[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] is recognized for five minutes. thank you. mr. zuckerberg, thank you for being here today and i want to thank the chairwoman for having this hearing. you ve said a lot of things today that couldn t have been said during the last hearing. your responses to questions has been very district and very helpful. thank you for that and thank you very much for being here. i just had a few quick questions about the libra association. on the website, one of the benefits before mr. marcus appeared before our committee was that those contributing, who joined the association, could derive dividends from libra investment tokens and that s since been taken off. could you elaborate on that? sure, congressman, i think that there had been an idea that in order to encourage marketing of the payment service, that there might be some investment that other companies could make into this and some return that they could make, but i think that
the middle east, in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts. after all of the blood and treasure america has poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am committed to pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldn t be done. today s announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago was scorned and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome, congratulations. it s too early to me to be congratulated. but we ve done a good job. we saved a lot of lives. most importantly, we have avoided another costly military intervention that could have led to disastrous consequences, many thousands of people could have been killed. the last administration said assad must go. they could have easily produced that outcome, but they didn t. in fact they drew a very powerful red line in the sand, you all remember, the red line in the sand, when chi
chairman of the board of the naacp. interim president, ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. to our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth anniversary committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 educational forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. we thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. a terrible time in our history. i remind you this was way before the march on washington. it s way before in 1964 civil rights act. it s way before the 1965 voting rights act. these young people wanted to do to get an education. that s all they re aspiring to do. but our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon
skip rutherford of the clinton center, to the sixth anniversary committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families. we welcome you to this 60th educational forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. we thank you for being here and we hope that something is said or done that would give you a better understanding when you leave here today. and let me digress for a minute and say that the naacp, the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock nine. terrible time in our history. i remind you, this was way before the march on washington. this was way before the 1964 civil rights act. this was way before the 1965 voting rights act. these young people wanted to do get an education, that s all they were aspiring to do. but our system at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by the united states supreme court. however thurgood marshall, who went on to be a supreme court justice. weiland grant senior, o
chairman of the board of the naacp. interim president, ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. to our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth anniversary committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 educational forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. we thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. a terrible time in our history. i remind you this was way before the march on washington. it s way before in 1964 civil rights act. it s way before the 1965 voting rights act. these young people wanted to do to get an education. that s all they re aspiring to do. but our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon