>> yes. >> according to state department documents mr. stoelt tenberg opposed that. i share your view that it would be preferable to reach a political settlement before foreign troops depart. we've also learned that you were jolted by how strongly nato officials argued against a complete withdrawal. did you share nato's concerns with the white house? >> i shared everything i heard from nato allies and partners with the white house, with my colleagues, with the president. that's my job. >> general miller testified that nato leaders were, quote, unhappy, unquote, with the president's unconditional withdrawal and they, quote, voiced that unhappiness in different publications. then your number two, mr. scholette lied to this committee saying nato didn't take a position. we're told by public sources that nato secretary general stoelt tenberg was, quote, livid informing secretary austin and yourself that he, quote, strongly disagreed with the decision and felt that nato's collective position hadn't been taken into account, unquote. >> i'll let mr. stoltenberg speak for hims

ukrainian law enforcement and the obama state department. they all thought there was cause to raise the issue about bidens and burisma. now the house managers might say without evidence that everything we just have said has been debunked, that the evidence points entirely and unequivocally in the other direction. that is a distraction. you've heard from the house managers. they do not believe that there was any concern to raise here, that all of this was baseless. and all we are saying is that there was a basis to talk about this, to raise this issue, and that is enough. i yield myplease welcome uniteds representative sean duffy of wisconsin and his

i personally worked worked with your state department during those days. i have the e-mails and i have the photographs of american lou passport holding american citizens on board in the order came down from the united states government was at the state department? i'm not aware of any such supported and i'm happy to follow up to look at that. i'm certainly not aware of it. >> last year my classmate testified before this committee that due to the fiasco in kabul many americans and allies were forced to conduct a dangerous quarter-mile journey to the zary sharif air force base where they were delayed for weeks but they testify "meant wes three weeks hiding for good people from the taliban keeping them alive using funds from eric and others all this while the state department frankly blocked american citizens from leaving. secretary blinken of indications as i said that show this happened. and you're saying that didn't happen? why would they block american? and that's a problem i had. as i was working with your state department while you are secretary of state

blinken: the neo executed by the state department and the defense department.hair mccaul: i would have to say waiting until the last minute is not executing a plan it all and it led to the deaths of many americans and afghan people and afghan allies. sec. blinken: the record reflects this decision was reached collectively. no one urged initiating the neo until we decided to do it on the 14th. chair mccaul: in my review of our investigation, there was so much confusion coming out of your embassy, coming from the top military advisers, who told me, testified that they told you to close down that embassy in advance to protect americans and american assets and classified documents. they were left to the taliban. you were in charge by law. you may have delegated this, i don't know. but to legislate moving forward, i need to know who was in charge and that is why it is so important that mr. sullivan, the national security adviser, come before this committee and give his testimony about what the hell was going on during this disastrous evacuation. with that i now reco

. >> former secretary of state john kerry was honored with a portrait at the state department. served as the nation's top diplomat during the second half of the obama administration. it also includes current secretary of state antoni blinken. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of state antoni blinken and the former secretary of state john f. kerry. [applause] [applause] sec. blinken: good [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back to the state department. welcome to, i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired being in this room. we have franklin looking down upon he of course was our first dipl negotiated our first treaty. secured our independence. chartered the gulf stream. pioneered electricity. gave us our ethos of self-governance an none of this did he do while so. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, secretary antony blinken and john f. kerry. [applause] sec. blinken: good afternoon. [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back

but we also have members of the state department, former officials of the state department whose jobthey are now part of our lawsuit, they're part of our efforts to say no, in fact, the state department deliberately built a system, a bureaucracy designed to avoid ever finding a single military unit ineligible for aid if it is an israeli military unit. now, you know, our government sanctioned thousands of security forces around the world every year. this is not a law that they don't apply, they apply it all the time. they vet hundreds of thousands of security forces around the world, except for one country. in one country, have deliberately built a bureaucracy and an infrastructure to avoid ever prohibiting aid to a single israeli military force. so, the law we are suing them under is called the administrative procedure act, that is a law that allows plaintiffs who have been harmed like ahmed and his family for failure of the government to enforce its law, to look to the judiciary to force the government to obey the law. this lawsuit only demands one thing, it demands that the state d

