Good afternoon i hope everybody had a good thanksgiving break. Welcome back to washington, welcome to brookings im bruce jones the director of the policy program at brookings and its my pleasure to welcome you to our event for east Asian Pacific affairs. David stillwell is appointed as assistant secretary of state by President Trump of the 20th of june he served in the air force for 35 years beginning as a Korean League west in 1980 and retiring in 2015 as a Brigadier General he was the asia adviser to the chairman of the joint death of staff from 21 to 2013 you also recently served as the director of the u. S. Focus group. He was also an adjunct fellow thank you to your service to this country. As you can see from his background the david has been at the forefront of managing the policy questions the shape the u. S. And china friendship. Working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy with china is also then keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole. Where we have a huge n
Good afternoon i hope everybody had a good thanksgiving break. Welcome back to washington, welcome to brookings im bruce jones the director of the policy program at brookings and its my pleasure to welcome you to our event for east Asian Pacific affairs. David stillwell is appointed as assistant secretary of state by President Trump of the 20th of june he served in the air force for 35 years beginning as a Korean League west in 1980 and retiring in 2015 as a Brigadier General he was the asia adviser to the chairman of the joint death of staff from 21 to 2013 you also recently served as the director of the u. S. Focus group. He was also an adjunct fellow thank you to your service to this country. As you can see from his background the david has been at the forefront of managing the policy questions the shape the u. S. And china friendship. Working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy with china is also then keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole. Where we have a huge n
Brookings. David was appointed assistant secretary of state by donald trump. He previously served in the air force for 35 years, beginning as a linguist in 1980, retiring as a brigadier general. He was the advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and served as the defensive attache in beijing. He recently served as the director of the China Strategic Focus Group in hawaii from 2017 to 2019, where he was an abjects adjunct senior fellow. David, thank you for your service to our country and the important work you are doing now. As you can see from his background, he has been at the forefront of managing policy questions that shape the future of these relationships and has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy to china and is preoccupied with keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole, where we have a huge number of relationships, partners, allies, and interests that go beyond simply the question of china. Assistant secretary stillwell and i were here
Mr. Mcconnell first this morning, id like to join colleagues on both sides of the colleagues on both sides of the im like to join my colleagues on both sides of the capitol and expressing her grief and sadness at the passing of our house colleague chairman elijah cummings. For more than two decades in the house of representatives cummings became a living a leged in his native baltimore. By all accounts he was a powerful and passionate voice on the National Stage and a strong advocate for his neighbors. He counted and admires from across the political spectrum. Today the capital will lower its flag to mark the significant loss and remember a life well lived. The senate unites. Our prayers are with those of the house for elijahs wife, for his children and for all the colleagues, friends and staff who will miss him greatly. Madam president on an entirely different matter i was encouraged to see the a display of bipartisan concern in the house of representatives for sustaining americas Glo
Cascade. New details about the two High School Football players in texas who took down a referee during a game. They were claiming that the ref directed racial slurs at them before the incident. And one of their teams assistant coaches is now on paid administrative leave for suggesting retaliation against the ref for bad calls. Police say it will take at least a week to complete their investigation. The Court Sketch Artist made famous by her drawing of tom brady is taking legal action against those she says are stealing her work. The drawing of brady during deflategate Court Hearings is now features on all sorts of items including skirts and leggings. Artist jane rosenburgs attorney is sending out cease and desist orders to users using the images. No one asked her permission for use of the work. She deserves her money for that. Some credit for that. You know, i was almost late for work because action at the u. S. Open heating up. No match hotter than last night with the sister showdown