state department. [applause] >> it is a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the united states, but the men of peace of all nations, with interests, curiosity, and a vision for the future. these were the few words of the late neil armstrong told the president of the united states as he walked on the moon 50 years ago. so, as we celebrate this golden anniversary of apollo 11, i humbly stand here today in the same building, and you will since the, with michael collins, one of the men of apollo 11. he is an inspiration to us all. as a matter of fact, he was an assistant secretary at the state department and it is great to know we have that never-ending bond, that's never-ending connection that you see with the dedicated team of great diplomatic corps at the state department. i also have something in common with neil armstrong. we are both ohio boys, and we went off to purdue to study engineering. i didn't become an astronaut or play one on tv. but i can tell you that space is

state department. [applause] >> it is a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the united states, but the men of peace of all nations, with interests, curiosity, and a vision for the future. words of thee few late neil armstrong told the president of the united states as he walked on the moon 50 years ago. celebrate this golden anniversary of apollo 11, i in thestand here today same building, and you will collins,, with michael one of the men of apollo 11. he is an inspiration to us all. of fact, he was an assistant secretary at the state department and it is great to know we have that never-ending bond, that's never-ending connection that you see with the dedicated team of great diplomatic corps at the state department. i also have something in common with neil armstrong. we are both ohio boys, and we went off to purdue to study engineering. i didn't become an astronaut or play one on tv. that space is you personal for me. ever since i was that 12-year-old boy sitting in the

public affairs at the state department. to continue his outreach to the our nation rengthen and our relationships with global partners. assistant ft every secretary who followed him, myself included, with some very fill.oots to i am pleased to say i now hold the same position major general ollins held at the state department and i'm so honored nd so humbled to follow in his footsteps. albeit here on earth and not the moon. [laughter] better was no spokesperson for our country than major general collins. best lly represented the of what we strove for today -- sorry, then, and still do today. leadership. innovation. nternational cooperation, and technological and human advancement. each time i visit the state department's press briefing room on the second floor we have a hallway with photographs of all of our previous spokespeople and secretaries and photo up this his i stand a little bit taller and to meet him and shake his hand one of the great opportunities of my life and my son is going to be very jealous. behalf of secre

department and what is the state department doing, if anything, to try to make that better? >> thank you for that question, kra congressman. i think there's a couple things. the federal agencies were not focussed much on diversity 15, 20 years ago or 25 years ago. so what you see at the senior ranks is a reflection of those hiring practices we had back then when i as a foreign service officer, people look at me, i'm a female officer, so obviously not an ethnic minority but i consider myself a minority still. we have a lack of women in the senior service because 25 years ago there wasn't an emphasis placed on trying to attract women. that's part of the problem. because the numbers are small in the senior ranks, if somebody retires and leaves, our percentages drop significantly. so you've seen that. we've done a better job in the last 10 years or so. we continue to try our hardest. we have a network of 26 recruiters, 16 all over the united states and they are there to recruit for diversity. we want diversity in the broadest sense, it could be race, gender, ethnicity, it could

department and, what is the state department doing, if anything to try to make that better? >> take you for that question congressman, i think there is a couple of things that have happened, first of all the federal agency are not focused on diversity 15 to 20 years ago. oral, 25 years ago. and so, what you see as senior ranks as a reflection of the hiring practices that we had back then, one people look at me, i am a female officer, so obviously, not an epic minority but i consider myself a minority still. we have a lack of women in the senior surface because 25 years ago, there was not a displacement trying to attract women into the service. so, that is part of the issue at the senior ranks and what happens is, because the numbers are small in the senior ranks, if somebody retires, or somebody leaves, our percentage drops significantly. so you do see some of that that we have done a much better job in the last 10 years or so, we continue to try our hardest. we have a network of 26 recruiters. we have 16 all over the united states and they are there to recruit for diversity

