Thanking our witnesses, secretary esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discussour policy in syria , particularly in light of the tevents that happened just a couple months ago in turkey when they invaded and drove the kurds out of portions of that but its our first hearing since congressman brendici has joined the committee. We have a lot of new faces but theyre not new faces anymore but its good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving, welcome. As i said the purpose of this hearing is to look into the events around syria and as a bunch of questions and the other big issue for us is just the ability of members of this committee toask questions directly of the key policymakers in an area that is of enormous importance and give them an opportunity to learn more about policy and also express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and i th
Intelligence committee continues another week of public hearings. You can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, november 21, day 5 of the impeachment hearings. Explicit quid pro quo done at President Trumps direction. 10 leading president ial primary candidates took to the stage in atlanta for the fifth debate of the 2020 election cycle. You can join us by giving us a call. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling now and we will begin by showing you the front page banner headline of usa today. Everyone was in the loop. Yes, there was a quid pro quo. I followed the directions of the president. [vide
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