With that, christian will introduce todays speaker. Thank you. Welcome to all of you. Theyve been patient with us in the past running over session. Cspan is here. Be aware you will be taped. I feel good about giving them a couple minutes extra for set up. We have, for those of you who have been with us for this spring semester, we have had a number of really great presentations and special events. This is one particularly special, special to me, the brazinskysegg winning the third world. Gregg, as many of you know, is associate professor of history and National Affairs at George Washington university, really one of this countrys leading historical voices and historians of asia. He is the author of nation building in south korea. And of course now, winning the third world. He is really a friend and part of the Wilson Center family which makes it more special. 2010, 2011 as in a Wilson Center fellow, the most Senior Fellowship you can get from the Wilson Center. He is a Senior Adviser to
Greg brezinski, will get underway momentarily. With that, christian will and introduce todays speaker. Thank you. Thank you, eric. Welcome to all of you. Apologies for the slight delay. You have been very patient with us running over session. I feel good about giving them a couple minutes extra for set up. Be aware, you will be taped. We have, for those of you who have been with us for this spring semester, we have had a number of really great presentations and special events. This one is particularly special to me, the launch of greg brezinskis winning the third world sinoamerican rivalry during the cold war. Greg, as many of you know, is associate professor of history and National Affairs at George Washington university, really one of this countrys leading historical voices and historians of asia. He is author of nation building in south korea koreanamericans in the making of a democracy. Of course now, winning the third world. He is a friend and part of the Wilson Center family, is
Undue harm to the american and venezuelan people and Global Markets we risch issuing general licenses permitting transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the executive order. These include a 30day wind down period, financing for humanitarian goods to venezuela, and certain dealings in specified debt instruments that trade on secondary markets, and certain dealings with u. S. Entities owned or controlled by the government of venezuela. Also, the executive order carves out shortterm financing for most commercial trade including the export and import of petroleum. This executive order builds on a number of actions taken by the u. S. Government to prevent the flow of fund to maduros regime. On my first day in office i was here with you at this podium where the Treasury Department designated the venezuelan Vice President under the kingpin act, this year alone, we have sanctioned 30 venezuelan officials including maduro himself. We urge those within the regime, including those w
Breakfast when he puts it on. Quiet on the roads right now, big day everyone, headed out of town, weather, looking pretty good. Definitely does, yes, we have sunshine in store, there is, how much, system thats going to be streaking across the us brink withing it wet weather to our area for christmas eve. Well talk much more about that as the half hour progresses, for now lets get you out the door. Early morning flight, things are looking good, it is nice and quiet and clear overhead. Storm scan3, making the tristate sweep. And basically working over time. There is nothing to find out there at the moment. So there is a chill in the air certainly. But nothing terribly harsh, kind of on par with what we saw about this same time yesterday. Flirting with or slightly above the freezing mark in most locations, Philadelphia International airport, in fact, is sitting right at the freezing mark with pretty light wind at the moment. As we look forward, though, in the forecast here, you can expect
Since i was 28 i have been selfemployed. Now they assume there is a conflict of interest. They want me to figure out how many hours i spend on my ranch. Kristine some believe its not been effective. We have had 160 cases. Only 26 were found whereondoing. Representatives disagrees. I think it worked well. I think that this is not the way to start a new congress. Kristine they have amended to a broader house rules package. In a statement the congressman said the proposals have been misrepresented by the opponent and by some member of the media. On capitol hill, im kristine frazao, abc7 news. Jonathan the swearing in of a new congress means a change for the maryland delegation. Chris van hollen was sworn in office today. The now for taking over the seat held for 30 years by Barbara Mikulski who is now retired. Both van hollen and mikulski are democrats. Maureen new developments in the search for the killer of Democratic National Committee Staffer seth rich. Republican lobbyists jack burrm