capitol at the invitation of the state department or a group associated with the state department. members of congress were there. so look, the fact that joseph mifsud knows some russians, yeah, i think that's very likely. the fact that mueller ignores certain documents that he actually uses. if he uses pieces of news stories and what i call the mueller dossier, the mueller report. in those same news reports, dan, you have evidence in the news report where they call him and his writers that they thought were good enough to use to make one point. they don't use the fact that those writers claim he was a western intelligence asset. this whole mifsud thing has stunk for a long time. it makes no sense. i have no idea whether or not he is a russian asset or a western intelligence asset for a double agent or what. all i know is that after $40 million, we still don't know any more than we knew before, and this is supposedly the guy that knew about the clinton email. >> dan: congressman, one of the suspicious pieces i found in "the washington post" report, they emphasize that length, mifsu

state department responding quote: >> head of u.s. central command is in the region trying to form a coalition of allied navy vessels to escort oil tankers through the strait of hormuz, iran foreign minister speaking in new york said that iran and united states were a few minutes away from a war last month an iran shot down an american spy drone, adding he remains hopeful that tensions can be eased. gregg: jennifer give up thank gk you. >> president trump touting the arrest of ms-13 gang members in los angeles, in a series of tweets, most of the mea ms-13 gg members were illegal aliens, 19 of 22. said to have killed many people in the most brutal fashion, they should never have been allowed in our country for so long, 10 years, we've arrested and deported thousands of gang members, ms-13 could i.c.e. and border control are doing a great job. tpresident referring to 22 ms-13 members charged systematically and brutally killing at least 7 people, using medieval style killing techniques, federal law enforce. said they have not seen in dec

comprehensive department of state authorization bill. it is the duty of the house foreign affairs committee and the congress as a whole to provide our departments with the necessary tools to advance united states' foreign policy. i would like to thank chairman engel and ranking member mccaul for including the language from my bill from h.r. 1677 which repeals certain reporting requirements within the state department. this provision will repeal the unnecessary redundant requirements ta are outdated and no longer needed. i commend my colleagues on the foreign affairs committee, the staff in supporting a bipartisan bill that will protect america's national security. we must not let partisan divide continue to handicap our diplomats and their mission. i encourage my colleagues to support passage of this bill and i thank you and yield become. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly.

war issue from the state department so he knows the issue 1st hand it is quite familiar with it so it's significant that way as well while this was an amendment that went through and it would ban the sale of u.s. weapons to saudi arabia at least these munitions air to ground munitions this won't go into effect immediately this is just a successful amendment now what is going to happen and this is important it will go now to a debate between the senate and the house of representatives where they will come up with a compromise final defense bill and it's unclear if this amendment will make it into that or not we'll be watching that very closely and of over the coming. days

department officials or more precisely our state department officials still engaging with cirque him morgan basically said that there has not been any change in dealing with all credentialed diplomats unless and until the white house instructs them to a deal otherwise and so basically the situation is that for now sir kemp is still the u.k. ambassador to the united states it is important to note that when there were a lot of follow up questions mr talkers kept saying you have to ask the white house because ultimately it's up to the president to decide whether to continue accepting the credentials of another country's ambassador open whether to indicate that the ambassador should leave the country what president of the settling insinuated that they want to going to maintain relations with sir cam so where do you think this leaves the so-called special relationship that the u.s. and the u.k. have often have always enjoyed. well certainly there have been strains in the past this wouldn't be the 1st time certainly and there hasn't been anything this personal at least in recent years as b

i'm confident of the protesters when i drive through the state department building every day. we hope the chinese will do the right thing with respecting the agreements in place with respect to hong kong. >> you have been to north korea and that was the leader of north korea and bennett with the president so what type of person is he? does he have a great interesting thoughts to see speak english so how do you commit gate in english with them and can you discuss or summarize your impression of the leader of north korea? >> i spent more time with him than any american. i passed dennis rodman on the last trip. [laughter] look, he is right and he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. for my very first interactions he's been candid with me about the things that are important to him in the priority set and how the negotiations are perceived. he repeated his prefer to do requires but not time to execute. i hope we can achieve that and i had to asia at midday tomorrow and i'll be in bangkok for a co