he went so far to send an e-mail to senior state department officials about this ssue. he wrote, apparenevon and hunter haveoined the board of burisma a pelea went out today. i cannot speak to why they decided to, there is no investment by our firm in their company. what did hunter biden do? he stayed on the board. what did chris hines do? he subsequently stopped doing business with his college roommate devond archer and his friend hunter biden. chris hines spokesperson said, the lack of jgmt in this matter was a major catalyst for mr. heinz ending his business relationship with mr. archer and mr. biden. the media also noticed the same day and abc news reporter asked the obama press secretary about it. here's what happened and picnics hunteren biden is not taking a position with the largest oil and gas company in ukraine. concerning concern about the appearance of a conflict there for the vice president? what ito would refer you to the vice president's office. i saw those reports. hunterer biden and other members of the biden family or office of the private citizens. wh

numerous military and civilian declarations including the meritorious service medal and the state department distinguished service award. he served on numerous boards including the president's intelligence advisory board, weapons of mass destruction and terrorism commission, secretary of state for foreign affairs policy board nonprofit boards including the board foundation, lehigh university and the national endowment for democracy and a senior fellow at harvard university center for science and international affairs and holds multiple academic degrees including a doctorate from the university that start with george, not this one, georgetown university, and a law degree from american university i think you will hear his deep understanding of global affairs, dynamics, and international business makes him an exceptional choice for the wenger lecture discussion and we are privileged to have him with us to share his insight and expertise. i would like to note this is the sixth edition of the lecture which is a biannual lecture series by the foundation, this lecture is cosponsored by the institut

john kerry was honored with a portrait at the state department . he served as the nation's top diplomat during the second half of the obama administration. the ceremony included current secretary of state antony blinken. this is 40 minutes. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, secretary antony blinken and john f. kerry. [applause] sec. blinken: good afternoon. [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back to the state department. welcome to i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired being in this room. we have franklin looking down upon us. he of course was our first diplomat. negotiated our first treaty. secured our independence. chartered the gulf stream. pioneered electricity. gave us our ethos of self-governance and virtually none of this did he do while sober. [laughter] so i take that as an instruction for all of us. when we're done with the wonderful ceremony that we're about to embark on. on behalf of myself, my wife who is here with us toda

the deputy assistant secretary of brazil and the united states department. the deputy assistant secretary for bureau of democracy at the u.s. department. mr. greg powell, senior deputy assistant administrator for the bureau of latin america for international development, thank you all for being here hoping this will be made part of the record. >> the opportunity to fight today. >> thank you for this opportunity to testify this critical moment in venezuela history. the u.s. government has remained steadfast for support will venezuela in the democratic aspirations. mary elections run is a consensus candidate overwhelmingly with 90 of the vote. the authorizing transactions in venezuela's natural gas sector. response to this antidemocratic the treasury announced and of that but for presidential election campaigning throughout the country through election day. the peaceful democratic change in the country. for presented any other evidence baseless claim. and posted online official precinct levels representing more than 80% of all polling places nationwide. they sh

ukrainian law enforcement and the obama state department. they all thought there was cause to raise the issue about bidens and burisma. now the house managers might say without evidence that everything we just have said has been debunked, that the evidence points entirely and unequivocally in the other direction. that is a distraction. you've heard from the house managers. they do not believe that there was any concern to raise here, that all of this was baseless. and all we are saying is that there was a basis to talk about this, to raise this issue, and that is enough. i yield my ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm pam bondi. our party theme tonight is america, the land of opportunity. and listening to the stories of discoveries and deliverance you can't help but be proud to call this country home. but for joe biden it's been the land of opportunism, not opportunity. florida, i fought cd i know what it looks like, whether it's by people wearing pinstripe suits or orange jumpsuits, as the democrats convention we were told to look at joe biden as the model o

