michael christianson, department staff. the item before you is the request for a conditional use authorization to establish a 680 square-foot agriculture use at 1370 wallace avenue with an existing two-story warehouse building located within the p.d.r. core zoning district and a height and bulk district. the project includes the physical modification of the building to align it with the side lot line. it is an irregularly shaped lot located along a former rail would right of way, and existing building overlaps over that property line. the project would realign the building wall, reducing the size from 6,340 square feet, 260180 square feet. the project sponsor is an existing temporary permit holder operating with authorization from the city's office of cannabis. the operator has been operating at the site since june of 2015. it was previously operated as a metal fabrication plant which vacated part -- prior to being used established by the property owner. the project only proposes an industrial agriculture use at this time t

so i agree with what tom christianson said in the panel, strongest asset the united states has today are allies and partners. i think looking over the past 10 years that we all need to do more to enhance and improve and grow those alliances and relationships. >> maybe just one follow-up to general brooks and then i will come back to ambassador stevens. general brooks, you sounded relatively optimistic in your assessment. but, you know, you've asymmetric got 3 or 4 things on the security side that get at the heart of the relationship in terms of victor mentioned the burden sharing agreement. you have opcom coming up and cma that is new. and how does that impact the un command, usfk, all of that. can you talk us through where you see the security leg of this relationship going. >> i will take a run at it. you know, the -- if you think about the outcomes of the singapore summit, one of them as was mentioned earlier today is repatriation of remains. that required a military channel of communication to be activated. that is about the time we changed the senior member of the united nations

left of him doctor christianson of international affairs and director of china and the world program at columbia university iran derived from princeton university and served as a deputy assistant secretary of state for east asia affairs. then w we get the professor of f science at the university and the center of japan studies. i think i'm going to get each panelist opening remarks for five minutes or so to set the scene for us. >> you summarized very nicely recent events and they want to pay respects to our friend victor and congratulations for ten years of a program here will have the chance to commemorate e it later and we are grateful for the opportunities together a. it's often said in almost every opening statement about global politics that we are living in a strategic period you could say anytime the last 20, 25 years but i think if you look at the situation today, there is more strategic uncertainty around primarily the american world and than we have seen even perhaps near the close of the cold war and i would suggest a good way to think about it as three members, 704320. i

defense secretary patrick shanahan has been speaking about the tanker explosions christianson and hejoins us from washington now and has the trial the ministration given any indication of what the next move might be. well certainly patrick shanahan did not back down from the administration's claim that iran is behind these attacks rather he's now saying that the administration is focused on building international consensus towards their findings that something the united states was unable to do you may recall when it withdrew from the nuclear deal with iran even its closest allies decided to remain in that deal as did iran and the other signatories now the u.k. we're hearing is supporting the u.k. his claim and shanahan says that this is the focus of the entire administration they are committed to building support. because you can tell we have here in the situation there in all this is not a u.s. situation the focus. for myself and that's where we'll. take a pump aoe is to build international consensus to this international problem as all the you are very aware of the department of o

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it is particularly touching because her father, thomas christianson passed away on october 25, 2009, seven years after we lost paul. here is part of what alana's father said. for some, public service is the dedication of one's life to the community i have come to realize that my daughter alana is one of those elite few. alana, you are, indeed, one of those elite few. thank you for your service to minnesota and thank you for what you will continue to do for many years ahead to move forward the hard, but precious work of improving people's lives. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. schumer: mr. president? i ask unanimous consent that i speak in leader time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, last night the defense department announced that a thousand additional troops would be deployed to the middle east. this is the second deployment of a thousand or more troops in the past 30 days ostensibly to deal with iran's increased activity in the region. despite these two announcements, the president has yet to address the nation about these