[applause] joseph votel: it is great to be here. your highness is, excellency -- your highnesses, excellency, thank you. you know, you have really made it as a keynote speaker when you get selected to come and speak after a very heavy lunch. that included a large salad, bread with butter, warm, baked chicken on a bed of mustard sauce, on a bed of four masked potatoes, and a chocolate cake that had no less and six layers to it. i know my work is cut out for me. i have great confidence in my ability to keep you going this afternoon. in any case, i am very very glad to be here. i sincerely appreciate the opportunity to come here. thank you for the very, very kind introduction, and thank you for your personal and your country's great partnership with me and with united states central command and the united states of america. dr. john duke anthony, thank you very much. appreciate it. mr.er john pratt, others -- john pratt, others, thank you. i am impressed by the accomplishments of all who are here today, specially our young people. they

central command, general joseph votel talked about the military campaign by isis. this is a half-hour. >>> thank you. i'm conscious that i am the second introducer and the final act before the main event, so i promise i'll be brief. but let me start with bill, and thank you for that lufblly grukz. but i want to give a special thank you to dr. john duke anthony. he's been one of the most active prow ponents for people who care about this region together. not just in this conference but all the time. and the leadership that he and the counsel have displayed have really helped bring together the u.s. and the arab world, particularly the araben gulf. the programs brought together really help build very important bridges between the united states and the arab world. when we talk about the middle east it's too tempting and too easy to focus on the challenges and the problems. so i generally appreciate the efforts to highlight the best of their world and expose countries ask americans to the best of our culture, people and our leaders. it's important to show how we are bu

. >>> next, a look at the military strategy for combating isis with general joseph votel, who is in charge of u.s. central command. he talks about his role as centcom commander and how partnerships in the middle east are important to u.s. interests. hosted by the national council on u.s.-arab relations. this is 25 minutes. [ applause ] >> thank you, bill. thank you. i'm conscious that i am the second introducer and the final act before the main event, so i promise, i'll be brief. but let me start with bill. and thank you for that lovely introduction, but i want to go and give a special thank-you to dr. john duke anthony. dr. anthony has been one of the most active proponents for bringing people who care about this region together, not just through this conference, but all the time. and the leadership that he and the council have displayed have really helped bring together the u.s. and the arab world, particularly the arabian gulf. the great pramst that have been organized by the national council, such as the model arab league and the the study abroad programs, really help build very import

central command, general joseph votel talked about the military campaign by isis. this is a

central command, general joseph votel talked about the military campaign by isis. this is a half-hour. >>> thank you. i'm conscious that i am the second introducer and the final act before the main event, so i promise i'll be brief. but let me start with bill, and thank you for that lufblly grukz. but i want to give a special thank you to dr. john duke anthony. he's been one of the most active prow ponents for people who care about this region together. not just in this conference but all the time. and the er

later, centcom commander general joseph hotel on the mid -- votel on the middle east. >> testifying before the senate judiciary committee today, attorney general jeff sessions defended president trump's position to fire fbi director james comey, and the decision to rebecca obama administration criminal justice reforms. while serving in the senate, jeff sessions previously sat on the

later, centcom commander general joseph hotel on the mid -- votel on the middle east. >> testifying before the senate judiciary committee today, attorney general jeff sessions defended president trump's position to fire fbi director james comey, and the decision to rebecca obama administration criminal justice reforms. while serving in the senate, jeff sessions previously sat on the judiciary committee. senator chuck -- chuck ensley chairs this five-hour hearing. [indiscernible] [gavel pounding] [indiscernible] >> attorney general sessions, welcome. for all the people in the audience, we welcome you as well. i thank general sessions were being here that attorney general sessions were being here for the oversight hearing. his is an opportunity for congress to investigate and question the policies and actions of any executive branch. it is an opportunity for the executive branch to take responsibility for any of those policies and actions, and an opportunity for congress to defend its constitutional powers and check any abuses by an overreaching executive branch, and it has been that way for

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