elections from foreign interference. and then from the white house, the awarding of the medal of honor rld war ii veteran. and later look at foreign investment in the united states. >>> a senate judiciary subcommittee examined virtual currencies as way foreign countries are influencing u.s. elections. witnesses include a former director -- a representative with the cyber security firm called dark our this is about one hour. >> the subcommittee will come to order. i appreciate senator whitehouse being in attendance and coming up with this endless pool of good ideas. i learned a lot about cryptocurrency. let's see if i can put it into action but the purpose of this hearing is to look at the problem the country faces in terms of how a shell corporation could be exploited by foreign entity and how easy it would be to create a corporation and funnel money through that and affect our democracy. and how these virtual currencies , but quite another's can be manipulated by groups to influence our democracy. so what i would like t

language] >> [speaking foreign language] i'm from the washington post. a year ago when president putin in germany, president putin denied it to trump that russia had interfered in the u.s. elections. after that, he wrote an article calling russian interference a true act of war. you said that this episode in germany was an instance of putin lying to drop and you said it showed the perils of negotiating with today's russia. today, after the meeting with then, one told us that interference did, briefly and that the russian side to denied ever having interfered or interfering in use the mystic politics. i'm wondering -- u.s. domestic politics. i'm wondering if you would say back then that this was an instance of putin lying and whether the still shows the perils of negotiating with russia. thanks. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i appreciate all this research into my prior writings. >> [speaking foreign language] [laughter] >> and, as i've said many times in washington, i'm now happy to say this in moscow, i don't address what i've written the past or wha

>> [speaking foreign language] >> [laughter] [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] >> there is aontinuation, too. >> [laughter] we should have dialogue. good, honest dialogue. >> [speaking foreign language] know our own problems. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [laughter] >> before things get too far out of hand -- >> [speaking foreign language] >> [laughter] president reagan: we find ourselves standing like this. >> [applause] >> [chatter] time politicians get out of line and seemed to be arguing, you tell us to straighten up. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [laughter] [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] mr. president, how was the walk this morning in the kremlin? president reagan: it was fine. i have long wanted to see red square. the general secretary very kindly took me out. i not only got to see it, but walk in it and meet some of your people. >> how are the talks going so far? president reagan: jiuust fine. >> do you still think you are an evil empire, mr. president? president reagan: no. >> why not? >> are you happy? >> [speaking foreign language] >> eliminating

interference through the use of foreign it currency -- foreign currency. for troll is there frequent usage in an attempt to shield the identity of those using them as was just described. for party state actors and others interested in affecting u.s. political processes need anonymity to appear to be valid members of this community. virtual currencies are tailor-made. it is important to acknowledge that virtual currencies are about much more than crypto currencies, such as bit coin. virtual currencies do include the centralized system such as crypto currencies like the coin, as well as centralized system such as the russian key we web money, the chinese pay and many others. there are thousands of the systems but less than 100 are relevant due to lack of liquidity. the systems are part of a thriving ecosystem of not only virtual currencies but also other digital mobile and stored value systems that cumulatively measure in the thousands. russia has been able to leverage these virtual currencies and has not needed for -- crypto currencies to influence our elec

foreign money in? >> i think it could be. i think there are better methods. >> and my last question i want to ask you mr. dueweke is that we know in addition to the 21 states that russia attempted to hack into their voter system getting far in illinois as the voter registration info. we know they hacked into one presidential campaign. and as we are learning more and more, also played around in the primary, republican primary, which i think is very important for our republican colleagues to know. i know senator graham knows this from being in the race himself. but they were messing around in that as well. and i think it just shows it's not a one party versus the other. and as we go into this nexar too with $1.2 billion having been spent online in political ads and 2016, projected 3 billion in 2020, we have to change the rules of the road for social media. and companies are doing stuff them self. facebook is putting up the ads now which is incredibly helpful. and twitterer is doing more. but the companie

