Coupleted in committee a weeks ago and had over 650 amendments submitted to the official mark of the chairman and the subcommittee marks. We process to those amendments and adopted 475 amendments in. Ommittee i want to thank our staff for the incredible amount of work to work with members and various interested parties to get us to that product. I am very pleased we were able to get that done and pass the bill out of the Armed Services committee unanimously 560 with broad support. I want to thank the Ranking Member of the committee for his incredible leadership during this process. Partnereen a terrific as the chairman of the committee and as the Ranking Member. As heill be his last ndaa is retiring from congress. I want to thank him for his great work and leadership. I want to emphasize a point i have made many times, the Armed Services Committee Works in a bipartisan way and produces a legislative product in a manner i think should be an example for all of congress. That does not hap
Good afternoon. I am Christopher Nixon cox, grandson of president Richard Nixon. And on the half of my family and the board of directors of the Nixon Foundation i want to welcome you to another important event here at the Richard Nixon library, birthplace and use them, the of which is right behind me here. Today we are honored to have secretary of state mike pompeo to have chosen the Nixon Library to make a major speech about u. S. China relations. Like we do so often at the liberia, we are going to begia program with a prayer here would you please remain standing and welcome greg laurie, the Senior Pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship for an invocation. [applause] lets all pray together. Father, were so thankful to live in this country, the United States of america. And one thing we treasure so greatly is the freedom we have from you to pursue life, liberty and happiness. We have the freedom to speak our minds, the freedom to worship and the freedom to proclaim the message that jesu
Inslee both oppose the idea of federal Law Enforcement officers. They apparently oppose law and order period. Instead, declaring that the feds arrival in the seattle area is undermining public safety. If you can imagine. In portland, oregon, federal officers there pushed back a violent mob made up of some 2,000 anarchists and leftwing activists trying to burn down the federal courthouse. The nowrushal wissic richal listic chaos unfolding for a 57th consecutive night, and according to the leaders of the anarchists and activists, they dont intend to stop. Officers in portland say they were hit with large projectiles, flashed with lasers before they then used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowd last night. The Justice Department today announced the arrest of 18 rioters this week. They now face federal charges. Senior adviser to President Trump Steven Miller says President Trump will not stand for the radical lefts efforts to destroy the rule of law. Heres how he describes a
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An important time about the reshaping that is going on. Across the enough pacific region. Initiative is also the author of another tremendous book, rubbing on here. Called the end of the asia century. Its one of the most prolific and analysts on what is going on in the region. And if you havent already done it, set up a google alert for whatever the essays are published. You will get them right away. His of his hopes of the wonderful podcast city does on the pacific century. And of course the asia pacific region, has so many developments ongoing whether its from north korea or the latest aggressive actions of the Chinese Communist party. So we can have really more timely discussion about that vitally important patient. In joining us, to facilitate this discussion is a brilliant scholar and doctor, visiting fellow here at hoover senior fellow at the hudson institute. And as Deputy National security adviser for strategy and trump administration, nadia was instrumental in effecting when i