welcome back to the state department. welcome to i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired being in this room. we have franklin looking down upon us. he of course was our first diplomat. negotiated our first treaty. secured our independence. chartered the gulf stream. pioneered electricity. gave us our ethos of self-governance and virtually none of this did he do while sober. [laughter] so i take that as an instruction for all of us. when we're done with the wonderful ceremony that we're about to embark on. on behalf of myself, my wife who is here with us today, i'm so thrilled to have you here, particularly for this occasion. mr. secretary, welcome home. john once described his life as having an almost forrest gump-like quality. and think about it. it's true. flip back through some of the pages. flip back through the decades. one consequential moment after another, there is john kerry. we see him as a 12-year-old, the son of an american diplomat in germa

the united states department of state, and mr. reud, a deputy assistant secretary for democracy and human rights, and labor at the u.s. department of state, as well. and mr. greg powell, a senior deputy assistant administrator for the bureau of latin american caribbean at the u.s. agency for international development. thank you, all, for being here. your full statements will be made part of the record and i will ask you to keep your spoken remarks to five minutes. i now recognize ambassador sullivan for his opening statement, and welcome. >> in morning. chairwoman salazar, ranking member castro, the steepest members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity. >> could use the mic, please? >> thank you for this opportunity to testify today at this critical moment in venezuela's history. the u.s. government has remained steadfast in our commitment to support the people of venezuela in their democratic aspirations. last october, the venezuelan democratic opposition and representatives nicolas maduro signed the barbados agreeme

what i can say again is the one with the state department has not been signed. the one as it relates to the white house it is my understanding has been signed and as you so noted it's been announced and the one with the department of justice has. i will leave it to the general services administration and the trump administration -- trump transition team speak to what that means. to our knowledge, there has not yet been an agency review team for the state department that has been appointed. should there be one, we of course stand ready to appropriately engage and do everything we can to make sure that there is a seamless transition. number two, as matt has said previously, the secretary and senator rubio had the opportunity to speak on the phone briefly a couple of weeks ago. i'm sure at some point before january 20th they will have the opportunity to sit down and talk about some of these issues in greater detail. >> i have a couple of other questions. >> graham's had his hand up patiently. go ahead. >> we've seen the targeting of thousands of journalists, medical

why do you think of the state department? they would just blank, i mean they're always blank faces of those press conferences, but the $10000000.00 bounty is still on the website that the us state department of doing the blankets. so what i can get $10000000.00 of i tell you will government to information about the kill july any whatever his real name is you're, you're asking me, am i surprised that that's up there? i am surprised that they haven't taken it down. i mean, it's quite clear that the administration of the mainstream media in the united states is doing everything they can to clean up val july and portray him as a changed man to make him look like he's now thomas jefferson and no longer an advocate operative so the fact that they've left that up on the website is somewhat surprising. what do you think going through the heads of old is john list on the news rooms on the coal face that your broadcast is in your big newspapers? knowing full well? the picture is coming through on social media of judge is being destroye

predicting the defeat for the land scan ukraine, but you don't think that the, there's some in the state department do believe at least create as much tales as i think it was another. another so many b2xb from the united states as part of 50000000000 g 7 loan paid by interest, unfrozen, rushing people's money to kill russian soldiers. how well do you think the chaos is going in georgia? romania moved over as a by john, i mean, blinking his go all seeing eyes here. is it an incredibly competent state department? i don't think the american policy is to create chaos in places like ukraine or, or in places like syria. i think what we were interested in in syria was regime change . we wanted to get rid of a saw and we thought that we could put in place for government that would be friendly to the united states. and most importantly, friendly to israel. i think the united states believes that chaos and syria would not work to air advantage and it would not work. israel's advantage with regard to ukraine. i think our basic goal there was to d. o, the russians a severe blow to defeat them on the battlefiel

state for management and resources. in this role, he served as chief operating officer of the us department of state and leads the department's efforts on modernization, foreign assistance and a wide range of workforce and strategic issues that you will hear about tonight. deputy secretary served as the us ambassador to india where he led one of the largest upon medical missions anywhere in the world and he championed historic progress in bilateral ties. he's also a former assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs and former national security advisor to the senate majority leader. he has also had a distinguished career in the private sector most recently serving as chief legal officer and head of global public policy for mastercard. is a former partner, former vice chairman of the asia group and prior board service on the corporate board of directors. he's also a veteran of the us air force and recipient of numerous military and civilian decorations including the meritorious service medal in the state department distinguished service award. he served on numerous boards including the president's intelligence advisor

