I am proud to be part of this historic moment. And 2006 i had the opportunity and in 2008 to be part of the convention to nominate the first africanamerican president and i look forward to doing it again, elect. Go ohio. Go hillary. I am a delegate from the San Fernando Valley supporting hillary. I could be more excited to support the first female candidate for president. I really care about womens issues and politics and i know she is the most qualified candidate for president s i could not be more excited. I am at the ohio delegation conference at the dmc. The most important for me as the supreme court. The nextquences for four years from the election but 20,eme court can last 10, 30 years. So that is important for me. Shaping the policies for generations to come. Congressional district 22. My delegate experience has been i have for and opening. I feel like i am witnessing the death of democracy. I do not feel included. I do not feel like my voices heard. I am very concerned for the
Just watching as this subcommittee meeting coming together. The hearing featuring the lead singer of u2, bono, and also policy and foreign experts from the u. N. Here. Meeting today to talk about violent extremism. Live coverage here on cspan3. Well hear from state department and u. N. Officials and among the witnesses, again, the lead singer of the band u2. All right, folks. Take a seat. This is what its like to be chopped liver. The subcommittee will come to order. Hearing today is on the causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance. I would like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Demonstratety secretary of state tony blinken. Bono, lead singer of u2 and cofounder of one and red. General james jones, former National Security adviser, supreme allied commander in europe and president of the jones group international. And kelly complements, deputy United Nations high commissioner for refugees. Ill make a short opening statement. Let senat
This is what it is like to be chopped liver. [ laughter ] the subcommittee will come to order. Our hearing today is on the causes and consequences of violent extremism in the role of foreign assistance. I would like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses, deputy secretary of state, antony blinken, bono, from u 26, former allied commander in Europe James Jones and president of the jones group international. And kelly clements, deputy United Nations Committee Member for refugees. Ill make a short Opening Statement and let senator leahy do the same and well have a second round. Number one, this was a good day for photographers. I hope you got a good shot, there. Ive just gotten back from my 30something trip to the region. I had the pleasure of being in turkey with bono and egypt. And each person here is tasked in their own way of trying to inform the congress in making policy decisions to deal with what i think is a crisis that you either pay now or you pay later. To the American
Put into the record a screenshon shot that we quoted from the website just this morning that still has the fetal tissue sales components. Have we reviewed the document . Know because we pulled this this morning but you are welcome to look at it. We also have im going to reserve the right to object. You can reserve the right and we will come back when we have the force of exhibit that we will put in the record with the exhibit so that you will know where they came there was a question on exhibit d5, the chart that showed the growth of the procurement Business Revenue that came from the business magazine articles into the Congressional Research service so that you all are aware of that. And then there was also a question on exhibit b. For, the chart with the number of abortion clinics. The information on that chart came from the procurement Business Owner and contract with the abortion organization, so ordered. I withdraw my resignation. But the last statement he made about the last docu
Any time you tried to speak to people about christianity, you were taking a tremendous risk. There were eight individuals arrested in afghanistan. They could be subject to the death penalty. They would drill us with questions for ten hours at a time. The mission was rescue eight hostages in the heart of taliban country and bring them home. Kabuls latest Occupying Force are islamic fundamentalists who call themselves the taliban. Their aim to reshape morals and principles in their image of islam. Afghanistan under the taliban was a highly repressive society. The taliban was ruling over most of the country. The muslim taliban government controlled most of afghanistan and banned women from going to school or work. Women had to be accompanied by a man to walk outside. And had to be covered in the veil from head to toe. The taliban exposed the Afghan People to a horrific war. That continues to this day. You also had this group of International Religious extremists under bin laden who refer