To disrupt the flow of funds to Illicit Networks around the world, and this is one of those things thats going to stay in place. And all of those entities, iranian or otherwise, that were designated for their support of any terrorist organization are going to stay sanctioned. That includes banks designated for those reasons, one an iranian bank that was related to hezbollah financing. Theyre going to stay sanctioned. Now, the real powerful aspect of this is part of these sanctions that were imposed under the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability and divestment act, the bill passed by congress in 2010, that bill said if you are a foreign bank and you do business one of these people on our list, if you help them transit money to, from iran to lebanon or any other place or even from iran to london for completely peaceful activity, doesnt matter, it can get cut off the from the United States financial system. That is stay anything place, and that is well understood by the iranians. S
To i mean, the administration seems to fear being pulled into will iraq, and on the other hand they have a growing sense that things are going so badly they may have to do something different. Where are we . Michael the american strategy has been to degrade and defeat the islamic state, but it has been under resourced all along. They do not have a strategy that outlines aligns with their objectives. After the fall of ramadi, they have made some course correction by sending american personnel to a new base in an bar anbar. It is an attempt to reach out to the tribes and work more effectively with the military units in anbar that at some point will have to retake ramadi. Charlie does it sound like too little too late to you . Dexter all of this is a sign of the president ambivalence. Charlie this is in ambivalence . Dexter he wants to do something, but he doesnt want to be there. What he doesnt want to be you responsible completely for the collapse of the iraqi state. You will you michae
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Both up this morning crude oil, it is still hanging in there right below that 50 mark, of course and theres brent crude as well. Lets get to the road map. It does start with that market coming off a record breaking rally. The question of course, will it continue and big changes at ge the new ceo making his mark on the company as a new investor joins the board. A nail in the could have infor tax reform a top gop senator warns that President Trump threatens world war iii. The markets looking to continue its record run with the dow and s p in the midst of a fourweek winning streak but Technology Closing on friday at the new record high. Bar beingiring a large selloffe trump dow rally ochb track to surpass the 23. 3 gain posted in the year following the election of George Herbert walker bush. One would imagine we will hear tweets or get tweets about that the minute it happens. It is a major accomplishment and were coming off another week where all three major averages closed up a percent a
Okay, good afternoon, everyone. My name is marcel womba, im president of the gulf states institute. I would like to welcome all of you to our talk on financing terrorism. One of the many attempts to prevent terrorism, cutting off the financial flow is the most crucial. It allows them to recruit, control territory, plan and carry out violent operations on a global level. There are emains a top priority for the u. S. As we seek to defeat Islamic State and other terrorist groups, the u. S. And its gulf arab partners have taken significant steps to stem the flow of funds to terrorist groups over the past 15 years. Really a very robust effort since 9 11. However, despite the various measures and regulations put in place, terrorist organizations continue to generate and come from the region to finance their activities. What more can be done, regionally and globally to stem the flow of money to violent extremists. We have a very distinguished panel with us today to answer that question and ex