while foreign corporations and foreign nationals are prohibited from spending money in elections, our lack of effective disclosure laws would allow foreign interest to set up shell companies, hide their identities and engage in illegal political spending. we would never know it. quite simply, vladimir putin and his oligarchs can use the exact same tactics american special-interest used to spend anonymous money in our elections and secure influence. the crooks and criminals have long used shell companies to obscure ownership and hide ill begotten assets. as we learn more about russian interference in election and about their playbook abroad, thanks to subcommittee hearings, we now see how these same devices can be used to hide foreign meddling in our elections. last year at a judiciary committee hearing on russian interference, homeland security advisor to george w. bush noted, and i quote, it is critical that we effectively enforce the campaign-finance laws that would prevent this type of financial influence by porn actors. i couldn't agree with him more , but we don't and part of it

hickey: forum where i sit, my focus is on foreign states and terrorists, principally foreign states. i know thespective, attorney indicated election security is a priority. that is why he tapped the cyber digital task force. sen. leahy: do consider there is a threat from hostile foreign actors? mr. hickey: as recently as friday, there were reasons to be concerned, yes. sen. leahy: have you seen evidence of millions of noncitizens voting? mr. hickey: i have not in my portfolio, sir. sen. leahy: if millions of wouldn't theoted, department of justice being investigating and bringing prosecutions? it is easy to say there are millions, but if there were millions, at least a few hundred thousand would be prosecuted. we have not had a few thousand, a few hundred, a thousand, four, two, or one. so, this is where we are with the 5 million. appear everything we have had from the intelligence community, mr. masterson, a threat to foreign interference in our elections, the election assistance commission has 2 commissioners vacant.pots until recently you are a commissioner recommended by the form

so it depends on the flavor of foreign influence operation or foreign operation senator you're referring to. >> approved 280 million to help safeguard u.s. voting systems, participation in the program offered by, depends on state and local governments. what effort and cooperation are you receiving from individual secretaries of state? let me add the second part. how does it compare to previous leches? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the level is fantastic. it's at a high level. we're encaged with almost every state in some way. the secretaries are appropriate ly continue to engage the secretaries. engage with the local election officials. we see the value of the services we're providing an and role in the process. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in my prior role, we experienced the same skepticism from secretaries of state. but again, secretaries and state and local election officials across ko across this country appreciate who bring support and value to the process to help them do their jobs. the secretaries in prior it rations have expressed their role in respect for federalism to the federal

they are in foreign relations. i've also been informed by my staff that your department is helping with that legislation. you are dismissed. >> thank you. >> while the other group is coming, i will start to introduce. esther wayne stein is a partner . in 2008, he was named homeland security advisor by president george w. bush. prior to his white house service, he was the first assistant attorney general for national security. before that, he served as u.s. attorney in washingtd.c. he has served as general counsel also of the fbi. mr. goodman is the founding editor in chief of publication, an online form based on u.s. national security. and, that form is based on university school of law. mr. goodman is a professor of law, policy, and sociology at new york university. prior to this, he served as special counsel to the general counsel of the department of defense. ms. jankowski is a global fellow at the wilson center in washington, d.c. she focused on eastern europe, focuses on eastern europe, and russia, and previou

because this relates to foreign money, foreign money in elections, that is under the purview of the fec. and it has to do with just money and transparency in elections. that is within the purview of the fec. so we do not have to wait for the foreign -- for the intelligence committee to come back and let us know that it is under the purview. so, it is quite clear that there is not going to be much in the way of regulations of foreign money, per se. then, we also know that the fec has been unwilling to expand its regulations as was mentioned on the internet. and as a result, it has led to a dual system of campaign-finance. the exact same ads that are on t.v. or in any other media, that would require disclosure of who is behind them, are not regulated when they appear on the internet. the only permissible ads that require disclosure of who is behind them on the internet, are express advocacy ads that are purchased for a fee on someone else's website. pretty much everything else is not subjected to regulation. and the problem with that of course, is that many of these ads are promulgated th

