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if i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly, effective legislators in d.c. right now, focused on a whole host of national security issues and also chairs his committee in a , whichly bipartisan way is very true to the issues that our country faces on national and homeland security. i will be very brief, which is very, which is very true to the rare for mei will turn it over to the chairman now. afterwards, we have an amazing panel. when you think about members of congress, you don t immediately think cia or national counterterrorism center or you don t imm ....
c-span s book tv. michael mccaul of texas gave a speech on national security at george washington university. after he spoke three republicans from his committee participated in a panel discussion about the issues he discussed. this is one hour and 35 minutes. good morning. if i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly, effective legislators in d.c. right now, focused on a whole host of national security issues and also chairs his committee in a genuinely bipartisan way, which is very true to the issues that our country faces on national and homeland sec ....
couple years ago when we were looking at the number of individuals who would meet the criteria for the release based on a terminal illness, we discovered that there were 200 inmates in the bureau of prisons. once they were identified coming up to go further in making sure that for those individuals being considered, that they have the resources if they are given the opportunity and released under that program. 200 inmates agencywide with a population at times that was at 220,000 is a very small number. senator: we are talking about passionate release, early release, release of foreign nationals. are you saying that the law or the regulation is written to restrictively and doesn t give you the latitude to utilize those programs more fully? inspector general, i will be asking you the same question. mr. samuels: we moved from apple to nonmedical. even when we look at those cases , when you are looking at the criteria as well as being responsible for public safety for any o ....
president trump and his views on professional athletes. [applause] [laughter] my bad. i m sorry. i just checked twitter and i thought i am happy to say this panel is sponsored by the obj school of school of public affairs. that sponsorship. i m duty-bound to say my sponsors i love them but they do not get to choose the questions or answers. with that caveat out of the way, , a your host and moderator professor here at ut austin. i am the cofounder of a blog that is the nation s leading commentary on national security the curator of national security law podcast which is mixed up with crossfire and the national security news. we have one hour. into 40be divided minutes of discussion with panelists and 20 minutes of discussion with you. so as you are sitting there reacting, there are topics will not get to because of limits of time, you can i will remind you at the time i will remind you to keep your comments brief, or keep the questions brief. lastly, please sile ....
tuesday, see the debate between the new jersey governor s candidates. next, a look at national security and foreign policy during president trump s first in office. representatives joined former deputy defense secretary kathleen hicks. university of texas robert chesney and author malcolm nance at the annual texas tribune festival in austin. this runs one hour. applause] good morning. thank you for coming out to perhaps the most timely and serious and important session you will hear at the seventh annual texas tribune festival and of course, by this i mean the deadly serious topic of president trump and his views on professional athletes. [applause] [laughter] my bad. i m sorry. i just checked twitter and i thought i am happy to say this panel is sponsored by the obj school of school of public affairs. that sponsorship. i m duty-bound to say my sponsors i love them but they do not get to choose the questions or answers. with that caveat out of the way, , a you ....