general langley has a long and distinguished military career. prior to his current assignment, he served as deputy commanding general of the second marine expeditionary force and the commanding general for the second marine expeditionary brigade in north carolina. after general langley's remarks, my colleague will moderate a discussion with a very distinguished panel of afghan experts focusing again on the five questions that centcom has asked us to address today. with that, i turn it over to general langley. thanks for joining us at usip today. over to you. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. on behalf of the centcom commander, i'd like to say thank you for putting this event together. first of all, some acknowledgment, one through the president of the u.s. institute want to also acknowledge the executive vice president, ambassador bill taylor, and the vice president, andrew wilder. especially acknowledgment to the strategic multilayer assessment office. good morning to all of you, and thank you for this opportunity to make opening remarks.

general langley could not be here in person. but if technology cooperates, he will provide opening remarks by a live stream. general langley has a long and distinguished military career. prior to his current assignment. he served as the deputy commanding general of the second marine expeditionary force and the commanding general for the second marine expeditionary brigade at camp lejeune in north carolina. after the remarks, my colleague johnny walsh will moderate a discussion with a very distinguished panel of afghan experts. focusing on the five questions that we're addressing today. with that i'll turn it over to general langley. thank you for joining us today. over to you. >>> ladies and gentlemen, good morning, on behalf of the commander, general tell, i would like to say thank you for putting this event together. first of all, some acknowledgments. one to the president of the u.s. institute of peace, miss nancy landborg and ambassador bill tailor and the vice president andrew wilder. and a special acknowledgment to the str

is a matter of grave concern to us because nuclear spent nuclear fuel and water don't mix charles langley executive director of public watchdog says the energy company edison chose the wrong location to bury three point six million pounds of radioactive waste there are actually four ones that run underneath the facility we've documented this injury alogical reports that were suppressed by the nuclear regulatory commission it's in a tsunami zone and it's also extremely vulnerable to terrorist attacks babie ours originally from pittsburgh live through the three mile island nuclear accident in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine she believes and on free is a ticking time bomb it's still very prevalent to me that this not only could happen but it has happened at three mile island of course that has happened at chernobyl it's happened of fukushima and least we forget out there could happen at santa know free in addition to the dangerous location langley says these canisters are as thin as a dime and a quick to store radio active nuclear waste when we investigated further we discovered that t

langley: ladies and good morning. on behalf of centcom, i will like to say thank you for putting this event together. first, some acknowledgments, first to the president of the u.s. institute of peace. i also wanted knowledge the executive vice president and ambassador and the vice president. a special knowledge meant to the strategic multilayer assessments office lead. good morning to all of you and thank you for this opportunity to make opening remarks. i also understand that johnny walsh, a critical piece of your team, have put together an impressive panel today, a panel of experts to discuss the peace process in afghanistan. i will like to say, first and foremost, the timing could be better. in afghanistan, we watched the parliamentary election take place last month and we witness also the afghan forces take the lead in military operations do what more than 100,000 nato troops are doing just a few years ago. however, we know the security situation in afghanistan still remains challenging. it is good to know teams

finally, i am pleased to .ntroduce michael langley general langley cannot be here a technologyt corroborates, he will provide opening remarks via livestream. he has a long and distinguished military career. he served as the deputy commanding general of the second marine exhibition area force, the commanding general for the second marine expeditionary regain.- after his remarks, my colleague johnny walsh will moderate a discussion with a distinguished panel of afghan experts, focusing on the questions centcom has asked us to address. i will turn it over to general langley. thank you for joining us at usip today. over to you. ladies and good morning. on behalf of centcom, i will like to say thank you for putting this event together. acknowledgment's, first to the president of the u.s. institute of peace. i also wanted knowledge the executive vice president and ambassador and the vice president. a special knowledge meant to the strategic multilayer assessments office lead. good morning to all of you and thank you for this opportunity to make opening remarks. i also understand that johnny critic

and to colby langley, for his service to this country, and all he does, to support our armed forces. it is great to be with all of you today. as many of you may have seen, the president and i unveiled the christmas decorations at the white house yesterday. and held the first of many holiday receptions to thank volunteers. this is such a wonderful time of year, and we are honored to open the people's house to the public so that families from all over the country can enjoy the decorations. as we begin this christmas season, which traditionally means spending time with loved ones, i believe we should also take time to remember all that we are thankful for as a nation. i'm very thankful for the men and women in uniform who sacrifice daily to protect not only the american people, but our freedoms and way of life. our prayers remain with all those serving overseas. and for the families who wait for them to come home. to the mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, brothers, and sisters, who would be away from home as they answer duty's call, we thank you for your service. this is one small way t

