Defense secretary ash carter laid the takeover blame securely on iraqi forces saying they had no will to fight. It will not only talk about the statement made but will also ask you in the first 45 minutes to talk about iraq and what the u. S. Should be doing their whether they need more u. S. Forces, doing the same or less. You might have a lot of opinions and you can give us your thoughts. 202 7488000 four democrats. 202 7488001 four republicans. 202 7488002 for independents. Join the conversation on facebook. Send us an email. The Washington Post picked up the statements of ash carter talking about ramadi and the state of Iraqi Security forces. For the full interview, here is a bit of it. [video clip] the iraqi forces showed no will to fight. They were not outnumbered. They vastly outnumbered the opposing forced and yet they failed to fight. They withdrew from the site. That says to me and most of us that we have on young issue an issue with the will of iraqis to fight isil and defen
Lets go to the back, please. Kyle with the brain corporation. In regards to the technological sophistication you touched on, social media campaign, have you considered given attention to crip toe currencies as a mean crypto currencies as a meens of financing. Yes. Just kidding. Absolutely. You know, were much like much like matt talked about a moment ago about prepaid card, the cryptocurrency, we as the United States government are starting to really take a look at the crypto currencies. I wont say starting to take a look, but were taking a look. Any source of fund, isil or any other terrorism group, whether its a criminal Organization International or domestic, we want to see how theyre funding, and any avenues whether its a cash courier or traditional financial institutions, as well as the cryptocurrencies. Crypto currencies allow a great avenue to transfer funds internationally with little or no oversight in many cases. So we are aware of that. Were tracking that. Any support that a
202 7488001 for republicans. For independents, 202 7458002. The boston bomber sentenced to death, was at the right decision . Massachusetts residents, you can make your thoughts known on 202 7488003. If you want to post your thoughts on social media pages on twitter, it is journal cspan. Org. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Once again, the front pages of the boston globe and the Boston Herald. Those are the headlines you can see. Not only headlines, editorials coming down as well. Boston globe has this editorial Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced delays the closure boston deserves. It says in part, its only right that condemned killer be allowed to exhaust every legal option, but the prospect of seeing his face in the news for decades is only likely to continue traumatizing survivors and the families of victims. Even worse, since most of the rest of the world considers the Death Penalty barbaric he wall street journal also weighing in death for tsar naev. Again, i Death Penalty coming down
Ways to help you get it done. So again, thats so important. Not only for Rural America which we are concerned about but also we are also very, very concerned about urban america, the whole thing. We appreciate you being here. If there are no further questions other thing before i go on, i want to thank you but i also want to thank your staffs. I know you worked really hard in getting you all prepared. Chairman wheeler you want to thank your staffs, sir. Senator boozman exactly. Our staffs have also. We do appreciate them. If there are no further questions, the hearing record will remain opened until next tuesday, may 19, at noon for subcommittee members to submit any statements or questions to the witnesses for the record. Subcommittee hearing is hereby adjourned. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [indiscernible] next a discuss
Together Syrian People. We appreciate it. We know that youre doing a lot. But they really need to be in a safe zone. So i really asking you and seeking this, its so important. Thank you. Rep. Cicilline mr. Chairman if i might ask indull against for one final quep i question. The role of the current Iraqi Government, you know, there are many people who argue that isis is an outgrowth of policies from iraqi and Syrian Governments that have marginalized sunnis in particular. What do we need to see from the current Iraqi Government or a future Syrian Government to demonstrate the tolerance and inclusiveness that will prevent this kind of violence . Should the United States be doing more to condition some of our support for the Iraqi Government on their commitment to take certain steps to protect minority populations and build a more inclusive government . I mean thats you know, the syrian solution is the longterm answer. But in this interim period, can we be doing more to demand more of th