the whole book about "read my pins" is my effort to make foreign policy less foreign. but it started because i love jewelry. i was at the u.n., and it was right after the gulf war. the cease-fire had been translated into a series of sanctions resolutions. i was an instructed ambassador. my instructions were to make sure the sanctions stayed on. so every day i said something terrible about saddam hussein, which he deserved. he invaded kuwait. all the sudden a poem appeared in the papers in baghdad comparing me to many things, but among them an unparalleled serpent. so i had a snake pin. i started wearing it wherever we were talking about iraq. so the press noticed it. they asked me why i was wearing it, so i said because saddam hussein called me an unparalleled serpent. i thought, well, this is fun. so i went out and bought a lot of costume jewelry to depict what we were going to do on any given day. on good days, i wore flowers, butterflies, and balloons. on bad day, i wore a lot of spiders an carnivorous animals. the other ambassadors noticed and said, what are we doi

foreign policy. c-span will tv is reporting this evening and you don't want to be the person is phone is ringing. if you have not purchased your book edited by two they are available behind the register. after the event just head over there and ask for it and we'll be taught -- happy to sell you one, two or three. sarah will be signing over here after she is done talking. sarah's groundbreaking study of the 1960 civil rights act arkies the movement has had an impact on the nation's foreign policy as a domestic issue. as americans question the social justice the country they did begin to demand from other countries to specifically on how americans responded in the soviet union racial discrimination and military from 19602 agitation between military and academic. sarah is an associate professor at the international service at american university and author the author of human rights activism and the end of the cold war. please help me welcome her to politics and prose. [applause] >> thank you all for c

[speaking foreign language] i speak spanish. in spite of my professional experiences and effective community advocacy, i was told i was not the right fit as a nurse for sunnydale neighborhoods district 10. i've suffered trauma, racial discrimination. racial discrimination regarding my physical disability, arbitrary reassignment without objective rationale without due process by san francisco department of public health and hope s.f. my experience of discrimination is very similar to ms. cheryl thornton at portrero hill clinic. this experience has been devastating, exhausting, challenging, and has forced my resignation for fear of continued discrimination marked as reassignment. many african-american employees decline reporting discrimination due to fear of retaliation. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is liam montera and i'm here in support of ab2314. as our organization has been for the last three to four years, we've been providing the domestic employer workshop

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>> is thit is the effort to make foreign-policy less foreign. right after the gulf war cease-fire had been transferred over and i was in instructed ambassador and my instructions were to make sure the sanctions stayed on so every day i said something terrible about saddam hussein and all of a sudden a problem appeared comparing me to many things, but among them i had a pin i started wearing whenever we were talking about iraq. i wore flowers and butterflies and balloons and on that day i wore whatever other animals. they would say what are we doing and i would say read the pin. but in order to be germane, when i was the secretary of state, we found that the russians were bugging the state department, so we found a guy listening to us if we did what diplomats do and the next time i met with foreign minister come i wore a huge bug and he knew exactly what i was saying. [laughter] [laughter] i am wearing the statue of liberty today because i am a refugee and what is going on now is un-american and they really do hope people talk about this because

the whole book about read my pin is my effort to make foreign-policy less foreign. it started because i love jewelry. i was at the united nations right after the gulf war and the cease-fire had been translated into a series of sanction resolutions. my instructions were to make sure the sanctions stayed on. every day i said something terrible about saddam hussein, which he deserved. all of a sudden a pole appeared comparing me to many things, but among them an unparalleled serpent. so i had a snake pin and i started wearing it whenever we spoke about iraq. the press noted it and asks why i was wearing it? i said because saddam hussein called me an unparalleled serpent. i went out and purchased a lot of costume jewelry to depict whatever i was going to do on any given day. on good days i work flowers and on bad days i wore a lot of spiders and car nervous animals. -- and animals. the other ambassadors noticed is that what are we doing and i said read my pin. when i was secretary of state we found the russians were bugging the state department. we found a guy listening

and they talked about in the foreign snans -- assistance account. and i heard concerns about if we're not there, who is going to fill that gap, because somebody is already doing so. i remember one partnership said our competitors are playing to win. is america playing sma ball? so we need to tel our stories. and i can't wait for each of you to do so on capitol hill tomorrow. whether it's a veteran telling a story about why it matters for security. one of the business leaders telling the story about your economic interest. or one of those with development expert talking about it from a humanitarian arena. i have lived here for 35 years in washington. and i know it's not about me telling the story. it's about you. when a constituent shows up and tells a story, it makes a big difference. we have powerful stories to tell, and today we're going to talk about one of the powerful stories. this year marks the 70th anniversary of the marshall plan. now, i remember because i did my homework that when you look back and you see the marshall plan, it wasn't very

