make sure that it is possible to have normal economic governance in libya the 2nd track is the military committee and thanks to believe in meeting it was possible today to receive the 5 military delegates of the size of muscle after we have already city and now we have 2 more of the side of the g.n.a.t. so we are now in conditions to convene in geneva the military committee in the next few days and finally there is good progress both simulation tool the. hospital preventatives and the state council for the choice of their representatives to the. political forum that will also include the number of names selected by the united nations special representative and we hope that that will also these political track to move forward in the near future. also welcome to simon's call on all parties immediately respect international military and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and i hope the commitments made today will create the conditions for the last thing solution of the cd cry of the libya crisis it is our collective responsibility to seize this opportunity and to ensur

secretary general and mr saddam may have proposed namely the 5 plus 5 military committee now invitation will be extended to all of those who will sit on this committee and this needs to be the basis so that we can translate a truth into a consolidated cease fire there will it be invitations issued already next week this week that is and we hope that this step will then be taken by all concerned we received commitments by all of the participants that until this meeting of the 5 1st sight of committee the participants of the conference of today. commit themselves to not give any. support to these parties to the conflicts in the sense that they don't give any sort of military support to them that they also will not give them weapons so that the arms above is respected and that the truce holds i think we created a spirit today. that will enable us to pursue the track of this path forward that mr solomon had as a line that we have now a very binding process and later on there will certainly be. other comments on this so very closely follow all of those who have met today. will pursue this pr

behind me in the german chancery to actually lead him to change his mind by next week when this military committee is due to actually map out a cease fire and conditions for a cease fire what happened in the past 2 years since gadhafi was killed since the bombing of libya by nato allies was a constant descent into chaos more and more actors appearing on the scene more and more fingers in the party so to say with very own interests now if all of these external actors now agree on if not exactly a common position but least a common line to stop the inflow of weapons that should be a clear signal as hoped to this evening to general haftar that it won't be that easy in the end that there will in fact be no military solution because those strong actors in libya won't tolerate it and the question is where it goes from there whether a political process can successfully be launched as is already mapped out on paper by the united nations but that failed to get enough backing in the past because i want to give you the last question you were actually tweeting about this now some of the other world leaders th

the clashes have decreased and now there is another point where the military committee is where every party has 5 persons are presented in these minute to commit is and then we have the final call munich a from both parties is where they have mentioned 5 persons each to be represented in this committee this means for a job period and the both parties have agreed except of the $55.00 items in the bill in agreement but it's a difficult time it's difficult period of time but we in germany are following this closely all the countries are trying to have but a verbal. approval regarding the 55 items is something and sorry evening the agreement is something guests have hasn't yet signed the agreement hafter has verbal a accept that but we do not consider a verbal acceptance as a concrete think when it comes to international agreement concrete things have to be there on the table we don't trust huffed our trust american said the 55 i have been accepted by of the participants and will be accepted and then those 2 by the united nations assad roger except of the truth that ceasefire have accepte

view what is controversial is the appointment of 1 5 of his representatives to sit in a joint military committee with representatives from the g n a we all know that their considers the military forces to the jna nothing more than militias so this is the main obstacle and secondly what the political process that the u.n. is backing and that is being discussed in berlin and which will be supported by the international community looks like if one goes to the negotiating table perceiving oneself as powerful certainly you would want concessions that favor your vision of what the printed tacl process should look like how much leverage does the international community have claudia and in fact how much will and commitment is day from some of these farmers who bought the various sides in the conflict from the u.a.e. from from turkey how much commitment is there we need to see an end to this conflict in libya. well in many respects the countries that are deeply involved in the libya crisis. want to see the end of the conflict and they want to see the country gradually moving towards a more stable and uni

trillion of this quantitative easing and even voices in the military committee of the bank of england saying it's not working yet well this voice is everywhere and now even some of the top central central bank governors raising questions about q.b. . in his announcement talked about the need for the. it's to do more expanding fiscal policy and that's a view that's becoming increasingly prevalent i think amongst monetary policy makers and foreign governments aren't yet getting the message that we still haven't seen expansion in fiscal policy to create demand in the economy that i think is so you need the roots of the response problem to what we have right now are the roots to be found in postings because. i know you've been writing about the fact that we keep emphasizing household spending rather than innovation and progress in the money supply may not be the most important thing here it may be money allocation as someone from the chinese communist but anyway yes i think that is exactly the problem there isn't really a supply story problem there's a demand side problem the demand is co

