We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
Minister. He was asked about the call between President Trump and the ukrainian president , and also commented on the handling of the impeachment inquiry by house democrats. F. M. Di maio good morning and welcome to this joint press conference. We will have brief statements by the minister, followed by a secretary mike pompeo. Then we will take two questions from the italian press, and two questions by u. S. Journalists. Thank you, everybody, for being here. A very warm welcome to mr. Secretary of state pompeo. Welcome. Thank you for your visit. R traveling here following these institutional meetings. Thank you for deciding to go for the first time to the town your ancestors came from. Im very happy to have had this opportunity to meet. To secretaryerated pompeo, italy is an ally of the United States. We are part of the atlantic alliance, and we wish to be protagonists within the atlantic alliance. We want to be protagonists within nato. We want to be protagonists in stimulating our al
F. M. Di maio good morning and welcome to this joint press conference. We will have brief statements by the minister, followed by a secretary mike pompeo. Then we will take two questions from the italian press, and two questions by u. S. Journalists. Thank you, everybody, for being here. A very warm welcome to mr. Secretary of state pompeo. Welcome. Thank you for your visit. R traveling here following these institutional meetings. Thank you for deciding to go for the first time to the town your ancestors came from. Im very happy to have had this opportunity to meet. To secretaryerated pompeo, italy is an ally of the United States. We are part of the atlantic alliance, and we wish to be protagonists within the atlantic alliance. We want to be protagonists within nato. We want to be protagonists in stimulating our alliance toward new challenges, new diplomatic challenges, challenges which of course have to do with our countrys stability, growth, and economic and social growth. It was a r
I wanted to say a few words about wesley gelb. He was most recently president emeritus here at the council and served as our president from 19932003. Over the last five decades, he was a distinguished academic, a senior official at the departments of state and defense and a pulitzer prizewinning journalist at the new york times. He worked on the editorial side as well as a journalist. , he led the institution into the postcold war era. He was there for the founding or f the Maurice Greenberg center, the launch of the independent Task Force Program amongnvigoration many other initiatives. He was generous with his time and wisdom, particularly with a great many young people in the field, including myself. He was one of the countries true wiseman one of this countrys true wisemen. I wanted to be sure to take a moment at the beginning of this evening. Annuals meeting is our series on military strategy and leadership. Features top military leaders and was made possible by a generous gift fr
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