And safety of passengers should come before a germanwings pilots right to privacy good to have your company. 30 have been killed after a bomb blast hit a key transport hub. 125 people have been injured, 19 seriously. The interior minister said civilians were targeted. Turkey will release the name of the Organization Behind the attack on monday. The bombers hit an area comprising a bus station and garden. It was time to strike at the crowds. In a statement. It was said that the blast was caused by a car bomb. Others suggest it was a suicide attack. The Prime Minister convened a security meeting. A fleet of ambulances were brought in. And fire crews brought in to deal with the mangled vehicles. A woman was sitting behind me. Her seat blew away, something hit me here. Five or six died in the bus, the neck of one was severed. Something pierced me here, i have one in my arm. Reporter turkey has been hit by a spate of attacks since last year. Last year 29 were killed in a Group Calling thems
Learn more. Thank you sir. Thank you mr. Miller. I like to echo mr. Millers, that everyone is concerned about tha investigation and how it ended. Those who had no involvement in us the and a mistake. T ha general you and i headache conversation about the report,1, we first got the 9 11 commissiot report delivered to congress it had chapter 12 that detailed what we needed to do in future e e shouldnt do. It specifically set our fight was not against al qaeda and a summa been bottomed solely, if if we viewed our fight is that wextre would lose. It was islamic extremism andter worldwide terrorism. When we look at iraq, it is clear that we have not heraldede chapter 12. We have seen isis take hold, ano now threaten our homeland. You have made recommendations that we continue to hold troops inaf. Afghanistan, you both isil there. Can you tell if you did withtr john troops down to a level of ef00 the effect on the safety of our troops and the ability ofcon our effectiveness for counterterror
And know that they were working with who they identified as their afghan brothers so just im regret that so much hey, bad i can remember the first time i went to afghanistan with sheila jacksonlee. She pointed out that bad news has no feet and excuse me. What is it . Good news has no feet and bad news has wings. And wow. But the bad the good thing is that extraordinary progress has been made and i agree with the chairman, too, that success in afghanistan is to deny terrorists safe havens which protects American Families and that we cannot forget it was september 11th, 2001, the attacks on our country, that were originated, planned and culminated from caves in afghanistan so im just very appreciative of your efforts and the largely bipartisan support we have here w. That in mind, with this special operations reliance of support from conventional forces, if conventional forces are reduced, as has been called for, how can special operations fill in this gap . Sir, today, we continue to ta
It would limit our ability to train, advise and assist, yes, sir. Okay. Mr. Smith. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Can you talk to us in general about the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan and the various groups that are involved there . I guess related to that is the conversation about reconciliation talks between the taliban and afghan government. First of all, what hopes do you have for that . Second of all, no matter what comes out of that, there will always be groups on both sides of the border that arent part of it. Whats sort of your tell us a little bit about the groups who might be involved, who might be reconcilable who we might still have to fight and how the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan factors into those negotiations . Thanks for the question. As you know, very conflicted between pakistan and afghanistan. I do try to maintain ties with pakistan. I talk to general sharif probably once a week. I try to get to pakistan once a month. We really work hard t
Down the order of introduction. The to see you again at. Im honored to testify today i appreciate this opportunity of whites continued the engagement is so important it in context of the challenge we face from the islamic ideology that britains our citizens in values and way of life. Rather than submit a statement i will refer to the recent paper on afghanistan and u. S. Security that was the principal author. Cosigned by former senior government officials of both parties with senators mccain and senators read audrey cosponsors. Their registers bipartisan agreement that afghanistan matters as a way for word despite all the challenges. It should be seen in the context of a broader terrorist threat. We argued to maintain assets at close to current levels. 2014 were years of great Political Security and transition with clarity of longterm u. S. Engagement tell the opportunity to turn that around. I applaud the president s decision to maintain the presence through 2016 and beyond is a impo