mr. sullivan: now it is my honor to introduce our new secretary. it is a former three term member of congress, former, now director of the central intelligence agency. i offer my own perspective as somebody who comes from the private practice of law, and in looking at his bio i looked at it through the lens of a former law firm partner, and i imagined how i would assess his bio if i were looking at our opposing counsel. and i had to advise my clients on who we would be dealing with. and what stood out to me was, we have a take commander, who then nk ta commander, who then went to harvard law school. so if i were advising my client on who we would be dealing with on the other side of the table, if it were a negotiation, or if it were in a courtroom, i would say, wow. we are dealing with a cross between george patton and oliver wendell holmes. [laughter] so that is a pretty tough, tough combination to face as an opponent, but the good news for us is he is coming here to lead our team. it's the adversaries of the united states who will be facing that

mr. sullivan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i just had a very productive and informative meeting with the nominee to be the next c.i.a. director, ms. gina haspel, and i just wanted to come down on the floor and say a few words. i was very impressed and i'm going to certainly support her when she's voted on, i believe as early as tomorrow. there's a lot of discussions about her background, first woman to lead the c.i.a., first career member of the c.i.a. that's all important, but i think what's most important is that the american people know and this body know that she is very well-qualified, very, very impressive person who i just had the opportunity to the talk to. first of all, she's very highly decorated in her 30-plus career at the central intelligence agency. her honors, decorations include the intelligence medal of merit, pres

mr. sullivan. in the racial gerrymander cases this is what we do, it's the same in the sense that we look to what legislators say, we look to what map makers say, we look to a variety of pieces of circumstantial evidence about how the district turned out and the reason i say it's harder there than it is here because there we have to deal with the kind of race and politicsment and here, when you look at this kind of maneuvering and it's all about -- what else is it except about politics? and we would look to the exact same things that we look to in our consistent line of racial gerrymandering cases. >> well, i would refer you to plaintiffs-- if you want to say that this is not involving the interplay between race and politics, you should look at the expert report in the record from plaintiff's expert, dr. morrison, one of the reasons that the plaintiffs are aggrieved is because the makeup of the prior district was much less diverse racially and ethnically than the new district and they're forced to

mr. sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and gentlemen, thank you for your exceptional service. i think it gives us a lot of confidence on some of the big challenges we have before us. in particular, i want to commend you, where secretary, general dunford, on the national defense strategy. as you probably see here from senator reed's comments and others, there is a strong bipartisan support for that document. i think that's a really important achievement. so, thank you for that. in particular, the emphasis on allies in the document in the national security strategy document is very important. it's certainly, as you've mentioned time and time again, mr. secretary, one of our most important strategic advances. we're an ally-rich nation, and most of our adversaries or potential adversaries are ally poor. are we in congress doing enough and is the trump administration doing enough to deepen our current alliances and expand them, as you so frequently talk about? and what more can we do? >> right. the most immediate effort is what senator cotton brought up here about the catsa and get

mrs. netanyahu, secretary of treasury, steven mnuchin, deputy secretary of state, john j sullivan, gerald r, ivanka trump. ambassador and mrs. friedman, jason greenblatt, senators, congressmen, members of the distinguished delegation coming from the united states, our chief rabbis, ministers and heads of the opposition, commissioners of the police, head of the masson, investor, distinguished us, within your gates of jerusalem, the capital of israel. [applause] jerusalem, whose faith we swore to keep. we who we have never forgotten and never will forget. for the thousand years, the jewish people have kept the faith in jerusalem. for 3000 years, we prayed for jerusalem. since the establishment of the state of israel, 70 years ago, jerusalem has been the capital of israel and the obvious should be said from time to tend -- time. jerusalem is the heart of israel. yes, president trump, true some is home to the president of israel. jerusalem is home to the government of israel. the parliament of israel. the supreme court of israel. the state of israel's commitment to jerusalem is not only a comm

mrs. netanyahu, secretary of treasury, steven secretary ofty sullivan, gerald .ushner, ivanka trump senators meant, members of the destroy mission delegation -- distinguished delegation coming from the united states, our chief rabbis, ministers and heads of the opposition, commissioners of the ,olice, head of the masson investor, distinguished us, jerusalem, gates of the capital of israel. [applause] jerusalem, whose faith we swore to keep. we who we have never forgotten and never will forget. years, theusand jewish people have kept the faith in jerusalem. for 3000 years, we prayed for jerusalem. since the establishment of the ago, of israel, 70 years jerusalem has been the capital and the obvious should be said from time to tend -- time. jerusalem is the heart of israel. yes, president trump, true some president ofe israel. jerusalem is home to the government of israel. the parliament of israel. the supreme court of israel. the state of israel's commitment to jerusalem is not only a commitment to the history of the jewish people but is also a commitment to all residents in jerusalem. microc

