Elect, joe biden has hinted he wants back on track, but with the days developments, hows his chances go in before even reaching a very warm welcome to our to international my names. You know, neal on 30 minutes of news and views start, know, a scientist labeled the father of the Uranium Nuclear program has been killed in the outskirts of tehran. A local reporter told me more about whats known about the deadly incident, which is being called an assassination on terror attack by around Senior Iranian scientist was killed on a highway near to iran. Theres not much detail about number of people involved in the attack, or number of People Killed in the incident, and skirmish tag took place some 75 kilometers outside to iran, north east of tehran, near the resort city of stat. You know, apparently he did. Traffic was quite less day usual in comparison to the other days. And the terrorists apparently caught into the vehicle of the scientists. Newsmedia, stayed out there was an explosion, and
The Senate Committee held a confirmation hearing for several underground divisions including Inspector General and deputy undersecretary for intelligence and security. Some of the topics covered the Committee Hearing included whistleblower protections, election interference and servicemember misconduct. The meeting will come to order, we consider the nominations of mr. Jason, Inspector General of the department of defense. Mr. Lucas to be assistant secretary of defense that Nuclear Chemical biological and defense rooms and mr. Lewis to be assistant secretary of defense special operations. I think everyone for being here today, let me briefly say these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the mission they are accommodated for. Senior advisor, u. S. Customs and border protection, you have extensive experience leading litigation as part of the Inspector Generals offices for the federal Housing Agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban Dev
Rolling in. I want to spend most of our time talking about policy, but we are in such strange times. I thought we could ask some questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Lets start with the broader context. You have got decades of experience at the u. N. You worked in the u. S. Previously, in conflict zones. Looking back in those errors, what has changed since when you started out . Amb. Pierce wow, that is a big question. Not much has changed, actually. That sounds a bit dull and it sounds like diplomats are stuck in the last century. But fundamentally, diplomacy is about human relations. It is about influencing people and explaining your point of view. Stayedkills have unchanged since the ancient greeks. How you do that can change, obviously, and we are seeing in the covid crisis a lot more work being done through other means. But fundamentally, it has been ou about understanding the other side. It is about explaining that to your own sid
Pearson, the Vice President of the board of directors. Yet Americas Foundation is the premier Outreach Organization of the conservative movement. In 2018 the la times called it one of the most preeminent and influential forces in the conservative youth movement. Each year we introduce thousands of americans used to the fundamental conservative values we believe in such as individual freedoms, free enterprise, a Strong National defense, and traditional american values. This initiative has tours and conferences. I have the distinct honor of introducing tonight speaker who is a longtime friend of the foundation. The honorable john bolton is serving as the 27th National Security advisor of the u. S. Appointed by donald trump in april 2018. He is a native of baltimore, maryland. He graduated from yale with his bachelors in 1970 and graduated from Yale Law School in 1974. He has dedicated his life to Public Service serving in key roles for the u. S. Department of justice, department of state
The hearing will come to order. A number of members on both sides of the aisle have raised questions about the executive authorities with respect to warmaking and the use of Nuclear Weapons, entering into an agreement with other countries. This is the first time the Foreign Relations committee of the senate or house has met on this topic since 1976. Warng the decision to go to is a heavy responsibility for our nations elected leaders. The Atomic Energy act of 1946 and the practices represent the use of Nuclear Weapons must be subject to political control. This is why no general or admiral has the authority to order the use of Nuclear Weapons, only the president , the elected political leader of the United States has this authority. The Nuclear Arms Race between ussrnited states and the dramatically increase the risk of Nuclear Conflict. We plan for the end thinkable him how to get missiles in the air without within those few coulds before warheads destroy our ability to respond. There