in 2018, 2019, the state department, an agency of the united states government, think about that, is ignoring what the supreme court said. so understand the fifth amendment, under the fifth amendment, these two individuals are going forward in a federal district court and frankly a federal district judge will have very little difficulty granting an injunction against the state department. and i think it's mean-spirited, grotesque that an agency of the united states government would ignore a four-year-old decision by the supreme court and penalize this couple and baby simone, the child. it's just wrong and ultimately i think someone needs to be held accountable for it. >> richard, what is going to be the argument on behalf of the u.s. government or the state department to be able to say that we don't recognize this as -- i don't know what the approach is going to be. is it going to start with we don't recognize this to be a legal marriage, the biological connection to the child born aboard. how will that happen? >> they're ignoring the case that avery mentioned in 2015, recognizing sa

the state department is a proud member of the wgdp program. it's an inner agency working group that was established through the national security presidential memorandum. we work with u.s. aid, ambassador green, and we work to advance three pillars of wgdp, which is women prospering in the workforce, women succeeding as entrepreneurs and women enabling the economy. the state department was involved in review of wgdp funds award he's and will continue to engage with wgdp on upcoming projects, overcoming barriers to women's economic participation which will debut this fall. so of course let's get right to it with two of the betts people in the world working on these initiatives and of course to adviser trump. i don't think many people actually know this, that you had a major success in the presidented national security strategy, which is the first time you got women written to national security strategy. i have an op-ed on this if any of you would like to read it. earlier this year when the president established wgdp initiative, can you tell us

trove of documents and emails from obama state department. including one exchange from a top state department official victoria nuland and a close associate of christopher steele. this is from september of 2016. he wanted to discuss "the russian matter face-to-face." one more piece of evidence that numerous officials at theen highest levels of the obama administration were desperate to get something, anything on president trump. they knew, they were warned about christopher steele, they knew that he hated trump, they knew that hillary paid for the dossier, and they knew that it was unverified. the fbi was warned twice before the first fisa application that james comey signed. the doj knew, the state department knew, they all knew about the glaring red flags and what is now what we now know to be unverifiable material steele's rampant bias, russian lies, the story that never added up from the beginning. but they use those hillary clinton bought and paid for russian lies to what? first, well, leak to the american people through hacks and conspi

involved in the state department? how do you try to deal with the foreign service officers? >> yeah, look, the one of the things that i love doing is leading teams, leading organizations. that's what i loved when i was a platoon leader and ran aerospace in wichita, kansas. when i came in, we had deep plans how to make enforcement officers, civil service, staff, better. we've got real training in the work and the ethos for the 20th century diplomate each of which is aimed at-- these folks will be there long after i'm gone, many of them. they came before me and will be here. i want to make sure that they have the opportunity to grow and learn and deliver for america in their space so we have an opportunity to take good care of them and make sure they get the training and education they need as well. >> let me just conclude. we are out of time. i notice you have colorful socks on. is that part of your diplomatic-- >> it is. these are army soldiers, toy soldiers, a bit of an inside joke and i've got like 40 pairs of these

of justice in the united states second only to the united states department of justice in a state of 40 million people. on this issue i disagreed with my president because the policy was to allow deportation of people who by isis's definition were noncriminals. as attorney general and the chief law officer of the state of california, i issued a directive to the sheriffs that they did not have to comply with detainers and instead should make decisions based on the best