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it eventually became langley air force base. the jenny has gone to a better structure. more rigid and the cockpit is enclosed. it cuts down on some of the drag. some of the wires on the airplane to keep the structure rigid the old joke was you took a pigeon and inserted inside the wing and let the pigeon go. if it escapes it means you are missing a wire. the jenny's are up in the ring judge wing. a much more modern variation. he gets his name from the designation. they started calling it jenny. very popular airplane. it was a trainer and afterwards it became a trainer not for the military but for civilian pilots. when you read the history through the 20s, this was one of their favorites pick afterworld would one -- and after world war i there was one that flew around trying to earn a few dollars. dual control. the instructor can sit in one cockpit and you put the other in the other and they can both fly. initially you had to holler over the wind to the person in front of you. the guy and back and did the seatbelt. a new invention. you can lean forward and tapped the sho

rosa told our sister station that she was mauled when taking out the trash in her langley park apartment complex. rosa said the dog let go after he bit and then she passed out. she was treated for an injury to her arm. police have not b able to track down the dog or its owner at this point. pit bulls are banned in prince george's county. two women have died in similar attacks in our area in the last few months, both times the dogs that attacked them were their own pets. >>> 4:51.n we want to t our attention to chuck bell forea the stormm 4 forecast. another cold day out there. my goodness, chuck. i feel like this is the dead of winter. we haven't h december yet. >> i know what you mean. it was a cold day to spend any time outdoors yesterday. still plenty cold this morning. need to layer up for sure. but there's a warming trendmi up, especially the second half of the weekend. >> we'll take any warmth. >> we've had quite a colder than avere stretch. 16 out of the last 21 days have been colder than a yrage. it's nr imagination if it's been feeling unusually cold recently. o theber will go d

we see significant effects at the langley base in richmond -- i'm sorry at the langley base in hampton, dealing with sea level rise that's affecting that base and it's also affecting other bases in virginia. how are we going to deal with that challenge as we're trying to make investments? it's something i am interested in as well. he with have great witnesses and we'll have a great hearing. >> thank you very much. >> senator inhoff, as chairman, i would like to give the floor to you. >> i only want to make a comment. first of all, senator kaine you were always attentive during the times we had that relationship and i appreciate all of your activity. i was reminded just a few minutes ago and that's why i was a few minutes late coming in here by the heritage foundation talking about some of the recommendations that we're making and we're all very aware that what we went through, that during the eight years, the obama eight years, he did not have a high priority in the military, things we thought were being done were not being done and so we are in a catch up mode. we're going to continue

because people here never forget this huge family you know that remains in there but the tragedy of the langley has a team this is the result if they didn't you don't know what is a know catherine for all that you've done to commemorate the loss of the people in the lancastrian i present you with that excitement create a loving cup for whisky someone because you know the drill the sun the quote. mess siebel kubes america mess one of the most remarkable aspects of all in casting a disaster is that in many ways is better remembered in france than it is in britain. and i'm joined by claude viggle who's the responsible for the department the french government will choose ask the vet of the fears on this locality tell me a bit about what you you do locally claude we sell the memory of the veterans of. several wars. and we hung your memory and we tried to help them for social life. were orphans i war with those and victims of terrorist attack to you for ted many such ceremonies and as i did a violin other circumstances and a solemnity about the act of the members how do you consider the importance of

having a library that is being run by the community and we are very lucky in that regard here in langley for libraries and community services. balancing the books is a problem for county councils across england who have faced budget cuts and rising demand for social care. here in east sussex, the council plans to only offer essential services — that would mean less money for highways, further cuts to the library service, slower assessments for children with special educational needs, and less preventative work in children's social services. but i think it's important that we give the government the evidence that they need. the council says, unless it gets more government funding, it will only be able to provide the bare minimum for the most vulnerable. clearly, we are having to make really, really difficult decisions. as allowed by government, but it clearly doesn't take into account the increase in demographics and cost of providing those services. in last week's budget, the government gave an extra £650 million to councils to help with the costs of social care and more money for roads,

about having a library that is being run by the community and we are very lucky that regard here in langleyng for libraries and community services. balancing the books is a problem for county councils across england who face budget cuts and rising demand for social care. here in east sussex, the council plans to only offer essential services, with less money for highways, further cuts to the library service, slower assessments for children with special educational needs, and less preventative work in children's social services. but i think it's important that we give the government the evidence that they need. the council says that unless it gets more government funding, it will only be able to provide the bare minimum for the most vulnerable. clearly, we are having to make really, really difficult decisions. we taken the opportunity to raise council tax as much as allowed by government, but it clearly doesn't take into account the increase in demographics and cost of providing those services. in last week's budget, the government gave an extra £650 million to councils to help with the cost

