Director for center of american seapower. I hope you have a monograph, the subject of our discussion today. And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great commander sought in a positio
And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great commander sought in a position to impose his will on a chaotic battlefield in a single moment of genius or a series of moments of genius.
Vote the presiding officer anyone wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 94. The nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell could we have order in the senate. I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to executive calendar number 550 be withdrawn. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i further ask that following disposition of the davis nomination, the senate resume consideration of the vegan nomination and vote on the combination, confirmation. If confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that following the disposition of the biegun nomination, we resume consideration of the house message to accompany 1158. If cloture invoked on the motion to concur on the house amendment t
Hall at Victoria Falls despite the rainbow the Worlds Largest waterfall is in some parts a slow trickle find out that its the worst drought in a centuries affecting 45000000 people across 40 nations in Southern Africa. Hello welcome to the program we begin this hour in india where thousands of people have to fight a battle demonstrations and rallied against a controversial citizenship law amounting the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modis government since he took power in 2014 but he himself has held a mega rally in the capital new delhi where he denied that the excludes muslims but the onrush shows no sign of abating at least 23 people have been killed in clashes with Security Forces and protesters are saying they have no plans to back down Sabina Shrestha reports how 7 good of. Its the greatest challenge indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protest against a citizenship law which many s
Assess over the last 76 days is this whether President Trump abused the power of his office through a quid pro quo robbery extortion or whatever by withholding a meeting or Security Assistance as a way of pressuring ukrainian president selenski to investigate the president s political rival former v. P. Biden for the president s political benefit in the upcoming election a secondary allegation that has been levied is whether President Trump obstructed congress during the inquiry. Evidence of taim during the inquiry does not support either of those allegations the republican report of evidence lays out the reasons in more detail but i will summarize i will begin with the substantive allegation about an abuse of power. The inquiry has returned no direct evidence of President Trump without a meeting or Security Assistance in order to pressure president alinsky to investigate former v. P. Biden witnesses who testified in the in korea have denied having awareness of criminal activity or eve