Prize if you did not write a book would you . Easterny night at 8 00 on cspans q1 day. President trump is holding a Border Security event today. We are planning coverage and will have it for two later on cspan. We are going to show you this weeks Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing with state department at officials on a Security Assistance to mexico. Members question the officials on how the u. S. Is working with the Mexican Government to combat trafficking by cartels. Humanitarian crises in the country and handling around cases of american citizens being killed in mexico. We are going to get started. The reason for the early hearing is we have votes and people go back to the district today. I want to make sure i got this hearing in. I will begin. Other members will be walking in as the hearing is progressing. Order. Aring will come to assessing u. S. Security assistance to mexico. We focus on evaluating the extent to which u. S. Assistance has been effective in has been effective in
We are going to get started. Reason for the early hearing is we have votes and people go back to the district today. I wanted to make sure i got this hearing in. Other members will be walking in as the hearing is progressing. Come to order. Ll we are focusing on the extent to assistance has been effective in strengthening section protecting human rights. Objection, all members may have five days to submit questions and materials for the record. I will now make an Opening Statement and then turn it over to be Ranking Member for his Opening Statement. Before i open with my statement, i want to thank everybody that is here early. It is miserable outside and i want to thank the witnesses for being here. Good morning. Thank you for being here today. In reading the news over the last few weeks, the shocking headlines from mexico have been impossible to escape. Last week i saw kids as young as six are arming themselves to defend their families in a rural part of the United States. As cartels
Working . It ise is sherry mueller, my privilege to serve as director of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event the Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and the university of southern Annenberg Center for leadership communication and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here. It is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it. I promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, will be introduced by one of our Board Members in a few minutes. I just wanted to let you all know we are grateful to George Washington university. They are renovating the normal room we work with. I appreciate the patients of all of you the patience of all of you. We are grateful for all of the hospitality you provide to us for these First Monday Forum in the First Monday Forum first monday forms. The First Monday Forum will fea
Browse all of our products. Next, we hear from the executive director of the u. S. Advisory commission on Public Diplomacy talking about the commissions history and recommendations for furthering its agenda. Once again, if i could have is thetion please, mike working is the mic working . It ise is sherry mueller, my privilege to serve as director of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event the Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and the university of southern Annenberg Center for leadership communication and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here. It is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it. I promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, will be introduced by one of our Board Members in a few minutes. I just wanted to let you all know we are grateful to George Washington university. They a
Once again, if i could have your attention, please. Is the mike working . The mike is working. Itname is Sherry Mueller and is my privilege to service as president of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event that Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy alumni association. And the university of southern annenberg annual center for leadership, communication, and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here, it is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it, i promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, who will be introduced by one of our board members,. Botch in a few minutes peter kovach in a few minutes. We are very grateful to George Washington university, they are renovating the normal room that we work with and i appreciate the patience of all of you. We are grateful to the Elliott School and Anthony Desantis who is he