have covered extensively on your broadcast that the senior state department official kathleen catholic in her department in 2016 with former british spy in anti-trump dossier christopher steele. the timeline matters because two weeks after the kavalec meeting, the fbi and justice department used steele's unverified research paid for by democrats to help secure their surveillance warrant for carl carter page, the trump campaign aid. sources familiar with the matter said some key witnesses horwitz wanted to talk to earlier in the case agree to the 11th hour. at least one witness who does not work for the fbi or doj began cooperating after attorney general william barr ordered connecticut u.s. attorney john durham to launch a separate and broader investigation into the fbi-russia probe's origins. fox was told recent developments have required some witnesses to be reinterviewed, to deacons like their accounts. the final report is subject to a classification review by the justice department and fbi under a worst-case scenario, that review itself could take weeks, sean. >> sean: catherine, t

state department official defends the use of emergency powers to sell precision guided missiles to saudi arabia calling it part of a broader effort to export human rights. british ambassador to the u.s. resigns over the leaked cable scandal in which private e-mails exposed to far from glowing review of donald trump and his administration and. a free media protects society from the abuse of power. helps release the full potential of a nation the global conference for media freedom is underway in london but r.t. and russian news agency sputnik a barred from entry. a low for me in the t.v. reality h.q. in moscow my name's colleen bray welcome to your world news this. us a federal judge has told washington that it must stop alleging that a russian firm accused of election meddling was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the court found that such unsubstantiated claims against the internet research agency which are not included in the 2018 and dime against it are prejudicing a jury. or against the of reports. the mueller report the us investigation the media everyone

and this senior official of the state department was a sr. records official, he saw that famous picture of hillary clinton looking at the blackberry and raise questions about what is going on here? so he testified essentially that the state department knew about the email system and did not tell anyone about it, and then once they found out, once they found out that she had all of these email records, finally admitted that she did they allowed her to on her own go through and tell them what was government records and what was not, which was inappropriate and it turns out they destroyed 33,000 records including they tried to destroy classified information. and then thirdly, thirdly he says that they under classified materials specifically on the benghazi case. so that meant they were sending out the door material that was unmarked and classified even though they knew it was classified further putting national security at risk not only to protect themselves, to protect hillary, because they did not want more classified information associated wi

have covered extensively on your broadcast that the senior state department official kathleen kavalec in her department in 2016 with former british spy in anti-trump dossier christopher steele. the timeline matters because two weeks after the kavalec meeting the fbi and justice department used steele's unverified research paid for by democrats to help secure their surveillance warrant for carter page, the trump campaign aid. sources familiar with the matter said some key witnesses horowitz wanted to talk to earlier in the case agree to the 11th hour. at least one witness who does not work for the fbi or doj began cooperating after attorney general william barr ordered connecticut u.s. attorney john durham to launch a separate and broader investigation into the fbi-russia probe's origins. fox was told recent developments have required some witnesses to be reinterviewed, to deconflict their accounts. the final report is subject to a classification review by the justice department and fbi. under a worst-case scenario that review itself could take weeks, sean. >> sean: catherine, that is

state department for refusing to recognize their baby as a citizen. they had their daughter simone with the help of a surrogate in england last year. both fathers are listed on the birth certificate, both are u.s. citizens. so why is their daughter not considered one? joining us now, guys thank you so much for being here with simone. we can see how adorable she is. guys, can you just explain to us why the state department doesn't recognize simone as a u.s. citizen? >> well, thank you for having us, first of all. i mean the shorter answer is we don't know why they're not recognizing her as a citizen. we understand their explanation is that they don't see us as a married couple. they're treating her as a child born out of wedlock because we used a donor egg and ivf to create her. >> basically what they're trying to say is because she has a biological connection to the surrogate who is british, though you are both the parents on her birth certificate, she is not a u.s. citizen. is that how you understand it? >> it's a little different than that. she has

