Be able to pass that authorization to use military force as well. That is, after all, the appropriate role for congress to play in all of this. And it is not appropriate for congress, frankly, to try to sidestep the responsibilities that they have in this matter. And just to quickly follow up on yemen there are reports including from cnn that the hutis did not allow the marines to take their weapons with them when they were departh. There were cars and other assets of the Embassy Personnel that were seized inside the embassy that documents were destroyed and other items were destroyed inside the embassy. Is that your understanding of how things unfolded . It sounds like this was a close call. Jim, this sounds like a delicate situation. And we noted the administration was carefully monitoring the security situation on the ground in sanaa to ensure the safety and security of american personnel who were there. So obviously, the u. S. Government determined that the security situation in sa
June 19 of 2014 does nothing to save us from Global Warming. Thats a quote that i will use when it is my turn for questions so that people wont question the accuracy of that. No one should be surprised. We have been here before. Nasa dr. James hanson said the protocol will have little effect on temperatures in the 21st century and will take 30 to reduce warming. Even when secretary contradicted lisa jackson in july of 09 of course she was the chairman of the director of the epa at that time, she honestly testified that u. S. Action would not impact world co 2 levels. You dont have to go back to that time because that question i asked at one time sitting right here i said if we were to pass any of these bills at that time would this have the effect of reducing co 2 emissions world wide . She said no it would not. This is not where the problem is. The problem is china and india and so forth. We all know that. I am going to go through here to try to get these points across and then we wil
Screeria nigeria. Ckane. Senator james inhofe chairs this 2 1 2 hour hearing. Get the unpopular stuff out of the way first. Let me assure my friends on the democratic side that senator boxer did everything she could to change the minds of the majority on Opening Statements. It has been our feeling on Opening Statements that quite often and i can remember going as much as two hours on Opening Statements where witnesses came from far away are not the case with you but in many cases and have to sit and wait. So instead of that we are going to have longer times for questions so that individuals want to talk and combine that with Opening Statements they can do it. We are using the early bird rule. I will go ahead and start with Opening Statements. Acting administrator mckane we are happy to work with you. Three separate rules should be introduced before the house energy and power subcommittee on june 19 of 2014 does nothing to save us from Global Warming. Thats a quote that i will use when
Learned this morning that aden tans to todays program will keep the doctor away. We have two panels to look at how we got do this. 6 years and counting on permitting building a pipeline. Three years ago almost to the day, we had a debate on if the proposed Keystone Pipeline if its in the national interest. The state department was then looking at the natural interest question. And how the Keystone Pipeline created strange bed fellows there. Paul on my far left works here in washington where he covers International Affairs and security issues. Paul will talk about how the pipeline fits into khan khan Foreign Policy and why it is important to Prime Minister harper. Each of our guests will speak for about five to seven minutes. And just for some clarification today, this is not about whether or not the pipeline should be built. Were trying to analyze its history and what it means for regulatory processes here in washington and the United States. Thanks so much. To start off, i dont know i
Our mission to train, advice assist and help build the capacity of iraqi forces. Our Global Coalition is also helping shape the burden of the campaign with nearly all of our Coalition Partners funding their own contributions. With the president s special envoy for our counter isil coalition, john allen, general allen is in the lead as we coordinating the coordination strategy across all lines of effort with our partners. As a coalition and as a nation, we must prepare for a long and difficult struggle. There will be setbacks, but we are seeing steady and sustainable progress. Mr. Chairman, thats an important part of answering the questions we have. The questions we have about our own strategy we ask ourselves, the questions you have about our strategy can we sustain it . Can it be sustained after at some point we leave . That is a critical component of our strategy. Asking that question and answering that question. Were seeing steady and sustainable progress along dods two main lines o