A daily meal. At another use saudi forces interceptor missile over the capital riyadh explosions are heard in Northern Areas of the city and. The number of deaths is wising by the day millions are in confinement of the world is slipping into recession the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be humanitys worst crisis in decades there are now more than 30000 deaths linked to the virus more than half of those in just 2 countries in europe italy alone more than 10000 people have died and spain has reported its highest number of deaths in a single day bringing the total there to more than 5800 the army has been asked to transfer bodies to morgues because undertakers are unable to cope saturday also so the highest day on day increase in violence related deaths in the u. K. More than 1000 people died and the government is increasing testing for frontline hospital staff and in india the fear of death due to starvation not the virus has led to a mass exodus of poor workers bus and train stat
Inspector general sopko, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee. Forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans statement. Thank you mr. Chairman pro tem, United States has been in afghanistan for almost 19 years, the longest war in the history of the United States. We sacrificed much on the battlefield, but we achieved a great deal. We decimated al qaeda and greatly weakened their global network. As a resul
Efforts in afghanistan. We will come to order. All members will have five days to submit statements to the record. Notice, we are here today to examine the lessons from americas war in afghanistan. , welcome general sopko to the Foreign Affairs committee. I look forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans st
Stake as france prepares to host African Leaders scrapping with a dramatic surge in violence in the sinai over beach. The as. To thank you for joining us the leaders of libyas warring sides have a arrived in russias capital for talks after a cease fire came into force its raise hopes that a wall or 24 have taught and the Prime Minister of the un recognized government. Will begin to find a path towards ending years of civil conflicts International Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have stepped up in recent weeks a truce brokered by turkey and russia came into force on sunday morning and libya has been torn apart by conflict since long time ruler Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown in 20 levon its divided between militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the u. N. Recognize administration led by Prime Minister fires. Suraj is based in tripoli its supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to c
Perhaps we shouldnt have. I think the days of occupying nations and reconstruction with the hope that jeffersonian democracy is going to plant seeds and roots, it may have been naive. Its a very primitive country, afghanistan. Ive been there many times. So my question, as i advise the president on syria, a residual force to protect the homeland, i dont think we can afford to stay in these countries forever and occupy them forever. I think the most important thing we can do is to have a residual force of some sort to take out terrorist threats to the homeland in a counterterrorism mission. Maybe we lost sight of what our mission was in the first place, and so i guess and i know youre not here to report on policy, per se, but id like your comments on dha, and to that end, what programs have been most effective at counterterrorism in that mission . Congressman, i think thats an excellent question, and i can bring you up to the line to policy. And i leave the policy for you. You have to re