Settling the organization down. Making sure that it had worldclass management. Taking the very important messages we have from the Heritage Foundation to new audiences. Largely we were focused on washington, d. C. , and speaking to legislators, and people within the administration. We really felt like our conservative message needed a voice. Demographics that we were not active in. We needed to talk to women. We needed to talk to minorities. We needed to talk to the youth of this country. Our conservative values are so important that we cannot ignore those constituencies with a message, we have to win them. On your website you talk about how 70 of your funding which is about how much . 90 million . Mrs. James you could say in that range. A most hundredom thousand individuals. It sounds like youre getting out of washington. Mrs. James we are, but we need to do more. One of the strength of the Heritage Foundation is that we are not associated with the university. Pressure fromthat to est
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Highlights russias influence in syria. The humanitarian crisis and the hold on power. The Senate Foreign relations subcommittee held a hearing to examine the report and discuss the findings with the cochair of the study group. It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for thei