mr. sullivan, for example, shouts and declares that russia is now tribes their chemical weapons, and on the frontal people. and such statements are being made against the backdrop of the continued supply of the same large quantities of antidotes and chemical equipment and chemical protection suits from the americans, the british, the french, that is, they are clearly pushing the ukrainians to use chemical weapons. the situation is developing, it is really very alarming that russia reproaches us for what we are doing. here disinformation, they say. here are our warnings. it's just part of some disinformation campaign. here you go, interestingly, somehow here the americans, with the help of the dutch and some of the baltic states, tried to organize a symposium called russian disinformation sunrise. i immediately demanded and did it in public during a meeting with the half-council that i be given the opportunity to speak at this event. i have something to say about who is really engaged in disinformation , such a formulation of the question caught the american organizers of this by surprise, i

mr. sullivan routinely has meetings around the world. that is not uncommon.umber two, we definitely have had multiple diplomatic discussions with beijing about this particular transit. reporter: i know he has had those conversations -- [indiscernible] in this incidence, that did not happen -- >> he does not need to read out every single phone call, we do not do that for every on-call period again, i am not confirming these reports. reporter: in all the conversations leading up to the transit, are you confident that you have communicated or are in a good spot that they might respond with heated reference, are you at all afraid that this might be a -- scenario? >> i will let beijing speak for themselves. as i said in my statement, there is no reason for them to react harshly in any way. it has happened six times before, other residents of taiwan have transited the united states. is nothing unusual. we will let them speak for themselves but as i said, there is no reason for beijing to react differently in this regard. reporter: i have a question on democracy. [i

mr. sullivan mentioned, there are three national investigations being done into the nord stream to explosion by three of our allies. we are not going to get ahead of that, that work is still ongoing. we still believe it was an act of sabotage, the united states involved in any way contrary to some press reporting out there. but we need the work of these investigators to go on and it needs to go on unimpeded and without any influence or pressure from anybody else. >> no invasion of -- intention of impeding but can you give us a ballpark of when it might be done? >> there are three and each of them are being conducted independently by three different nations. i think we need to let them finish their work. i don't know of any timeline. you have to go to their international investigative bodies to find out. correct this visit is described as a peace mission. they still have not reached out to president zelenskyy. >> we let these two leaders characterize it in their own words. but i sent still holds. we noted they said they were standing up for the u.n. charter -- u.n. charter for sovereignty and

mr. sullivan, for example, hysterically claims that russia is about to use chemical weapons and such statementsbackdrop of ongoing supplies, and a large number of hmm antidotes. e chemical equipment. ukraine is preparing for a large-scale chemical or biological attack, experts say, which explains the active recruitment of women with relevant specialties to the ukrainian armed forces. and the recruitment of women biologists and women chemists, and plus before that, ukraine's statement on the purchase of anti-chemical ammunition against biological, well, against infection there millions of quantities indicates that they are preparing to apply. according to the ministry of defense and intelligence , kramotorsk is becoming the center for controlling chemical attacks on settlements and cities of donbass. it is there that chemical elements are now being imported and military apu and specialists in chemical weapons are being trained. we are talking about very alarming factors that e. to ukraine specifically in the room, orsk hazardous chemicals are delivered to the kuibyshev plant in boxes marked with

mr. sullivan is already very worried and hurries me to mr. a closer look at the collection of preliminary information. drop me closer and proceed according to plan. i received in the interpol. all of us are terrorists. for the past four years, i have been working for a large western private military company. there are other shots of this enough, where they stayed in kaliningrad so in none of the hotels. they were not registered. and none of them had mobile communications, but the linking of the car to possible terrorist bases. we did, we managed to identify three points at a gas station near a supermarket and in the courtyard of a house on baltiyskaya well, a gas station and a supermarket can be excluded. and what kind of house is this on the baltic and the car of terrorists drove into the courtyard of this house, and drove out of there 40 minutes later. well, in general, it is necessary to send snow to this address. we need to know what the terrorists were doing there. bagheera connect me with the buffalo. hello counter-terrorist center good

