Do not lower the standards. Eden not get an answer to your specific question on the sequestration. You as whether or not there any force is coming into play. Do you have a sense that sequestration is likely to have been . Senator durban, and the number two debbie 0 democrat in the senate has just appointed that he is becoming the top defense appropriators. He had said very recently that he did not think sequester would be averted. It does not look currently where these parties are that they are close to any kind of a deal. They may try to find a way to kick the can down the road where they bought themselves 60 days. It does not look particularly good right now. Very few people seem to be confronting that. It shall take a lot to pull this off. The pentagon has started to take steps to prepare itself for the sequestration and planning that has not taken place until now. They are laying off temporary employees. It is starting to happen. Senator inhofe has been critical about not planning
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] the committee will come to order. Let me begin by welcoming the new members to the committee. Since the full senate has not passed the Committee Resolution officially, i want to ask unanimous consent to returning members to allow prospective members to protest pay into des hearing. If there is no objection, so ordered. Let me welcome you and thank you to come before the committee. You had an intervening challenge and we are thrilled to see you here today doing well and to take time out of your schedule in these final days to discuss the tragic events that occurred in benghazi on september 11. , and the lessons we need to learn from that event to make sure all of our personnel is protected. In your tenure as secretary of state, you have always been up front, forthright, and energetic. I commend you for it. The tragic events in benghazi are a tragic reminder of the inherent risks. It they the very real courage of the men and women
Plus, live reports from the ground on devastating wildfires in california. New pictures coming in. Were also focused on the threat of mass ive floods and very dangerous conditions facing big parts of this country. It is wednesday, september 17th, this is the daily rundown. We begin with the admission from the militarys top man that the president s plan may not be enough to win. The congressional hearing that saw lawmakers spent three hours poking holes in the strategy. The chief says the u. S. May be forbesed to send ground forces. He says hes not ready to make that call yet. Coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. If it failings to be true, then i of course would go to the president and make a recommendation that includes the use of ground forces. Later said that dempsey believes the current strategy is appropriate and the administration reiterated president obama has been categorical in taking a Ground Invasion off the table. The president s been ver
Pivots from iraq back to syria im told by several officials there have been multiple meetings at the nsc in the last week focused on syria. Secretary of state kerry is trying to get everyone from allies from russia to iran to a political road map. Were not talking about a military strike to get rid of him. Im told theres talk about expanding the trainandequip program coming up for the rebels. The white house is pushing back on the idea of a formal review. Take a listen to Deputy National security adviser ben rhodes. Theres no formal or strategy review of our syria policy. What there is, is a strategy for degrading and ultimately destroying isil that requires us to take a hard look at what were doing on a regular basis. Weve had regular meetings that the president has joined with his National Security team on this issue. And syria has been an important subject at those meetings. So call it a calibration, call it a review. One official called it a quote vigorous assessment. I think there
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