it was comical today to hear the representative from the state department say there the united states is exporting opuntia saidee and democracy by selling weapons to saudi arabia i don't think anybody any of the senators who are listening could believe there are any of the people in the audience but it is really quite tragic there that the u.s. representatives gets away with things such ridiculous things the trumpet ministration is going around congress to sell these weapons by calling it a national emergency and as the senators were asking what is this emergency and it's a very dangerous slope when the administration can go around the congress. even give them notification of weapons sales do so much money to be made these weapons manufacturers are very powerful they have strong lobbies in washington d.c. and the other is the american people don't know very much about this because it's not our news media and so they don't care very much about it. the british ambassador to the u.s. to kent iraq has announced he's stepping down after a series of highly critical comments he made about th

we have reached out for some sort of clarification to the foreign office in london, to the state department here in d.c. and the embassy here in d.c. bu so far no answers as to how this relationship will work on a day to day basis going forward. >> because in his tweet, which is an official presidential statement, the president said i do not know the ambassador but he is not liked or well thought of within the united states. we will no longer deal with him. which raises the -- the british government needs an ambassador in washington who can deal with the white house, deal with the state department and deal with other elements of the government including congress. so what are the brits going to do. >> this is an interesting time because theresa may, the british prime minister is about to step down and the conservative party is about to have an election to the head of the party and they will become -- become the prime minister. the reaction in britain has been quite interesting. because you have both the prime minister theresa may and jeremy hunt the foreign minister saying they stand by amba

state department in very high esteem how does that attitude impact the leverage u.s. negotiators have when they sit down to talk with the totally bummed is that a factor i don't think it's a factor in this case it's very clear that about certain policy who ready is working within the state department structure has been given a very clear mandate with political backing to negotiate the us out of afghanistan and so i don't see that there's any. any constraints on him resulting from the way things were these days. the way things work these days you know washington's that's right the real miller with the international crisis group is miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you very much it was my pleasure. you don't have to speak italian to understand what they're saying. that's what these protesters were shouting italy's interior minister matteo selby today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex adman aoe in sicily at one point held more than 4000 people it became a scene of the crim

trove of documents and emails from obama state department. including one exchange from a top state department official, victoria newlin and a close associate of christopher steele. this is from september of 2016. wanted to discuss "the russian matter face-to-face." one more piece of evidence that numerous officials at the highest levels of the obama administration were desperate to get something, anything on president trump. they knew, they were warned about christopher steele, they knew that he hated trump, they knew that hillary paid for the dossier, and they knew that it was unverified. the fbi was warned twice before the first fisa application that james comey signed. the doj new, the state department knew, they all knew about the glaring red flags and what is now what we now know to be unverifiable material, steele's rampant bias, russian lies, the story that never added up from the beginning. but they use those hillary clinton bought and paid for russian lies to what? first, well, leak to the american people through hacks and conspiracy

it was quite comical today to hear the representative from the state department say that the united states is exporting open society and democracy by selling weapons to saudi arabia i don't think anybody any of the senators who are listening to believe there are any of the people in the audience but it is really quite tragic there that the u.s. representatives gets away with saying such ridiculous things the trumpet ministration is going around congress to sell these weapons by calling it a national emergency and as the senators were asking what is this emergency and it's a very dangerous slope when the administration can go around the congress and now that you then give them notification of weapons sales do so much money to be made these weapons manufacturers are very powerful they have strong lobbies in washington d.c. and the other is the american people don't know very much about this because it's not our news media and so they don't care very much about it. the british ambassador to the u.s. the kentaro cuz announced he's stepping down after a series of highly critical comments that h

state department. u.s. ambassador to guatemala, according to judicial catch, luis a arellagarc has been call box to washington. >> joining us, is president of judicial watch, tom fenton, good to see you, this is a remarkable development they matter of subversion went state department, whether it is parse sop or whenever it may be, it is, an action against the interest of was united states give us your thoughts here. >> the united states and guatemala were about to ink a deal that would have allowed migrants to be put in guatemala while they waited asylum claims, similar agreement we have with kenta maeda, -- with canada. the left in guatemala, took action to make sure that guatemalaians would not be able to sign it as a result this key new tool, to restrict the crisis for end of crisis was taken off the table, we believe the left in concert with the leftist -- you know the leftist activists within the state department, works with their allies in guatemala. you know it, is a major issue in guatemala because,