[speaking in a foreign language] >> thank you very much. thank you very much, thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you, let's go. >> very nice. getting a good picture, everybody so we look nice and handsome and thin? >> beautiful. >> perfect. >> thank you very much. please. >> doing great. we've have a fantastic meeting. a lot of progress. really positive. better than anybody couldave expected. top of the line, really good. we're going right now for a signing. >> do you have any comment about denuclearization. >> what are you signing sir? >> we'll be announcing that in a few minutes. >> will you open up your prisons? >> wow. >> we're signing a very important document. pretty comprehensive document. and we've had a really great term together, a great relationship. i'll be giving a news conference at 2:30, which is in a little bit less than two hours. and we'll discuss this at great length. i'll believe they'll be handing it out on behalf of chairman kim and myself. we're both very honored to sign the document, thank you. [speaking in a f

too often foreign companies usually chinese backed by some hostile foreign governments usually the chinesegovernment, and they are hostile to us economically make no mistake about it, that was not too strong they try to gain control or minority positions in critical american technology companies to pill for their intellectual property, we produce it -- reproduce in the own countries. they don't allow us to sell the goods. they instead by minority interest in american companies learn how to do it, produce it in china and then undercut as, sell it here. no wonder we lose millions of m jobs to china. this must be stopped. because these foreign companies go to great lengths to avoid a cfius review and sneak in under the radar we ought to widen the scope of cases that cfius can look at. better protectingec our national security and economic security and the defense bill fortunately is the first opportunity to do that. .. madam president, the z.t.e. example is perhaps the best example of how this administration's trade policies are in shambles. the president has talked tough on china. president

foreign secretary.eat respect to the answers i have already given, the president of the united states has repealed the policy in question and he remains the head of state of our most important economic, military and security ally. since the government has chosen to appease rather than confront the trump administration, can the foreign secretary say what success he has had in persuading president trump and his administration to adopt an open rules—based trading system on which the future of our country depends and which he is trying to destroy? obviously we dispute the president's tariffs. and we have made that point very bluntly. on the other hand, there is clearly a problem with the dumping of chinese steel. and we need to work on that together and that is the point we have been making to the president both at the g—7 and we will continue to make when he comes on his visit on the 13th ofjuly. can i agree with the foreign secretary that sometimes being a friend of the united states means being a candid

what it be lawful for a foreign government or foreign national to provide services to support a u.s. presidential campaign. i'm an election lawyer or a lawyer at all. i should probably try not to practice law without a license. i would point back to your comments made we are lacking in interest about the conflicts of interest. that could imperil harder to produce sovereignty. it seems at the very least unwise. thank you for that careful answer. i ensure you she is careful she is from the state of minnesota. thank you for being here. my first question is just a very focused one when i started my morning today. when we are talking about russia and what he thought would happen. in 2020. i just wonder if you agree with director coates who director coates who testified under oath here. we expect that russia will be bolder and more disruptive in their cyber operations during the next year. do you believe you're going to see continued attempts at foreign interference. that is a judgment on the intelligence committee. i think we can see those at work. they were pretty happy with the outcome.

