Before i give my opening remarks and senator leahy gives his opening remarks, and my opening remarks are a little longer than normal, i would like to say that there is a vote at 10 45. And i hope that between the republicans and democrats that we can keep the meeting going while we go over to vote at 10 45. Thats my intention. And we will have sevenminute questioning for at least the first round. And if people want a second round, thats permissionable. Director comey, we welcome you and thank you for coming. The fbis mission is to protect us from most dangerous threat facing our nation. The deadly attacks in paris last month and california last week confirm that radical islamic terrorism continues to be such a threat regardless of whether thats politically correct or convenient for our president. Isis is a determined enemy, executing a plan to gain and hold territory, enrich itself, inspire followers worldwide and launch deadly attacks against the west. And the American People are very
Convenient for our president. Isis is a determined enemy, executing a plan to gain and hold territory, enrich itself, inspire followers worldwide and launch deadly attacks against the west, and the American People are very worried. Not just about terrorism, but about our president s inability or unwillingness to rally the country, to lead our International Partners to develop a credible strategy to destroy isis, and to execute that strategy. We are now paying a price for that weakness. At almost every turn, events have proven the president wrong about isis. In august 2012, he drew a red line warning the assad regime not to use chemical weapons in syria. But the president backed down after assad gassed his own people and isis blossomed in the chaos that followed. January 2012, the president referred to isis as a jv or junior varsity. It promptly spent the next six months concurring territory across syria and iraq. In august that same day, our president conceded that he didnt have a stra
Threat regardless of whether thats politically correct or convenient for our president. Isis is a determined enemy, executing a plan to gain and hold territory, enrich itself, inspire followers worldwide and launch deadly attacks against the west. And the American People are very worried. Not just about terrorism, but about our president s inability or unwillingness to rally the country to lead our International Partners to develop a credible strategy to destroy isis and to execute that strategy. We are now paying a price for that weakness. At almost every turn, events have proven the president wrong about isis. In august 2012, he drew a red line warning the assad regime not to use chemical weapons in syria. But the president backed down after assad gassed his own people. January 2012, the president referred to isis as a jv or junior varsity. It promptly spent the next six months concurring territory across syria and iraq. In august that same day, our president conceded that he didnt h
Wrote her book as soon as she left the white house. She invented the modern first lady. Q a, betty boyd discusses her book and an inside look at the american Political Partnership of lady bird in lyndon johnson. She is a perfect example of the conclusion i came to, which was, those women off something in those men, the ambition, the opportunity to climb and you dont make a mark in the world and they married them ands art and they married them in spite of parental objections. I had to find out more about them. Tonight at eight eastern and pacific, the span q and a. Fbi director james coney testified before the Senate Judiciary commission. Severalctor addressed challenges facing the fbi including data encryption and the ability of isis to create fraudulent past. This is almost three hours. Director call me that director james comey, we welcome last week confirmed that radical islamic terrorism continues to be a of whetherrdless that is politically correct for convenient for our president