Politics as the democratic president ial primary and suicide carolina. My. After more than 18 years of war a deal between the u. S. And the taliban has put afghanistan on the path to what many hope will be a Permanent Peace signing to police here in qatar a few hours ago and saying 18 months of talks one of the key components of the deal plans for a completes would draw of all u. S. And nato troops within 40 months thats if the taliban sticks to its parts of the deal the u. S. Secretary of state might print pale flew in for the signing he says the agreement says a crucial 1st step towards peace. Today is a historic day for the United States of america and the American People today we have taken a decisive step toward peace real peace in afghanistan just as any worthy journey begins it is a 1st step nearly 19 years ago american barked at a Noble Mission to mightily pursue the terrorist perpetrators of september 11th attacks and their evil supporters and to prevent such a heinous attack
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Im chairman kilmer. Im excited to be here the first day of the new year. We had an incredibly productive last year with 45 recommendations to make congress more effective and officiate so it can better serve the American People. Im proud of what we accomplished as a committee so far and equally proud how we accomplished our Work Together. Every member of this committee has been fully engaged in the committees work and taken realtime to think about the issues in our mandate and their own perspectives and really listen and consider their colleagues perspective. This committee has worked because theyre finding Collaborative Solutions to the challenges this institution faces. The key word here is invested. Whether were talking about businesses or organizations or governments depend on people invested in the work that theyre doing and thats fundamental. Successful institutions also invest in themselves, their employees, infrastructure, overall Work Environment and experience. They think and
Coming up this morning, Theodore Johnson of the Brennan Center will join us to talk about the africanamerican vote in campaign 2020. Of the university of Virginia Center of politics will discuss the latest news in campaign 2020. Be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Examinest, a hearing Congress Constitutional role as a coequal branch of government. We hear about the role of earmarks and transparency and how increased funding and staffing can lead to a more effective government. This is two hours, 15 minutes. The committee will come to order without objection. Articlering is titled one, capacity and equipping congress to better serve the american people. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Im excited to be here today, gaveling in the first hearing of the new year. This committee has had a productive last year, passing 45 recommendations focus on making congress more effective and efficient so it can
Under the daily tally of new coronavirus cases is now bigger outside china where the outbreak began thats according to the World Health Organization emphasizing the global spread of the epidemic europe in particular has seen a spike in cases in the past days of the continents Top Health Official says panic must be avoided and a coordinated approach agreed as france recalled its a 2nd death and italy its 12th meanwhile that italian outbreak has spread further a man who visited the area where cases have been recorded returned to brazil becoming latin americas 1st diagnosis the highest death toll outside china has been in iran where 19 people have died the countrys president said there are no immediate plans to quarantine cities globally just over 81000 cases of crude a virus have now been discovered in 42 countries some american Officials Say its a case of when not if its declared a Global Pandemic iraq has announced drastic new measures to contain the spread of coronavirus banning all p