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
This subject, week after next, train and equip, not just iraq. Iraq, syria and afghanistan. Historically in a broader context, what are the lessons . Is it always hard . Are there particular circumstances in every country beyond our control . Are there lessons we can apply more broadly to Different Countries and our efforts to improve their Security Forces . We cant do everything ourselves. So nebraskas gsomebodys got t there helping us do it. Were trying to work with others. You just heard somebody today mention poland. We have allies of different capabilities. How well are we organized, equipped, prepared to work with those different capabilities . I think this is a big, very important question. So is the hearing going to be oversight or education . Both. So were going to have close the roundtable, were going to have outside experts, were going to have administration witnesses at different events. So its try to understand, but its also hone in on what were doing now and is it working
Statement yesterday, that republicans are entitled to some amendments, im asking now, were able to get it down to 25 amendments, just to be considered, and will the majority consider these 25 amendments which can be done it could be done in half day. Would he car that consider that . Mr. Levin there are no democratic amendments on his list mr. Inhofe i said 25 for this is your list, you come up with your list. The presiding officer the senator from michigan. Mr. Levin we cannot agree to a list of amendments, many of which are not agreed to on this side, many which would be filibustered on this side which would result in just making it impossible for us to get to a Defense Authorization bill conclusion. I would ask unanimous consent, madam president , that a unanimous consent request which i was going to make but i will withhold that lists 25 26 amendments, half democratic and half republican, that i was going to ask unanimous consent be adopted because theyve been cleared but which i u
What would you like to happen to this house . I want a medicine man to go in there and pray, you know and let her go and all that. Let her spirit go, because i feel like shes still in there. [ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. What do you say . It is thursday morning february 28th. This is the full court press. Welcome to the program here on current tv as we boom out to you live from our studio on capitol hill and bring you up to date on all the goings on today here in our Nations Capital. And around the country around the globe. Today is Benedict Xvis last day on the job as pope. It is jack lews first day on the job as our new treasury secretary. And today is the last chance congress has to take any action to avoid the sequester. It aint gonna happen. The cuts are going to kick in. Now, the only question is who is going to get the blame . We know who deserves the blame republicans in the house of representatives. Thats it. That and a lot more for the full court press. First, l
They crowded around me. Have i been blind . Have i been lost inside myself and my own mind, hypnotized, michael this is the war room, im michael shure. Coming up tonight its true that all politics are local, but someone might want to remind washington of that. [ theme music ] michael it was a busy day on the political front jfshgs and were going to get to all of this, but im fascinated by the rise and fall of jesse jackson, jr. , and thats where were going to start. The former illinois democratic congressman is going to prison. Today he pleaded guilty to taking 750,000 in Campaign Funds for personal use. Items such as a 43,000 rolex, fur capes, and memorabilia from Michael Jackson and bruce lee. The list goes on and most of it so ridiculous. Outside of the courtroom, jackson said tell everybody back home im sorry. He could spend up to four years nine months in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on june 28th. So what happens to his snaet next tuesday voters will go to the poll to s