Good afternoon. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and so any applause or reaction that you may hear are not, is not necessarily from the working press. So let me begin by introducing the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker. Hes the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have lori rousseau, who is the pre
Extremism and terrorism. Analysts are expected to talk about the changing Threat Landscape, the best way to combat extremism in all forms. This is live coverage on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] so good afternoon, everyone. We will get started. Thank you so much for coming to new america and thanks to come in for a session which is ctrlaltdel hate, a simple study approach to preventing terrorism and targeted violence. My name is melissa salykvirk and im a senior policy analyst here with new Americas International security program. For those of you new to america we are a thinking action tank that connects the research institute, technology labs, solutions that were, media have an public forum. The International Security program aims to provide evidencebased analysis of some of the toughest security challenges facing american policymakers and the public. For homegrown american terrorism United States drone wars abroad and a drones around the world. To the pr
Legislative work at 3 30 p. M. Eastern. Four Small Business related bills on the calendar today. Also a republican effort to censure Intelligence Committee chair adam smith at 6 20 eastern. Votes at 6 30. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of the new workweek, we ask your blessing on the members of this peoples house. May they be led by your spirit in the discernment that they undertake amid the pressures of contentious deliberations. All through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined t
About the release of deposition transcripts of the former ukraine abbasid or and a former state Department Senior advisor. You can read those transcripts at cspan. Org. Good morning. Today we had additional scheduled depositions with the top lawyer for the national mr. Rity council, as well as blair from the office of management and budget. And someone who work closely with mick mulvaney. Both of them defied congressional subpoenas and refused to appear for their scheduled depositions, as has been the case with other witnesses who have done the same thing. This will be further evidence of an effort by the administration to obstruct the lawful and constitutional duties of congress. I would also say and we expect the witnesses who have been subpoenaed to come in this noshows,also to be this will only further add to the body of evidence on a potential obstruction of congress charge against the president. Indeed, in the nixon impeachment, there was an article impeachment based on the obstr
Hello. Mr. Bob woodward, congressman chavez, Michael Horowitz, good afternoon to you all. My name is Camille Nelson and i have the great privilege of serving as the dean of American University Washington College of law. It is pi great pleasure to welcome you to this beautiful campus for such an important conversation on government oversight and accountability in conjunction with the launch of our new student publication, oversight project. Org. This project is yet another example of the stellar work of our student leaders in creating a go to source about the work of federal oversight, accountability and ethics wash dogs. We do not be more proud of our students, their effort and enthusiasm here at Washington College of law. And our law Cool Community is a especially gracteful that the launch of this project is made possible and elevated with the cadre of leading experts who will share their insights on oversight and accountability with us today. So my warm welcome to all of you, again,