The United Nations i called on the world to unite against the fighting of violent extremism and challenges the assemblies to gather a year later to discuss. I want to thank World Leaders for answering the call. We are joined from leaders from over a hundred nations, some 120 Civil Society groups from around the world and partners from the private sector. I believe we have here today is the emergence of a group united for destroying isil. We have crippled have alqaeda core in afghanistan and pakistans tribal regions. We are harvesting military intelligence, economic development, and the strength of our communities. Now, i have repeatedly said that our approach will take time. This is not an easy task. We have isil taking root in areas that already are suffering from failed governance in some cases. In some cases, civil war or secretarian strife. And as a consequence, the vacuum that exist in many of these areas, isil has been able to dig in. They have shown themselves to be resilient. A
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Goldwater nichols, the roles and chairmans of the joint chiefs of staff, and the commanders. This morning, we seek to understand how Goldwater Nichols has impacted the effectiveness of u. S. Military operations, and what reforms may be necessary. We are pleased to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses, who will offer insights from their many years of experience and distinguished service. General norton schwartz, president and ceo of Business Executives for National Security. Admiral james, former european commander and u. S. Southern command or. Currently the dean of the Fletcher School of law and diplomacy at tufts university, and frequent appearances on various media outlets. Dr. Christopher lamb, director of the institute and the National Defense university. More than anything else, the Goldwater Nichols act was the result of escalating concern in the congress and the country by the effectiveness of u. S. Military operations in the vietnam war, the failure of the hostages in
Say what hes told me and general dunford, certainly for the military campaign, which is that he wants us to continue to come to him with proposals for ways that we can strengthen the campaign consistent with our overall strategic approach. Sec. Fallon thank you. The United States has been leading the Coalition Since last year against isildaesh. And we are now fully part of that by our extending our operations to syria as well as iraq. Secretary carter has asked other countries, including the United Kingdom, what more they can contribute to the campaign as we move to this new focus on degrading the infrastructure that supports isildaesh. And we will be responding to his letter in due course. So far as russian involvement is concerned, we have said from the beginning, if russia wants to help in syria, where it has influence, it ought to stop propping up the assad regime, help us bring this civil war to an end, stop bombing the opposition groups that have been opposed to assad and start t
Ive lived in this city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. And now, bbc world news america. Katty this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. This was the birthplace of the syrian revolution, but the last rebels are leaving what remained of home. It is a victory for president assad. Going inside the deathly colombian drug trade. We are given access to operations aimed at keeping cocaine off of the streets of britain and america. Angela merkel is the time person of the year for handling crises, one after another. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Was oncen city of homs the home of the protest against president assad. It is now in ruins. The rebels withdrew from the last district they had been holding, and the first convoys of aid in more than a year were allowed in. The ceasefire means the city is back under government control. Lyse doucet sent us this report. Lyse st