the german chancellor, angela merkel, said in a news conference that a special military committee wouldpeace process and ensure the truce becomes a full ceasefire. translation: we received commitments by all of the participants that until this meeting of this committee, the participants of the conference of today commit themselves to not give any further support to these parties, to the conflict, in the sense that they do not give any sort of military support to them, that they also will not give them weapons, so that the arms embargo is respected and that the truce holds. i think we created a spirit today that will enable us to pursue the track, this path forward that mr salame had as outlined. our correspondentjenny hill said the agreement was an important first step towards preventing the conflict from escalating and increasing migration to eu countries. libya's conflict, its civil war, has been grossly exacerbated in recent months by the intervention of foreign powers, who've been aiding both sides by sending them troops, weapons, money and so on. and today, many of those foreign po

has also spoken he spoke about also the formation of this military committee that they had been waiting for several months to form. a century was falling upon the side of renegade general for you to have to nominate members and they would be 5 members from each side that would meet in order to discuss things about disarmament forming a national army and essentially civilian police forces and that this would hopefully according to. in the next few days he said in geneva there was talk about this libya dialogue process that would be headed by the united nations itself and that this would also mean within the next couple of weeks but what was interesting also was the fact that for example. the u.n. envoy on libya. had said that this process the berlin conference was a combination of meetings that had triggered or started off some 9 months ago why is this interesting because throughout that 9 month old. i've seen on the ground in libya is actually an escalation of fighting primarily triggered by the side of it and that's where maybe the skepticism is coming from is that there are people who

they all agreed to the cease-fire, to go into a process where we have the five to five military committeeon, and to have a structured process to report reconciliation, reconstruction, and finding a solution. francine: is it time europe gets an army? the european union started to build up the european defense union and the armed forces are put together by the member states. it is important to have interoperability between the different armed forces, to have a common system, which we are building up, and the european union needs to have hot power but always together with diplomacy and crisis prevention. together with comprehensive security. francine: what are you expecting from trump tomorrow as he addresses the forum? >> i am curious to listen to him and started dialogue, that is what davos is therefore. i'm interested in the trade topics and also the technology topics. francine: do you worry there could be terrorists against france and germany and the eu -- there could be tariffs against france and germany and the eu from the u.s.? >> the important thing is to sit down and negotiate what

secretary general spoke of this military committee that's been set up 5 plus $55.00 generals from either side the side of the u.n. recognized government in tripoli headed by pfizer dodge on the side of renegade general have started they would be meeting he said within a couple of weeks maybe in geneva and that hopefully this would not just establish some sort of a truce but also help reestablish the security apparatuses within libya in terms of the. least the army and the militias that are there and so jamal obviously a lot of promises have been made to the arms embargo for one do you think that there is the political will in place this time that will mean that they will actually at least be attempted to be implemented. well i mean forget about what i think look at the facts of what happened today the fact that both. the groups sponsoring this and pushing this were unable to convince them sits in the same room is a sign that maybe that the success expectations of this let's say were limited the fact that you have countries like the united arab emirates egypt and even france have been fla

are the 4 senior figures on both sides of the party who are also involved in intelligence and military committees in the senate and in the house and certainly mitch mcconnell's spokesman refused to see whether or not he was informed we do know that kevin mccarthy who is the leader of the republicans in the house was informed how do we know that because he tweeted out saying that he was down at mar a lago is a brave decision by president trump to take this decision lindsey graham close ally of donald trump you know has been critical of him the past he was also in florida he was told he says that he was warned in advance of the operation that will concern some people in congress as well because really these should be telling the speaker of the house the leader of the senate the leader of the democrats in the senate as well and those questions too about whether or not this was a lawful action while they believe that the general was someone who pushed the threat to the united states in the long term there is the question whether or not you need unauthorized use of military force him if you. go to tak

trillion of this quantitative easing and even voices in the military will see committee at the bank of england saying it's not working yet well there's voices everywhere and now even some of the top x. central central bank governor was raising questions about q.e. . in his announcement talked about the need for governments to do more expanding fiscal policy and that's a view that's becoming increasingly prevalent i think amongst monetary policy makers governments aren't yet getting the message that we still haven't seen expansion in fiscal policy to create demand in the economy that i think is so you need the roots of the response problem to what we have right now are the roots to be found in postings because. i know you've been writing about the fact that we keep emphasizing household spending rather than innovation and progress and the fact that money supply may not be the most important thing here it may be moved. the allocation is still in for the chinese communist but the way it is yes i think that is exactly the problem there isn't really a supply story problem there's a demand s

