[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
Dr. Mendenhall good morning. Good morning and welcome to the montgomery lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society. The Federalist Society is founded on the freedoms that the separation of governmental powers is central to our constitution and that is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to tell say what the law is, not what it should be. The society seeks to promote both an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. Now, you may notice i have an adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. He was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. And marcus witcher, you is speaking to us today, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. I first met marcus several years ago at an Institute Study conference, i spoke, and then he followed me. He later told me, and i mean years later, that h
Independent counsel kenneth starr, pam bondi, jane raskin and constitutional scholar alan dershowitz. He voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, but he opposed and rebuked the radical dimms for their ideological attack against this president through impeachment. The president s legal team we are told will argue the articles of impeachment are dangerous, unconstitutional and hud be rejected on their face. The president using the celebration with lsu, the national champons to unload on the radical dimms. And the looming trial. Well take pictures behind the resolute desk. Its been there a long time, many president s. Some good, some not so good. You have got a good one now, even though they are trying to impeach the son of a bitch. Can you believe that. Liz joining us, john solomon, now the editorinchief of his new media outlet, just the news. Thats going to be quite something. We cant wait. I do want to talk about that tonight. But first lets turn to the president s legal team, your assessmen
Before. 85,000 saudis in other countries over several decades. We never had a problem like this. But you only have to have one, and that was devastating for our three servicemen who were killed. We have got to make certain this thing is truly done right. The saudis did cooperate with the investigation. They threw all these people out of the saudi military. And im confident this program will be looked at very, very closely as we are going forward. Radical islam is here, its resident in our own country among our own citizens and at types its going to show up from a middle eastern country as well. Lou the prize was the u. S. Military has not been vetting those international especially hi from saudi arain d especially from saudi arabia where extremism does reside and is the country of origin for the september 11 terrorists. To that point, a number of our military have said they want to have weapons they want to have weapons, carry them on their bases. That sounds like a pretty smart idea t
Independent counsel kenneth starr, pam bondi, jane raskin and constitutional scholar alan dershowitz. He voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, but he opposed and rebuked the radical dimms for their ideological attack against this president through impeachment. The president s legal team we are told will argue the articles of impeachment are dangerous, unconstitutional and hud be rejected on their face. The president using the celebration with lsu, the national champons to unload on the radical dimms. And the looming trial. Well take pictures behind the resolute desk. Its been there a long time, many president s. Some good, some not so good. You have got a good one now, even though they are trying to impeach the son of a bitch. Can you believe that. Liz joining us, john solomon, now the editorinchief of his new media outlet, just the news. Thats going to be quite something. We cant wait. I do want to talk about that tonight. But first lets turn to the president s legal team, your assessmen