The outgoing chairman, mike johnson from louisiana from indiana mike johnson from louisiana and jim thanks from indiana. Im going to do a quick interruption of them and then ask questions but we will take questions from the audience. If you would like to ask questions, please submit them to chris see hris. Gavin at a. Org. We will put them up. I have a bunch of my own questions as well so we will try to get to them as they come up. Representative jim thanks is chairman elect to the committee and representative thinks is inn his second term representative of the Third District covering the Northeast Corner of the date including four lane. Thanks service in the Armed Services committee on education and Labor Committee and Veterans Affairs committee. He is the father of Young Children so we always like to have, no about peoples families. Representative johnson is the outgoing chairman, the second term representing Fourth District of louisiana covering the northwest part of the state inclu
We want to flag everyone. We are more than 300 people registered. We will do our best to get in as many questions as possible. It is my great pleasure before joining the council. The special assistant to the president in north africa in the gulf region. Responsible for relations. In the organization for security. In europe. Having written numerous books on u. S. Foreign policy. They recognize the release of the newest book. They hail it as the examination of u. S. Regime change efforts. For everyone interested in americas foreign policy. Let me vote for all of the members on todays call. You will have the opportunity to receive a copy of as well as two other csr books published this month. Let me welcome phil gordon. We have a great group. Let me say congratulations on the plication of the book. Why ts book at this time. This is aistory of u. S. Regime change. In tryg to learn from our hiory less we rept it. Half of the people on this call have been thinking about regime change around
In as many questions as possible. It is my great pleasure to introduce todays speaker, philip gordon. He is a senior fellow at the u. S. Foreign policy here at cfr. For joining the council fill a special assistant to the president and white house coordinator for the middle east, north africa in the gulf region under president obama. He previously served the assistant secretary of state for european affairs. He is responsible for the relations of more than 50 countries in europe and eurasia along with nato, eu, and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. Phil has also had a distinguished scholarly career having written and coauthored numerous books on u. S. Policy and foreign affairs. Today we are here to recognize his newest book, losing the long game, the false promise of regine change in the middle east. Former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers hails it as an examination of u. S. Regime change efforts in the middle east. The journalist robin whit
Congress. Watch washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern Tuesday Morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Spacex crew dragon is making contact with the International Space station this evening. We expect the docking to begin around 11 00 p. M. Eastern once that occurs, there will be a welcoming ceremony for the four astronauts on board. We also expect a News Conference with nasa officials in the early or morning hours. This is live coverage on cspan. We will next move through wave. 1, 220 meters away directly in front of the docking port. Where dragon docked steering demo one and demo two. We will be looking for the go to keep out the sphere of 200 meter radius, and invisible line around the station that helps flight controllers monitor vehicles they approach and depart the International Space station. Such a cool view. Seeing dragon with the canada arm from the station. The earth in the background. We use to use t
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Is good news breaks out at westminster. Our nation, madam Deputy Speaker is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest immunised pro Immunisation Programme in the history of our health service. Health service. Boris johnson is want he health service. Boris johnson is want he picked health service. Boris johnson is want he picked the health service. Boris johnson is want he picked the wrong l is want he picked the wrong sort of brexit. Sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us and sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us and made| sort of brexit. The protocol l has betrayed us and made us feel like foreigners in our own country. Tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. And a long life well lived. Not cut the mustard. And a long life well lived. Commons life well lived.