you know does enough doesn't work and langley don't really have that option they don't have to marry you. this voting rights advocates say is voter suppression in action the man they accuse of leading a campaign to prevent minorities from voting is georgia's secretary of state brian camp he oversees voting in the state and just happens to be running as a republican for governor he's in a dead heat against democrat stacy abrams who hopes to become georgia's first female black governor. camp has purged one point four million voters from state electoral rolls critics say disproportionately blacks and minorities who tend to vote for democrats georgia is one of several states who knows the state of the confederacy. the civil war has never ended as a campaign with many too many ways to continue to try to suppress the vote a lawsuit by the new georgia project and other civil rights groups says three hundred forty thousand in georgia were wrongfully purged most of them minorities it is a confidence or. on its face you can keep your thumb on the scale and impact the results of this election v

we'll hear from major general michael langley, along with academics and former government officials.hat's live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> coming up thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks -- on c-span, thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, supreme court justice elena kagan, followed by chief justice john roberts. friday at 8:00, former new jersey govern another chris crisie and others discuss the opioid epidemic. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, photojournalists talk about their favorite photographs on the campaign trail. and sunday at 6:30 p.m., gun laws and self-defense. on book tv on c-span2, thursday at 8:30 p.m., retired general stanley mcchrystal talks about 13 great leaders. friday at 8:00 p.m., political writer derek hunter. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning war photographer lynsey addario talks about photos from the middle east. sunday on, pulitzer prize-winning journalist jose antonio vargas on american history tv, thursday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at jamestown in 1619. friday at 6:30 p.m.

having a library that is being run by the community and we are very lucky in that regard here in langleyng for libraries and community services. balancing the books is a problem for county councils across england who have faced budget cuts and rising demand for social care. here in east sussex, the council plans to only offer essential services. that would less money for highways and road safety, further cuts to the library service, there could be slower assessments for children with special educational needs, and less preventative work in children's social services. but i think it's important that we give the government the evidence that they need. the council says unless it gets more government funding, it will only be able to provide the bare minimum for the most vulnerable. clearly, we are having to make really, really difficult decisions. we've taken the opportunity to raise council tax as much as allowed by government, but it clearly doesn't take into account the increase in demographics and cost of providing those services. in last week's budget, the government announced an extra

there would be more therapists working at langley than there are analysts.heir work for other officers who appear to bring their information on board. >> happy thanksgiving weekend, appreciate that. >>> first, this week's cnn hero, amanda. >> 26 years ago, i went out skiing and i remember i summ somersau somersaulted. i landed on my back. i knew i was paralyzed. i was determined to show i wasn't going to give up so easily. i was inspired to create a program that could gift mobility to anyone that has a neuro logical impairment. >> to see more or vote for the person you think should be our cnn hero of the year, go to cnnheroes.com. >> cnn heroes is brought to you by humana. at humana, we believe everyone has a reason to start with healthy. that's me. i barely know where to start. well, start here with me, karen. i'm a licensed humana sales agent. well, it's nice to meet you, karen. i'm john smith. hi, john. at humana, we know you're unique. so you have different needs from other john smiths. yah, i've always thought so. and together, we can find a plan that's

he knew marshall, nasa langley ,n virginia, nasa goddard, jpl he had less to do with because they were just sort of more on that space science and he was more of the operations side. one more? yes? rockwell was building the command and service module, how did they figure out where to put ?ertain things the connections on the outside ?f the modules michael: that was what they called configuration and specification. 's, he did not .ant to go nasa he arrived at the base when it was falling apart and nasa itself in the fall of 1964 was just a couple of buildings. everybody was scattered up and down the gulf freeway. he meets with maynard and sits down having looked over the schedules,s and the and says -- this looks interesting, where is the specification? which is a huge document that says, this is the design of the spacecraft. this is the list of materials that goes in there. this is rather come from, and the schedule they come in. he said, where is the specification? and they said, we don't have that. nothe said, how can you have that? the program is three years old. and he says, we kno

we will be hearing from general michael langley at u.s. central command joining a group of academics and former government officials for the discussion. the introductions are underway. >> -- u.s. and global stability. we

within the first few days of his administration, he went to langley and cast it out on their operations was nothing new for him. the way that he operates, it does raise a lot of doubt. i think a lot of the folks who work in these agencies, they are true patriots. the country needs to realize that these are the folks behind the scenes that day in and day out protect us from things that will never know about. and that's why i'm skeptical that when i don't like what he criticizes them. >> arthel: do you think that there's a lot that can happen between now and should mbs become the king? is in the legions, 34 members have to vote him in so a lot can happen and there's already rumors going on about how it might not take place. >> arthel: we will see if someone pays for the death of jamal khashoggi. we have to leave it there. thank you very much. the house judiciary committee issuing subpoenas for former fbi director james comey as former attorney general the red of lynch. the committee looking for answers about the doj and fbi's actions leading up to the 2016 presidential election and trying

