A current one trump is saying he wants to remove 9000 troops from germany we have like 35000 troops in germany very few people probably know that i was surprised to know we had that many and so trump is saying we dont need him there lets bring him home immediately the media has jumped on him of course raising the russian menace mysterious and oh youre giving him the love you take 9000 germany you have congressman eliot engel a leading democrat out in new york he is trying to pass legislation to prevent trum from taking the troops out of germany so its quite interesting another great example was of course trumps overtures to north korea to make a peace plan again he was highly criticized for that he was portrayed as some type of a do for can john and of course that Peace Process has eviscerated he recently said we need egypt and air and less wars. Thats something i think a lot of people could get behind in the media seems very yesterday about that notion and then conversely they called
If we can find an accommodation to get everybody on board. If not, we will vote next week. Mr. Wilson will be held over the circuit judge for the fifth circuit. Weve got to matters on the agenda, mr. Walker. The u. S. District judge for the District Of Columbia subpoena authorization. I dont know ifug we have enough but i thought yet i would make an Opening Statement here. Heres where im going when im trying to accomplish. I thought it was important to give mr. Mueller the space to complete his job. I thought National Council needed to be appointed after comey was fired, not that i doubted comey was lawfully terminatedwa but Jeff Sessions s a member of the Trump Campaign and the accusations worked at the Trump Campaign was polluting colluding with the russians, for lack of a better word and mr. Rosenstein and conducted by operation. I supported that, i was going in my comments about mr. Mueller. He is a good man. The report has been completed and he was able to do his job and the resul
Fellow for joining us this afternoon. We will introduce them in just a moment. As a reminder, attendees have their volume and video that we are eager to incorporate the questions to the extent of time allows. You can submit those using the qanda feature on zoom and we will record a session and distribute and post the video afterwards to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for upcoming discussions former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday may 28 and the Jackson Institute to introduce the special guest. Thanks and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of the pandemic we are grateful to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows. One such individual is the jackson senior fellow howard dean who is a former physician, six term governor of vermont, president ial candidate share of the National Governors association and the Democratic National committee. With maybe a little less wellknown governor dean is professor dean and teaches an incredibly p
The isle. I will yield back the for. The voting to confirm the nominee is the director of National Intelligence. Today i want to discuss congressman radcliffes confirmation as director of intelligence and congratulate that congressman on a job welldone. Witwell done. With this new position comes great responsibility. He will have tremendous power to do good and to be transparent. I would like to remind him that as ive reminded many heads of department before, transparency brings accountability. And the public business ought to be public by its very nature the Intelligence Community is a secretive bunch. They often operate in the shadows and they have to in order to do the job we ask them to do to protect the National Security. However, that doesnt mean when they ask them questions the intelligence communities have a license to withhold information. When Congress Comes knocking, the Intelligence Community must answer. After all they do not appear anywhere in the constitution. The Intell
Span. Enough to we have hold over the act and the judge for the fifth circuit. My colleagues, we will take up the access act next week. Horwood call from mr. And the Justice Department trying to find out if we can find an accommodation to on board. Will be heldon over, the circuit judge for the fifth circuit. Tell you what, we have two matters on the agenda, mr. Districtnited states judge for the district of columbia and the subpoena authorization, i do not know if we have enough to do business yet, but i thought i would make a bit of an Opening Statement here. Here is where i am going and what i am trying to accomplish. I thought it was important to get mr. Mueller the space to complete his job, i thought a special counsel needed to be comey was fired, not that i doubted that tell me waslaw that comey lawfully terminated, and Jeff Sessions was a member of the Trump Campaign, and the accusations were that the Trump Campaign was colluding with the russians, for lack of a better word, an