Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the weeks top stories with our Weekly Program this is our t. V. Internet. Russia has overhauled constitution and it came into effect on saturday following a previous weeklong vote majority of the public endorsed the changes with over 3 quarters in favor from a turnout of around 60 percent r. T. Sounds good taylor kept tabs on the final day of polling for us. Now this really was a vote of us the fos time people were in mosques and gloves that they were using disposable pants wilson through temperature sconce focusing on law and facade as for the voting process itself while that was a situation where security footage allegedly caught a woman stuffing the ballots now but counting in that area of moscow has been suspended pending an investigation otherwise the central Editorial Commission says that it found no irregularities that was so many amendments on the table 147. 00 in total that its difficult to decide what it was th
Protest zone that following deadly shootings and repeated violence. Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us as we recap our weeks top stories now russia has overhauled the constitution came into effect on saturday following a previous week long vote a hefty majority of the public endorsed of the changes with over 3 quarters in favor from a turnout of around 60 percent taylor kept tabs on the final day of polling for us. Now this really was a vote of us the fos time people were in mosques and gloves the time they were using disposable pattons wilson through temperature sconce focusing on law and facade as for the voting process itself while that was the situation west security footage allegedly caught a woman stuffing the ballots now but counting in that area of moscow has been suspended pending an investigation otherwise the central Editorial Commission says that it found no irregularities tha
I want to start by thanking our witnesses secretary esper and chairmans a joint chief of staff for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria, particularly in light of the events that happened win turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving. The purpose of this hearing is to look at events around syria. A whole bunch of questions and the other big issue is the ability of memories of this committee to ask questions of the key policymake is in an area of importance to the committee and to give them an opportunity to learn more about the policy and express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and it is enormously important
I want to start by thanking our witnesses secretary esper and chairmans a joint chief of staff for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria, particularly in light of the events that happened win turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving. The purpose of this hearing is to look at events around syria. A whole bunch of questions and the other big issue is the ability of memories of this committee to ask questions of the key policymake is in an area of importance to the committee and to give them an opportunity to learn more about the policy and express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and it is enormously important
Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac in broad terms, our military strategy in the middle east is part of an interagency, International Effort to sustain a conditionsbased approach designed to defeat violent extremism, two, to prevent regional dominance by iran, and, three, to ensure our allies and partners. Thank you for your support to our men and women in uniform. I appreciate the opportunity to appear here today and look forward to your questions. Thank you, gentlemen. We now move into the questions. Our two witnesses have a hard stop at noon, which means im going to be more aggressive about enforcing the fiveminute clock. Make sure we can get to as many members as possible. Im not going to ask questions. I will yield to mrs. Davis for the first set of questions, five minutes. Thanks. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And thank you to both of you, dr. Esper, and dr. Milley for joining us. I appreciate your statement and i wonder if you will just perhaps in a more refined fashion,