and i think the interesting part is the cia has confirmed this, and it's almost as a revolt from langleyou can say what you want, but you're absolutely wrong, and let's don't ferlgorget this wast of his first deal going to saudi arabia and starting an alliance with mohammed bin salman, this is the art of the deal, i trust this guy, the arms deal and the rest of it. this is a huge setback for the president. >> i mean, it certainly is. you got to remember the crown prince, when this first came out, said, oh, jamal khashoggi left the consulate, right? remember the guy who had dressed up in his clothes and there's already been blatant lies from his mouth directly. >> you can't trust anything they say at this point. i mean, they're trying to cover up for the crown prince. there's nobody that can replace him right now. the crown prince controls the intelligence service, the police, the whole country, and so what do you do now? is it going to be a dynastic fight over, you know, getting rid of him? the king is senile. he's only lucid a couple hours a day, and i do worry about the stability of sa

major general michael langley director of strategy, plans and policy at u.s. central command joins the discussion with academics and former government official official. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. on c-span. now deputy u.s. trade representative dennis shea talks about the changes the trump administration would like to see at the world trade organization. this is just over an hour. >> we do have a crowd. this is nice. >> hey greg, need sunglasses. >> well, welcome, even. glad you are here on the first nice day we've had in a while. you should all be outside or doing something out where it is not humid and where the sun is shining, take advantage of it. but here you are. and i'm happy you're here. this is totally by coincidence i think exceptional good timing. ambassador shea was quoted in an article about the administration's wto reform efforts and how the administration's i guess arguably tougher tactics is getting the issue of reform taken more seriously. and i think your presence suggests that it is a topic of considerable interest here in the united

now the langley of all durance is the first of three large groups moving across mexico in search for a better life but will repel a possible second city. this is the sound of children laughing and singing. we just arrived in the capital mexico city after traveling with five thousand other central americans for the first time in several weeks they're able to really rest. where we want these children to see that mexico is a country that's in solidarity with them so they can take this memory when they leave and they're going to find that mexican authorities have been preparing for their arrival setting up food stands medical tents as well as spaces for a shower and even a haircut. feel nothing though i'm happy with how mexico has treated us we're very thankful to mexico. we met me here while she was waiting in line for donated clothes she says she's bound for the u.s. and has a message for president trump. let everyone know there are no terrorists here or criminals nobody is here for fun we're all running from poverty in honduras it's not for pleasure that i'm traveling to the united st

but i was thinking about one of his -- maybe his own appearance in langley at the cia standing in fronth the stars on it of people, former agency employees and -- who have lost their lives. and he doesn't get it. and i think he has no sense of history about almost everything other than his own life. he's so narcissistic, he's so self-involved, that he doesn't get the meaning of the cemeteries, the american cemeteries overseas, he doesn't get the tomb of the unknown and the tradition of the president laying the wreath. i don't know. >> i think as you pointed out, he doesn't have a sense of history. because anybody who knows and loves this country and knows all the sacrifices that men and women over so many years have paid from world war i, world war ii and onward, you want to make sure that the pay homage to that and give the appropriate deference to it. so you want to make sure you send a signal to people that this is important, their legacy must be remembered. but donald trump is so absorbed in himself. if it's not directly relevant to him, i think it takes second and third place to it

will speak from my perspective from working in the intelligence community and in the building in langleyi worked with some of the best minds and some of the most at theminds in the world cia, working on this issue. so whatever the history of the cia is, my experience is that there is a lot of oversight on the agency and on the termsigence community in of -- from the institutional level down to the analysts or the operative level. i am really proud of my record there, and proud of my colleagues at dcaa. and i am proud of my colleagues at the cia. bestoal is to get the analysis and weigh the risks of the opportunity to make sure we come to the right conclusions. host: two final points. they are called wargames. are the necessary between south korea and the u.s. military? guest: north korea calls them "wargames." it makes them sound very offensive. for president trump has called the u.s. and south korea military exercises as "wargames" as well. i think that is unfortunate. these are make sure what happened in 1950 does not happen again. also made other incursions into south korea since the

major general michael langley director of strategy, plans and policy at u.s. central command joins the discussion with academics and former government official official. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. on c-span. now deputy u.s. trade representative dennis shea talks about the changes the trump administration would like to see