thank you mr deputy secretary has just been watching the u.s. deputy secretary of state john sullivan speaking there at the inauguration of the u.s.s. new embassy in jerusalem after its relocation from a television event a we've been talking about this here in our studio with shiny was honest and our source spondon says in east jerusalem is tanya kramer and my actuators outside the embassy shop in china just want to start with you very quickly because we heard solomon there say this is a day of pride and also a milestone for peace is this going to bring stability to the region well doesn't seem like it i mean what the trumpet is really station is finding pride in is the fact that the saudis have been very quiet about this move sort of giving their quiet consent definitely not being against america and they see it as a as another proof of the possibility for an alliance between the moderate forces in the sunni world in the arab world against of course iran this is also something that needs to be put in the context will it bring peace i doubt that the palestinians a very strong in their

sullivan, where is john? john, thank you for your service in this interim. -- interim period. mr. -- interim period. [applause] mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as a -- the director of cia and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility becomes more sobering when we consider the threats to american security, prosperity, and liberty. i promised my team will be unrelenting in confronting those threats. we will employ tough diplomacy when necessary to put the interests of the american people first. i will work to ensure their safety, to preserve their rights and defend their values. i will make sure america is always a respected and principal leader on the world stage. [applause] we are but 15 months into this administration and we have already made progress by speaking the truth to the challenges we face, by confronting them head on, by partnering with strong sovereign independent nations to make the world more prosperous and secure. we have put a hurt on the isis caliphate in

sullivan, jared kushner and ivanka trump. ambassador and mrs. friedman, mr.s of the distinguished delegation coming from the united states, our chief rabbis, ministers and members of knesset, commissioner of the police, head of the mossad, mayor, ambassador, distinguished guests -- [speaking in native tongue] our feet were standing within your gates in the gates of jerusalem, the capital of israel. [cheers and applause] jerusalem, whose faith we swore to keep. jerusale who we never forgot and never will forget. for 3,000 years the jewish people kept the faith in jerusalem. for 3,000 years we prayed for jerusalem. and since the establishment of the state of israel 17 years ago, jerusalem has been the capital of israel and the obvious should be said from time to time, even could be written from time to time. jerusalem is the heart of serenity of the the -- of the state of israel. yes, president trump, jerusalem is home to the president of israel. jerusalem is home to the government of israel. jerusalem is the home to the denecessary sent, the parliament -- knes

sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and good to see you, gentlemen, thank you very much. i very much appreciate your fine leadersh leadership as demonstrated by your decade of service tour testimony and by your testimony today. i think it's been outstanding and direct. i want to get back to this topic of the national defense strategy and the return to great power competition, which means countries like russia, china, north korea, not that they are a great power, but that kind of battle. and as you know, gentlemen, through history that also means, particularly when looking at that part of the world or those countries, that means cold weather, that means mountainous terrain, that means large scale maneuver and high end fights. the last time we did that as a country was in the korean war. i know all of you have read tr farran back this kind of war, but as you know that didn't go so well initially in that fight because we weren't ready. so a couple questions that relates to getting back to that. you may have seen in the strategy that was required by this committee secretary m

sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for your exceptional service. i think it gives us confidence on the challenges we have before us. in particular i want to commend you, mr. secretary, general dunford on the national defense strategy. as you see from the comments and others there's a strong bipartisan support for that and i think it's an important achievement. i thank you for that. in particular, the emphasis o on allies in the document to the national security strategy document is important and as you mentioned time and time again, mr. secretary, one of the most important strategic advantages. when allied rich nation and much of our adversaries or potential adversaries and are we in congress doing enough? is the trump administration doing enough to deepen our current alliances and expand them as you sufficiently talk about? what more can we do? >> the most immediate effort is what senator cotten brought up about getting national security waivers we can embrace new allies or partners when they are ready basically to see the way forward alongside us

sullivan. where's john ? john, thank you for your service in this interim period. mr. president, i always want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as the director of the cia and now has the secretary of state. this is more sobering when we consider the threats to american prosperity and our liberty. mr. president, i promise my team will be unrelenting in confronting the threats. we will employ tough diplomacy when necessary to put the interest of the american people first. ly work to ensure their safety to preserve their rights and defend their values. and i will make sure america is always a respected and principled leader on the world stage. we are but 15 months into this administration, and we've already made an outstanding progress by speaking the truth about the challenges we face, by confronting them head on. by partnering with strong sovereign independent nations to make america and the world more prosperous and secure. we've put a hurt on the isis caliphate in iraq and syria. we've don

sullivan. john, thank you. thank you for your service in this interim period. [applause] mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as the director of the cia and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility becomes more sobering when we consider the many threats to american security and prosperity and our liberty. mr. president, i promise you, my team and i will be unrelenting in confronting those threats. we will deploy tough diplomacy to put the interest of the american people first. i will preserve their rights and to defend their values. i will make sure america is always a respected and principle leader on the world stage. [applause] we are but 15 months in this administration and we have already made outstanding progress by speaking the truth about the challenges we face, by confronting them head on, but partnering with strong nations to make america and the world more prosperous and secure. we put a hurt on the isis caliphate in iraq and syria. we're conf