trillion of this quantity of easing and even voices in the military will see committee at the bank of england saying it's not working yet well this voice is everywhere and now even some of the top central central bank governors raising questions about q.e. . in his announcement talked about the need for governments to do more expanding fiscal policy and that's a view that's becoming increasingly prevalent i think amongst monetary policy makers governments aren't yet getting the message that we still haven't seen expansion in fiscal policy to create demand in the economy that i think is so you need the roots of the response.

strike of this kind that includes both republicans and democrats senior figures on military and intelligence committees it appears from what we can gather that that simply hasn't happened this time but mcconnell who is the senior republican and the senate the leader of the senate his spokesman refused to comment on whether or not he was informed that's very unusual kevin mccarthy who is the leader of the republicans in the house we don't he was informed because he was actually go donald trump's private estate where he's spending the christmas and new year's vacation he posted a picture saying it was a brave decision by donald trump and we also hear from lindsey graham who is a close friend of donald trump a republican as well he is in florida it is seems that he too was informed so people who were in and around the trump orbit in the last 24 hours could well have been informed but it seems that the formal process to inform senior figures in the house and the senate simply did not happen that's a problem because of course might pompei or is saying look we acted because there was evidence that there was

so there is the national military committee ideological parallel military, and the quds force is thetion. for the past two decades, you could say, he has been at the helm of iran‘s foreign security policy in the middle east. so he may be a of people watching a programme at home may not be familiar with, but in terms of how significant he is, where would you rank this incident now?|j significant he is, where would you rank this incident now? i would say this is one of the most important incidents in the middle east since the united states and coalition and nato military responses in afghanistan, as well as the iraqi war that followed afterwards. so definitely one of the most important security events of the past two or three decades. his death means iran might lash out. iran has promised retaliation, though how happen remains to be seen. but he was such a pivotal person who had so much allied, american and british coalition cloud on his hands, as well as helping iran project power into these conflict zones, places like syria, faces like iraqi, iran‘s strategy is really down to this in

and the select committee on secret military assistance to iran in the neck iraq when opposition will come to order congress began to address what they perceive to be an insanely out of control series of covert actions with little to no congressional oversight we have been supplying lethal weapons to terrorist nation involving the us government in military activity in direct contravention of the law and lying to the congress now i believe that democracy cannot survive that kind of abuse. and people like dick cheney and donald rumsfeld who are relatively new to government at the time did not like when congress had we need to step in and confront the national security state and what's become a very out of control kill program cheney then went on during the reagan years in the eighty's to serve in congress and when the iran contra scandal broke out into the open. cheney did not like congress being involved with anything that the executive branch was doing. and you had to see understand that emanated from the highest echelons of power and the reagan administration was acting as though it

military solution. the constitutional committee in syria that's being much talked about that is currently meeting or not currently but that that has started revived geneva thought it may be fail fail to be 40 even started but this committee was a russian project and the united nations implemented this because they said if the russians want this we will do it in order to be able to have the initiative doesn't mean that it's a successful as it has recently but you're you're right that might have that mr davis but doesn't mean that they're capable of making them get to places all right but they're there they're trying to offer a different scenario i've recently talked to a to a pretty i think influential foreign policy expert from russia who said the war in syria for us was a successful startup but as every start up can be considered a cynical statement about if you look if you look at was one of the consequences but whoever he said it was it was a successful start a bit like every start of you need to have an exit you need to sell it and we haven't actually found a way to sell the start of successfully so

support for the popular mobilization committee affiliated she had military groups and iraq which pose a direct threat to u.s. personnel. unjust attention of u.s. citizens. cyber attacks on u.s. officials, agencies and companies. the downing of the u.s. american aerial vehicle in june of 2019. uab strikes against saudi oil for silts is still it is in september 2019, persistent interference with commercial shipping in the straits of removes. militia attacks on the iraqi basic kills an american contractor and stoking popular unrest against the u.s. and iraqaq that encourage the assault on the u.s. embassy in baghdad last week. i have given you these examples for a reason. as you can see the reason. there has been an escalation that began with the u.s. decision to destroy a diplomatic deal. and it has been one nation acting and the other responding and the other acting and the other responding. and now we are on the brink of war. the escalation has been so significant between the u.s. on iran, now each country has dbeen responsible for actively inflicting injuries and deaths on the other.

