And good morning again. In the interview with steve croft of 60 minutes, president obama revealed new details on how the terror group isis used the chaos and confusion of the Syrian Civil War to rebuild its own force and why he concluded that the new u. S. Strategy had to include a military component. Here is part of the interview. How did they end up where they are in control of so much territory . Was that a complete surprise to you . Well, i think our head of the Intelligence Community acknowledged that they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. Essentially what happened with isil is that you had alqaeda if a lock. Which was a vicious group but our marines were able to quash with the help of sunni tribes. They went back underground. But over the past couple of years, during the chaos of the Syrian Civil War where essentially you have huge swaths of the country that are ungoverned they were able to reconstitute themselves and attract foreign fighters who believed in the
Relations with countries in europe. This follows the prior Webinar Series on north koreas relations with countries in the global south. The north korea in the world project is a joint initiative of the mk and the Eastwest Center that includes the north korea in the world website, which curates information and data on north koreas external economic and diplomatic relations through the world. My Eastwest Center colleague ross tokola is moderator for todays event. Ross is executive associate to the director of the Eastwest Center in washington. He gives advice and support to the director on ongoing nearterm and longterm strategic projects and programs and helps monitor progress and ensure effective coordination with eastwest enter in washington, its staff, and stakeholders. Previously he was a Program Officer at the Side Institute for policy studies. Asan institute for policy studies during his years in seoul. In addition to studying the korean language at hogan university in seoul, he ho
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I went to the holocaust hume there. You mentioned the navy and we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. One of the challenges weve had with iran is they have looked at this administration and the administration was not as strong as it needed to be. You said we have to ask pakistan for permission. If we had, wield not have gotten it. We had to go in pakistan. The president was right. Im still speaking. I love teachers. I love teachers. I think we all love teachers. How you like me now how you like me now how you like me now weve heard the analysis, weve listened to the pundits, but we saw that debate with our own eyes. And last night the commander in chief delivered a performance of authority and strength that rendered his challenger almost mute. And now fresh off the stage, its onto a 14day push through the allimportant swing states with dueling events happening this very hour. The president and Vice President are in the crucial s
Deportation of our cnn host piers morgan. Thats it for me now. Brooke baldwin continues on cnn newsroom. As reaction pours in on the president s gun proposal, we arent going to tell you what is illegal. We will show you whats illegal. Youll hear it straight from a gun dealer. Im brooke baldwin. The news is now. They lived a middle class life, going to work, playing tennis. But behind closed doors they were sleeper spies, delivering secrets for cash. Plus, the jet of the future grounded. Why dreamliners new problem leads to a drastic move. And just devastating. I think the whole town is probably just mortified about it. A dad and his two young sons go hiking. But never come home. Youll hear what happened in their last 24 hours. Hello, im brooke baldwin. Good to be with you. It is a fight he shied away from in his first term of office. As of this afternoon, gun control is back near the top of president Barack Obamas agenda. 33 days since the shocking carnage at sandy hook Elementary Scho