Let me call the committee to order. The Committee Meets to exam let me call the hearing to order. It looks at transitioning all forces from afghanistan by mid september. Helping us better understand the chances are acting assistant secretary of defense and general matthew t. Trollinger, director for military affairs from the middle east. General, let me congratulate you on your recent selection to promotion to major general. Id like to hear a snapshot of what is happening at this time, however i want to note that i have repeatedly asked, along with the Ranking Member for general scott miller, commander of natos Resolute Support mission, to testify. This committee has not had an open hearing on afghanistan with dod officials since 2017 and the last closed briefing was in december 2019. That is far too long to hear about a mission involving so many americans. I understand that general miller is now very busy with the transition that is under way. But i will continue to press for his appe
Some housekeeping things. As the hearing is fully virtual you need to address some of these issues. For todays meeting, the chair is designated by the chair participants microphone when theyt are not under recognition for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members are responsible for muting and muting themselves. If i have noticed you havent i would ask if you would like the staff to unmute you. If you indicate approval, the staff will unmute your microphone. You will retain the balance of your time. This will show how much time is remaining and at one minute remaining, the clock will turn yellow. Thirty seconds remaining i will gently pass the gavel to remind members that their time is almost expired. We will begin with the chair and Ranking Member and members present at the time will be recognized in order of seniority. We have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wished to submit in writing its provided in advance to your staff. With
Sf sfg. Vice president taylor good evening and welcome to the june 10, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll . Clerk yes, can you, commissioner. [roll call] clerk okay. So commissioner taylor, you do have a quorum. Also with us today are chief William Scott and director Paul Henderson from d. P. A. Vice president taylor okay. So for members of the public who would like to make Public Comment on items on the agenda or during general Public Comment, the phone number to dial is 4084189388. Ill repeat that because our phone number has changed. 4084189388. The access code is 1469430274. I would remind the public to be in a quiet place. For the commissioners, ill ask you to mute yourself to minimize background noise, and if you would like to be heard, click your name or the emoji of your choice to be recognized. I would ask that you not put a full sentence because it makes it hard to know who wants to be heard. Okay. Go ahead, serg
This moment to push for real change. I want to thank all of you who have been out there on the frontlines, doing everything you can to make sure that there is justice for all of us, that we are all seen, that we are all heard, and now is the time, more than ever, to make real change. We appreciate all of you for joining us again. More to come in some of our future conversations, and please stick with us on pushing for these reforms. It wont be easy, but its necessary, and it will change and save lives for the better. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Sf sfg. Vice president taylor good evening and welcome to the june 10, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll . Clerk yes, can you, commissioner. [roll call] clerk okay. So commissioner taylor, you do have a quorum. Also with us today are chief William Scott and director Paul Henderson from d. P. A. Vice president taylor okay. So for members of the public who would like to make Pu
Creating a brand james celebrate. Style the l. A. Lakers star reaches and not a milestone in there when against the map like. Iran has condemned u. S. Attacks on a shia group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist act 5 camps belonging to hizbollah were hit 3 in iraq and 2 more in syria at least 27 people were killed iraqs Prime Minister has called the attacks on the group a breach of sovereignty but the u. S. Calls it a decisive response to aggression against its troops in iraq by iranian backed forces and is warning of further action. What we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this law of the republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. We will always honor that commitment to take decisive req action when that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out ba