The Senate Committee held a confirmation hearing for several underground divisions including Inspector General and deputy undersecretary for intelligence and security. Some of the topics covered the Committee Hearing included whistleblower protections, election interference and servicemember misconduct. The meeting will come to order, we consider the nominations of mr. Jason, Inspector General of the department of defense. Mr. Lucas to be assistant secretary of defense that Nuclear Chemical biological and defense rooms and mr. Lewis to be assistant secretary of defense special operations. I think everyone for being here today, let me briefly say these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the mission they are accommodated for. Senior advisor, u. S. Customs and border protection, you have extensive experience leading litigation as part of the Inspector Generals offices for the federal Housing Agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban Dev
Land israels plans to. Territory in the occupied west bank which the u. N. Is urging israel to abandon now it is carrying on right now representative from vietnam is speaking in about i would say the next 5 to 10 minutes we will hear from the u. S. Representative at the United Nations kelly craft u. S. Ambassador kelly craft that will be interesting obviously the one Security Council member which we know backs israels position of. Already though we have heard from the likes of nickell who is the uns middle east peace envoy. Who is the arab League Secretary general but 1st it was the u. N. Secretary general and tony a good terrace he summed it up in calling for nothing short of israel abandoning its annexation plans. If implemented and accession of course into the most serious violation of International Law grievously harmed the prospect of a to spend solution and the current possibilities of a new will of negotiations. I call on the Israeli Government would ban is an exception class. S
The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , before congress adjourned for the holidays, our colleagues in the house of representatives carried out their sole priority for 2019, which was to impeach President Trump. That was their numberone objective in 2019. While its no secret this is something theyve been dreaming of since the day that President Trump was inaugurated on january 20 of 2017, it certainly took our colleagues in the house on a roller coaster ride and the country as well. Ive likened it really to not a roller coaster ride but to a threering circus. It does not reflect particularly well i think on their on their body or on the seriousness of the process. In marv last year, here in march of last year heres an important quote to remember speak pelosi cast a lot of doubt that an Impeachment Vote would even happen. This is march 2019. She said, impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bi
Accolade which was handed to the singer bob dylan. So lets begin. With me is alpesh patel, whos ceo at praefinium partners. To see you. Firstly, what is a mexican stand off, can we clarify . It is when you and i are pointing guns at each other and are waiting for somebody to pull the trigger. There are three of us. An unstable equilibrium . I think that sums up the situation. They are talking about a potential group of about 30 which isnt the crucial number they need to force a vote of no confidence. This is crazy, i tell you why, have they forgotten there was a referendum, instability, except, instability is still ongoing, Prime Minister resigned, david cameron, instability, a general election, instability. Lets stir the pot more because britain can take it ive come back from singapore and malaysia and never seemed or companies wanting to invest in the uk which is great, but the last thing im sure they want to see when they are thinking about investing in britain is lets have a bit mo
Communicators, Carnegie Mellon university professor, the streaming,f the book sharing, stealing, discusses the impact of data on the book, movie, music, and television industries. He talked about how Companies Like netflix, amazon, and google accumulate large amounts of data on Consumer Preferences and use it to transform industries. Detailed user information and having the skills and putting to use the data, you would think that provides them an advantage. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. The new Congress Starts tuesday. Watch all of the openingday events and activities on cspan. We are live from the u. S. Capitol starting at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. You will meet you representatives in here from returning members. The house gavels in at noon. Openingday business includes the election of the house speaker, his address to the whole house, and later debate and a vote on rules for the new congress. One rule in part to cure is getting attention. A proposal to find