[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
And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great commander sought in a position to impose his will on a chaotic battlefield in a single moment of genius or a series of moments of genius.
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The estimated test with five times larger than the previous tests. President trump said we will see when asked whether the u. S. Will attack north korea. He said the u. S. Is considering stopping all trade with any country that does business with north korea. Once again youre watching a live picture from new york city, an emergency meeting called by the u. S. , great britain, japan and south korea in response to north koreas latest nuclear test. We saw u. S. Ambassador nikki haley minutes ago and we are waiting for this to get underway. Live coverage on cspan. The meeting of the Security Council is called to order. As this is the first Public Meeting of the council for the month of september, i should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute on behalf of the council to his accident sleep excellency, the ambassador. For his service as president of the council for the month of august. Speak for all members of the council in expressing appreciation
Month of september, i shall like to take this opportunity to speak on behalf of the council to the ambassador. To think of him for his service as president of the council thank him for his service as president of the council. I am sure i speak for all members of the council in expressing deep appreciation for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the council last month. The provisional agenda for the is the democratic , the of korea noncooperation of the democratic republic of korea. Accordance with wolf 37 of the councils provision with rule 37 of the councils provision, i invite the republic to participate in this meeting. It is decided. 39 ofordance with rule i inviteils provision, the under secretary general of Clinical Affairs to participate in this meeting. It is the undersecretary general of Political Affairs to participate in this meeting. It is decided. This is item two of the agenda. I now give the floor. Members of the Security Council, in a statement by the off
Washington journal begins live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan. For the past 23 years, cspan has brought more than 60 middle and High School Teachers here in washington, d. C. For the summer to learn more about our nations government and how the process works. Also learning how they can use the cspan Video Library in the classroom. We welcome this years fellows, bill kamps and sunshine cavalluzzi. Let me begin with, how do you engage High School Students in government . Its a challenge because our political discourse places so much emphasis on stem. Kids understand why that side matters but they dont always come in as to why the humanities is important. Its our challenge to start with relevance and to contextualize. What are we doing it for . What are our responsibilities to do it well and thats where resources like the library are incredibly important because we can see in realtime how these things are playing out and why they matter. I think the beginning cell is al