Regarding us arms sales. To start, we should recognize and acknowledge that the law contemplates and indeed requires a partnership between the executive branch and legislative branch regarding arms sales. This committee plays an Important Role to conduct rigorous oversight of the issue. At the same time the law does grant the President Authority to conduct sales without congressional approval in times of emergency. And focusing on that issue. This hearing will focus on these roles and authorities. We must consider the context for this latest declaration, the latest in attack on iran and its proxies and partners capabilities to defend against those threats. The arms export control act, the authority to declare an emergency concerning specific arms sales and avoid the standard process of congressional notification. Such president ial authority dates back 40 years to Lessons Learned from the october 1973 war in the middle east. The president s of both parties used emergency authorities on
Of state orPolitical Military Affairs who spoke on the administrations decision to declare a state of emergency within arms sale to saudi arabia held by the Senate Foreign relations committee, this is an hour and 40 minutes. The committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here today and today were going to discuss the recent Emergency Declaration regarding us arms sales. The start we should recognize and acknowledge that the law contemplates and indeed requires a partnership between the executive branch and the legislative branch regarding arms sales. This committee plays an Important Role in conducting rigorous oversight of the issue. The same time, the law does grant the President Authority to conduct sales without congressional approval in times of emergency. Well be focusing on that issue. This hearing will focus on these rules andauthorities. We must consider the context for this latest declaration, namely active threats on iran and its proxy and our partners capabilitie
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Media came out. With headlines like a carbon copy , look times, cnn, bbc, guardian, everyone is writing about the successful test drive of the new borevestnik missile and russias supposed readiness to resume Nuclear Tests, and this is supposedly a direct threat from the west. In this regard, i would like to ask about the us intention to place Nuclear Warheads in Great Britain; this is not a direct threat to russia. Rhetorical question the state duma , at its next council, is considering the issue of revoking ratification of the comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaty. This was stated by vyacheslav volodin. According to him, this corresponds to russias National Interests. Let me remind you that the comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaty was concluded 27 years ago, in 1996, in new york. The treaty was signed by 185 states, for it to be ratified by eight more states, everything came to a head, as usual, this happens in the usa, the remaining Nuclear Powers, looking at washington, became thou
Thousands of refugees are now stranded on the greek borders, pushing the greek Prime Minister to demand the process to relocate them be drastically speed it up. Accusesinternational russia and Syrian Government troops of targeting hospitals in syria as a strategy of war. Womenh Police Kill Two who attacked a Police Station in istanbul with guns and grenades. Coming up, a Major Mining Company agrees to pay billions in compensation over a mudslide described as brazils worst environmental disaster. We will have the details in business. New york adds to its glittering portfolio of art museums with a new gallery dedicated to modern and contemporary art. First, our top story live from paris. First European Council president donald tuesday is sitting down with the greek Prime Minister today after the eu announced a emergencyllion euro fund for countrys worst hit by the migrant crisis. That is the case in greece, where thousands of people are blocked on the border desperately trying to get thr