[inaudible conversations] if afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to the 2024 mccain conference here at the u. S. Naval academy in nap if lis, maryland with. Im Jeffrey Macris with the center for ethical leadership, and its a great privilege to welcome yet another distinguished scholar here to annapolis. Dr. Francis puke yam ma is talk t about wrap ma is the senr fellow at the institute for International Studies and a faculty member at the center for Democracy Development and the rule of law. Hes also the director of dorsey masters in International Policy and a professor of political science. Dr. Fukuyamas written widely on issues of development and international politics. His 1992 book, the end of history and the last man, has appeared in over 20 foreign transalations. His latest book is entitled liberalism and its discontent. Francis fukuyama received his b. A. From cornell in classics and a ph. D. From harvard in political science, so its a great i honor to welcome profesr francis
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. I want to thank you for taking the time to join us today, to thank my colleagues for paying attention to this important issue as well. I am going to do for any remarks for myself other than to say its an important issue to speak about and keep in the face of everybody, americans detained abroad. It is something that we constantly pay very vigilant attention to the chairman mccaul, im going to yield to my colleague and friend mr. French hill who did all of the heavy lifting lifting up in front of the government and to say thank you, mr. Hill, for the work you put in all this. Not just for this roundtable by consistently threat to time the congress. You are recognized, my friend. Chairman mast, thank you. Chairman mccaul thanks for your consistent vision of m half of americans wrongfully detained or held abroad. First let me start out before i do some opening comments and welcome our families and provides some introduction
Campaigns process for selecting a running mate for the former president. And then Michael Newton on the process of prosecuting war crimes in the International Criminal court in the context of the both israelhamas war and russias invasion of ukraine. Washington journal starts now. Host good morning. We begin the conversation on the campus protests around the country. Will it impact your vote in 2024 . Democrats, dialing this morning at 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. Join us in a text, including first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or on facebook. Com cspan and you can also post on x with the handle, cspanwj. While we wait for calls, lets begin with President Bidens unexpected remarks on this yesterday. The Washington Post this morning frames it this way, biden calls for peace on campus. Here is a little bit of what he had to say. [video clip] pres. Biden there should be no place on any campus or in america for antisemitism or violence. There is
Good afternoon. My name is mona yacoubian, and the Vice President for the middle east and north africa here at the o u. S. Institute of peace. Its my great pleasure to welcome those of you in the room as welll as those joining us online for thisos fireside chatn navigating humanitarian assistance in gaza. For those of you who are not familiar with the u. S. Institute of peace, we are a national, independent, nonpartisan institute created by congress. Our mission is the prevention, litigation, and resolution of violent conflict around the world. As we think about conflict, i think our minds turn very quickly tour gaza, to the conflt in gaza which has presented an extraordinarily complex set of managerial challenges. On octob7 with the hamas attack and the ensuing conflict in gaza, we have seen humanitarian conditions deteriorate to really extraordinary crisis levels. There are now concerns about imminent famine in northern gaza. There are an estimated 129 hostages from several countries
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis Mcdonough testified on this departments annual budget request focusing on Veterans Health care and the pact act. A 2022 law that expands benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. The subcommittee hearing is one hour and 25 minutes. Good morning. This hearing of the military Construction Veterans Affairs and related agencies subcommittee will please come to order. I would like to begin by welcoming Ranking Member bozeman and Denis Mcdonough. We appreciate the effort of the v. A. s dedicated staff to provide benefits and support to veterans and families and their communities every day. We are here to discuss the department of Veterans Affairs fiscal year 2025 budget and 2026 advanced appropriations request. This committee take seriously the obligation to make sure and provide for the men and women who have fought and sacrificed to keep our country safe and ensure they have the medical care and benefits have earned. Over 210 bi