state department in very high esteem how does that attitude impact the leverage u.s. negotiators have when they sit down to talk with the telly but is that a factor i don't think it's a factor in this case it's very clear that a bad start policy who ready is working within the state department structure has been given a very clear mandate with political backing to negotiate the us out of afghanistan and so i don't see that there's any. any constraints on him resulting from the way things were these days. the way things work these days is washington's that's right the real miller with the international crisis group is miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you very much. it is not a question. you don't have to speak italian genders damn what they're saying. and that's what these protesters were sheltering. italy's interior minister matteo selby today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex adman nao in sicily at one point held more than 40000 people it became a scene of the crime e

i had the privilege to stay in the state department during president carter's term. i was asked to stay on. when george schultz came in he was my running years before. he asked me to be the permanent director for the last four years. secretary schultz nominated me the u.s. candidate to go to geneva. i spent 10 wonderful years there. i had the chance to see in every virtually complex or significant the world was involved in. i could see the change made. -- they would strengthen and improve the program. but i keep coming back. after all this work i say, what started it off? thatwas the seminal event made all this possible. at thatimmy carter economic summit in tokyo. i salute you. and vice president mondale, you were terrific. >> we were talking about the importance of leadership, the importance of elected officials. it is also the importance of leadership at the staff level. it is also the importance on presidents and members of congress to make sure they are putting hard-working dedicated people in those positions. that's where the work gets done. that's the benefit

the state department new spokesperson. our special guest is the advisor to the president , ivanka trump and the administrator of usad. please welcome all three. >>> hi everyone. thank you everyone for coming today. it's so wonderful to see so many people here that care about women's economic development and prosperity thank you, liz you are a dream for this community and thank you for cohosting this event. this is actually my first event in my new role as state department spokesperson and i am honored that the both of you have me as part of this event. the state department is a proud member of the program and it is an interagency working group that was established to the national security presidential memorandum. we work with ambassador green and we work to advance the three pillars which is will and women prospering in the workforce and women enabling the economy. the state department was involved in the review of the process for the through upcoming products through international leadership programs overcoming barriers t

when he was in the united states, where there any indirect or direct talks with him or the state department and anything you could talk about? sec. pompeo: no talks. sec. pompeo: no talks. mr. rubenstein: no talks. ok. sec. pompeo: although he spoke. the american media gave him a microphone and the chance to live vociferously to the american people. i look forward to having a chance to speak to the iranian people the same way. to tell them about what is going on in their own country. so far, they have not taken me up on that offer. you think the: do sanctions on iran will have the effect of bringing iran to the negotiating table or not? sec. pompeo: you have to step back a little bit. remember the objective. the objective is the national security strategy that was laid out two and a half years ago with respect to the middle east. it is broader. we tend to focus on the tactical. we need to step back and think about what we are doing more broadly in the middle east. iran it ist to iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror. it has the capacity to work toward developing a nuclear weapon

state department in very high esteem how does that attitude impact the leverage u.s. negotiators have when they sit down to talk with the taliban is that a factor i don't think it's a factor in this case it's very clear that a bad start policy who is working within the state department structure has been given a very clear mandate with political backing to negotiate the us out of afghanistan and so i don't see that there's any. any constraints on him resulting from the way things were these days on washington the way things work these days in washington is that's right the real miller with the international crisis group ms miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you very much. it is not bullshit. you don't have to speak italian to understand what they're saying. that's what these protesters were shouting. interior minister today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex in sicily at one point held more than 4000 people it became a scene. as well as being the town's biggest employer.

