Senator chris murphy spoke at the council on Foreign Relations about Foreign Policy and National Security. He is the top democrat on the subcommittee and talked about proposed Trump Administration budget cuts and the impact on National Security. This is about one hour. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations meeting with senator chris murphy. Im the Washington Bureau chief and i will be presiding over the conversation. In addition to the Council Members in washington i want to welcome those around the country who are watching on cspan this afternoon. Honestly todays meeting is on the record. Our speaker is connecticut senator christopher murphy. He was elected in 2012 after representing the fifth Congressional District for two terms in the u. S. House of representatives. He serves on the appropriations committee, the Health Education and Labor Committee and most appropriate for today, serves on the senate Foreign Relations committee as the Ranking Membe
Talks already. We all have our favorite great attacks of the war. We could not fit them all in. We repent the panel talk about other great attacks of the war. We have some of the best and brightest joining us tonight. First again, mr. James ogden. [indiscernible] [applause] sitting next to him is. Ur colleague he has worked at Gettysburg National park where he is done the song and dance on the battlefield. [applause] sitting next to dan is chris kolakowski. The other polish prince of the civil war. Chris is the director of the macarthur memorial. If you have a chance to visit norfolk and go to the memorial it is a firstclass operation on , the scale of a president ial library. Here is the man, Douglas Macarthur to shape the world after world war ii. Story is thatand this museum. He is written books on kerry bill. Though. Chris kolakowski. [applause] to his left is the editor of the American Civil War blog. Author or coauthor of emerging civil war series. Dan also has a huge man crush.
Let me begin with a simple question, what is necessary to overtake and kick isis out of mosul . A Strong Military offensive, but one that is careful in dealing with the ways in which the battle space has been prepared, the way it has , suicideytrapped bombs, the possibility of chemical weapons which we know isis has that might be deployed. The second point i would make is theneed to understand how pieces of mosul will be put back together after. This is the most complicated part of iraq, where all of the groups, sunni arabs, kurds, some shiites, come together in a large municipal space that has been brutally suppressed by isis. I have not yet seen convincing evidence that the day after has been adequately plan for, so that worries me. Charlie why has it taken so long . Had to build an army again, an army big enough to take the city with 2 million inple before isis rolled in june of 2014. They had to know that tune uber grades brigades. Kurdish fighters. There is a complex mix of fighte
Let me begin with a simple question, what is necessary to overtake and kick isis out of mosul . A Strong Military offensive, but one that is careful in dealing with the ways in which the battle space has been prepared, the way it has , suicideytrapped bombs, the possibility of chemical weapons which we know isis has that might be deployed. The second point i would make is theneed to understand how pieces of mosul will be put back together after. This is the most complicated part of iraq, where all of the groups, sunni arabs, kurds, some shiites, come together in a large municipal space that has been brutally suppressed by isis. I have not yet seen convincing evidence that the day after has been adequately plan for, so that worries me. Charlie why has it taken so long . Had to build an army again, an army big enough to take the city with 2 million inple before isis rolled in june of 2014. They had to know that tune uber grades brigades. Kurdish fighters. There is a complex mix of fighte
Owed what the republicans have been saying in congress for a long time. He has influenced, they have power. And they have brought antiimmigrant, antimexican specifically, antimuslim, antiwomen legislation to the fore on the floor in committee and press krchs for a long time. Rose we conclude this evening with issa rae, whose hbo series is called insecure. Its basically the chronicles of a modern day black woman and her friends. Rose and two of them. Two of them. Two friends navigating the jobs, the relationships, each other. An just dealing with what it means to be a rose the battle for mosul, nancy pelosi, and issa rae when we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The campaign to retake mosul in iraq began early this morning. It comes more than two years after isis first took c