354, h. R. 6395, a bill to authorize appropriations for 2021 for military activities of the department of military d for construction to prescribe military personnel strength for for other year and purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 053, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the services printed in bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of rules committee is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. Debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ng minority member of committee on Armed Services. The gentleman from washington, smith, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Thornberry, each minutes. Rol 30 the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. Mr. Smith mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on h. R. 6395. The speaker pro tempore witho
The freeman foundation. By judy anfopeter blum kovledation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Bbc world news am. Reemerging from the shadows. Islamic state fight use the covid crisis to launch new attacks the white house under pressure to explain what president knew about rorts that pressure offered bounties attack coalition forces. Online, but what about those who want to perform in person . Is it safe to sing again . Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Covid has shut down schools, devastated health systems, and flattened economies. If that were not enough, we have not learned it has given a boose toslamic state, so much so that the remnants of the militant groupinave begun cathe virus gods little soldier. I. S. Set its sights on the thousands of women and children ing held in kurdish controlle detention centers, some of whom have already become radicalized. Our corresponde
And the United States offered our family a second chance. What you need to know, what americans need to know is that while rankly most of us answer the call to duty in far less dramatic ways, every Foreign Service officer runs the same risk, and very often, so do our families. They serve, too, as individuals, as communities, we answer the call to duty to advance and protect the interests of the United States. I count myself lucky to be a Foreign Service officer, fortunate to serve with the best america has to offer, blessed to serve the American People for the last 33 years. Moved by thee not testimony of Marie Yovanovich today, you dont have a pulse. This is a woman who has served in seven posts for president s of both parties over more than 30 years. Hardship posts, places like somalia, tashkent. I cannot imagine a better example of diplomatic professionalism or integrity then what you have given all of us. Those who have served with you, those who aspire to be you, and for all those
Sec. Pompeo good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. It was a revolutionary idea, we shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. The idea remains important and was unique. We are all striving for a more perfect union, we dont get it right every day. We use our unmatched power to protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your families. Now turning to the substance of my remarks today. I want to talk about one of the worlds most unfree countries. Yesterday, the Chinese Communist party implemented its Draconian National security law on hong kong in violation commitments it violation of commitments it made to the hong kong people and the united kingdom. In a u. N. Regi
Have the whole media eyes neck it is definitely not something our new morning and Atlanta Police officers have been fired for using Excessive Force on protesters riot police surrounded a car with a couple inside if you watch this footage you can see the officer slashed their tires approached their windows and tase them and they did not appear to be resisting in any way then they were pulled from the car put on the ground and handcuffed. I think is Law Enforcement if we are ever going to get out of this base that we are in today we have to recognize that our behaviors cannot consistently be pardoned because we are Law Enforcement. These these are good guys i know them as individuals ive worked with one for over 20 years. But they made that level of mistake that cannot be rolled bath. Place minneapolis have arrested several people for curfew violations they nationwide and i started there and george floyd a black man died while being restrained by a white Police Officer more than 4000 peo