Nomination of Barbara Barrett to be the next air force secretary, with a final vote on her scheduled for 4 15 eastern. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by Giani Sukhvinder Singh of milbourne, pennsylvania. The guest chaplain good morning. Let us pray. One universal creator god, by the grace of the true guru. Almighty god, we call you by many names but you are one. Keep your divine hand over the members of this senate as they help steer the future of our great nation. Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds. Remind us of our purpose to love and serve one another and create a more peaceful world. We ask for blessings unto all leaders as they work for the common good. Give all who govern this land humility and courage, integrity and compassion. Release each one of us from ego so that we may serve selflessly. Help us remember that we
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Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in one small nation lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made up of refugees from syria. Iran wields huge influence in lebanon thanks to its sponsorship of the militant Group Hezbollah, and israel has a long history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is lebanons foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict, and your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we are repeatedly aggressed by israeli violations of Un Resolution 1701.
With stephen sackur. Welcome too hard to talk. I am a stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in the discordant politics of one small state lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made of syrians seeking refuge from war. Iran wields huge influence through its sponsorship of the Shia Islamist Group Hezbollah, while israel has a history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is Lebanese Foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict. And your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we wa nt to tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we a