Foreign Relations Committee will come to order, we have an important hearing this afternoon as we talk about president elect nomination to be secretary of state. Well get to that very with the. As a matter of personal privilege, every time i am sworn in for a new term, i tend to think back. As i start my 41st year, i have learned some things over the period of time. Its been 28 years in the state senate and now 13 years here. Some things ive learned, i can make very briefly and observation, if we treat each other with kindness and respect, we get things done. One of the best friends ive had during my time in the senate was the democrat leader, we are still close personal friends. We traveled to north idaho. He consults with me frequently and gives me advice even when i dont want. Weve become and stayed good friends over the years. Weve always gone things done and i hope as we go forward, we will do likewise. This will be my 50 third year, ive been married to my wife. After completing 3
Of the pandemic. Another extension to lock down and further drastic measures imposed in the u. K. To try to bring coronavirus under control. Theres a new man in charge of americas Foreign Policy and hes laid out how Joe Bidens Administration plans to rebuild the United States ties with the rest of the world secretary of state as abe lincoln says his top priority is the humanitarian crisis in yemen as well as the relationship with china which he described as arguably the most important for his country but one of the Top Priorities will be how to handle iran blinken insisted the u. S. Needs cooperation if theyre to save the 2050 nuclear deal if. Iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j c p o a the United States would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we call the longer and stronger agreement and to deal with a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with iran bu
First, i had the privilege of serving as staff director of this committee for six years, working alongside a a distinguished group of senators, including several who remain on the committee today, to advance american diplomacy and safeguard the interests of the American People. That experience gave me an abiding respect for this committee, for itste finest bipartisan traditions, for the caliber of its members and staff, and for the essential work it does to strengthen u. S. Leadership around the world. If i have the honor of being confirmed, those lessons i learned in my years with this committee will guide my approach to our Work Together. The second point of significance is more personal. In addition to my own confirmation as deputy secretary of state six years ago, this committee confirmed my wife evan ryan as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, my uncle alan blinken as ambassador to belgium, and my father Donald Blinken as ambassador to hungary. I i h
Since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters this week and take a look at Political Trends that can give us clues. And we go live now to hear about u. S. Relations with china from assistant secretary of state for east asianing and pacific affairs, david stilwell. The events hosted by the Hoover Institution. Pacific affairs, david r. Stilwell, who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of todays session, covert, coercive and corrupt, counterrerring Chinese Party malign influence in free societies. Following his address, he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville shell and arianna movstro. But first, its my pleasure to introduce condoleezza rice. Im delighted to open this session of our project at hoover on chinese sharp power. And i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. This project, i think, is one of the most important that were engaged in because we face an extra
We are honored to have as the moderator for the panel probably the most qualified and knowledgeable person possible, founder and leader of the cybersecurity practice. And a reminder for those that are just joining the panel, joining the session now, ask questions in your browser. Please take it away. Having him muted myself, thank you for that introduction. Whether or not there is a consensus on your comment about me it certainly sounds like there is a consensus about the desirability at aspen so maybe we do that before too long and looked to getting together. Our panel is in fact the most distinguished and knowledgeable panel that we could provide to discuss the subject on the privacy regulations and very timely. One of the problems with giving talks and making remarks and addressing International Privacy developments is you can prepare the remarks three or four weeks earlier you would have to do it all again. Its a Constant Development and here we are going to be talking on the union