on the process that the state department followed for these weapons not to put too fine a point on it was crap under the law under the arms export control act the administration needs congressional approval and has a 30 day notification period the department had 30 days to take it to congress and follow the law and it was foolish not to. democrat tim kaine raised the question of why there was such haste to push this arms sales through saying is that the relationship between donald trump his son in law and senior advisor and the saudis should be investigated chris murphy he's a democrat from connecticut he was suggesting that there was a problem that in the past the united states was able to talk about arms sales and where they were going and make sure that they were used for human rights abuses or for targeting civilians and he said no that seems to have been lost simply because donald trump the state department a very keen on pushing through weapons sales and that comes at a cost he said to the united states. it looks to us these days as if the united states is the junior partner in

you know state department and. pentagon officials praising i thought at the time at the white house that if any form. a criticism of. i think about 2 things like terrorism and so on now we've seen very clearly for the past couple of months actually a positive attitude towards. the end especially by the white house team we've had the president brave brave. but are a couple of weeks ago. actively working in the mediation between iran and the united states actively working the mediation between. the united states. american interest in the region is being helped a lot by the initiatives and i think this is will be the main thing discussed today between the 2 leaders. a sudanese court has ruled the country's internet providers must restore the service immediately following a week's long blackout earlier sudan's military council agreed to end the shutdown it says what's needed to protect a transition to what the opposition. says it has continued to receive reports of social media platforms being blocked its human rights

now the state department owns it. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live in the preside yo heights neighborhood ez to explain. cheryl. >> reporter: well, the mansion eir neighbors. they pay their rent on time. now the state department wants them out. >> i see absolutely no reason for the government to do anything like this. >> reporter: charlie ferguson has lived next door to alexandra and bruce owen for years. the owen family lived here before he moved in. now the state department wants them out. >> my understanding is that they have an international obligation to maintain that property in good condition, and that the policy they have adopted to do that is to charge rent. the owens have been paying rent for god knows how long. >> reporter: close to 35 years, to be exact. it's owned by the iranian government because the home was once the iranian consulate. the state department is now in charge of it. the lawsuit claims the family is trespassing and living there unlawfully. the owens are now fighting the lawsuit based on c

state department in very high esteem how does that attitude impact the leverage u.s. negotiators have when they sit down to talk with the telly but is that a factor i don't think it's a factor in this case it's very clear that about certain policy who is working within the state department structure has been given a very clear mandate with political backing to negotiate the us out of afghanistan and so i don't see that there's any. any constraints on him resulting from the way things were these days. the way things work these days is washington's that's right the real miller with the international crisis group ms miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you very much. it is not a question. you don't have to speak italian john just in what they're saying. and that's what these protesters were shelties italy's interior minister matteo selby today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex admen a.o. in sicily at one point held more than 40000 people it became a scene of the crime enjoyed

state department in very high esteem how does that attitude impact the leverage u.s. negotiators have when they sit down to talk with the taliban is that a factor i don't think it's a factor in this case it's very clear that about star college who ready is working within the state department structure has been india then a very clear mandate with political backing to negotiate the us out of afghanistan and so i don't see that there's any. any constraints on him resulting from the way things were these days on. the way things work these days in washington's that's right the real miller with the international crisis group ms miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insides thank you very much. it is not a question. you don't have to speak italian journalist and what they're saying. that's what these protesters were sheltering italy's interior minister today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex atman a.o. in sicily at one point held more than 4000 people it became a scene of the crime enjoyed as w

state department is clear that the white house would do each or something in due course but actually relations between london and washington as regards the foreign office here run now by jeremy hunt of course and mike pompei oh they're perfectly core deal the rest of the world and the rest of the world diplomatic community level in the summer parties of different embassies happening within a few miles of this studio be wondering what exactly is going on does washington control who who london can put in this country or that country as a representative of her majesty the queen as you say said. very longstanding respected but his language was. when he put it out there whether or not he knew that people were going to be talking about it i'm not sure he would have said the same thing as though the 2 on the side who stuns the benefit from this resignation do you think. yes of course the british media and jeremy hunt the current foreign secretary very keen and the low be journalists here to say russia was behind the leak because russia would benefit from a leak of information of this kind j

