The Senate Committee held a confirmation hearing for several underground divisions including Inspector General and deputy undersecretary for intelligence and security. Some of the topics covered the Committee Hearing included whistleblower protections, election interference and servicemember misconduct. The meeting will come to order, we consider the nominations of mr. Jason, Inspector General of the department of defense. Mr. Lucas to be assistant secretary of defense that Nuclear Chemical biological and defense rooms and mr. Lewis to be assistant secretary of defense special operations. I think everyone for being here today, let me briefly say these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the mission they are accommodated for. Senior advisor, u. S. Customs and border protection, you have extensive experience leading litigation as part of the Inspector Generals offices for the federal Housing Agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban Dev
Defense department. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Mr. Louis bremer to the assistant secretary of defense special operations. We thank everyone for being here today. Briefly say who these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the admissions that theyre nominated for. Mr. Abend, youre presently the southeastern adviser to the u. S. Customs and Border Protection and you have extensive experience leading the investigations part of the Inspector General offices for the federal Housing Finance agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban development. Youve been former secret Service Agent with in the winter of the 2015 council of Inspector General award for excellence. Mr. Hansell, you are currently an associate director of the Boston Consulting Group in its north American Public sector, having previously served as the special assistant to the president for National Security affairs and a senior director for national threats, transnational t
A demolished mosque there are fears the construction could rig night religious tension set a simmering flashpoint. On the parts of the u. K. Seeing the rise and covert infections millions of people in Northern England are having to live with tough new restrictions. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us lebanons capital beirut is in utter devastation today after 2 huge explosions they happened at a warehouse where tons of a highly explosive chemical were stored apparently without any Safety Measures at least 100 people were killed and 4000 injured according to the red cross rescue workers are still looking for survivors beneath the rubble it is unclear how many people right now are missing. The sun costs an eerie glow. Overby roots obliterated port. Once a vital artery for imports and home to the countrys wheat and grain stores its now a sea of metal and concrete. Levanon is a nation in mourning among them the staff at this nearby hospital. Because the. It certainly. There are
First lets start i cant stop looking at the photo. It shows in the summer of 1968. What they are looking at is the reports of his soninlaw who then went on to be the governor of virginia. The. Think about what else is going on by that time in his presidency. They have Martin Luther king assassinated, Robert Kennedy has been assassinated, so it was a time of low in america and they wrote a book and they have that picture also on the cover and we chose it because we want people to know this is a historical book although we have a president of the moment. This is a book about the office and that picture gets right to the burdens and also johnson had a quote about the presidency also. Host what is your favorite quote about the presidency lac guest you could keep writing books about johnson because he had so much character but anyway, sometimes its likee it, he punches is in the nos and says no i dont i dont have to take it, that represents a change in the presidency and we can talk about w
The cracks in europes foundations. Carona recovery deal can the e. U. Rebound thats our title. And its a pleasure to welcome our guests eric is an american journalist who has written for the Los Angeles Times amongst other Media Outlets and he says the summit exposed once again how much disunity there is in the European Union. And were very glad to have with us pavel took of till he took us to excuse me he is a polish economist and senior associate at the German Institute for international and Security Affairs he says we must reform the Member States now or will face the same problems again with less time and fewer instruments. And great to have with us once again. Casting emily and she is Deputy Editor in chief is the Parliamentary Bureau of the german newspaper so touched sayto and she says the deal is far from perfect but it is a signal that multilateralism is still alive. And let me start with you cast him and ask for your take on the big picture there are a lot of supra lives bein