sullivan. yeah. john, thank you. thank you for your service in this interim period. [ applause ] >> mr.i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as the director of the cia and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility becomes more sobering when we consider the many threats to the prosperity and liberty. i promise you, i will be unrelenting in confronting those threats. we will employ tough diplomacy when necessary to put the interest of the american people first. i will work to ensure their safety, to preserve their rights and defend their values and i will make sure that america is always a respected and principled leader on the world stage. [ applause ] >> we are but 15 months into this administration and we've made an outstanding progress by speaking the truth about the challenges we face, by confronting them head on, by partnering with strong, sovereign and independent nations to make america and the world more prosperous and secure. we put a hurt on the isis caliphate in iraq and

mr. i, we an, my staff and just had a conversation with michael j. sullivan, the former director and he stated the following. e said that he has read over the legislation, and that there is absolutely no risk to the public. stated that this has been a constant issue and that they for been trying to fix it some time. i understand, given the current chairman, climate, mr. that any time the word "gun" is could have hat that some emotional ties and people's but these are not the droidz that folks are looking for. completely thing different. this is plain and simple, where you have contractor to contractor, attorney general and approval to do transfer, and i would invite you amendment,the actual and if you look at the section transfer to or possession by licensed manufacturer or licensed to rter with respect to transfer, such transfer has been approved by the attorney general accordance with the law. it further states joint a weapon. of lawful possess so, so all of those concerns that people have addressed in the language of the amendment, but this is why needed.

mr. joe klein, a combat helicopter crew chief in vietnam, a superb artist who assisted in the design of the monument. representative mark amaday. senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin, who along with senator dan sullivanalaska led the senate effort supporting the monuments. ms. karen durhaming ing aguilar. representing the secretary of the army, major general frank tate and sergeant major mike dove, representing the comme commandant of the marine corps. deputy to the commander mr. egan ha haverlack and paul bigs. major general retired james jackson. representing the united states navy, rear admiral rock. representing quad a, brigadier general steve munt, retired. and last but not least army warrant officer first class and air force lieutenant colonel bob he hessleby. it was bob's dedication and determination to the memorial completion that we are here today. please join me in a round of applause. [ applause ] >> many thanks. [ laughter ] >> there are ohs to be recognized. i ask that you hold your applause until i recognize everyone. for their lasting support of the monument we dedicate today, i ask the members of the executive council, current and past, to stand and be recognized. [ applause ] >> hold

mr. chairman, that my staff and i just had a conversation with michael j sullivan, the former atf director. he stated the following. he said that he has read over the legislation and that there is absolutely no risk to the public. he stated that this has been a constant issue and that they have been trying to fix it for some time. i understand given the current political climate, mr. chairman, that any time the word "gun" is mentioned it could have some emotional ties and people suggesti suspicious. these are not the droids folks are looking for. this is different. this is plain and simple where you have contractor to contractor, attorney general oversight and approval to do transfer. i would invite to look at the actual amendment and if you look at section a-4c a transfer to a position by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer with respect to a transfer, such transfer has been approved by the attorney general in accordance with the law. it further states joint -- so all those concerns that people have are entrenched in the language of the amendment. but this is why this is needed. i

sullivan. john, thank you can. thank you for your service in this interim period. [applause] >> mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as the director of the cia and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility beens moore sobering we when we consider the threats to american prosperities and lisch. mr. president, promiseor, my team and i will be unrelenting in confronting those threats. we have tough diplomacy and put the interests of the american people first, work to preserve their rights and defend their values and make sure americaers all a respect fed and principled leader on the world stage. [applause] >> we are but 15 months into this administration and we have already made an outstanding progress by speaking the truth but the challenges we face, by confront can them head on, by partnering with strong sovereign independent nations to make americas and the more prosperous and secure. we have put a hurt on the isis caliphate in iraq and syria by great diplomati

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mr pompeo was offering a new relationship with iran, but with an iran that changes completely. barbara plett usher, thank you very much. let's get the thoughts of the former hillary clinton advisor jake sullivan on the iran deal as part of the obama administration. hejoins me now. thank you very much for coming in. when you were crafting the iran deal, you basically made a bet that this nuclear deal would help bring iran more into the western fold. more in line with western allies. that it did not work out in terms of iran's activities in the region. is it not time to put more pressure on them to get them to behave better? the action needed not make that bad. you hoped it would happen. we after the deal to focus on the nuclear issue, but we reserve the right to be up to push back against iran for all of its behaviour. nothing any nuclear deal protruded the united states from doing exactly what they said they wanted to do. the problem, now, for the administration, is that instead of doing it for the rest of the world, having european partners with us, having the rest of the trading nations with us, they are all sided with iran against washington, and that, funny, is a big problem, because it w

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