Thank you very much for the invitation to be here today with you, and thank you so much for arranging this nice weather in this place. Mr. President , im very glad that we had such a good meeting, and this is due to your strong leadership. And this is also due to our strong partnership. Obviously the fact that we celebrate 20 years of Strategic Partnership this year is important for both our nations, and it is important to know, and this is what i want to underline. That this partnership with the United States of america shaped romania as it is today. Romania, a solid democracy with the a solid, sustainable economic growth. Romania, which stands together with the u. S. Troops in afghanistan. We stand together in iraq. Mr. President , this partnership contributed greatly to what romania is today, and this partnership was and is very important. And i think this partnership not only has to continue, this partnership has to become stronger. This partnership has to define our bilateral rela
All kinds in the region and around the world. The situation in the arabian gulf over the last two days is troubling to the united states. The region and the many people who are directly affected. United states wishes to reaffirm our commitment to the spirit of the summit. As we combined efforts to defeat the military, financial, and ideological support of terrorists, we expect to see progress in the arab world toward greater political expression. An important pathway to attack islamic extremism, and to prevent little activism from escalating into violence is to allow marginalized voices opportunities for political expression. But this process requires regional and a global consensus and mutual understanding. The that gcc summit creates a platform to achieve this consensus and understanding. Thoughtful calm and dialogue with clear expectations and accountability among the parties in order to strengthen relationships. There be are no no further escalation of parties in the region. We cal
All kinds in the region and around the world. The situation in the arabian gulf over the last two days is troubling to the united states. The region and the many people who are directly affected. United states wishes to reaffirm our commitment to the spirit of the summit. As we combined efforts to defeat the military, financial, and ideological support of terrorists, we expect to see progress in the arab world toward greater political expression. An important pathway to attack islamic extremism, and to prevent little activism from escalating into violence is to allow marginalized voices opportunities for political expression. But this process requires regional and a global consensus and mutual understanding. The that gcc summit creates a platform to achieve this consensus and understanding. Thoughtful calm and dialogue with clear expectations and accountability among the parties in order to strengthen relationships. There be are no no further escalation of parties in the region. We cal
Feierstein. He is with the middle east institute and former Principal Deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs in the obama white house. Thank you for being with us. We appreciate it. Guest pleasure being with you. Host let me begin with something from the weekly secretary ofording state Rex Tillerson and what he called the economic blockade in the persian gulf, the nation of qatar, saying theyre argumentative in consequence of the blockade, something that he says can be resolved. There is a resolution possible. Explain what happened, why there is a blockade, and what is the implications what the implications have been. Guest well, fundamentally this is an issue its a dispute that has been going on for a number of years. We have had flareups before. 2014, there was also a break in diplomatic relations between saudi arabia and emirates on one side and qatar on the other. It is about support for political islam, the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as positions on iran and
Contra newsroom starts right now. Our top story, u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions plans to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee tuesday. He was already scheduled to appear before congress that day but in front of different house and senate panels. Sessions will be on the hot seat likely on his role for the firing of the former fbi director james comey as well as his meetings with russian officials during the president ial campaign. Our athena jones has the very latest for you. Reporter hi there. Thats right. Were learning the attorney general has offered to testify on tuesday before the Senate Intelligence committee. Now, we know that Senate Investigators were going to be interested in speaking to the attorney general. If this goes forward, it means theyre going to get that chance a lot sooner than they may have expected. We expect them to grill sessions on a number of issues, including his involvement in the firing of now former fbi director james comey. During the hou