settling the crisis in syria have a lot of progress on every track and i mean the military is a political tracks committee chair and track as well. unfortunately the economic crisis to ration our serious trailing someone behind because our western partners the regional powers as well mile and preconditions and these preconditions they change whether it does. so as soon as they become process starts. they would help that's what they say they said that they will be ready to leave for sanctions that would help the refugees to come back people it's well the process started now the say let's wait until it healed some results so they seem to be willing to change their conditions every time the situation changes and that is in no way facilitate the settlement what is keys that we have won in this fight against terrorism there remaining you will see the. news or a fighter in the discoloration zone and to the east of your freighters are not there around 10000. of your freight is there mostly located at the camps which is controlled by the senior democratic forces the muslim skew but these are mostly kurdish merely

committee. so please if you would, mr. scott. mr. scott: i thank the gentleman from california for yielding. yes, we have a lot of military installations in the area, we are concerned a thebt present situation in the middle east. put we want to talk about what's going on in the committee on education and labor. i just want to share a few things we've been doing over the last year. comments have been made of what congress is or is not doing. well, we have been protecting the income of hardworking americans by passing the -- the house passing the raise to work wage act. which will gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025, lifting over a million people out of poverty. we haven't had an increase in the minimum wage for over a decade. the last minimum wage was over 10 years ago and the inflation has and to the point where one study concluded that a full-time 40 hours a week minimum wage worker cannot afford in any county in the united states. we are not talking about san francisco or manhattan. d they can't afford a modest two-bedroom. e paycheck fairness act with gender-based diss parties and work

have briefed the group of eight, the congressional leaders and the leaders of the intell committees before big military actions in the past. and it's not been a leaky process. and it gets congrs to feel like they're part of it. remarkably, maybe members of h congress mige something to say to the administration that would be useful for them to hear. pportunity.t that robert: does the president understand how pivotal this deciison was to presidency when you're talking his advisors? do they know tt he's at the center of the combustible situation? >> i'm not sure that the president fully grassance how much has changed in the middle east with the death of this commander whoad been the president said a thorn in the side of the americans for 20 years. but he had been someone who other presidents had the chance to also go aer. but they did the calculation and said taking him out couldak possibly this worse. it could lead to a war and could cause perpetu fighting with americans for years to come. and i think the president has -- his decision making proce i talke to leon panetta the former defense secretary earl

- to the way military functions and to ensuring that our service members learn critical skills and are prepared to serve in a war zone. but it's incumbent upon the leaders in this committee to determine when such factors are problematic enough that a greater system of comport must be provided. military and civilian leaders must determine when factors are most disruptive than necessary to accomplish the mission so that they can develop more appropriate strategies for today's military. the military and the department of defense spend more and more each year on suicide prevention but the results are not nearly good enough. i would like to challenge our civilian and military leaders to think about military suicide in a more holistic way, understanding the factors that contribute to mental health challenges and to suicide. if the military is able to understand how the day to day stressors of serving can impact service members, they can work to minimize those stress soars taste on mission requirements and create a system of support service members need to be successful. this also means taking a real look at the existing systems of support. currently, the department of defense

murderous campaign against the syrian people, support for the popular mobilization committee, affiliated shiite military groups in iraq which pose a direct threat to u.s. personnel, unjust detention of u.s. citizens, cyberattacks on u.s. officials, agencies and companies, the downing of a u.s. unmanned aerial vehicle in june of 2019, strikes against saudi oil facilities in september 2019, persistent interference with commercial shipping in the straits of hormuz, militia attacks on the iraqi base in december that killed an american contractor, and stoking popular unrest against the u.s. and iraq that encouraged the assault on the u.s. embassy in baghdad last week. i have given you these examples for a reason, and you can see the reason. there has been an escalation that began with the u.s. decision to destroy a diplomatic deal and it's been one nation acting and the other responding, the other acting and the other responding, and now we are on the brink of war. the escalation has been so significant between the u.s. and iran that now each country has been responsible for actively inflicting injuries and

