Efforts in afghanistan. We will come to order. All members will have five days to submit statements to the record. Notice, we are here today to examine the lessons from americas war in afghanistan. , welcome general sopko to the Foreign Affairs committee. I look forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans st
Director of the documentary. He is the author of to swing through the sky a musical theater piece about the twin histories of jazz and powered flight. He was a longtime member of the wright experience team and was executive director of the discovery flight foundation. Paul is a graduate of Washington University in st. Louis with a degree in visual arts. In addition to aviation history and documentary film making, his career covers classical drawing, s. T. E. M. Education, exhibit design and photography. With that, id like to turn the stage over to paul and thank you all again so much for coming tonight. [ applause ] hello. Thank you so much for having me. Can everybody see me okay . Hear me okay . Great. Great. Let me make sure i turn this thing on correctly. Okay. Thank you, kathy, and to everyone at Smithsonian Associates for having me back. Im very happy to be here. Again, and share this story with you. Its, i think, a its a really fun story in a local kind of a way. Its a story of
Perhaps we shouldnt have. I think the days of occupying nations and reconstruction with the hope that jeffersonian democracy is going to plant seeds and roots, it may have been naive. Its a very primitive country, afghanistan. Ive been there many times. So my question, as i advise the president on syria, a residual force to protect the homeland, i dont think we can afford to stay in these countries forever and occupy them forever. I think the most important thing we can do is to have a residual force of some sort to take out terrorist threats to the homeland in a counterterrorism mission. Maybe we lost sight of what our mission was in the first place, and so i guess and i know youre not here to report on policy, per se, but id like your comments on dha, and to that end, what programs have been most effective at counterterrorism in that mission . Congressman, i think thats an excellent question, and i can bring you up to the line to policy. And i leave the policy for you. You have to re
States International Leadership in 5g act as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3763 a bill to direct the discriminate to provide assistance and Technical Expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of the United States at International Standards setting bodies that set standards for fifth and future generations, mobile, Telecommunications Systems and infrastructure, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from neverauskas, ms. Titus, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Mccaul, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from neverauskas. Ms. Titus thank you. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and include remarks extraneous material on h. R. 3763. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Titus 00 on that i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recogn
Global tugofwar. Critical tests. A spacecraft explodes minutes after launch. Why Todays Mission was a success. And a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. Gods been good. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im omar villafranca. The countdown has begun to the Historic Senate trial of President Trump. It begins tomorrow morning. House managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill sunday to work on strategy. Senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. Ben tracy starts us off from the white house. Well be sitting there in our chairs probably on the order of six hours a day. Reporter senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not President Trump remains in office. Republicans dont have enough votes for a quick dismissal, but they are confident the president will be acquit