People on board. The debate tonight in the u. S. Who is on the right side of history . Many democrats remain silent, showing no support for the protesters in iran as human rights watchdog groups repeatedly demand iranian leaders be charged with human rights abuses for torture, oppression and slaughter of it is own people. President trump showing solidarity with the iranian protesters. Tonight the former israeli ambassador to the u. S. , whether history will show the democrats and media silence on irans abuse of it its own people is a disgrace. Whether democrats remain silent deserve to be leaders of the worlds greatest democracy. Tonight President Trump moments ago hitting democrats hard tore attacking him for taking out the terrorist mastermind soleimani. Also tonight, new sound of nancy pelosi seemingly trying to downplay the protests in iran as democrat senator chris coons now concedes that President Trump has turned off the quote, terror money spigot created by obamas iran nuclear
Thank you, jeff. Im honored to moderate this panel with four dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i might let it go to my head and try to interject myself too much in the discussion. So i will sit down there while they make their presentations and will come back up here during the actual q a time. You have the detailed bios of the speakers in your program so i will not repeat those first is professor richard emerman. His bio says he recent retired from temple university. I know richard well. Richard does not know the meaning of the word retirement. We are Close Friends and collaborators and the state Department Historical Advisory Council and he continues to be active as a scholar and mentor and is an active citizen in the guild of National Security scholars and historians. Next to him is a professor mel leffler of the university of virginia. Again, another titan in the field of diplomatic history. I started reading his books as an undergrad
[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
Contracted report for the commission on chinas expeditionary capabilities. Were really looking forward to that. At james, he specializes in emerging technologies, threat assessment, forecasting and data science. Much of his work analyzes chinas Armed Forces Modernization and u. S. Longrange strategic planning. Before joining james he was an extra Research Assistant for Yale University department of medical science where he did research on chinas naval modernization. Mr. Peltier has a master of arts in International Science from university of chicago. Good political real school. We will next year from kevin mccauley. Hes an independent analyst and was formally the scene Intelligence Officer for the soviet union, russia, china and taiwan during his 31 years in the u. S. Government. Hes senior china analyst for the armys National Ground Intelligence Center and he served on Advisory Board and working groups supporting the intelligence community, the National Intelligence council and the u.
President trump as we begin the new year, our economy is booming, wages are soaring. Workers are thriving and americas future has never ever looked brighter. We are th the envy of every couy in the world. We created 7 million brandnew jobs since our election. Lou the president s economy strong, growing. A symbol of his commitment to making america great. Rising wages for our middle class and those who aspire to it, and the lowest Unemployment Rate in a half century. President trump boasting americas economic strength will assure his America First National Security policies are always backed by the strongest possible military might. Today the Trump Administration moving ahead with sanctions against 17 metal producers and mining companies, as well as 8 senior officials of the islamic republic. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin making it clear more sanctions will come until iran puts aside its aggression towards u. S. En. And. If we didnt have these sanctions in place iran would have tens