mr. sullivan mentioned there are three now national investigations being done. of the united states was not involved in any way contrary to some press reporting out there but we need to let the work of the investigators go on unimpeded and without any pressure from anybody else. >> can you give us a ballpark of when it might be done? >> there's three and each of them are being conducted by three different nations. you have to go to the national investigative bodies to find out. to describe the visit he still hasn't reached out to president zelenskyy. >> i wouldn't describe it as a three-day visit. we let the leaders characterize it in their own words. we noted that they said they were standing up for the charter and sovereignty and we agree with that. if they want to be helpful in that regard they should be urging president putin to get out of ukraine. here we are the day after and he's launching more drones and missiles. the administration supported the act that would clarify the executive branch legal authority to ban. is there anything the ceo can say tomorro

mr. sullivan: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: thank you, madam president. is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. sullivan: thank you, madam president. madam president, we are debating last week and this week the authorization for the use of military force, authority granted in 2002, which is a really important debate that we're seeing here right on the senate floor. by the way, it's a good-faith argument. there's members on both sides of the aisle making different arguments. there's not a topic in my view than the issues at stake here -- how to use military force, when to use military force. is it authorized by the presidency to use military -- by the president to use military force? because the issue of the u.s. government sending young men and women into harm's way to defend our country's interests, there's nothing more important, in my view. nothing more important. so, i appreciate the time and the debate here on the floor, and it's also important because it wraps into, when you talk ab

mrs. sullivan's presentation and the impression is this you must take this dollar from this 706 mission because otherwise the project is going to be in jeopardy? >> okay. the project is in the whole without the 1. 8 million dollars. regardless of the bond allocation and impact fees. originally the budget had 25 million dollars from central soma impact and that's why that is lead to the presentation in january. the 1.8 million is part of the 59.3 million dollars budget. >> to clarify this money was upon appropriated in our budget and encumbered for this project and is a sprit source sprit from the bond dollars not related to having to borrowo from the bond. that simply is just a cash flow request. this is why you came on january 27th. according to the bond dollars that actually voted by the supported boy the voters jean friends only allocated for 30 million total. you came enemy on january 25th the additional bond allocation of which is then add today a total of 40 opinion 1 million additional 11. 1 million because there was with the commitment this you needed additional bond dollar to ease up b

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i'm coming to the floor for the final time to give remarks about the willow project. i won't explain it. i'll explain it in a little bit in my remarks. the president is getting ready to make a decision, a huge decision, on a big project in alaska, really an inflection point for our state's future. he's likely to make that decision any day, mr. president. so i'm going to come down and kind of wrap up the arguments that we've been making. i really want to thank a number of folks, senator murkowski, of course, who with me we've been focused on this issue for two years, the entire time of the biden administration. two years, arguments every day, including a meeting with the president last week, last thursday. congresswoman paltola, who has done a really strong job, particularly in the meeting last week with the president. some of my democratic colleagues have been weighing in. i really appreciate that. i know it takes courage. i'll talk about the far-left, lower 48 environmenta

mr. charles sullivan retirement and thank him abundantly for all his contributions not just to tida but to the city and san francisco. thank you charles. >> thank you charles again. >> well said linda, thank you. >> yes. [multiple speakers] >> we will be seeing each other in person for the first time in all most two years next month. amazing. >> three years. >> three years has it been? >> yes. >> my hair turned gray during that time. [multiple speakers] >> thank you all. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> bye bye. [meeting adjourned] >>> good morning. happy valentine's day. my name is bob, the chief operating officer at the institute and mayor breed and members of the press on behalf of the gladstones trustees, founding president and our gladstones community. we are honored to have you join us today as we talk about the expansion project that we have. our focus today is to provide you an update on the remarkable work being done here at gladstones and also talking about how we have an expanded presence here at the mission bay. over 40 years ago, the gladstones instit

