Good morning. Thank you very much for being here. Know,e surgeon as you the Surgeon General is with us. The Surgeon General, all of you should know. I did not want you to hear the secret things i was saying. Now can you hear me . Do you want to hear me . [laughter] that is the most important thing. Ajoke i tell all of the time, man was giving a speech to about 500 people. A guy in the back raised his hand and said, senator, i cant review. A medially, a guy in front row jumped up and said i can and i will trade places with you. [laughter] i hope none of you trade places. Sheriff, good to see you. The Surgeon Generals family lives literally in my neighborhood. They are counting on you for protection. We have a lot of st. Marys people. Thank you very much for being here. Opioids is a crisis. Bad news is, is a crisis everywhere. The good news is, it is a crisis everywhere. What i mean by that is everybody in the congress, whether they , same areas,ural arundel,t, or anne l, urban,t is rura
The fighting was actually a bit but it did of again around 2005, 2006. We are really talking 11 years of intense conflict against the taliban insurgency. Ups and downs. There have been a lot of difficulties getting the Afghan Defense forces in shape. The United States has sent militaryof dollars on aid, military troops being there, as well as aiding the government to simply support itself over these many years. The taliban are still hanging in acrossnd causing mayhem the country. Now we have this new policy, what with a new president and new generals, trying to ramp things up in a way that has not been done in a while. We do not know how things will go. Haul. Will be a long it will be a tough battle. I do not think any american official, here or in washington, thinks otherwise. It is not an easy fight, and it is not over. Host how many u. S. Troops are in afghanistan at this point . What are their current roles . What will be the biggest single challenge moving forward . I would not sa
Facebook, and twitter, and we sit down with john sopko, the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction to talk about the latest report. Host good morning on this monday, november 27. Congress is back for what is expected to be at least three weeks of work. Some are calling it a year and yearend sprint of work. President will be meeting with congressional leaders early this week to talk about all of it. At the same time, plenty of news from overseas, including one headline that says victory or failure in afghanistan . 2018 will be the deciding year. That is our focus for the full washington journal. Should the u. S. Stay or leave afghanistan . If you think the u. S. Should stay, call 202 7488000. If you think they should leave, 202 7488001. We have a separate line for afghanistan veterans. We look forward to hearing your opinion. Your number is 202 7488002. If not by phone, weigh in on social media. cspanwj is our twitter handle. Also post a comment on our facebook page, f
Questions in my hands but then we really run out of time. Im sorry that these questions are not going to be addressed at this session. I want to congratulate our speakers and discussers for their excellent job. Thank you very much for your participation. [ applause ] coffee break for 15 minutes. Thank you. Cspan live today been hearing a discussion about the relationship between south korea, china and the United States with experts from all three countries participating today. You can see earlier session online shortly. Also in the news today former Florida Governor jeb bush announcing plans to actively explore a campaign. We should have an update shortly. Want to let you know they are taking a short break here, 15 minutes. We will be returning for the next panel of the day at Brookings Institution. Cspan 3 live here at brooks institution. The next panel expected to start in about 10, 15 minutes will be on korea and the major powers. Also that news update, former Florida Governor jeb b
Day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by guest dominican house of studies, washington, d. C. The chaplain dear god, as we enter a time of expectation and new beginnings, help us to direct our minds towards the things that will last. Let us be attentive to why we act and what we seek and how we want our last days to be spent. Give us the space to rest this season in this cell of selfknowledge. Remove the curtains of ignorance that shield us from the light of faith. Open us to tran sendent wisdom and enlighten the dark corners of our neglected hearts and scatter their your cheerful means. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3a of House Resolution 775, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indi