days following the british vote to exit the European Union coupled with the fact that we lost 3 trillion in Global Market value. That being said, now its a little bit of a bounceback. Is it a relief rally or does it actually have legs . The dow right now up 151 points. Most stocks are higher. Lets take a look at some of the european banks. Its worth noting that during this difficult time we saw barclays being halted, it was down 20 , friday and monday, we saw these names under pressure. Royal bank of scotland as well. Today all up arrows. You
The downsize agos armed forces has put the country at risk. [inaudible conversations] good morning or afternoon. However you decide to parse this time of day. Im arthur herrmann, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and thank you for coming, audience, to this book event, and thank you audience on cspan for watching us in what i think will be an absolutely fascinating hour and a half. Discussing mark moyars new Book Strategic failure to. A book is a book that every republican president ial candidate ought to be reading, and whose staff ought to be examining, chapter by chapter to figure out how it is that we got into this terrible fix that were in right now around the world, the United States position there, and also some key ideas how to get ourselves out. Mark moyar has written a book which i think in terms to terms of timeliness for understanding what is happening around the world, couldnt have been more in tune with where the American Public is today. Poll after poll shows the Ame
Instituted, this court had approved it. And there was this process of briefing in congress. And i dont think theres anything classified. You can tell me if it is and if you cant answer it. But could you just explain to me. If im a member of the congress, an ordinary member, not a member of some special committee, what exactly was i told . I dont mean what was in the classified briefing. What was i told about you better go read this before you vote for this. What memo did i get from whom . So, i think, there were memos from the chairs of the two intelligence committees. And they are in the joint appendix. They identified within the connection of the reauthorization, information has been provided by the im paraphrasing but information provided by the executive branch that was important for evaluation of the reauthorization of this authority in section 215. And it was up to me to go and figure out if it was worth it for me to go and read it as they were telling me i should. And i think of