Mr. Carper mr. President. Are we in a Quorum Call . The presiding officer we are not, senator. The senator from delaware is recognized. Mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up to substitute and be reported by number. Number one, Van Hollen, Van Hollen number 2354 and the second is johnson numbered 2245. Further, that at 7 30 p. M. Today, the Senate Vote in relation to the Van Hollen amendment and at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, the Senate Vote in relation to the johnson numbered 245, with no amendments in order to the amendments prior to a vote in relation to the amendment with 60 affirmative votes required for adoption of the amendments and two minutes for debate equally divided prior to the votes. The presiding officer is there an objection . Without objection, the clerk will report the amendments. The Clerk Senator from delaware, mr. Carper, for mr. Van hollen, proposes an amendment numbered 2354 to amendment numbered 2137. The
democratic sovereignty or stadiumize the elections and would respond. the bottom line is i told president putin we need some basic rules of the road that we can abide by. those comments on the heels of a solo press conference of vladimir putin who noted the 180-degree reversal and described talks as constructive but needled the u.s. he compared his repression of dissidents there to the treatment of the insurrectionists that stormed the capitol. the summit and the remarks by biden a striking contrast to the-time an american leader met with the russian president when trump believed an autocrat who undermined democracy over the assessments of his own intelligence community. it was shocking here and had u.s. allies questioning whether america was still capable of leadership. i also told him that no president of the united states could key faith with the american people if they did not speak out to defend our democratic values. i hold both countries responsible. i think that
everyone agreed many historians would say historical perspectives are important and policymaking. but there is much less understanding about how to actually link perspectives to policymaking and when, where, and what context it is appropriate. the national history center thought that in a series of panels about history and policy , federal government historians, who are often those closest to policymaking, might have some valuable thoughts to offer. we all appreciate that insight. my name is claire altman, i am the directory of the federal judicial center in washington, dc. it is the research and education agency and the history office is responsible for increasing knowledge about the history of the federal courts, promoting programs on the history of the federal courts, and we work to preserve the history of the judiciary. i am honored to be joined by 4 other federal government historians. i will introduce them now and will assume since their biographies are relevant that th
time. indeed, the cia has a wonderful study of intelligence success. though in fashion to typical to our community, it is classified. it talks about the various intelligence analyses. what it makes clear is that the successes resulted not from a sparkling single analysis from a but from a process over time where intelligence analysts could better understand what policy people needed, and policy people could calibrate and direct to some extent with the intelligent analysts work on. it is a process that i think raises two questions that were themes this morning. one is, you can imagine lots of possible ways that we intelligence could support presidents daily. so what is the best way? in particular, how best to manage the balance between immediately tactical, reporting information and more strategic thinking? my role at the national intelligence council is meant to be very strategic. we are dominated by current intelligence. our challenge is trying to think, how do we get the
changes that have been made. they also talk about the cia, department of defense, and the white house during the nixon administration. it has been closely guarded and in great demand since they were created during the kennedy administration. there were lots of individuals in the chain that made this possible, but i want to publicly joe during his time as an archivist. he truly embodied the slogan, releasing all we can, protecting what we must. thanks, joe, for making that happen. [applause] with an advance copy of today s release, i had an opportunity to did in and go through the history through the lens of the daily brief. i immediately went to five marks of 1970, the first marine my firstinto nam, and day in the country. not that i expected to see my name prominently announced in the presidential daily brief, but i was curious about what was going on. related to vietnam, and the principal developments of that , the middle east policy, which troops are coming back from egy