african on me is being set up to fail by the foreign the emcees foreign on forces of foreign advises that they make use of why is there a certain private military companies now i mean is it cheaper for a government to just let chris more people into the regular army than pay morrison there is double or triple of what a seller makes. well i i think this being. in their requirements for private military companies given the unstable. international arena that to be on live in i think and as instability grows it's become much easier to outsource certain services to private entities i will say look at the cost of maintaining a large standing army and then i look at africa in particular where is the doctrines that are used by many african on this and the troops are trained in those doctrines are really doctrines that are totally relevant to africa and they were doctrines that were designed to by the germans joining world war two when it comes to waste and time doctrines to fight the old soviets in europe and those types of things are totally. irrelevant as far as africa is france and and th

jimmy carter, the three presidents we've been discussing, all supported this centrist approach to foreigny. one that avoided the political extremes of the era. massive military escalation or massive military retrenchment. each of the presidents from this decade, two republicans and one democrat, believed that detente offered the best strategic option to rebuild american strength in the aftermath of vietnam. they argued that by reaching arms agreements with the soviet union, opening relations to china, and improving america's standing in certain contentious parts of the world such as latin america, the united states could actually increase its military strength. at the moment, after the heat of the early cold war, these were bold ideas that cut across the grain of the conventional wisdom in foreign policy. richard nixon had been the president to make detente the policy of the united states. before watergate, this is what many americans knew about his presidency. they believed that he was trying to rebuild the strength of the united states overseas that had been weakened as a result of the

the foreign minister spoke about the fa ct foreign minister spoke about the fact it was clear to himth koreans that this is a country that wants to get on with economic development, the people wantjobs, infrastructure. in fa ct, people wantjobs, infrastructure. in fact, in the new year speech that kim jong—un made earlier this year, he talked about the fact his military ability and capabilities we re military ability and capabilities were now completed and it was time to move on to the second phase of what's known as the economic development policy. at the same time a lot of questions about how sincere these intentions are and whether we should take kim jong—un at his word. let's ta ke should take kim jong—un at his word. let's take a look at some of these intentions, they are going to talks tomorrow, already we've heard from mike pompeo saying there will be a really challenging number of things on the table, including this need to have this permanent, there are pliable, irreversible need to denuclearise. they are going into this looking like it will be a big challenge? it looks like

foreign investment in the united sts often benefits us, we should encourage and welcome foreign investments that create jobs for american workers. but when a firm absorbs innovative american technology and innovative american company and transfers know-how and the jobs often, too china, we may have a problem. i'm pleased to indicate that the cfius portion of this bill has three of my amendments. which are designed to recognize the national -- that national security is not just a matter of missiles and warship bus also maintaining our strategic technological edge. e first of my amendments requires that cfius focus on the national security risks of offshoring american jobs. because when you hollow out the american work force, when you create a circumstance where americans no longer have those technical skills, then you undermine our ability to provide for our own national defense. the second deals with the risk of censorship that arises when foreign companies acquire our companies engaged in entertainment and information and requires cfius to report to congress on this issue of controlling ou

peter: so the mid 1970's the committee on foreign investment in the u.s. comes about, a lot of focus on japan and the autos thraw the 1980's. what happened after 9/11? how did sives -- cfius's mission change? cory: congress got interested. 9/11 was described to me by folks who worked with cfius as kind of a seminole -- seminal moment for the committee. its power was expanded quite significantly. there is a tweak in the language that encouraged it to consider as part of the national security imperative critical infrastructure. that's referring to, or excuse me, critical industries, referring to things like banks, hospitals, a water dam. not necessarily something that is traditionally thought of as related to national security but it did give cfius a much more expansive idea of what they could and should be reviewing. and that was kind of the start of the slow expansion of, well, maybe we need to have cfius cover this and cover this. and now we've moved from critical industries. they would also add critical technologies under this new bill. you can see now s

when foreigners bring their capital to the u.s. and invest it here because america is one of the most attractive places in the world to invest. on the other hand, if they write these rules too narrowly, it could be that cfius doesn't have sufficient authority and transactions that we ought to be blocking don't get blocked because the rules were written too narrowly. mr. president, there's no member of the senate who can know in advance whether or not the rule making is going to strike the right balance, and that's what we need here. that's what we want. what we want is the right balance so that we're stopping the transactions from bad actors, but permitting the transactions from harmless sources that will help our economy. so since we can't know in advance whether this rulemaking will be done in the appropriate fashion, why wouldn't we insist on the responsibility of overseeing this and in fact having final say to make sure that this is done properly, that the right balance is struck? in fact, isn't that our responsibility under th

