Kuwait as the two jurisdictions in the gulf where additional steps could be taken. Time of the gentleman is expired. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Lynch. Thank you, mr. Chairman, again, mr. Secretary, thanks for your willingness to testify. I just want to make one observation. I do share the frustration that some of my colleagues across the aisle have expressed about staunching the flow of oil and degrading some of the facilities that are currently under the control of isis. But i do want to point out that, for instance, the beiji oil refinery, i dont know, about 75, maybe 150 miles north of baghdad, ive been there a couple of times. It is not really its low tech, but its the largest refinery that they have there in that region. If we had destroyed that a month ago i think the iraq government you know, last week, two weeks ago, the iraqi forces retook that refinery. So now it is pumping oil for the Iraqi Government. Its a key asset, if we had gone in there
Chemical weapons use. The group is tremendously destabilizing force across large swaths of iraq and syria and the brutal campaigns have approximately u drawn the condemnation appropriately drawn of the broader International Community. In addition to the horrific massacres, kidnappings and decapitations, officials believe that isil is one of the Richest Terrorist Groups to ever exist with estimated assets in access of 1 billion. Unlike most other terrorist groups, which tend to rely heavily on foreign sponsors, isil generally raises funds internally limiting available to the Treasury Department to cut them off. From the formal Financial System regardless. The ability to sanction and block assets remains vital to ensure that over the long run the United States and our allies can shut down any funds that are tied to elicit oil sales, extortion and kidnapping for ransom. As we make progress in curtailing isiss internal funding schemes, it may be forced to rely more heavily on types of fund
Its all ahead because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, we begin in baltimore with cbs news correspondent Wyatt Andrews. Good morning, bob. Related to the demonstrations here in baltimore last night there was a much different attitude yesterday especially compared to the violence that we saw on monday night. The difference in that mood came directly from the charges that were filed against the police on friday that six officers involved in the arrest of ready gray. Thousands of people marched on saturday first assembling around city hall then occupying an intersection in northwest baltimore close to freddie grays home. Plenty of anger was expressed but there was also celebration due to fridays arrest of Six Police Officers on charges that range from assault to Second Degree murder. In a community not used to the arrests of police christine foreign forbes said its about time. Lot of times theyre not accountable for their actions. Justice was served. I he
Face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, we begin in baltimore with cbs news correspondent Wyatt Andrews. Good morning, bob. Related to the demonstrations here in baltimore last night there was a much different attitude yesterday especially compared to the violence that we saw on monday night. The difference in that mood came directly from the charges that were filed against the police on friday that six officers involved in the arrest of ready gray. Thousands of people marched on saturday first assembling around city hall then occupying an intersection in northwest baltimore close to freddie grays home. Plenty of anger was expressed but there was also celebration due to fridays arrest of Six Police Officers on charges that range from assault to Second Degree murder. In a community not used to the arrests of police christine foreign forbes said its about time. Lot of times theyre notctions. Justice was served. I heard the call, no justice, no peace. When it was announ
Fact that this is only in the press right now. I eventually, there will be an actual indictment if we see what has been reported to be true. Susan thank you both for being our questioners on newsmakers this week. And, secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary Ashton Carter at a Senate Hearing on combating isis. Then, we will show you King Abdullah speech to the european parliament. Then, cia director john brennan talks about his committees intelligence gathering efforts. Tonight on q a. How pharmaceutical companies lobby c congress. The promotion of a drug actually starts 710 years before the drug comes on the market. While it is illegal for the company to market the drug before it has been approved by the fda, it is not illegal to market a disease. Drug companies have sometimes invented diseases, or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug. Then, blanketed medical journals and medical meetings, and oth