military actin. the rules committee set of parameters for debate ona war powers bill la ght. it would force president trump to keep congress informed of military action and gives the legislative branch to the right to suspend the operation. the senate is also expected to vote on a similar resolution in the next few wes. ansome key republican senators say they support limiting presidnt trump on military action in fat,ne republican senator had me harsh words about the strike of the anian general now joining us now to talk more abouthat in the studio kron four's christina tate row chstina. now democrats said the administration failed to give evidence thatan attack on americans was imminent and president trump as president trump had claimed the democrats were also anered by the administration's dismissal of ngress's role in deciding wasn't just democra who are upset republican senators like mike lee of utah and kentucky's rand ul also expressed frustration withthe way the attack happened and how senators were brief by the military. after the assassination. >>the briefing lasted on

military action. the rules committee set parameters for debate on the war powers bill last night it would force president trump to keep congress informed of military action and gives the legislative branch, the right to suspend the operation. the senate is also expected to vote on a similar resolution in the coming weeks. and some key republican senators say that they support limiting the president on military action in fact, one republican senator had some harsh words about the strike on the iranian general joining us live in the studio this morning christine that hate role with the details christina so democrats said the administration. >>failed to give evidence that an attack on americans was imminent as president claim a is president trump claimed no democrats were also angered by the administration's dismissal of congress's role in deciding military action. but it wasn't just democrats were upset republican senators like mike lee from utah and kentucky's rand paul also expressed frustration with the way the attack happened and how senators were briefed by the military. after the assassination. >>the

supposed to be violated it's absolutely essential to reestablish the truce and to make the committee the joint military committed it was formed with 5 elements of each side to work now together united nations the find the more though it is that can lead to a true ceasefire open the way for a political process in libya it's absolutely essential that the truce is respected and it's absolutely essential that the truce moves into that he'll cease fire and there are 2 sides here there's the prime minister of the jna fires also raj he has signed that cease fire have to has not is it one man now in the way of peace. general after 2 signed a cease fire in the house all those that are supporting him to go on in their commitment in order to make sure that we have a true ceasefire obviously that is that all of these joint military committed to the find the conditions for this is fire to be implemented and i hope that there will be good face from both sides to make it happen and from the international community because the panel of experts that looks at this for the security council for you says repeatedly that th

testified and was informed, quote, the ukrainian embassy in house foreign affairs committee were asking about the military aid. and the hill knows about the situation to an extent, and so does the ukrainian embassy. all of this shows people were starting to get very worried. again, this amendment for the subpoena to the dod would compel the production of these important documents. but again, there is more. dod documents would also reveal key facts about what happened july 25, after omb directed at dod to, quote, hold off on any additional dod obligations for the assistance to ukraine. how did the dod officials react to omb's directive to keep this order i? david dod officials raised concerns about the modality of the hold, concerns they would eventually vocally articulate to omb in august did the dod officials here from the american business ibusinesses that were d to provide equipment from ukraine? with a informed o they informedd to undermine american jobs? answers to those questions may be found in dod e-mails, e-mails that we could all see if you issue the subpoena. earlier i mentioned late july offic

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>> i stood on the senate armed services committee, worked with our generals, military leaders, intelligence >> i am able to work with republicans, i am able to bring people together. >> i have been in the u.s. senate for over 12 years. >> i bring a different perspective. >> i work internationally around the world for decades, i traveled, i met with governments, i met with businesses, and i understand how america interacts with other countries. >> trevor: so he can be commander-in-chief because he went on a lot of business trips? vote for me, i'm delta diamond medallion! ( laughter ) a weird reason. but to be fair, some go on to say that he thinks being commander-in-chief is more about judgment than experience, and i will be honest, in that, i agree. here's my thing -- every candidate makes it sound like they're experts on the military when, in reality, the general gives the president's options and the president just picks one. i don't care which president it is. even trump, when they conduct these operations, they give him options and he picks. he's not planning operations. he's not, like,

