The subcommittee will come to order. This is a bittersweet moment to me. It is my last subcommittee, markup of the state. Going to get emotional. I will start again. Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. This is a bittersweet moment for me, as it is my last subcommittee markup of the state bill,reign operations contemplate my retirement at the i ask you toear indulge me in a few reflections. First. The important work of this committee. Since world war ii come up aid has been a key component of the United States Foreign Policy. Allocate to the state department, the u. S. Agency for international development, and other federal agencies tasked with carrying out american interests and promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world account for only roughly 1 of our federal budget. Yet we have made the world healthierfer, and while improving the security of generations here at home. The dearupported eradication of polio. Stemmed the surge of hivaids. We have in
Japans ruling party says the coronavirus will hit harder than the financial crisis. The global stocks rallied after the u. S. Opened the fiscal taps to the tune of a billion dollars. Thats on rate cuts for major Central Banks surge. St. Louis fed president tells bloomberg, dont assume that will be another cut in two weeks. Rate to thee policy right place for now. Given the information that we have now. We took out some insurance against the possibility that this will cause a growth slowdown in the u. S. Matt division in vienna. Agreement over output cuts proves elusive for opec plus delegates as they look to counter the impact of the coronavirus. We are live on the ground for a crucial meeting there. Lets take a look at futures, getting across europe right now. More than 0. 5 . Up 0. 75 . S are futures. In u. S. We finished up more than 1 yesterday across european forces. There was a major surge in u. S. Stocks as a result. You are seeing futures down for the west stocks. Risk on for e
Escatology are very important in this situation . Buy the book. How many theologianses does the pentagon have . I dont mean chaplains. I mean theologianses that understand the enemy threat doctrine of the group isis . I would say its about the same number of insurgents defeated by air power alone. How do we address it . Youve really hit a crucial question. With the political elite on both sides of the aisles that sees itself as postmodern secular and sophisticated, its very hard to take religion seriously. One thing ive learned working with people who have had multiple tours in theater, five six tours in theater, is that if you dont have religion, i dont care what it is. I dont care if youre a zoro zoroastrian, seventh day add ven tis, i dont care what it is, youll never understand this enemy. You wont be able to absorb the context of suicide bombing. The logic of suicide bombing. We have to you know, take political distortion out of the intelligence cycle. My creator on this earth if
For questions from audience. I had a couple of questions weve received over the internet. For the last 15 minutes or so lets talk about kind where the Roberts Court is and where the Roberts Court is going. We 15 years of the Roberts Court. What do you guys think of the most significant decisions the court has issued during that time . Citizens united, the heller case, marriage. You are clearly ready for that one. I think also juvenile Death Penalty. You know, the juvenile Death Penalty and the rulings on whether you can execute somebody who may not be technically, but is challenged. Cutting back on the Death Penalty in cases not involving murder and cutting back on juvenile life without parole. So the court has narrowed harsh punishment across a number of dimensions spent except for the Medicaid Expansion these. Its basically like an overruling of [inaudible] south dakota. Right. Be interesting to me, the Court Decision about suits unite this but because of the court held as a legal ma