I noticed in your statement you said weve set up the joc in baghdad. Im glad we have. I just wonder why it wasnt set up sooner. You said, i think, six weeks ago it was set up. This thing has been going on for a while. Why didnt we work with the iraqis to try to thwart that . Im concerned about our friends in the kurdish region. Im concerned that theyre going to get surrounded. We didnt lose a single American Life in the kurdish region during the iraq war. Not a single american. Because theyre friendly. So i want to ask this about the kurdish region. Whats the administrations position on kurdish oil exports and what actions are we advising American Energy companies that might be operating with the krg to take . Our position on Energy Exports from iraq is very clear. We support getting as much oil out of iraq as possible and on to International Markets from north to south. We also support doing that in a way that reinforces the overall stability of all iraqi regions. We have an obligatio
Obviously its congresss constitutional prior if to rearrange priorities but in so doing please to not carve money out of our readiness account. Readiness is key, and ready to get those goals up. Please lift sequestration. Fees choices were troublesome, all on your hands. It will get worse and more difficult. This is a message that i wanted to repeat today. We need to get full Spectrum Readiness up. Now that i talk about todays readiness, let me shift to the future i also told, i think we will have greater reliance because obviously you know our numbers have been coming down. Right to leverage their reserve more. We have to maintain a technological edge. We have to be remaining ready with topnotch people. We need to become more agile. So what does all that means . It means a lot of things. We need to keep working diligently of our top three programs. The new fighter, the new tanker, the new bomber. In the general would give you some updates on the street. These and other technical inves
They are less protected than any other time. Ive offered legislation to close this loophole and require a period after the Domestic Abuser becomes subject to a temporary restraining order. During that period when a judge has found that someone possesses, someone poses a threat and issues a temporary restraining order, the subject of that order should be barred from purchasing or possessing a gun, and the Justice System should be helping the potential victim. Unfortunately and tragically and unacceptably, most victims are still at the mercy of their abusers rage despite the kind of courage that lori jackson demonstrated in breaking with an abusive spouse. Ive also introduced a measure, the gun homicide prevention act, to make sure that there are incentives and resources and grants available to states so that they will enforce these laws. These states are provided with grants under this legislation that encourages them to get illegal guns out of the hands of dangerous people and away fro