Toward a more secure, stable and prosperous future in afghanistan and toss that all away as we have elsewhere. Secretary carter thank you and we do have the opportunity to cement it. As he said in iraq and afghanistan, they are very different situations in two ways. The first is that as president ghani clearly indicated to me but he has said this a buckley publicly, he wants us there. We have a willing partner. We have a bilateral bilateral Security Agreement that we did not have in iraq. The second thing is we have a partner in president ghani and you mentioned dr. Of dula dr. Abdudllah, they are working together and i saw both of them together and i watched the relationship and they have agreed to Work Together in a multisectarian way which is exactly what did not happen in iraq. The devolution to sectarianism. That is what led to the opportunity that the cruel force of isil led to the situation we are now in. Now we have an opportunity and i rocked to get cemented. There is a terror
Decision not to seek reelection next year. But first, lets get you to the top stories we are following today. Lufthansa may face unlimited liability payments. The germanwings copilot intentionally flew the plane into a mountain. A specialist says that would mean no caps on awards to victims families. 150 people were killed. Authorities found medical documents indicating that Andreas Lubitz was unfit to fly but he had that from his employer. Officials said they want to know about the copilot posse motional state copilots emotional state. Five investigators searched the apartment for clues. Mark yesterday, the ceo says the pilot had recently been found when hundred percent fit to fly. Thats 100 fit to fly. An invasion of yemen is in the planning stages. They are bombing shiite rebels in yemen. The rebels are backed by iran. Egypt and saudi arabia want to send in troops. Their plan is expected to get the ok of the arab league tomorrow. The fighting risks turning into a wider war in the re
Some of us still believe in battleships, and we are not sure that alaska should have ever been made a state. [laughter] senator king p request with some trepidation, mr. Chairman i want to associate myself with the senator from alaskas questions. The arctic is emerging as any normally important and strategic area. We have one heavy icebreaker and one medium icebreaker. The estimates are the russians have 710 icebreakers. That is just basic infrastructure. And the resources up there and the strategic implications are enormous, so i appreciate the senator raising the question. We have to put the discussion into context in terms of your budget. This chart, which im sure youre familiar with, is the last 50 years of defense spending as a percentage of gdp. Starting in 1962 at about 9 , today it is 3. 3 and headed down , at a time of increasing threat and payroll for our country. Often we get confused about the absolute dollar amounts, but a percent of gdp as a way of comparing apples to app
D. C. , not by the government or not by any any local agency. So, it is it is one of those difficult questions that i think is going to take a lot more work than 90 days to resolve. Susan final comment . Sari i just wanted to add one thing that seemed important today, especially because commissioner ramsey is not here. When this report came out, a lot of Police Officers were very upset because they felt it was a broad rash and painted a very negative picture of the police. And i asked lee went through the Police Academy and through the fbi training to see and understand it. And i went to Firearms Training when you go through a simulator and you are in the darkness, and someone comes out of you and you have to shoot or be shot. And i think i was killed several times because it is really difficult, and it is really hard to be a Police Officer in america. Susan thanks to both of you for your questions this week. Appreciate your time. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015
Although its not on the agenda and as outside the competence of the group of 20, then lets be honest and make it known that we have different opinions. Yes, there is a hybrid war in ukraine, which the west started and has been preparing for for many years. Boldly ordered. The statement would be a significant shift for countries like india and china, which abstained from a United Nations resolution in march condemning russian aggression. Beijing has so far, refused to call the war and invasion, and has appealed for dialogue with moscow. But this joint declaration could further distance and increasingly isolated russia. Ok of matters joins us from the g. 20 meeting in barley gear. Whats been the reaction there to the blasts on the policy crime border . A french and british leaders are where the 1st one, sir, to send out their solidarity to express condolences of for the people who died in that blast. And of course, as we speak, the american president has called in an emergency meeting of