Something that needs to go. Work withbe happy to you on it. Many expertsey, have said that had we left a residual force in iraq, a nato which american troops would have been a part, that would not have been able to make the gains that it made, nor it have had attempted to make those gains. Agree with that . Well, as you recall, senator, we actually recommended, our military advice was that we needed to remain partnered with the Iraqi Security forces longer. And that, so i stand by that recommendation. Ago. Part of it years the size of it was being negotiated, but i was very much needed toe we continue to partner with them. Ourremember that partnership was on the basis of increasing their tactical logistics, their capability, their ability to be a responsible institution of government. Is that thetoday government has not acted responsibly in iraq. And i dont know that the presence of u. S. Military personnel uniquely would have outcome. He but you stand by your initial recommendation th
To you can watch all of this later at our program schedule. We are taking you live now to a hearing getting under way on capitol hill that is ted poe of texas. He chairs one of the subcommittees of house Foreign Affairs, 1 of the 2 looking into the Prisoner Exchange for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl which occurred on may 31st, a former commander of special forces in afghanistan will testify, as will an Army Specialist who served with Sergeant Bergdahl. Lets hope that the bergdahl negotiators are not the same ones currently negotiating with iran over nuclear weapons. Be that as it may, releasing five senior taliban commanders may put the lives of our Senior Service members and americans around the world at risk. 1 of the 5 detainees was deputy chief of the talibans intelligence service. One detainee fought alongside al qaeda, a taliban military general. Another was a Senior Commander wanted by the United Nations for war crimes and worked closely with al qaeda and their affiliates. In fact
Power state. They are all working together. That is the good news. The bad news is, they are completely panicked in how to actually do the plan and how to actually meet the 26 percent mandated a reduction because we are 72 reliant upon cool. So in reaching out to them, they are frustrated with the lack of direction, what they see as conflicting information from the epa on how to move forward, but one of the areas that they would like to have nailed down is the percentages for reductions based on, is it 2012 numbers or 2005 numbers . Where we look to start was the data, most recent, 2012. That is the baseline, 2012 . Why would they be confused . There is not really a baseline. How is there no baseline . Carbon intensity. The reason people are confused because it is a year that people have been using a lot to talk about our progress toward reducing Greenhouse Gas. So in describing the impact of the rule epa has compared reductions achieved in to 2032 the 2005 number. The starting point f
Former Vice President dick cheney talked on separate sunday morning talk shows. Heres some of what they had to say about the situation. I think the same questions could be asked of those who supported the iraq war. Were they right in their productions . Were there weapons of mass destruction there . That is what the war was sold on. Was democracy easily achievable . Was the war won in 2005 . I do not think they understood the civil war that would break out. What is going on now, i do not blame on president obama. Maybe there is no solution. I do blame it on the chaos that is in the middle east. I also blame those who are for the iraq war for withholding iran. These people are petrified of what iran may become. I understand some of their worry. You are not a dick cheney republican when it comes to American Power in the middle east. Iran is much more of a threat because of the than they were before. There was a standoff between sunnis and shiites. Respect, i was a strong supporter then o
Troubled with the insistence the deal made two free five taliban leaders in a change for Sergeant Bergdahl was the best deal we could get. The Washington Post reports that among the taliban and five are an interior minister with ties to osama bin laden, the former taliban army chief of staff, who was thought to have been present when cia officer was killed in 2001, and operatives to work closely with al qaeda, won his case file is the most endemic and former taliban leaders detained at guantanamo. I dont know how many of my colleagues have been able to look into the eyes of those involved in killing so many. I have been there three times. As much as i would like to think they have learned the error of their ways, and one of the more than to spend a quiet life with their families, i am afraid you would have to put me down in the skeptical column. The chair will hear the testimony of one more member. We will hear the rest of them after the vote. I want to thank the ranking members for ho