. >> special representative for afghanistan and pakistan richard olson testified to the house foreign affairs committee. he said pakistan's becoming a more constructive partner in the region but more needs to be done to target terrorist groups operating there. other topics included pakistan's nuclear arsenal and u.s. foreign sanction to pakistan. this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> this hearing will come to order, and there is a vote in progress, so my intention here is to begin the hearing, and then we will, we will suspend for the duration of the votes and allow the other members of the committee to come forward. but in this fashion myself and congressman poe can make our opening statements, and maybe some of the other members will be able to as well. so this hearing is on the future of u.s./pakistan relations. the committee has repeatedly urged pakistan to take meaningful action against key islamist terrorist groups operating within its territory. unfortunately, pakistan -- which is now home to the world's fastest growing nuclear weapons program -- has remained a fount

we're now pleased to be joined by ambassador richard olson. ambassador olson is the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, immediately prior to this appointment, ambassador olson served as the u.s. ambassador to pakistan, but he has served in many capacities all over the world since joining the state department in 1982. ambassador olson has been recognized several times for his service, including being awarded the presidential distinguished service award. thank you for being with us, mr. ambassador. without objection, the witness's full prepared statement will be made a part of the record, and members will have five calendar days to submit statements, questions, and extraneous material for the record. ambassador olson, please summarize your remarks. >> madam chair, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the current state of the united states' bilateral relationship with pakistan. i'm honored to testify in front of you for the first time in my capacity as u.s. special represent

. >> special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, richard olson, testify to the house foreign affairs committee. he said pakistan is becoming a more constructive partner but more needs to be done to target terrorist groups operating there. other topics included pakistan's nuclear arsenal and u.s. foreign assistance to pakistan. this is just over two hours. in progress. vote my intention is to begin the hearing and then we will suspend for the duration of the votes and allow other members of the committee to come forward. in this fashion, myself and can make ourolk, opening statements and maybe some of the other members will be able to as well. so this hearing is on the future of u.s.-pakistan relations. the committee has repeatedly urged pakistan to take meaningful action against key islamist terrorist groups operating within its territory. unfortunately, pakistan which is home to the world fastest-growing nuclear weapons program, has remained a fount of radical islamist thought. it was no surprise that one of the san bernardino attackers, tashfeen malik, studied and a pakista

. >> special representative for afghanistan and pakistan richard olson testified to the house foreign affairs committee. he said pakistan's becoming a more constructive partner in the region but more needs to be done to target terrorist groups operating there. other topics included pakistan's nuclear arsenal and u.s. foreign sanction to pakistan. this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> this hearing will come to order, and there is a vote in progress, so my intention here is to begin the hearing, and then we will, we will suspend for the duration of the votes and allow the other members of the committee to come forward. but in this fashion myself and congressman poe can make our opening statements, and maybe some of the other members will be able to as well. so this hearing is on the future of u.s./pakistan relations. the committee has repeatedly urged pakistan to take meaningful action against key islamist terrorist groups operating within its territory. unfortunately, pakistan -- which is now home to the world's fastest growing nuclear weapons program -- has remained a fount

we're now pleased to be joined by ambassador richard olson. ambassador olson is the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, immediately prior to this appoint mentd, ambassador olson served as the u.s. ambassador to pakistan, but he has served in many capacities all over the world since joining the state department in 1982. ambassador olson has been recognized several times for his service, including being awarded the presidential distinguished service award. thank you for being with us, mr. ambassador. without objection, the witness's full prepared statement will be made a part of the record, and members will have five calendar days to submit statements, questions, and extraneous material for the record. ambassador olson, please summarize your remarks. >> madam chair, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the current state of the united states' bilateral relationship with pakistan. i'm honored to testify in front of you for the first time in my capacity as u.s. special represe

. >> last week, special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, richard olson, testified before the house foreign affairs committee on u.s.-pakistan relationss. . he says they are becoming a more constructive partner, but more needs to be done to target terrorist groups. the hearing also focused on their nuclear arsenal and u.s. foreign assistance to pakistan. the hearings began as he began testimony. >> we are pleased to be joined by ambassador richard olson. he is the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. immediately prior to this appointment, he served as the u.s. ambassador to pakistan, but he has served in many capacities before joining the state department in 1982. ambassador olson has been recognized several times for his service, including being awarded the distinguished service award. without objection, the witnesses prepared statement will be made a part of the record, and members will have five calendar days to submit statements, questions, and extraneous material for the record. ambassador olson, please summarize your remarks. of the committee, thank y