membership and pretending it no longer needs it my guest here in the german city of goff is the turkish foreign minister met lute travel scholer are the differences between turkey and the e.u. becoming impossible to reconcile. welcome to convert zone thank you to recognize these comments naziism is still widespread in the west the netherlands are nazi remnants and fascists now those are the capital of fascism tulips were sent to holland from turkey during the time of the ottomans it seems that the tulips have not made the prime minister and racist politicians in the netherlands real men well comments from you and your president do you see any reason why the e.u. should deal with you as a candidate member if you're going to insult them like this while last year when the netherlands didn't want to allow us to meet the turkish people in the netherlands there was a passion and rhetorical was very high and it was coming from both sides and i didn't start that. and when the want to think when you and what they call you when the prime minister of the netherlands. told me that i can go to netherlands t

african on me is being set up to fail by the foreign the emcees foreign on forces of foreign advises that they make use of why is there a certain private military companies now i mean is it cheaper for a government to just put chris more people into the regular army than pay more scenarios double or triple of what a seller makes. well i i think this being. in requirement for private military companies given the unstable. international arena that to be on live in i think and as instability grows it's become much easier to outsource certain services to private entities also look at the cost of maintaining a large standing army and then i look at africa in particular where is the doctrines that are used by many african on means in the troops are trained in those doctrines are really doctrines that are totally relevant to africa and they would doctrines that were designed to by the germans joining world war two when it comes to waste and time doctrines to fight the old soviets in europe and those types of things are totally. irrelevant as far as africa is fronts and and then of course th

foreign policy and u.s. foreign funded media continues to attract criticism today. u.s. policy towards iran has vacillated between suspicion and threats of regime change the state department's budget for broadcasting in iran shared between voice of america's persian service and radio farda an offshoot of radio free europe is estimated at more than thirteen million dollars per year from the mental mission of venues like voice of america or radio free europe is to pick and choose certain events that have actually happened packaged in a way that dovetails with the regime change the narrative for example late last year we had a series of labor related demonstrations in iran people demanding living wages and so forth they pick particularly on certain kinds of the slogans that say if not tomorrow the day after tomorrow this regime will fall. you know a lot of people is for the. boy is for them in the usual bill clinton. don't you know we covered both sides of the issue we covered what the protestors were saying we probed covered what the government of iran was saying about the

kim jong-un had never met a foreign leader and now will meet four foreign leaders. as president trump said yesterday, this is a one-time shot. it's a great opportunity for peace and prosperity. donald trump says he's on a mission for peace. >> i don't have my compass out, but this could be the farthest he's gone from home for kim jong-un as he landed in singapore today. hallie, i saw you wanted to pipe in there. >> reporter: well, just to collaborate with what bill is talking about here, richard. you talk about the idea of the reuters discussion that he may be leave not long after starting the meeting. this is notable depending on how long this goes, how many times the two leaders meet again. expect the unexpected and predict the predictable, richard? >> they don't have any obligation to let us know where thaw are staying each and every night, but it is one hotel. and we are learning it will be at another. i believe these are pictures from earlier or live? >> these are pictures from right now. we have video of presidekim jon leaving and is heading to a five-star hot

the guide said it was to keep him from the foreign press ahead of the980 olympics.b kept close watch on him from next door. four decades on, our owner wat lurked outside. all this from a country that insists it is not hostile, just misunderstood. russia wants to use this worldcu to show its best face to the world. there is another side to life here that those visitors won' 't see. it is the increasingly paranoid, controlling side that is clearly there behind the makeover for the world cup. rajini: over the past few weeks we have heard endlessly from politicians and pundits about the trump administration's foreign policy. but what do voters think, especially thoseho put him in the white house? the bbc's nada tawfik has been to a baseball game in tpennsylvaniao find out. nada: president trump has turned american foreign poly into something of a mustor watch spng event. look away too longss and risk g an important play. pennsylvania was one of the key stones that swung the electi, and here, his loyalties approved -- his loyal base approved of his strong-arm tactics. we