C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Agriculture Secretary Testifies Before House Agriculture Committee
3 hours, 15 minutesAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the role of farming on rural economies throughout the United States. It was his first time testifying before the committee. Members from rural districts focused their questions to Secretary Perdue on parochial issues affecting farmers and others in their districts, including a global cotton glut, an outbreak of Liberibacter bacteria on Florida's orange crop, and a federal regulatory dispute affecting breeders of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Some Democrats from urban districts also pressed Secretary Perdue to resist President Trump's budgetary calls for cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP. There were audio difficulties for a small portion of this hearing.
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Discussion on Canada Defense Policy
53 minutesThe Wilson Center in Washington, DC, hosted a discussion with the Canadian National Defense Minister. Topics addressed included the U.S.-Canada defense cooperation, Canada's Defence Policy Review, NATO peacekeeping operations and the importance of modernizing the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Wilson Center Canada Institute Director Laura Dawson moderated the discussion.
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Defense and National Security Discussion with Rep. Thornberry R-TX
1 hour, 1 minuteHouse Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) sat down with the Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon for a discussion on military readiness, defense spending, and ongoing force modernization efforts.
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U.S. Senate
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WH Budget Director News Conference at the White House
12 minutesWhite House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney briefed reporters and took their questions on President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. He detailed some of the driving ideology and priorities of President Trump's budget, and reiterated the administration's commitments to law enforcement, border security, and the military. Many of the questions from reporters focused on the administration's request for money to expand walls on the U.S.-Mexico border, and on its proposed slash to spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the successor to the federal food stamps program.
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Democrats on 2018 Budget Request
19 minutesDemocratic minority leaders, Sen. Charles Schumer (NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA) - along with ranking members on the House and Senate Budget panels, discuss the president's 2018 budget request.
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President Trump Lays Wreath at Yad Veshem
16 minutesPresident Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Veshem, the Israeli national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. He was introduced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and gave brief remarks about the importance of the U.S.-Israel alliance.
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President Trump Delivers Address at Israel Museum
30 minutesPresident Trump delivered an address on the U.S.- Israeli security alliance at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, part of his nine-day trip through the Middle East in Europe. He reiterated the United States' support for Israel, and said he believed Palestinian officials were ready to make peace in their long-standing conflict with Israel. At the top of his remarks, President Trump briefly commented on a bombing at a concert in Manchester, U.K., calling for the U.S. and its allies to defeat extremist ideology.
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President Trump Meets with Palestinian President Abbas
15 minutesPresident Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered brief statements to the press after meeting in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, part of President Trump's nine-day trip through the Middle East and Europe. The two men both reiterated their desire for the consummation of a peace agreement between the Palestinian government and Israel, and condemned radical religious ideology and the recent bombing of a concert in Manchester, U.K.
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PM May Statement on Manchester Bombing
10 minutesBritish Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a statement on the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, U.K., following her emergency meeting with other top officials in a Cabinet Office Briefing Room, known as a COBRA Committee. She promised the full support of national services for victims of the attack that had killed 22 people and injured dozens of others, and called on citizens to maintain their resolve in the wake of the attack.
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U.S. Senate
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U.S. Senate: Sen. Chuck Schumer on Manchester Attack
60 secondsSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also spoke briefly about the bombing in Manchester.
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Senate Armed - DNI Coats on Manchester Attack
2 minutesDirector of National Intelligence Dan Coats says US has not yet verified that the Islamic State group was responsible for the Manchester attack.
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PM May Statement on Manchester Bombing
10 minutesBritish Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a statement on the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, U.K., following her emergency meeting with other top officials in a Cabinet Office Briefing Room, known as a COBRA Committee. She promised the full support of national services for victims of the attack that had killed 22 people and injured dozens of others, and called on citizens to maintain their resolve in the wake of the attack.
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Washington Journal: Rep. Michael Kirk
35 minutesDocumentary filmmaker Michael Kirk discusses his new PBS "Frontline" film about White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.
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Discussion on Canada Defense Policy
54 minutesThe Wilson Center in Washington, DC, hosted a discussion with the Canadian National Defense Minister. Topics addressed included the U.S.-Canada defense cooperation, Canada's Defence Policy Review, NATO peacekeeping operations and the importance of modernizing the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Wilson Center Canada Institute Director Laura Dawson moderated the discussion.
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WH Budget Director News Conference at the White House
35 minutesWhite House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney briefed reporters and took their questions on President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. He detailed some of the driving ideology and priorities of President Trump's budget, and reiterated the administration's commitments to law enforcement, border security, and the military. Many of the questions from reporters focused on the administration's request for money to expand walls on the U.S.-Mexico border, and on its proposed slash to spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the successor to the federal food stamps program.
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Democrats on 2018 Budget Request
23 minutesThe top Democrats on the House and Senate Budget panels reacted to the Trump administration's 2018 budget proposal, saying the president is breaking his campaign promises with a plan that gives tax breaks to the wealthy and cuts funding for programs that benefit low-income Americans. Senate Budget Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House Budget Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) were joined by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
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Pentagon Outlines 2018 Budget Request
47 minutesThe Trump administration released its $575 billion defense budget for 2018. Defense Under Secretary and Chief Financial Officer John Roth outlined some of its details and spending priorities during a Pentagon briefing. Joining him was Lieutenant General Anthony Ierardi of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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DNI & DIA Directors Testify Before Senate Armed Services
2 hours, 9 minutesDirector of National Intelligence Dan Coats testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on global threats and national security. Director Coats refused to comment publicly on a news report that President Trump asked him to deny collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. In addition, he addressed the Manchester, UK attack saying the U.S. has yet to verify whether ISIS was responsible. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart also provided testimony. He said if North Korea is left on its current trajectory, they will succeed in obtaining a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening the U.S. homeland.
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WH Budget Director News Conference at the White House
36 minutesWhite House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney briefed reporters and took their questions on President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. He detailed some of the driving ideology and priorities of President Trump's budget, and reiterated the administration's commitments to law enforcement, border security, and the military. Many of the questions from reporters focused on the administration's request for money to expand walls on the U.S.-Mexico border, and on its proposed slash to spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the successor to the federal food stamps program.
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Democrats on 2018 Budget Request
21 minutesThe top Democrats on the House and Senate Budget panels reacted to the Trump administration's 2018 budget proposal, saying the president is breaking his campaign promises with a plan that gives tax breaks to the wealthy and cuts funding for programs that benefit low-income Americans. Senate Budget Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House Budget Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) were joined by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
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Pentagon Outlines 2018 Budget Request
48 minutesThe Trump administration released its $575 billion defense budget for 2018. Defense Under Secretary and Chief Financial Officer John Roth outlined some of its details and spending priorities during a Pentagon briefing. Joining him was Lieutenant General Anthony Ierardi of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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DNI & DIA Directors Testify Before Senate Armed Services
2 hours, 8 minutesDirector of National Intelligence Dan Coats testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on global threats and national security. Director Coats refused to comment publicly on a news report that President Trump asked him to deny collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. In addition, he addressed the Manchester, UK attack saying the U.S. has yet to verify whether ISIS was responsible. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart also provided testimony. He said if North Korea is left on its current trajectory, they will succeed in obtaining a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening the U.S. homeland.
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2018 Cyber Command Budget Request
1 hour, 11 minutesAdmiral Michael Rogers appeared before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities and answered questions from members about the president's 2018 Cyber Command budget request.
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House Intelligence Hearing on Russia Investigation
2 hours, 14 minutesJohn Brennan, the former CIA director, appeared before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible ties with the Trump campaign.