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November 15, 2023
Rep. Chip Roy Criticizes GOP Leadership Over Decision to Pass CR as a Suspension Bill - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 | Clip Of House Session, Part 2 2023-11-15T12:38:26-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2b4/1700073848.jpgTexas Republican Chip Roy criticizes his party leadership over its decision to pass a two-tiered Continuing Resolution to fund the government and avert a shutdown as a suspension bill. "I didn't come here to have the Speaker of the House assume the position and in

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November 15, 2023
Chris Christie Delivers Foreign Policy Address - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 Campaign 2024 2023-11-15T17:48:35-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTcyXC8wMTFcLzE3MDAwNjc5MzFfMDExLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX192024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie delivered an address on foreign policy. Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, he was also in conversation with Michael Doran, a former foreign policy aide to President George W. Bush. During his remarks, Mr. Christie reiterated his support for U.S. aid to

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November 15, 2023
House Session, Part 2 | November 15, 2023 - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 | Part Of U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives 2023-11-15T10:30:51-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMjBjXC8wMDFcLzE3MDAwNjIyODdfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19The House failed to approve the rules for two bills, thus blocking floor debate on both measures. One bill provides fiscal year 2024 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, and the other would freeze freezing $6 billion in Iranian hostage

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November 15, 2023
If the West Cuts Aid to Ukraine, Russia Will Win. If the West Leans in, Ukraine can win. - Critical Threats Project

11 hours ago The positional war in Ukraine is not a stable stalemate. It is not the result of fundamental realities in modern warfare that can only be changed with a technological or tactical revolution, as was the First World War’s stalemate. Neither does it rest on a permanent parity in military capacity between Russia

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November 15, 2023
State Department and Cyber Officials Testify on AI and Strategic Competition - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 2023-11-15T10:02:19-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTRkXC8wMTBcLzE3MDAwNjA4OTVfMDEwLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Nathaniel Fick, ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy, and Matthew Graviss, chief data and artificial intelligence officer for the State Department, testified on strategic competition and the use of AI before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Tougher safeguards to prevent intellectual property theft, standards for AI usage, and collaborating with allies on

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November 15, 2023
Sec. Mayorkas & FBI Dir. Wray Testify on Global Threats - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 2023-11-15T09:02:40-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZmI0XC8wMDNcLzE3MDAwNTcxNThfMDAzLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19FBI Director Christopher Wray warned of the potential threat of attacks in the U.S. from Hamas and other terrorist groups in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel. Despite this, the director stressed “Americans should continue to be alert and careful, but they shouldn’t stop going about their daily lives.”

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November 15, 2023
House Session, Part 1 | November 15, 2023 - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 | Part Of U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives 2023-11-15T09:00:33-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMjBjXC8wMDFcLzE3MDAwNTY5MTFfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19The House debated the rules for two bills. One measure provides fiscal year 2024 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, and the other would freeze freezing $6 billion in Iranian hostage deal funds that were released as part of the

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November 15, 2023
What Joe Biden hopes to get from his high-stakes meeting with Xi Jinping - CNN

Woodside, California CNN  —  President Joe Biden hopes to walk away from his closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday having put the US-China relationship on steadier footing after months of tension between the two superpowers. With conflicts raging in the Middle East and Europe as he prepares to fight for reelection

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November 15, 2023
Palestine's Disposable Laborers - Carnegie Middle East Center - Carnegie Middle East Center

On November 3, Israel announced it had released thousands of Gazan workers who were in Israel on the day of the October 7 attacks by Hamas. They had been secretly detained by the Israeli authorities following the beginning of the Gaza war, although they held Israeli-issued work permits. While the plight of these Gazan workers

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November 15, 2023
War in the Middle East Is Boosting Russia-Turkey Ties - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Shared support for Hamas likely means better diplomatic relations between Moscow and Ankara. But any warming of ties will only be situational. The latest period of tension between Russia and Turkey appears to have come to an end. It was just a few months ago that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was testing Moscow’s red

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