Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations ive been policy. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the decision to kill soleimani. The Committee Chair threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Before i begin, i want to get i want to make the big announcement. Happy birthday. I am 35 years once again. Me too. We had here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. Welcome to members of the public and the press as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today as well. He announced he would instill he would instead be in california. That is unfortunate. I do not think there is a member of the committee does not want to hear from mr. Pompeo and the American People. This committee will conduct oversight on this issue, one way or or another. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Under the Trump Administration, we have seen ten
The Committee Chair threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Before i begin, i want to get i want to make the big announcement. Happy birthday. I am 35 years once again. Me too. We had here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. Welcome to members of the public and the press as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today as well. He announced he would instill he would instead be in california. That is unfortunate. I do not think there is a member of the committee does not want to hear from mr. Pompeo and the American People. This committee will conduct oversight on this issue, one way or or another. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Under the Trump Administration, we have seen tension. It seemed we were on the brink of war. Iran bears much of the blame for this escalation. Believe the destabilizing behavior strengthens them. It is what we expect from iran. U. S. Does not behave that way.
The committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record, subject to the limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that today is mr. Mccauls birthday. So happy birthday, mr. Mccaul. [ applause ] im 35 years once again. Yes. Me too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy toward iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today, as well, after we invited him, he announced he would instead be in california. Thats unfortunate, whether you agree with this administrations approach to iran or not. I dont think there is a member of this committee who doesnt want to hear from mr. Pompeo and the American People certainly deserve to hear answers with our troops and diplomats being asked to hand in harms way. But this commit
Welcome susan rice to after words. Thank you so much robin, its great to be with you. It is a fascinating book a personal tail and a chronicle of your professional life and true crises intelligence. But lets begin with the Current Crisis that the United States faces. As you know President Trump had a telephone call with the president of ukraine in july. A whistleblower reported on it in august and it was released last week. What do you make of the whistleblower complaint. What did he tell you, what struck you . What is so extraordinary that we have black and white evidence of the fact when hes conducting business supposedly on behalf of the United States with foreign leaders he is actually only conducting his own personal business, in this case is personal political business. In other instances, in my piece of the all financial or what have you. But if you read the transept of the phone call, not once did the president of the United States raise anything from National Significance to t
Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning to you, you can start calling in now. It was expected to be the most highprofile testimony of the week and there is plenty of reaction to get to. It was a nine hour deposition and most of the reporting comes from the Opening Statement that William Taylor made yesterday. It was a 15page Opening Statement obtained by the Washington Post and other news outlets. Here is a bit of what William Taylor told lawmakers at the outset of his testimony. He said Gordon Sondland told me that President Trump had told him he wants ukraine president zelensky to state ukraine will investigate the Energy Company where joe bidens son had worked and alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Ambassador sans len tol