predicting the defeat for the land scan ukraine, but you don't think that the, there's some in the state department do believe at least create as much tales as i think it was another. another so many b2xb from the united states as part of 50000000000 g 7 loan paid by interest, unfrozen, rushing people's money to kill russian soldiers. how well do you think the chaos is going in georgia? romania moved over as a by john wayne blinking his go. all seeing eyes here. it is an incredibly competent state department. i don't think the american policy is to create chaos in places like ukraine or, or in places like syria. i think what we were interested in in syria was regime change. we wanted to get rid of a saw and we thought that we could put in place for government that would be friendly to the united states. and most importantly, friendly to israel. i think the united states believes that chaos and syria would not work to air advantage and it would not work. israel's advantage with regard to ukraine. i think our basic goal there was to d. o, the russians a severe blow to defeat them on the battlefield i

you the secretary is meeting with israel's minister for strategic affairs later today at the state department where he is going to continue to express the position of the united states that we need to get a cease-fire. when he to see the hostages released. we need to implement plans for the day after that would allow -- that would establish governance, security and reconstruction inside gaza. . at all to be an urgent priority not just for the united states but for israel as well. >> will you demand to look at the evidence israel claims to have used in killing the world central kitchen? it is a washington-based organization. mr. miller: we think barring any unique intelligence sensitivities, that is evidently out to make public for the world to see. >> do you think they will? mr. miller:mr. miller: i'm not going to make any predictions. >> [indiscernible] they control almost all of aleppo. there are some areas which are under control of u.s. partners in the region. you mentioned the u.s. once to protect civilians given secretary blinken mentioned in his call with the minister. are you going to

from 1940 onward, he worked for the white house, department of state department of defense, the arms, arms control and disarmament agency. he was detailed to the us air force and department of the treasury and consulted for the central agency and senate foreign relations committee, even outside his service to, eight presidential administrations. it's remained vital in framing and influencing debates about u.s. nuclear. you also write that it's a crafted, a new type of career national security professional. unlike his mentors and your peers, he never returned to his pre-world war two occupation as an investment banker. by the way, the wall street chapter is fantastic. i mean, this man had an ten year career on wall street. and reading that, it was like reading biography of steve schwarzman or something. it's quite a lot packed into one life. the early days of the cold war demanded generalists with competence in multiple areas economics, military strategy, intelligence, diplomacy, the know how to achieve results, whether the private sector, academia or government bureaucracies. knutson

intelligence sources in the fight against all kind of, i don't agree, syria had been on the state department or as a list since 1979 and was considered by the bush administration to be a sponsor of state terrorism. at one point, the nation was publicly named by the white house to be a junior member of its infamous axis of evil, while it was providing much value to intelligence to the c i a let's discuss this with steve, gail and attorney on the phone with us right, official joining us from nashville many thanks for joining us on the program. so what do you make of her? she's latest were poor. do you believe that fashion? all this nonsense father were engaged with the us and with, with the west of exchanging intelligence submitted us attempts to isolate governments. i think the us and, but if you know the sides, the resume were both playing both sides against the middle. and frankly, it is absolutely bizarre for me to hear the state department claim that is real as justified in, in taking territory in syria. because there are terrorist near the border. guys just installed terrorist throughout

tom was setting out the statement from the state department.g delicately between the politics, the president, lawmakers in the assembly. how much influence behind the scenes does washington have? if the decision of the assembly and the people writ large is to get rid of the president, do they have the diplomatic power to ease him out of the way given the investment they put into the country? kathleen: a predecessor of mine wrote about u.s.-korean relations, something like a great influence, very little leverage. but that was a long time ago. i'm not even sure the united states in that sense is, or should have, a great deal of political influence on what happens in south korea. certainly, we have to follow closely what is happening there, much as we do with u.k. or any other country. i hope that we can support rule of law, common values, democracy. i think there will be more attention to that going forward given what south korea still faces as it negotiates this pretty tricky time still ahead. christian: ambassador stevens, thank you for giving

