Tension and change. Tose issues are from form dispassionate view and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today. They affect the approach to saudi arabia, its relationship and future. Before i turn to todays program, i want to say a few words about the council. The council was established in 1981 for the purpose of promoting dialogue and education. We have three flagship programs. Our quarterly, capitol hill conference, a quarterly journal, middle east policy which jesses wrong reputation and can be found in 15 dozen libraries worldwide. Our education outreach program. It provides Educational Resources in the middle east, targeted to students and teachers. Visit us on our website. At teacheach program mideast. Org. Todays event. To this program is being live streamed on a website. I welcome all of you who have joined us on mine. Proceedings will be posted on video and transcript form will be posted. An edited transcript will be published in the next issue of our j
This hearing of the Senate Agriculture committee. Its about an hour and 45 minutes. Morning. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agriculture under order. We are happy to have you back here again before the committee to discuss the need for certainty in our Global Agriculture markets. International trade policies and their impacts on the United States agriculture economy has been a topic of great interest over the last few years and more particularly the last few months. In fact, this is the second time in the last year that we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the United States trade representative and the department of agriculture, efforts that i hope will eventually result in longterm reliable markets for the United States agriculture. A great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee. Perhaps the most significant to our members was the successful package and enactment of the 2018 farm bill with the help of ev
Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. The house modernization of Congress Committee explored best practices on how to recruit and retain a diverse Congressional Staff. Human resources executives and an author of three books on workplace topics testified and answered questions from committee members. This is about an hour and a half. Okay. All right. The committee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled cultivating diversity and improving retention among Congressional Staff. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. One of the main ways in which we retain staff is by having it be a 90 degrees in here, so my apologies to each of you. We will be distributing fans to the entire audience. Today we are going to talk about whats really the backbone of this institution and th
And i was. 50 years later, i am enjoying but the greatest adventure ever , happened replayed, and doing it as nasas chief historian. What a ride. Host how did you get to this position . What do you do u. S. Chief historian . Guest the quick answers do not do what i did if you want to be chief historian. I did at 22 year career in the air force and did a lot of , graduate work on the history of the soviet space program. When i retired from the air force, the then chief historian said why not apply for a job here at nasa . I applied, got the job, and so, ended up being the chief historian. Because i was the right guy right place at the right time. Host when you look at at the history of space explorer racing, what is this anniversary mark . Guest i think it is a real watershed. There are several. The first human in space. But the first time that humans set foot on another planetary body, that is a big step. It is akin to the columbus setting foot in the new world. And 500 years from now,
Marshall, who became a virginian, like dr. Esper. He spent the majority of his life in the armed service, the u. S. Military academy at west point. He continued through his carrier in the Army Active Guard reserve, service to the white house, service to this body. In fact, dr. Esper has seen it all as an active guard and reserve member. Work in the private sector, think tanks on National Security policy, service to house and senate committees, service to individual senators, and service to republican administrations. You are familiar with his biography, but i wanted to share two instances of working with dr. Esper, which has led me to the conclusion he is the person of character who should lead the department. One of the first phone calls i received after introduced legislation to address challenges with the and with the unacceptably high Unemployment Rate of Military Spouses was from then secretary esper. He thanked me for the legislation, and talked about his own concern about this a