He is now in u. S. Custody, probably on a ship in the mediterranean. This guys names was aby abas elliby. He was want the for his role in the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania and one of the original members of al qaeda, one of the few still at large, but he will now, after hes interrogated, be brought back to the United States and almost certainly stand trial in new york city. Schieffer this was a big get. This was a big get and it was a risky get. You were going into a major metropolitan area. The other operation, the one in somalia, was conducted by u. S. Navy seals, and it was appears not to have been as successful. They were out to capture a Senior Leader of alshabaab, the Group Responsible for that Shopping Mall massacre in nairobi two weeks ago. They got caught in a firefight before they could capture the guy, and had to withdraw to avoid another black hawk down situation, and in withdrawing they were not sure what became of the leader they were after, w
The majority of one chamber in one branch of government believes allowing the United States of america to pay its bills is a major concession . I say to my republican friends who are here today, can you imagine if our roles were reversed . I have been working very hard this year to write an Early Childhood education bill. I am passionate about it. I suspect there are a few people in this chamber today who could see themselves in the white house. What would my republican colleagues do if i said to them, if they did not pass my bill to expand prek, i would get all of the democrats together and we would refuse to pass any spending bill until we got what we wanted . If that led to a government shut down because they refuse to let my bill pass, what would they do if i commanded a supercommittee to discuss ways to invest in our children before i allowed to vote to open the Government Back up again . I would humbly suggest that my republican colleagues would say exactly what democrats are say
Benefits in place after they were shut off by the shutdown. We will get all those stories this morning and we are opening up our phone lines to you to hear your thoughts on day 10 of the Government Shutdown and how it may be impacting you. Give us a call you can also catch up with us on your social media pages or e mail us. A very good thursday morning to you. I want to bring you the latest front page headlines about the government shut down, day 10, the front page of the richmond times. Jersey state new ledger. A to the Atlanta Journal constitution those are some of the front pages. Schedulehursdays talking about meetings taking lice up and down pennsylvania avenue today. Washington. Thats the story in the washington post. It is day 10 of the shutdown and we are getting your calls and comments this morning but first, i want to bring in ginger gi bson. Guest good morning. Host thanks for joining us. Your headline from politico what came out of yesterdays meeting with House Democrats .
The pentagon is looking to shrink the army to preworld war ii level. Getting rid of a complete unit of attack jets. Lisa stark, what kind of levels are we talking about . Chuck hagel said this is the first away things will look like after years of war. The smallest since world war ii, particularly land forces. The army up to 570 tow troops in the army the president promised to end the wars in afghanistan and iraq of course and reduces to levels back to 490,000. Defense secretary hagel is talking about more cuts down to 440 to 450,000 in the army. Hes not only talking about changing personnel, it is a change in Weapons Systems and a whole new way of doing business. Here is what the secretary had to say. After iraq and afghanistan we are no longer sizing the military for long sessions. We must retain our edge over technical adversaries. The military must be able to respond quickly to all contingency anies and be able to respond should any possible emergency occur. Sequestration was staye
Mr. Leahy mr. President , i ask the call of the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. The senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , today were debating whether the senate is allowed to vote on the confirmation of patricia millett. Shes nominated to fill the vacancy that our current chief justice, john roberts, previously occupied on the United States the United States court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit. Now, if shes confirmed as of course she should be, shell be only the sixth woman to serve on the d. C. Circuit in its more than 1020year history. Shes be a 120year history. She is an extraordinary nominee, she has impeccable credentials for this important appellate court. I like so many others across this country hope that her confirmation is not going to suffer from the partisanship and gridlock that consumed Congress Earlier this month. Patricia millett has had a brilliant legal career. Shes argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court. A