The committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statement, extraneous material for the record subject to the limitation and the rules. Ambassador wells, miss friedman, welcome. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We are glad to have our friends from cspan with us today, as well. We meet this morning so the committee can conduct oversight of the Trump Administrations policy towards afghanistan and ill now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. For months weve been attempting to get some visibility into the ongoing peace negotiations without success. We all want peace. We all want the fighting in afg to end, but Congress Needs to know when a potential deal looks like, members on both side need to have the chance to ask questions and offer views. In the last few weeks weve seen the afghan reconciliation proseses is go off the rails in a spectacular fashion. We learn trade president ial tweet that the administration wa
Robots can be friendly, they can entertain, and some can even act as caregiver. And then there are the others, so called killer robots. The kind weve only seen in hollywood movies that destroy and kill without human emotion. Killer robots sound like something out of a Science Fiction movie. The problem is that the attending is reality of them, but not the terminator right, but theyre not sophisticated robots that the sorts of drones that were starting to see turning up on the back of food and drain, and increasing the a. Its not human, so theyre controlling those drains, but its computers. Its right. Its a simple technical matter to remove any humans from the controller and replace them by how earth tanks, soldiers, and trenches. Thats how it looked and rushes invasion of ukraine until Artificial Intelligence began to be used on both sides. Its such as with the vida tar drones, a single one costs over 11000000 euros mustang to few to above the support of then the legacy Weapon Systems
Up next acting labor secretary testifying on her department 2025 budget request the proposal totals 13. 9 billion focuses on creating pathways to good jobs and protecting workers. She has served as acting secretary since march 2023 she is still waiting to be confirmed as labor secretary over a year after President Biden first nominated her. House education and Workforce Committee hearing is three and half hours. The committee will come to order. Note there is a quorum. Actingng secretary ms. Su i know Vice President harris ezell lobbied hard to drop the acting from your title only a vote of the full senate can grant to that promotion. This is something they have rightly not seen fit to do. Today marks 417 consecutive day in which you have ledol the department of labor, the dol as acting secretary without the cost which is required advice and consent of the senate. It effectively abrogating the Senate Nomination process the Biden Administration has treated the constitution as but a foot
Cheryl investors shrugging off inflation concerns. Stocks building on the recovery rally in the u. S. Open and stronger. All i hear. Lauren asia celebrated the new year pic markets are closed in china as south korea and japan jumping 1. 5 . Cheryl in washington, President Trump in person at 25 gallon hike in the gas tax to pay for his infrastructure plan. Its not going to fly with voters . Fbn am starts right now. Lauren good morning. 5 01 a. M. In new york on thursday, february 15th. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl im cheryl casone. Lauren we are learning more about the suspect and the Horrific School shooting. 25 miles northwest of fort lauderdale. Trained investigators say 18yearold nicholas cruise post on social media before the deadly rampage. His adoptive mother died on november 1st. He was staying in a mobile home with a friend and his parents. Cruz was expelled for disciplinary reasons. Police searching the mobile home last night. He had been staying there for about 90 days. Lauren
Michael neiberg, professor of history and inaugural chair of war studies, before that, Michael Neiberg taught at the air force academy and southern mississippi, he writes widely on both world wars and his recipient of numerous prizes and daughters for his work like the tomlinson, englishlanguage books and world war i, look for his book on the second battle and the choice outstanding economic title award, fighting the great war, global history, he edited a number of important collections like imus and the man, the atlas of world war i and the great war reader. His most recent books include dance of the furies and outbreak of world war i. And the remaking of europe, the blood of free men, the liberation of harris, 1944, the Orange Community will be interested in his book making citizen soldiers, rotc and ideology of American Military service. In his free time that i dont know he has much, Michael Neiberg is a selfdescribed fan of all pittsburgh sports teams and bruce springsteen. The boo