and it received backing millions of dollars of backing from the us state department from usa id. and it receives assistance from the pentagon. in fact, it uses department of defense transport planes to bring aid into rook band camp in the syrian desert, which is where many former ices figures are said to be held or family members of vices figures. so for a group like this, which has been backed in almost entirely by the us government to declare that regime change or in their view liberation to cure, occurred without foreign assistance, is just laughable. and the height of hypocrisy. and it really highlights who's behind the forces that have stormed into damascus, and they're not acting in interest of the syrian people. while the syrian people might be happy, they have so many for an agenda is at play. now, probably more than before. meanwhile, us broadcast or cnn has that investigative journalism for investigative drama. one of the latest reports claims to lift the lid on serious freshly emptied prisons. but the coverage highlights the american outlets own correspondence of disco

us says what it wants in the immediate term is to see the escalation pointed out here at the state department that sector state after the blinking spoke to his counterpart in turkey on sunday, about the escalating the situation and protected infrastructure in a less though, the save of the longer term, they want to see the un resolution implemented the calls for a political solution that the same time they are saying that it is up to the serious people in that process to decide who will be its leader. now, the us has to 9 any allegations that they were involved in any way, and point out that the lead off position group that led to the campaign is in fact designated as a terraced organization in the united states political hand. elda 0 at the state department, the appalling and apocalyptic. that's the situation and gaza, according to the chief of the un, antonio hotel, that says, conditions faced by palestinians may amount to the greatest international crimes. the statement was right out of the conference in egypt aimed at increasing humanitarian aid to palestinians. meanwhile, is ready. strik

by order of magnitude, the people i worked with at the state department are largely unheralded. they take i think the technical word is ÃÃi literally work with a more patriotic committed group of people that are always working as the best interest in the united states and it's an honor to serve them and represent them.my deepest hope is that a huge confidence in secretary rubio that this institution that is served administrations of every stride for hundreds of years will continue to sustain and play a critical role in the global stage. i will do everything i can to support that and appreciate the opportunity in the short period of my career to be able to do this. [applause] >> thank you.

s. format execs. state department contracting firms like access resources, knowledge, monex, creative associates, international, a number of the big contractors set up the contracts and pay the syrian emergency task force. oh biggie told the daily caller, then all the credentials, all these proud bystanders. starting with new business stuff or whoever the is regularly visited the tower strongholds of a live. you will be for supplicating sanctions on assets, government. and is one of the obama foundations circle leaders of the future. not really make sense, given them a stuff or was knee deep with both a tips and i live in a position during the 2011 arab spring, which we know like syria was also ross routes. there are times in the course of history, when the actions of ordinary citizen spark movements were change because they speak to a longing for freedom that has been building up for years. most often is also spoken at chatham house. he's bought is, i think these headlines so pretty clearly. he also has the air of the dc linked about his website once boasted about plus he had a side

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here's state department spokesman vedant patel. it is of grave concern. engage with our republic of korea counterparts at every level, both here in the united states and in seoul. the secretary has been briefed and we are keeping him appraised of the developments as well as monitoring closely what's happening on the ground. let me also just mention that our alliance with the republic of korea is ironclad and we are fully committed to that, and ultimately here, our hope is — and every hope and expectation is — that any political disputes will be resolved peacefully and in accordance with the rule of law. we were not notified of president yun�*s of president yoon�*s announcement in advance. we saw those live pictures from the streets of seoul, outside the streets of seoul, outside the parliament building. let others take you inside the parliament building, parliamentarians, lawmakers still there, it's just gone for a him in south korea. they come very quickly, responded to the declaration of martial law by president yoon, by voting it down, but as we have be

and the intelligence community and by order of magnitude the people i've worked with in the state department or largely unheralded a lot of the technical word is -- and i rarely have worked with a more patriotic and committed group of people that are always working with united states and its it's been an honor to tried to serve them and represent them. my deepest hope is that the huge confidence in secretary rubio is that this institution that has served administrations of every stripe for hundreds of years will continue to sustain and play a critical role on the global stage. i will do everything possible to support them and they just appreciate very much the opportunity for sure period of my career to be able to do this. thanks. >> thank you. [applause] .. aspen security forum held in washington, d.c.