Mr. Chairman. I know you havent gaveled us. If you gavel us, id like to address the chair for one second. Are you going to gavel us to i can address the chair for one second . I thank the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately im going to have to go to the democratic organizational meeting which will run certainly all morning. As you know, we had an allday organizational meeting yesterday. I regret we have a hearing in the middlele of that. I know you indicated yesterday, empty chairs should not be misconstrued. But i have a solemn obligation to elect the next leadership of this body. Unfortunately that conflicts with this hearing. This means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly to the topic. As the chairman knows and the Ranking Member knows, i dont like to miss hearings of any kind. I regret unfortunately i am going to have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and thank the chair. Mr. Gowdy theres really never a good time to have leadership races. Given the seriousn
The influence of neighboring countries and the chances of sustained peace and political stability in the region. From the u. S. Institute of peace, this runs an hour and a half. I think we still have a few more people coming in. But were going to go ahead and get going. When we do something jointly with the military, we try to be punctual. So with that, id like to welcome you all to u. S. Ip. My name is andrew wilder. Im the Vice President here at u. S. Usip was founded in 1984 by congress as an independent National Institute dedicated to the proposition that peace is possible. Its practical and essential for u. S. And global stability. We pursue our vision of a World Without conflict by working on the ground with local partners to help prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. Usip has been working in afghanistan since 2002. We have an office in kabul thats running a range of programs. We also support policy Relevant Research and hold both off the record events but also on the
Mr. Chairman. I know you havent gaveled us. If you gavel us, id like to address the chair for one second. Are you going to gavel us to i can address the chair phenomena with for one second . I thank the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately im to have to go to the democratic organizational meeting which will run certainly all morning. Mr. Connolly as you know, we have an allday organizational meeting yesterday. I regret we have a hearing in the middlele of that. I know you indicated yesterday, empty chairs should not be misconstrued. But i have a solemn obligation to elect the next leadership of this body. Unfortunately that conflicts with this hearing. This means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly to the topic. As the chairman knows and the Ranking Member knows, i dont like to miss hearings of any kind. I regret unfortunately i am going to have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and thank the chair. Mr. Gowdy theres really never a good time to have leadership ra
I think we still have a few more people coming it, but we will go ahead and get go in. When we do something jointly with the military, we try to be punctual, so with that, i would like to welcome you will to u. S. I. P. My name is andrew wilder. In 1984 byunded congress, dedicated by the proposition that peace is possible. We pursue a World Without violent conflict by working on the ground with partners to help prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. Usip has been working in afghanistan since 2002. We have an office in kabul running a range of programs. We support policy Relevant Research and hold off the record events and on the record events like the one we have today to inform policymakers and practitioners and the public about the situation in afghanistan. Usips current top priority in afghanistan is to support u. S. Government and afghan efforts to support a end to the war in afghanistan. This 17year war is now the longest war in u. S. History. It has been going on for 40
[inaudible conversations] mr. Chairman, i know you have not gaveled us but if you could gavel us and like to address the chair for one second. Will you gavel us so we can i think the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately i will have to go to the Democratic Organization which will run all morning and as you know we had all day organizational meeting in america we have a hearing in the middle of that and i know you indicated yesterday at the chair should not be misconstrued but i have a solemn allegation to elect the next leadership. Unfortunately, it means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly not to the topic. I dont like to miss hearing of any kind. I regret that i will have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and i think the cha chair. This is good a time as any theres never a good time to have leadership and given the seriousness of the subject matter and the fact that weve had to reschedule it multiple times, no witness should take from the absence of any member