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committee which held the 1st hearings. the trumpet allegedly threatened to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival job by the trial is expected to begin on thursday when u.s. house democrat schiff says that the senate has an obligation to the american people to conduct a just trial with witnesses. additional evidence continues to come to light that not only has bolstered an already overwhelming case but has also put in additional pressure i think on the senate to conduct a fair trial mr mcconnell has taken to saying that the senate should only consider the closed record that comes from the house and as if what the senate is is not a trial but an appeal from a trial but of course the senate the framers had in mind a real trial with witnesses and evidence and of mcconnell makes this the 1st trial in history without witnesses it will be exposed for what it is and that is an effort to cover up for the president the empathy is making a strong if possible case to protect and defend our constitution to seek the truth for the american people i'm very proud and honored that the 7 m

committee. so please if you would, mr. scott. mr. scott: i thank the gentleman from california for yielding. yes, we have a lot of military installations in the area, we are concerned a thebt present situation in the middle east. put we want to talk about what's going on in the committee on education and labor. i just want to share a few things we've been doing over the last year. comments have been made of what congress is or is not doing. well, we have been protecting the income of hardworking americans by passing the -- the house passing the raise to work wage act. which will gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025, lifting over a million people out of poverty. we haven't had an increase in the minimum wage for over a decade. the last minimum wage was over 10 years ago and the inflation has and to the point where one study concluded that a full-time 40 hours a week minimum wage worker cannot afford in any county in the united states. we are not talking about san francisco or manhattan. d they can't afford a modest two-bedroom. e paycheck fairness act with gender-based diss parties and work

supposed to be violated it's absolutely essential to reestablish the truce and to make the committee the joint military committed it was formed with 5 elements of each side to work now together united nations the find the more though it is that can lead to or to cease fire open the way for a political process in libya it's absolutely essential that the truce is respected and it's absolutely essential that the truce moves into that he'll cease fire and there are 2 sides here there's a prime minister of the jna fires he has signed that cease fire have to has not is it one man now in the way of peace is. general after 2 signed a cease fire in the house all those that are supporting him to go on in their commitment in order to make sure that we have their true ceasefire obviously that is that all of these joint military committed to the find the conditions for these is fire to be implemented and i hope that there will be good face from both sides to make it happen and from the international community because the panel of experts that looks at this for the security council for you says repeatedly that there

committee. he served our military veterans faithfully for many, many years and i want to yield the floor now to my friend and colleague, mr. collins, one of the men who serves nuss multiple capacities both in the air force and as a member of congress. mr. collins: thank you, i appreciate it. to be here, to hear just the accomplishments of senator isakson. he's one of the people that you go along and find in life you have to know them by title or have to know them by last name. in the state of georgia, when you say johnny, everybody knows who you're talking about. especially when it comes to our politics. for me, to rattle off everything that's already been said is breathtaking what you have cone and accomplished from business to career and those are things that's worthy of the page in your life. but for many of us here, just as my friends were saying earlier. off personal attachment to many of us, whether you realize it or not. for those of us who come forward in public service and you need role models an mentors and hear about those who succeeded and failed and succeeded and failed which is so

i am a chair of military personnel subcommittee and arms forces committee. i've been to ft. bragg. i've met with their soldiers. i've met with their spouses. and to think now they're being placed in harm's way with no strategy, no plan and with an announcement by secretary esper that we can finish a war is absolutely perplexing to me. >> so as a member of congress, what options do you have? what can democrats do about it? >> congress as a whole, republicans and democrats, have to be the adults in this activity right now. and i think we should send a strong message that we do not want to engage in war and that we should put a resolution on the house floor demanding that the president not take any actions without coming to congress. we have the power to declare war, not the president of the united states. i think the fact that he has acted in such an impulsive manner and is sending out his secretaries of defense and secretary of state to basically clean up the mess he has created by tweeting out the most irresponsible statements one can make and, furthermore, our allies are not joini

with world leaders, serving on the armed services committee and closely getting briefings oversight over the department of defense, working with military command in the world, serving on the homeland security committee, committed to ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the american people, i have that depth and understanding around these issues of foreign policy and national security. combined with my personal expense as a soldier serving almost 17 years, understanding, through my two deployments to the middle east, and a person away with the cost of war is. dayaring me to walk in on one, to fulfill that responsibility, to serve you as commander-in-chief and bring about this peace of mind that we do not have today. work to end regime change worse, the cold war of nuclear arms race, and bring about the change in foreign policy that our priorities are focused on our national security and on ensuring we are working every single day for the best interest of the people. all of the american people. for so long we have seen this drain on our taxpayer dollars. i hear a lot from folks who say maybe i wouldn't be so opposed to taxes if