Call the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to order. We thank our witnesses for being here, and im looking forward to your testimony. As much of the world concentrates on the isis threat and instability in the middle east, the Committee Takes this opportunity to consider efforts by the United States and other partners to counter extremism in the Subsaharan African area. Longterm development has been the norm across much of africa including here tell you what. Ben, even with large letters i cant see anymore. [laughter] including here in our committee with the recent signing of the power africa legislation, which were all very proud of and appreciate the way the administration has led on that effort also, that we hope will help bring investment to a key sector for Economic Growth and opportunity. Whereas in the middle east we have been reacting to abhorrent state and terrorist violence and the uprooting of millions of people, in africa weve had the opportunity of years of influence thro
Thats all kosher. But doing the same type of Data Development through surveillance electronic surveillance and you can kick the tire on specific people you identify is somehow prohibited by the Fourth Amendment. It cannot be. Well, i disagree with most of the details that david laid out, but im going to try to go to the core of your question. Your name was edward, right . Which is why do so many conservatives depart from the text of the constitution and the original intent and so many liberals do likewise depending on what the particular issue is, rather than consistently trying to honor both the text and the original meaning or understanding of the constitution. And i have some comfort to offer you, which is that on a number of very important recent privacy cases in the United States supreme court, before Justice Scalia died, when the court had nine contentious individuals who would often split 54 and being even more fragmented, weve had a number of recent decisions in which all nine
Our economy. Canada needs to be part of it, and indeed, our oil Sector Companies are investing massively in solar, in wind in geothermal and a broad range of solutions, and thats, quite frankly, what we have to do. In the meantime, there are a lot of families who are out of work in alberta because there is such a boom in terms of the oil sector there that were very concerned about, and were working with them to ensure that were able to support them through this tough time in ways that will continue to contribute to the economy in the coming years. Thank you. Hi, my names abdul. Im a grad student here studying security at sis. My question is, canada recently withdrew its fighter jets from the anti isis coalition, but youve taken on a greater role in the humanitarian crisis. What was the shift behind the shift in strategy, if you dont mind me asking . Its a great question. There are 65 Different Countries in the coalition against isis right now, and they all have different approaches and
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[inaudible conversations] call the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to order. We thank our witnesses for being here. I look forward to your testimony. As much of the world concentrates on the ice is a threat and instability in the middle east the Committee Takes this opportunity to consider efforts by the United States and other partners to counter extremism in the Subsaharan Africa area. Longterm development has been the norm across much of africa including here tell you what. Even with large letters i cant see anymore. Including here in our committee with the recent signing of the power africa legislation which we are all very proud of and appreciate the way the administration has let on that effort also. That we hope will bring investment to a key sector for Economic Growth and opportunity. Whereas in the middle east we have been reacting to terrorist violence and the uprooting of millions of people. And africa weve had the opportunity of years of influence through diplomacy and d