Good morning, everyone. Happy new year. This is a very serious time here in america, both as it relates to president ial accountability that we continue to address, perhaps most importantly this moment of great tension and conflict in the world, in the middle east, in iraq, with u. S. Troops and americans in harms way unnecessarily in the view of many because of the provocative, potentially unlawful actions of the president of the United States. Mr. Jeffries with respect to the recent strike. At our meeting today we had a very robust discussion as it relates to the moment that we are in, the situation that we confront in the middle east. We were graced by the presence of ambassador wendy sherman, who was one of the lead negotiators of the jcpoa, the iran nuclear agreement. That the president s reckless actions have all but disintegrated making us less safe here in america and throughout the world. We also heard from deputy it relates tos as the underlying legal basis of the president s
Former department of Homeland Security adviser for the obama administration. Ok, thank you. Thats exactly right. Now we have to recognize the Senior Member here. Well, it is a treat to welcome former colleagues, current colleagues. Ive worked with every member of this panel in some form or another, inside and outside of government. Its a treat to welcome everyone here on behalf of the center of law and security on the nyu school of law that i am privileged to serve as a distinguished senior fellow at. Welcome to this program and welcome to my colleagues. This is really a treat for me to be joined together with you once again to talk about a really important and timely subject, the issue of National Security and how the executive branch and the legislative branch address some of the most Critical Issues of our time, and i will do some very brief introductions in a minute, but you will understand the theme here is every single one of these distinguished Public Servants served in the exec
Congress who previously served in the executive branch discuss the role of congress and National Security and foreign affairs. This discussion from New York University school of law is moderated by lisa monaco, a former Homeland Security advisor for the Obama Administration. Now we have to recognize the Senior Member here. It is a treat to welcome former colleagues, current colleagues ive worked with, every member of this pan in some form or another come inside and outside of government. Its a treat welcome everyone here on behalf of the recent center on law and security of the nyu school of law that i am privileged to serve as the distinguished senior fellow at. Welcome to this program and welcome to my colleagues. This is really a treat for me to be joined together with you want to get to talk the most important and timely subject, the each of National Security and how the executive branch and the legislative branch address some of the most Critical Issues of our time. I will do some
Thank you. We have to recognize the Senior Member here. It is a treat to welcome former colleagues, current colleagues, ive worked with ever member of this panel in some form of another inside and outside of government. Its a treat to welcome everyone here on behalf of the law and security that i am privileged to serve as a distinguished senior fellow at. Welcome to this program and welcome to my colleagues. This is a treat for me to be joined with you to talk about a really important and timely subject, the issue of National Security and how the executive branch and the legislative branch address some of the most Critical Issues of our time and i will do some very brief introductions in a minute, but you will understand the theme here is every single one of these distinguished Public Servants, served in the executive branch in the National Security community and the searching topic for today is how has that service informed your view as legislators and how can we be best poised from b
We have to recognize the Senior Member here, and treat to welcome current and former colleagues and i have worked with this panel in some form or another inside and outside of government. It is a treat to welcome everybody here on the nyu school of Law Community where i am a distinguished fellow. Welcome to the program and my colleagues. This is a treat for me to be joined together with you once again to talk about a really important and timely subject, the issue of National Security and how the executive branch and the legislative branch address some of the most Critical Issues of our time, and i will do some very brief introductions in a minute, but you will understand that the theme here is that every single one of the distinguished Public Servants served in the executive branch in the National Security community and the searching topic for today is how has that service informed your view as legislators and how can we be best poised from both branches perspective to confront some of