mrs. sullivan's presentation and the impression is this you must take this dollar from this 706 mission because otherwise the project is going to be in jeopardy? >> okay. the project is in the whole without the 1. 8 million dollars. regardless of the bond allocation and impact fees. originally the budget had 25 million dollars from central soma impact and that's why that is lead to the presentation in january. the 1.8 million is part of the 59.3 million dollars budget. >> to clarify this money was upon appropriated in our budget and encumbered for this project and is a sprit source sprit from the bond dollars not related to having to borrowo from the bond. that simply is just a cash flow request. this is why you came on january 27th. according to the bond dollars that actually voted by the supported boy the voters jean friends only allocated for 30 million total. you came enemy on january 25th the additional bond allocation of which is then add today a total of 40 opinion 1 million additional 11. 1 million because there was with the commitment this you needed additional bond dollar to ease up b

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crimea is an instruction of the president the one he handed out to the secretary of state, but to mr sullivan, and also publicly , that such a decision will be made by ukraine our task is only to help ukraine defend itself the united states they are at war with russia despite the fact that russia is trying put everything right. this is how we help the country to protect itself to protect its territorial integrity and its people. i think it's a bit shaping up now, a different situation is much more dangerous for us if we continue to say that our goal is to return all territories, including the eastern region of donetsk to crimea and the crimean bridge , intelligence data and experience make it clear that this will greatly change the situation, about which we are now talking, i am speaking openly about this goal , a truly maximalist goal that president zelensky has set himself in public to achieve militarily is incredibly difficult. i think it would help us a lot if we knew the strategic final state of ukraine , the strategic final state of the state is quite obvious. it is a state in which the

mr. sullivan when the burn procs was being made who made those decisions and what were the considerations other than letting it burn off? >> thank you for that question. the only consideration senator with the safety and the health of the community and that decision was made by unified command under the direction of the incidently cmander. >> who is that? >> the incident commanders fire chief tray back. >> who owns t rail car and the material the rail carr in question are tank cars of which -- >> were they considered in this decisi-making? are they responsible for the coent of that in the maintenance and the material and it? >> senatort's a privately-owned rail car so that requirements for that il car between the rail car lessor and the ctomernd a pvate contraor i'mot pri to. >> you are responsible for the content in a car and making sure it's operating properly? >> yes, sir.pr >> were they considered in this decision-making considering it's their car and are designed and their responsibility, were they part of that decision-making? >> senator the customer provided input. >> were they in

good lawday, mr sullivan. your reaction to these latest proposals?eter wants to deliver, which is an admirable objective, the boat smuggling is highly dangerous and the people smugglers behind the need to be dealt with but the solution is not a final crackdown. the solution is to target the people smugglers, not the victims, the refugees in the boats. and it's to work with our european partners to come up with a deal because it is a global challenge that not one government can deal with. ., ., _ ., with. the government would say that that is art with. the government would say that that is part of — with. the government would say that that is part of the _ with. the government would say that that is part of the plan, _ with. the government would say that that is part of the plan, to _ with. the government would say that that is part of the plan, to deal- that is part of the plan, to deal with the people who do assist in crossings over the channel. let’s crossings over the channel. let's remember _ crossings over the channel. let's remember who _ cross

mr. washington. >> thank you, senator sullivan. >> thank you madam chair. and mr.hank you for being here. i know we can talk about safety, in your background. obviously given all the challenges and the focus everybody in the country once in terms of safety, i, like so many others have a deep respect for your service in the army. it's really remarkable in terms of achievement. but, once you take the opportunity to address with senator bud was your resume doesn't reflect a deep well of ask and on aviation safety. i think it is a fair criticism. he said he could not have on-the-job training on something so important. so while you take a minute to address that very think is an important issue for the whole country. then i want to talk about alaska. >> thank you, senator. i think safety is more than just one individual. takes an organization can we build a safety culture within an organization? i have done that in every organization i have been in. i will do that it faa. safety has been my number one priority in the united states army every transportation organization i

