That you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politics. I was debating and arguing as i was a kid. Better than some adults. [laughs] i could do that. At the same time i realized [inaudible] so i began to say, i want to be influential, but i never will be because im gay. By the time i retired there was a disparity from being gave and politics, but the order has reversed. [laughs] i get married. I was the first member of congress to have the samesex marriage. That turned out to be much more popular than the Financial Services [laughs] as i got to be more influential in government, government got to be less influence in society. What i want to say thats the part [applause] you have a very interesting analys
[applause] thank you and welcome barney frank. First ill ask some questions and then well go to questions from the audience which i have one of these cards, so i will access or reject them. [applause] i was hoping you can say a little bit about the two stories that you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politics. I was debating and arguing as i was a kid. Better than some adults. [laughs] i could do that. At the same time i realized [inaudible] so i began to say, i want to be influential, but i never will be because im gay. By the time i retired there was a disparity from being gave and politics, but the order has reversed. [laughs] i get married. I was the first member of congress to have the samesex
Declared capital rocka the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces say the battle could take hours or days the fight to retake the city began in june with the backing of the u. S. Led coalition also in syria state t. V. Is reporting that Government Forces and allies have retaken the eastern town of al maya dean for myself dean was one of the last remaining pockets in Eastern Syria still held by the group from hashem who is following developments from a tie on the turkey syria border the syrian army saying very has. This city or bell mayor dean in this is a Major Development is also a major setback for the. Fighters in is this because the moment they started losing ground. They started moving pulling out troops were getting softer word deals or hundreds of fighters have lost. Now that there we have lost the mayor the others porter to how to word the city of all the border with iraq so were talking about i say losing significant ground in the eastern part of the country now as far as the wh
With them as human shields as part of a deal brokered by tribal leaders some about as more from an taqiyya turkeys border with syria. Negotiations are still underway in iraq to convince foreign fighter to live the city i mean tribes and fighters from the have been have been trying to. Convince foreign fighters affiliated with ice to leave in exchange for free passes now were getting some conflicting reports about what is happening now some say that its just a matter of time before everyone leaves that are others suggest that some of the battle hardened. I see the fighters say that they are committed to fighting to the death now the u. S. Led coalition has been distancing itself from this deal saying that it wont tolerate to see those foreign fighters leave and then resurface in different parts of the country but this remains a very crucial moment. Though remains confident that its just a matter of a few hours before they can officially declare that iraq back in trouble if that happens
Areas in the Oil Rich Region and if you come on the told reuters that the aim is to take and have base and oil fields well kurdish leaders met earlier to discuss tensions with iraq following last months a session referendum theyve rejected the iraqi governments demand to stop any push for independence but theyve been used in office for talks to resolve the crisis. That has more from ed a bill in northern iraq. The Iraqi Military saying that this operation is being spearheaded by the ninth Armored Division the federal police and counterterrorism units they saying that the thousands of shia militias are very much in a supportive role we understand that this offensive is focused on oil fields to the north the west in the south of that oil rich city of kirkuk and also the k. One a military base k. One military base was taken control of by Kurdish Peshmerga in two thousand and fourteen after the iraqi army fled and eisel offensive at kirkuk is hugely important for the k r g and for the Iraq