want to welcome secretary matz. congratulations on the work you ensureover the world to that the cemeteries and memorials honoring fallen american service members be as beautiful and hallowed places of remembrance as we would them to be, but more more as places to educate no directho have memory or knowledge of the battles fought nearby. recently visited the american cemetery in normandy. i understand that there's a new visitors center, and if the site is to be preserved, the to design has plans and install new pedestrian walks. having visited that cemetery with my children about 15 years as, i can tell you for them, young americans, it was so visit, seeingt row after row after row and young men whothe fell who are now younger than my now, was striking and overwhelming. it's very different than what textbooks. it is vivid and remarkable. so those preserving shows sites, and the education aspect is part of our what nation needs, to therializes, and understand consequences of war, what our responsibilities are in the

matz: we are making good headway. as i covered very quickly in my opening remarks, what i've done since we took it over, we are working very closely with the honorable reeves' agency. they are providing the headstones for us, so we are still doing that. we've done a lot of work in putting pass -- paths in, some security, etc. i have not been out there yet myself. that's on my visit list in the next two months to get out and visit the pacific and our superintendent there, but i will tell you, sir, i've seen photos of it. it's coming along fine. and we've certainly got the dollars for it right now to do what we need to do. sisteryou know, its right there in manila, which is our largest cemetery of all 26, we are doing a lot of work there on irrigation systems and also putting a new visitor center there. and also we are doing irrigation systems there, too. chairman bost: it's good to hear. thank you. with that, i want to thank the witnesses again. i would recognize mr. lamb as the ranking member, if he wants to make any

before long those who still remain will have sold the last of their livestock and laid out their read matz on the outskirts of the town they too will lead the sorry life of those who have already been driven out by the desert. the caravan heavily loaded now with kettle salt is on its way to the cattle breeders of northern nigeria. there in nigeria or the green pastures where the camels can eat to their heart's content once every year but the journey to those pressures is longer every time because more and more of africa's greenbelt is being claimed by the desert the men on the camels are deeply worried. thanks. we are visitors in this place free of any worries where the food and water for ourselves or animals will be coming from and so we can take an unmixed delight in the natural spectacle is great. are you. there. the chances are good that this world heritage site remain unspoiled for many years to come there are no roads or runways to make it easy of access. is no place to be lost in between the sand dunes and the rocks between the tenor of a desert and the air mountains. now this is st

matz is a constitutional lawyer.previously he and tribe have co-written uncertain justice, the roberts court and the constitution. in their new book "to end a presidency," they address one

matz is a constitutional lawyer. previously he and tribe have co-written uncertain justice, the roberts court and the constitution. in their new book "to end a presidency," they address one of today's most urgent questions, when and how to remove a president from office? although the constitution gives congress the power to impeach, the matter is not as simple as a vote on whether or not the president is a national menace. ultimately impeachment is a long, trying process that calls for political judgment of the highest order. whether you think impeachment is necessary or a partisan conspiracy, to end a presidency is for anyone who wishes to understand how the immense power should be deployed. impeachment is a fearsome power, this bracing restrained and fiercely judicious account of the processes, origins and purpose explains why no u.s. president has ever been removed from office by impeachment, and what it might mean if one were. please join me in welcoming laurence tribe and joshua matz. [applause] >> thanks, very