Gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there o say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave good morning. Id like to call to order this hearing. The subcommittee of the Senate Foreign relations committee. Good morning. Exactly one month ago today, extremists in Northern Nigeria abducted nearly 300 schoolgirls in an unconsciousable act of terror. The leaders of the group responsible, boko haram, are selling the girls into marriages, forcibly converting them to islam and using them as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Nigerian Government. Its believed the girls are today being held in a dense Tropical Forest area roughly the size of West Virginia that straddles a porous and ungoverned border with three countries. Despite being forewarned of a possible attack, reports indicate the loek and Central Government did nothing to protect them when told an attack was imminent. Parents should not have to be afraid to send their c
Gentleman from california for your leadership on this issue, the leadership on the alzheimers task force and your bringing people together on both sides of the aisle, trying to leverage resources, be wise in how we do this, but recognizing a responsibility that you and i and or colleagues have, and that responsibility is to do everything we can to try to alleviate this burden and ultimately drive toward the cure. Mr. Garamendi thank you. Representative roskam, its been great working with you this evening, well call this a beginning, working on an issue that affects everyone on both sides of the aisle and across america. We can deal with alzheimers, we need to put our shoulders to the wheel and push forward with programs we know are successful. I, too, am happy to be a cosponsor of todays piece of these piece of legislation. So much for tonight on this issue. Well come back to it in a few weeks and see what progress has been made, in the mentime, we have had our discussion this evening
Measures that criminalize the preparatory acts committed by those with terrorist plans. The second part of our comprehensive strategy looks to ensure that we have in place Law Enforcement investigative tools and techniques that are both effective and protective of individual rights and the rule of law. In this regard, we have found undercover operations which the federal bureau of investigation pioneered in fighting transnational organized crime to be essential in fighting terrorism as well. In the United States, the fbi has already conducted undercover operations that have identified individuals with intentions to travel to syria. These operations are conducted with extraordinary care and precision, ensuring that Law Enforcement officials are accountable for the steps they take and that suspects are neither entrapped nor denied legal protections. Here, too, the Global Counterterrorism Forums rabat memorandum calls for such techniques to be applied in countries around the world one of
Mr. Mccarthy do i not anticipate that coming up i do not anticipate that coming up next week. We will certainly notify the members if that will be considered on the house. Million hoyer again, i mr. Hoyer i did understand its not coming up next week. The reason i mention time, we have so few days, legislative days left, we are going to need to plan to address some of these issues that i think are going to be very important to our Economic Growth. I know the gentlemans very concerned about that. We are very concerned about it. On our side. His members are very concerned about that. We believe that that Exportimport Bank is a an Economic Growth, Economic Confidence building measure. We would hope we could address that. There are also, as the gentleman knows, 41 House Republicans who signed the letter urging that be passed and indicating their support of it, which we believe every democrat on this side will vote for that. Thats almost 200 people. With the 41. Clearly makes a majority of t
Romney has become the latest addition to the banks museum of president ial candidates who ran, but lost. That does it for me. Brooke baldwin takes it away from here. Brooke . An ambassador and three other americans killed after a breakdown in security. At this moment, Hillary Clinton comes face to face with lawmakers who want to know why. Im Brooke Baldwin. The news is now. New word of warnings that the u. S. Consulate in benghazi was not safe, and they come from one of the americans killed. Plus i put my arms around the mother and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. What today means for Hillary Clintons legacy. Welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im Brooke Baldwin at the cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. And im jake tapper in washington. Any minute inside this room on capitol hill testimony, four months in the making, secretary of state Hillary Clinton will testify before the House