mr. washington. >> thank you. sullivan. >> thank you, madam chair and mr. washington, thank you for being here.to hit i i know we tald about safety and your background, obviously given all the challenges and the focus that anybody in the country wants in terms of safety. i like some others have deep respect for your service in the army,, command sergeant major is really remarkable in terms of achievement. but i want you to take the opportunity address what senator budd mentioned was your resume doesn't reflect a deep well of experience. aviation safety. i think it's avi fair criticism. he said you can't have on-the-job training that something so important. why don't you take a minute just to address that. i think it's an m m important ie for the whole country and want to talk about alaska. >> thank you, senator. i think safety is more than just one individual. it takes an organization. can we build a safety culture within an organization. i have done that in every organization i have been in. i will do that at as a period safety -- at faa. safety is been my number one priority and the united st

mrs. natalya, i congratulate you so to begin with, how likely is a telephone conversation in general, what is being said in the white house, in particular sullivan, between xi jinping and volodymyr zelensky, in your opinion, we are now we must talk in a complex, what gave rise to the idea of ​​talking to zelensky in the first place, the fact is that xi jinping, according to various sources , again, chinese diplomacy is very closed, and that is why i found out about xi jinping’s visits, for example, the last one, which were the asian countries and where he went, literally in two - three days all. therefore, now there is talk of the fact that sitinpin is going to go to russia, to moscow, russian sources say that this should happen literally before the end of the month, even on the 21st, it was announced by various sources. the visit was actually planned for some time, because at the end of last year, putin invited xi jinping to visit him. and now i think that there is such a dilemma for, perhaps , chinese diplomacy, because if at the present time you just go to moscow, you mean from china some steps are expected, that is, there should be some kind

mr. was the hardy when he sat will let you to kill as will her on his way through that almost sullivan theory. the more i at the moment. mm hm. that dean henny from unhook wound abbey. how chicago coronel to tell us the mussa root can come from our can miss sante more we moroccan women felt that our position had greatly improved because his majesty demonstrated i real political motivation to empower women. so much you step upon raw her li farmer. progressive groups wanted more than just words. they wanted a real legal and social revolution that established equal rights for men and women, including a change in family. in 2000, they organized a demonstration in the capital of rabbit. no good to do less. i mean family law was deeply discriminatory from it. considered women inferior to men and they were required to obey their husbands because they were financially dependent on them all . so oh my, it did give me no mine as were married off. and men could disown their wives at any time of an impulse to get more mon them. but to go. now if you don't like this home, is our men and women, old and you

sullivan. >> thank you, madam chair. i want to thank the witnesses. i'm going to follow up on senator duckworth's line of questioningg for mr. sisneros d mr. constable. if this has already been talked about, i apologize for getting here late. but we have this recruiting problem right now and i don't have too tell you, but the armis 2022 recruiting goal is despite 25%. so far this year the army, navy and air force are projected to miss their 2023 targets. and i'm really interested in what you think is going on. there's different theories. i think there's cultural issues if you tell everybody every day in the "washington post" and "the new york times" that the military is full of extremists, which by the wayy it isn't. let's just to get that one right. you're going to have people say i don't want to send my son and daughter there. so the army deserves some credit developing, its soldier prep course, which i think d has been successful. the navy seems to be taking a different approach which is dropping its standards to as low as they can go. not really whyse is in my view. the marine corps hasn't missed this goal but i don't think they are ou

sullivan. >> thank you, madam chair. everybody on the committee. i wanto thank their witnesses. i'going to follow-up on senator duckworth's line questioning for mr. cisneros, mr. constabl the cyst already been talked about, i apologize for being late. but we have this recruiting problem bright hope. i don't have to tell you but the army's 2022 recruiting goal was missed by 25%. so far, the army, navy and air force are projected to miss their 2023argets. i am interested in what you think is going on. there are different theories, the economy, cultural issues. if you tell everody evy day in the washington post and the new york times that the military is full of extremists, which by e way it is not, let's get that right. you will have people i do't wanto send my son and daughter there. so the army deserves some credit, developing the soldier prep course which i think has been successful. the na sms to be taking a different approacwhich is dropping that standardso as low as they can go. not really wise in my view. the marine corps has not misd its recruiting goals that i don't think they're out of the woods yet. whato you think is happeni and how do

