A. The edge drones are one of the biggest reasons. The other bay cree said is guantanamo is still open. With all the efforts to reach place the emphasis of normal constitutional trials the fact that it is still open that is all the rest the world needs to know. We still have over 160 people locked up in the prison a and that has presented an enormous challenge. Thomas friedman said it best the president has faced as chaotic or difficult situation as obama. Every day who do you support talking about egypt or libya or syria it is a chaotic situation right now. Everybody wants us to do something different. But the trouble is as is the case we want a democratic government that truly represents the people. We want stability and a stop the rise of extremism. Mubarak brought stability but not a democracy or freedom. One of the problems of saudi arabia right now with the democratically elected government was removed from the matter how you describe how but that is in contrary that the democrat
[applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Everybody have a seat. Have a seat. Thank you very much. Well, please have a seat, everybody. Good morning. Morning. Welcome to the white house. Today im here with leaders from business, from labor, from faith communities, who are united around one goal. Finishing the job of fixing a broken immigration system. This is not just an idea whose time has come. This is an idea whose time has been around for years now. Leaders like all of you, have worked together with republicans and democrats, in this town in good faith, for years, to try to get this done. And this is the moment when we should be able to finally get the job done. Its no secret the American People havent seen much out of washington that they like these days. The shutdown, and the threat of the first default in more than 200 years, inflicted real pain on our businesses and families across the country and it was a completely unnecessary selfinflicted wounds that happened to r
We did not do enough for we did too much. We pulled out after the soviets fell, now we are back in and we have got to set more realistic expectations. Work with local partners and International Allies and try to fix the problem. This will be a long, tough battle. We are not going to be universally loved while we are trying to protect our country from al qaeda. If we make some of those changes, we can prosecute that war more effectively ended in a way that will build greater build a greater chance of winning the ideological war, which is the most important piece. Thank you very much, that was a Tour De Force across many of the most relevant issues today and National Security policy. We will be challenged to stay inside our time. Let me pull a few of the elements you raised together. Early in your talk, you spoke on the use of Unmanned Systems. In the news, it is the aerial systems in particular. It is safe to say that there is a general consensus that these systems will become ubiquitou
Variety of services to these veterans in their backyard because of chairman young. Chairman young has left behind a rich legacy in support of our heroes, especially those in the tampa bay area. By renaming this important facility in his honor, we will provide a lasting monument to her member a great friend. Chairman bill young. Thank you, and i yield back. I reserve the balance of our time. The judgment from florida reserves. The gentlewoman from florida is recognized. I would like to yield three what minutes to the gentlewoman from florida whose district went up to bill youngs district. The gentlewoman from florida is recognized. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding the time. I rise in strong support of designating the Bay Pines Va Medical Center in pinellas the c. W. Bill young Medical Center. I would like to thank congresswoman brown and all of our colleagues for honoring bill young with such a designation. I have been fortunate to serve alongside of bill young for the seven years t
Nothing has changed our policy more than 9 11. It was a major shift, we have been reacting to that event ever sense. We created the department of homeland security, the National Director of intelligence, invaded afghanistan and iraq. This war fight effectively . It is unlike any other battle that we have ever fought. What i want to do this morning is set the frame for where we are at and where we should go. More than a dozen years after the event, how are we doing, what are the challenges, how do we move forward. The central challenge that we have is we are still trying to accomplish two things. It is still a war, people forget that. Al qaeda declared war on us in they have not changed their mind. The only thing stopping them from attacking us is our ability to stop them. That has not changed. The organization, the groups have metastasized and changed, we have grown in some way stronger than others. Theational security in u. S. , the dod, cia, the primary thing you are thinking about i