department about her role there, for example that she was chairing meetings at state about logistics ahead of a recent trip and that rubbed some people the wrong way. and now a second whistleblower has come forward to the same congressional investigators, somebody from the executive floor of the state department saying staffers were told to keep discussion involving susan pompeo out of official e-mails as to keep it out of the official record. >> interesting. thanks so much. >>> next richard painter who served as white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush. i was going to tease you, but you are right here. what is your reaction to this reporting? >> well, this is the first time i have heard of the united states government providing an armed escort for a dog coming home from the groomer. they might as well go in for this and give the dog a full motorcade back to the secretary's house, i guess. this is just what we have seen more and more of in this administration, whether it is secretary pruitt, the administrator who had tactical pants and james bond phone booth or the secretary of

the act also created a process for addressing refugee emergencies and established the state department's office of refugee resettlement. next, on american history tv, former government officials who the acto implement discuss challenges they faced with refugee admissions. of public opinion, and lessons learned in light of current refugee policy. the jimmy carter presidential library and museum and the assistance organization, hias, hosted this event. [indistinct conversation] >> welcome. welcome back, everyone. introduce the next panel, which is going to focus implementation of the refugee act of 1980. is moderating that panel eric schwartz, former assistant state forof population refugees and under the obama administration. he was senior advisor for affairs during the clinton administration on the national security council and most importantly, he is on the highest board. he also happens to be the refugees of international, and he's seated oft to the ex-president refugees international. so, eric? >> thanks. thank you, mark. really is a distinct pleasure to be here today. to thank hias a

. >>> next, a look at the operations budget for the state department and u.s. agency for international development. witnesses answered a range of questions on the high number of personnel that they could see within the department and hiring from a diverse pool of candidates. the house for an affair and's subcommittee hearing is one hour and a half. >>> the subcommittee will come to order. we meet today to discuss the state department and u.s. 80 fy 2020 operations budget. without objection all members may have five days to submit statements, questions, extraneous materials for the record, subject to the length limitations in the rules. i will make my opening statement then turn it over to the ranking member for his opening statement. i've noticed the republicans are a little faster getting over here.

we went around, we went to the state department. they decide to one person who did a tour, and that was it. there.i went over not the current regime. over to the nsc and the nsc said great idea, but we are not doing it. it falls to an inspector general foro the lessons learned the longest u.s. war. i think it's great what we are doing. it is kind of odd in this u.s. government, there is not an agency that regularly collect information like this and does best practices in lessons learned. maybe that's why we tend to repeat the same mistakes. proselytize the importance of lessons learned. i was on the hill for 25 years. how do we handle issues dealing with opiates? has anyone done a lessons learned report on how we handle a narcotics issue? no one has put that together and tried to analyze what are the best practices? thesea to you as you read reports and think about it is you have an inspector general's office and reconstruction writing the history of afghanistan. it's part of my charter. it seems like an art -- an odd charter. the w

when he was in the united states, where there any indirect or direct talks with him or the state department and anything you could talk about? sec. pompeo: no talks. he spoke. media gave him a microphone and the chance to live vociferously to the american people. i look forward to having a chance to speak to them honestly about what's going on in their own country. so far, they have not taken me up on that offer. mr. rubenstein: do you think iran is on the negotiating table or not? the pompeo: remember objective. the national security strategy that was laid out two and a half years ago with respect to the middle east. we tend to focus on the tactical. we need to step back and think about what we are doing more broadly in the middle east. iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terror. it has the capacity to work toward developing a nuclear weapon system. although we are very concerned , our chosens well strategy is to take a 180° turn previous the administration has done. it created enormous opportunity s and those who even as we speak are preparing to continue their attacks on saudi