i first witness is the respected ambassador, richard olson. he recently returned as our .mbassador from islamabad we thank you for a career in public service and foreign service. our second when this is donald sampler. -- second witness is donald sampler. we thank you for what you and your coworkers do around the world to further our u.s. interests. with that, we appreciate it. as a courtesy to my fellow panelists, the deadline on a couple of issues is 21 minutes relative to the other thing we are working on -- i may step out and miss a bit. >> chairman corker, ranking member cardin, members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the u.s.-afghanistan relationship and our continuing effort to support afghanistan's progress towards security and self-reliance. allow me at the outset to thank the members of this committee and the american people for their generous and steadfast support for our efforts in afghanistan. in particular, i want to honor the thousands of military personnel, diplomats, and development profe

richard olson will testify this morning before the house foreign affairs committee. this is live coverage on cspan3. >> -- and maybe some of the other members will be able to as well. so this hearing is on the future of u.s./pakistan relations. the committee has repeatedly urged pakistan to take meaningful action against key islamist terrorist groups operating within its territory. pakistan which is now home to the world's fastest growing nuclear weapons program has remained a fount of radical islamist thought. it was no surprise that one of the san bernardino attackers tashfeen malik studied at a pakistani school spreading a particularly fundamentalist message. after more than a decade under sanctions, pakistan was to be a key ally in combatting islamist militancy becoming a leading recipient of u.s. aid in the nearly 15 years since. while the u.s. was quick to embrace pakistan, pakistan has hardly reciprocated. pakistani governments have come and gone, but it's northwest frontier has remained a terrorist haven which its security services protecting these groups and

. >>> wednesday, special representative for afghanistan and pakistan richard olson testifies before the house foreign affairs committee on relations between the u.s. and pakistan. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> puerto rico's governor alejandro garcia padilla is urging congress to help puerto rico get out of its more than $70 billion debt. he'll deliver remarks on the state of the territory's economy at the national press club wednesday. watch live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> cnn money is reporting that the u.s. federal reserve is expected to make history wednesday when it raises its key interest rate. this will be the first increase since june, 2006. janet yellen is expected to address this in a press conference, live at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> the reagan narrative was he was a lightweight grade b actor with premature orange hair which is what ronald reagan -- gerald ford said about him in 1976. he's turning prematurely orange. and even with all the successes of this administration, all the historians have consistently rated reagan low. i bel

we are pleased to be joined by ambassador richard olson. immediately prior to this appointment, he served as the u.s. ambassador to pakistan, but he has served in many capacities all over the world since joining the state department in 1982. he has been recognized several includinghis service, being awarded the presidential distinguished service award. without objection, the witness's full prepared statement will be made a part of the record, and there will be five calendar days to submit information for the record. mr. olson: madam chair, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the current state of the united states' bilateral relationship with pakistan. i am honored to testify in front of you for the first time in my capacity as u.s. special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, after having served as your ambassador in pakistan. i am humbled and privileged to be in this new role at such a critical time for the u.s. relationship with both pakistan and afghanistan. it is clear th

so our first witness is the respected ambassador richard olson, the united states special representativetan and pakistan and recently returned as our ambassador from islamabad. we thank you very much for a career in public service and foreign service and for being here today. our second witness is donald l. sampler, jr. assistant to the administrator for pakistan and afghanistan at usaid. we thank you for what you your cohorts do around the world to further our u.s. interests, so with that, ambassador olson, if you would begin, we appreciate it. i will just say as a courtesy to my fellow panelists here the deadline for a couple issues is 21 minutes relative to the other thing we're working on. i may step in and out a little bit, and miss a little bit. not out of disrespect. thank you. >> chairman corker, ranking member cardin,w< members of the committee, it's an honor to appear before you today to discuss the u.s./afghanistan relationship and our continuing effort to support afghanistan's progress toward security and self-relinings. let me thank the members of this committee and the amer

our 1st witness is the respected ambassador richard olson, united states special representative for afghanistan and pakistan and recently returned a master from islamabad. wewe thank you for your career in public service and for being here today. second witnesses donald l sampler junior, assistant to the administration for pakistan and afghanistan and usaid. we thank you for you and your cohorts do around the world to further us interest. with that, if you would begin, we would appreciate it. and i wouldi would say as a courtesy to my fellow panelists, the deadline on the couple issues as 21 minutes relative to the other thing we are working on. i'm a step ina step in and out a little bit. it is not out of disrespect. >> chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, it is not to appear before you today to discuss the us afghanistan relationship in our continuing effort toward security and self-reliance. allow me to thank the members of the committee and the american people for their generous and steadfast efforts in afghanistan. in particular, i want to honor the thousands of military per

engle made about your predecessor, ambassador olson in your job. ambassador richard holbrook. he was a personal friend to myself and eliot engel, and i know certainly from the day that he began engaging with this committee, i remember the date and peace accords and the work he did on bosnia and kosovo with eliot engel and others with those of us here. we, we counted him as someone who had very wise counsel on a lot of issues. i can't help but feel that the stress of the job may have had something to do with his heart giving out. we wish you, ambassador, well in your, in your responsibilities here. and we appreciate your time and patience today. i know that you're on your way to the senate, so i'll just say what you've heard is some deep concerns from both sides of the aisle here today, about the direction, this issue about getting more money into public education in pakistan. it's clear to us that this has got to be a priority. members are frustrated. you've got a difficult job, but you've got the full backing from us to weigh in forcefully. with the responsibilities you have

