The last million. Europes displaced persons from world war to the cold war. Im joel rosenthal, Prime Minister of Carnegie Council for ethics and international affairs. For those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. His biography of Andrew Carnegie published in 2006 was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, weve come to know Andrew Carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and theres one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the Carnegie Council, and that is the as david would put it cashtys carnegies cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a cando spirit is, indeed, possible. That idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. In addition to the carnegie biography, davids previous books include prizewinning biographies of joseph p. Kennedy and William Randolph hearst.
This hearing of the National Security subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person, let me remind theyone that pursuant to latest guidelines from the house attending physician office, all individuals must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. That me make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in active speaker mode. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with webex by now, but let me remind everyone of a few points. You will be able to see each other speaking, in person or remote, as long as you have webex set to active speaker view. If you hav
This hearing of the National Subcommittee will come to order. Welcome, everyone to todays hybrid hearing, house members will appear in person, others will appear remotely. Let me remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending Physicians Office all individual attending the hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. Let me make a few reminders for members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking as active speaker mode. A timer is visible in front of you. Members appearing remotely, youre familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points, you can see each other speaking during the hearing whether in personal remote as long as you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about this please Contact Committee staff. We have a timer visible on your screen when
Todays hybrid hearing. Some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webx. Since some are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending Physicians Office all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a facemask. Members who choose not to wear a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known in webx as active speaker mode. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appear regular motely, i know you are all familiar with webx by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, youll be able to see each other speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webx set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about the abou
Special representative for afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the over house on National Security about the Trump Administrations afghanistan policy. He answered questions about the recent u. S. Taliban agreement and plans to reduce the u. S. Military presence in afghanistan. Good morning. The turning of the subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via web acts. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physicians office, all individuals intending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they