mr. chairman, and thank you for you and the state department foreign service as well as civil service. a few years ago i teamed up with my colleague senator sullivan and passed with the support of members of this committee in the senate the foreign service families act, which is designed to help us continue to retain and to recruit the finest diplomatic corps in the world. we're in the implementation process. my staff just met with your team yesterday. we're pleased with the progress that's being made and i'm asking for your assurance today that we will continue to implement those parts that are still in progress. >> yes, absolutely. because it's critical that we be able to attract and retain the best talent available. this is an important component of that, it's something you've known and lived as much as anyone, this is a family enterprise, it's not simply the foreign service officer that is there, it's the entire family, so we want to make sure that we're finding ways through the act to support them, to create greater opportunity for them because that's the most effective way to attract and retain people. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> let me

sullivan. i'm speaking regarding the same matter that you just heard. i appeared virtually at the hearing december 14th and made a statement on behalf of one of the neighbors, mr maher and we are on the other side of the house. i listened to the comments of this board after the hearing and the board in my perception seemed outraged on what happened to mr. mar and issued an order in concurrence with that outrage. i spoke to mr. maher as this episode has gone along and have been close with their family for the last few months and been astounded at what has continued to take place at the house that is violating this board's order. i want you to know that i come before you as a private citizen but spent my entire career with the attorney general. i have never seen they act the way that dbi is acting like here and i don't know what their motivation is, but i know what is happening here to the maher family is egregious and what dbi is doing is beyond the scale. i can't believe they have acted this way. i want to say one last thing. i appreciated the comment that was made that the board would consider this matter and there would be a discussion with the executive dir

mr. sullivan, proposes an amendment numbered 33. mr. sullivan: mr. resident, -- the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be four minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relationship to sullivan amendment numbered 33. the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, iranian proxies have attacked u.s. forces in the middle east 80 times since president biden took office. deterrence is failing. many of us are deeply concerned that removing the 2002 aumf will further erode american deterrence relative to iran. further jeopardizing our troops in the region. why are we concerned about this? first, the 2002 aumf was as recently as 2020 used to support the very justified killing of the iranian force leader qasem soleimani. second, even as we are debating removing the 2002 aumf right now, iranian proxies have stepped up attacks on americans. mr. president, my amendment is simple and prudent and common sense. it requires the dni to certify that the removal of the 2002 aumf will not undermine american deterrence against ir

mr. sullivan: thank you, madam president. madam president, i am honored, so honored to say a few words this morning about judge james buckley, a statesman, a patriot, a member of the world war ii greatest generation, a senior reagan state department official, a d.c. court of appeals judge, a former member of this body, the u.s. senate, a friend and a shining example of a good, meaningful life lived in full. madam president, it's not very often that you get to say happy birthday to your hundred-year-old mentor on the senate floor. but today i get to do that to one of my mentors. judge buckley has been a mentor and role model to me and so many other people who worked for him or worked with him over the past century. so judge i hope you're watching. i hope some of your family memberrers watching. i want to wish you -- members are watching. i want to wish you a happy 100th birthday from the united states senate. we have this wonderful card here signed by dozens of u.s. senators, republicans, democrats, independents here on the se

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that if cloture is invoked on s. 316 on monday, march 27, it be in order to consider the following amendments. sullivanber 33, r. scott 13, ricketts 30, cruz 9, hawley 40, johnson 11. that if offered, the senate vote in relation to the amendments at a time to be determined by the majority leader following consultation with the republican leader on tuesday, march 28. and that 60 affirmative votes be required for the adoption of these amendments without intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president -- the presiding officer: so ordered. mr. schumer: before i finish the rest of the business, i want to explain to everyone what happened. a few moments ago we entered into an agreement that puts the senate on a path to repeal the iraq aumf's by early next week. by filing cloture today, we set up a vote for this coming monday. if cloture is invoked, we will hold votes on additional amendments before final passage. this has been a good process here on the floor. i was asked by several of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to have a reasonable ame