engel made about your predecessor, ambassador olson, in your job, ambassador richard holbrooke.he was a personal friend to myself and elliot engel and i know certainly from the day he began engaging with this committee i remember the dayton peace accords and the work he did on bosnia and kosovo with elliot engel and others of us here. we counted him as someone who had very wise counsel on a lot of issues. we miss him. i can't help but feel when i reflect upon your predecessor that the stress of the job may have had something to do with his heart giving out. we wish you, ambassador, well in your responsibilities here and we appreciate your time and patience today. i know that you're on your way to the senate so i'll just say what you've heard is deep concerns from both sides of the aisles here today. about the direction. this issue about getting more money into public education in pakistan. it's clear to us that this has got to be a priority. members are frustrated. you've got a difficult job but you have the full backing from us to weigh in forcefully with the responsibilities y

former kcrg-tv9 athlete of the week jacob olson knocks down the 3-ball corner pocket to cut the lead to one... then here comes kirkwood on the break and nick richards finishes to give the eagles a five- point lead... but iowa western comes back... donovan jackson shows the speed and finishes with the flush... iowa western holds on for the 76-74 win. former linn-mar mister basketball marcus paige was honored before the north ccolina game tonight against temple for breaking the schools all time three point record. and marcus with another solid night had 16 points and 7 assist in a 96-72 tarheels win. iowa coach kirk ferentrz won the eddie robinson coach of the year award today. the hawks began the season unranked and coach ferentz guided his team to a perfect 12-0 regular season.. of course this award is named in honor of the late eddie robinson who coached at grambling for 55 seasons and heres a good shot of kirk with coach kansas city back in 2000. desmond king was named first team all-american today by the american football coaches association. this makes king the 23rd hawkeye to earn consensus all-american honors. uni senior defensive back deiond

former kcrg-tv9 athlete of the week jacob olson knocks down the 3-ball corner pocket to cut the lead to one... then here comes kirkwood on the break and nick richards finishes to give the eagles a five- point lead... but iowa western comes back... donovan jackson shows the speed and finishes with the flush... iowa western holds on for the 76-74 win. former linn-mar mister basketball marcus paige was honored before the north carolina game tonight against temple for breaking the schools all time three point record. and marcus with another solid night had 16 points and 7 assist in a 96-72 tarheels win. coach of the year award today. the hawks began the season unranked and coach ferentz guided his team to a perfect 12-0 regular season.. of course this award is named in honor of the late eddie robinson who coached at grambling for 55 seasons and heres a good shot of kirk with coach robinson before the kickoff classic in kansas city back in 2000. desmond king was named first team all-american today by the american football coaches association. this makes king the 23rd hawkeye to earn consensus all-american honors. uni senior defensive back deiondre hall

richards... the sophomore eagle puts it on the floor.. scores... and then lands on the floor... two the hard way for kirkwood...then later in the first... hunter rhodes drives and kick... and jacob olson... the jefferson alum... buries the triple... kirkwood was up eight in the first... but it didn't last... alex peacock cashes in the stepback jumper... it was close... but western beats the eagles again... 76-74... big ten basketball looks a little different today... last night... long-time wisconsin coach bo ryan announced his retirement effective immediately... he's stepping down to let his assistant... greg gard.... earn a chance to be the next badger head coach... while at wisconsin... ryan led his teams to fourteen straight nc-double-a tournaments... but that age of 67... it was time to hang it up.. the demands of the time... the speaking... the traveling... trying to do things to help other people... i enjoy doing it... but the things was... i thought it was time... cedar rapids native and prairie alum scott schebler was traded today as part of a three-way deal... from the dodgers to the reds... schebler should get a chance for more regular bats in the cincinnati outfield... als

olson: thank you. ...that means a great deal to me. i enjoy your confidence, and thank you for your support. you started by mentioning it is five years since the death of richard holbrooke. i was in his outer office waiting to see him today he collapsed. all of us that are working on this account greatly miss him. i'm well aware that i am filling big shoes. thank you for your statement. let me say with regard to the issue of terrorism, we appreciate the statements pakistan has made at the level of the prime minister and army chief of not differentiating between good and bad terrorists. we think there is to be done in this area. we think pakistan has moved decisively against terrorists that threaten pakistan internally, but still needs to devote attention to those that represent a threat to their neighbors. you asked about particularly the effect on afghanistan. i would note that we had a constructive week last week with the heart of asia conference which president ghani attended. it was important for the afghan side. they committed to renewing and reinvigorating a peace process. pakistan did host talks between the taliban and the afghan government. the first t