Months lets take a look at the treasury markets watching the 10year back up this morning above 1. 8 at 1. 811. Investor tensions remain on iran even with that snap back yesterday. Tensions mounting with the u. S general Qassem Soleimani was buried in his home town of kerman officials have threatened retaliation against the u. S. For the targeted killing the defense secretary has made no decision about withdrawing troops from iraq another surreal day with that letter that came out from a general that was not signed. Later, they came out and said that was a mistake wasnt signed, poorly woorded wasnt in its final form but to let you know, we are withdrawing from iraq. Let me start with that. Flip the order here and start with that letter we spent several very confusing hours at the white house as officials scramble to figure out what the heck is going on after a marine corps general in iraq sent a letter in which he appeared to suggest that in response to the Iraqi Parliament vote to remo
Former sanctions. Think about that. Thats something we ought to talk about. A similar scenario could be observed at the u. N. Security council. A unanimous vote by all 15 u. N. Security councilmembers would be need for sanctions to be put back in place. How many of us in this room believe that will actually happen . Do you believe that would . I dont. China and russia, both permanent members of the u. N. Security council have the most to gain from having unfettered access to iranian markets. Its been widely reported that russia is selling weapons to iran that makes the potential for israeli or american air strike just that much more difficult to carry out. Russia whorks own economy is hurting as a result of the sangs is looking to diversify its investments in other economies that show strong potential for growth. China is always looking for new sources of energy and with the elimination of internangs international sanctions, theyll have the ability to sell more oils on the internationa
At keeping our country safe. It is due in no small part to f. B. I. Vigilance in concert with the Intelligence Community partners that our nation has enjoyed a peaceful and safe Independence Day celebration this past weekend. As you are well aware, extremists remain intent on inflicting harm on u. S. Interests at home and abroad. Over the past year, we witnessed the islamist state, also referred to as isil, agenda attempt to inspire a wide range of individuals to conduct attacks against innocent civilians. The number of u. S. Based individuals seeking to conduct attacks in the homeland or overseas has already exceeded the combined number of individuals attempting activities in 2013 and 2014. Unfortunately, the threats faced by our nation are not limited to terrorist actors. Foreign governments remain intent on stealing National Security secrets. The f. B. I. Is charged with confronting all of these threads threats as well and is continually challenged in addition to these fairly unique
Maryland. I am dwayne brown with nasas office of communication. We have an astronaut and associate administrator at nasa head quarters, alan stern, and Alice Bowman Mission Operations manager at john hopkins applied physics laboratory. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, pluto as never seen before. Three, two one. [applause] now we have remarks from dr. John grunsfeld . It has been an incredible voyage. I know many of you have been participating the last few days but what it all comes down to is an enormous team of people led by alan stern, a big team here at the john hopkins applied physics laboratory, university of colorado the list goes on and on. Hundreds of scientist, engineers, technicians, and people sewing blankets helping the explorer to visit pluto and fly on beyond. I am so glad you are here to participate in this true exploration exploration. That view is just the first of many, many rewards the team will get especially since pluto didnt turn out to be a featureless planet and
Are the largest jurisdiction. The overwhelming number have indicated a willingness to work with us. Chairman goodlatte of the 276 socalled sanctuary cities, where they have probably taken a position to not cooperate with lester, criminal aliens were released by those communities onto the streets of their communities and of this country. And in the short time since those 8000 were released, they have already committed more than 1900 new crimes. Why wouldnt you mandate influence, whatever it might be to honor detainers rather than to see this occur . Now, i have to say the department is not operating with clean hands. When they go to these communities and say, dont release 8000, because the Department Released 30,000 last year under their own procedures. Again, that helped to contribute to this growing list now of nearly 350,000 individuals who are either under deportation order or have deportation procedures pending who have been released and are out on our streets. Sectretary johnson y