Know the human terrain in these areas very very very well. They are ruthless, and they are committed and determined. And theyre exhibiting the will to fight. And theyre fighting for pewer, theyre fighting for ideological reasons. But for many sunni arabs who are sfrus frustrated. Theyre fighting for they land families, and future and theyre not. Theyre fighting anyway because theyre fighting for their own lives and their own future and theyre fearful. There are many sunni military aged males to date that have not taken sides in this fight. Its just a matter of time if this polarization continues and we let this drag on that isis will gain more and more recruits from the iraqi population base. The iraqi fight with isis is not dominating by foreign fighters. This is a home grown fight and we have to keep that in mind. Isis, as fred mentioned maintains operational freedom in most of the sunni arab provinces and they remain stronger because importantly relatively their opposition is very w
The Obama Administration and the Prime Minister. Today, whether the Budget Committee can come together, we will have more details. Before they gavel in we want you to weigh in on this debate in washington. In the face of National Security threats from isis and others around the globe, should the pentagon budget be increased . The numbers are on the screen. You can also send us a tweet you can go to facebook, and also send us an email. The phone lines are open. Before we get to your thoughts, molly otoole from defense one joins us to talk about this. Gop hawks want to use defense for funds to skirt this. What does each chamber want to do and what has the president opposed . Proposed . Guest the house and senate have very different approaches. The house released their proposal on tuesday. These are nonbinding medical agreement, but any russian of but are an expression of priority. The house proposed 523 billion for defense, which adheres to the level set in fiscal year 2015 and the budge
Npcdinner. Remember the public attends our dinner. Applause of evidence is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. After our grests speech we will have a question and answer period. I will ask as many questions as time permits. Our head table includes guests of our speaker and also working journalists who are club members. Let me introduce them to you now. I ask each foreign stand briefly as names are announced. From the audiences right, baha altawil, correspondent for egypts on tv network. Kathy bank a nebraska of the a member of the npc Journalism Institute board. Rachel oswald, writer for roll call. Wuhan bo, undersecretary ed hes been on the job since 2007. Hes the eighth person to hold this pest. During bans tenure, the u. N. Has responded to the crisis in darfur, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the effects of global warming, and terrorism. Ban also faces challenges such as water shortages worldwide. The Ebola Outbreak in western africa and civil conf
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