Recommendations, and theyre in the process of doing them. Thats correct. We had informal discussions as well as the formal letter responding to our recommendations. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank our two witnesses. Lord knows where we would be if we didnt have gao and Inspector Generals. The alarming malfeasance and incompetence of the rollout of this plan is just stunning. And here we are, you know, we cant just simply brush it off and say, well, this was a bad start, but everythings going great now. The cost to the taxpayer probably well never know. But thank goodness that we have your organizations providing us information and spurring on a seemingly bureaucratic nightmare that exists within the federal government in terms of handling these kinds of programs. Anybody in the private sector that had done this would have been bankrupt. Investors would have lost all their money. Its just stunning to continue to observe what it takes to get these agenci
Hello there, thank you for joining us. Three of saudi arabias allies have joined this diplomatic dispute with iran. Bahrain said it has cut ties with tehran. And u. A. E. Has downgraded relations. And saudi arabia has now announced it is ending air traffic and commercial ties with iran. It is already cut diplomatic links with iran. The saudi diplomats on the way home from iran with their families transiting at the dubai airport. As they evacuated came similar action from some of the kingdoms allies. Among them neighboring bahrain. After two days of protesters from shia muslim majority. The gulf state that is closely allied with saudi arabia accused iran of blatant and dangerous interference in support for terrorism. The actions follow the attack at the Saudi Embassy in tehran and accused iran of doing nothing to prevent it. A war of words is escalating. Were determined not to allow iran to undermine our security. Were determined not to let iran mobilize or create or establish terrorist
Bangladesh is also effected. But first at least two sunni mosques we understand have been attacked in hila that is just south of the iraqi capitol baghdad. No one so far claimed responsibility for the attacks and they of course follow saudi arabias execution of the prominent shia cleric alnimr and the latest from abraham who is in the iraqi capitol baghdad and tell us what more you know about these attacks. According to more than a Security Source from the providence located just south of baghdad the source said three attacks happened and three separate places, almost at one time around midnight yesterday night. Attacked three mosques and one of them in the downtown of the capitol of hella and the other one in the neighborhood which is north of there and another one east of bobbel and the attacks came as the source said at one time. One of the mosques and the dome of the mosques were totally collapsed. And of course this comes at a time of increased tension as saudi arabia cuts diploma
Two gulf states have taken steps to back saudi arabia in its diplomatic dispute with iran. Bahrain says its cut ties completely with tehran, while the u. A. E. Said its downgraded relations. Sudan said its dismissing the Iranian Ambassador from kartoum. Earlier, demonstrators set fire to the embassy in tehran protesting against the execution of a prominent cleric who criticized saudi policy towards its shia muslim minority. Saudi diplomatics on their way home transversing dubai airport. As they were evacuated came similar action by some allies, among them, neighboring bahrain. After two days of demonstrations by protestors from its shia muslim minority. The gulf state thats closely allied to saudi arabia accused iran of blatant and dangerous interference in arab countries and support for terrorism. The actions followed the arson attack at the Saudi Embassy in tehran. Saudi arabia accused iran of doing nothing to prevent it. A war of words is escalating. We are determined not to allow i
Been deployed in the area. And more than a dozen people are injured in bombings near kabuls airport. And power shift, National Assembly tomorrow there are fears of violence as government supporters vow to save the legacy of the late hugo chavez. And financial crisis. Well have to sacrifice essential services for the people of puerto rico. Puerto rico defaults on a 1 billion debt payment and lawsuits loom because it paid some creditors at the expense of others. Good evening im antonio mora, this is al jazeeras International News hour and we begin this evening with the diplomatic crisis involving saudi arabia and iran. U. N. Security council has just condemned the attack on the Saudi Embassy in tehran and a number of nations are siding with the saudis. Bahrain, sudan and the United Arab Emirates has either cut ties with iran or have substantially reduced them. There are fears growing over the future of the syrian peace negotiations. The u. N. Special envoy for syria, Staffan De Mistura i