You can join the conversation on twitter. We get to those calls here in just a minute area but me show you donald trump him tuesday night after his victory in nevada. Vote. Nered 46 of the people go to that in just a minute. Keep dialing in. Trump from to donald tuesday night. Let me show you some of the headlines. , whats nexttimes if cant be stopped . There is also this inside the New York Times. Marco rubio has Party Leaders on his side, but he needs john kasich to the campaign which he has shown no inclination to do. If the others get out, the Republican Party would coalesce around him and he would be able to beat donald trump. Ted cruz says he is only person who has been donald trump. Is donald trump unstoppable . Good morning. Caller i believe if he wins super tuesday he will be unstoppable. I want to point out that i am a firsttime voter. I have never voted for. All these politicians are brought. This is my opinion. I have never had a reason to vote. I think donald trump brings
I dont think it is very helpful. Thank you, madam chair for holding this hearing. I want to say at the outset i have an honor flight coming in shortly. I have somebody from bangladesh here. I was clair of this committeehair of this committee a while back. I went to yemen and mr. Connolly is right, there have been problems there for years. But i would argue that they certainly have gotten worse under the administration and you know it was this administration that claimed that yemen was a Success Story and clearly it has been anything but that. When we were on our way over there, there was an a terrorist attack on a graduation at the military barracks and over 100 new soldiers were murdered by terrorists. So its been going on for a while. But the problems in yemen are just incredible. I think the thing that is particularly disturbing is the iranian involvement there and around the region. Its four or five capitals now in the region that are controlled by the iranians. So its a very dange
Yemenese, it would be acceptable to us. We have known the iranian influence with the houthis has been there a long time. Have you seen their interference in this conflict more prevalent than it has been in the past . Yes. You have seen a step up. Yes. Do you have any feeling that theres increase of that activity due to the Iranian Nuclear negotiations that we are going through, have they been embolden more . We believe that there are a number of factors that are feeding into irans sense that it has the upper hand because of its engagement elsewhere in the region, because of the weakness or disarray within the sunni community, the iranians may be involved. I think our sense is that the Iranian Nuclear negotiations would not be a factor. I find it interesting that the iranians stepped up their involvement and have taken over four capitals, we see a big influence of them in venezuela. All this time when they have been under sanctions are supposedly struggling internally, yet we see more i
The turks, are all looking at this issue so closely. If we get it wrong, it will lead to the escalation that we have of waited. Over all of these decades. So, this is a big moment and i think this committee has handled the issue responsibly. And i think to a certain extent just listening to expert opinion, i think there is a surprise that people have had with regard to the specificity in the agreement, with senator kerry, and secretary moneys, and president obama have brought back to america. It should give us hope that an agreement can be reached that come pushes all goals. And it is appropriate for this committee, the senate, to advise and consent. To have a role in conducting the hearings and hearing the evidence and making the decision, bit because a lot of the rest of the history of the century will actually ride on how this agreement is in fact written, and enforced. So, i keep coming back to thanking you for the way in which you are conducting a, it is the appropriate role for t
With his case . Ms. Flanz i am not free to speak to the specifics. Are you familiar with all the cases in your department . Ms. Flanz those that involve senior members. Are there other active cases . Ms. Flanz we have 80. Some allegation of retaliation. How many have you closed within the past year . Ms. Flanz we have been operating since july of 2013 and with closed dozens. Only three of those dozens have disciplinary, is that what i am to understand . Ms. Flanz each result in a finding that the alleged misconduct could be substantiated or a recommendation around discipline. Let me ask you about ms. Lerners written testimony. Theyre all types of cases specific cases are the people involved do you get involved in the discipline of the person who did the retaliating against the whistleblower a you are mainly concerned that the whistleblower is restored, is that correct . Ms. Lerner it is a relief for the whistleblower. Rep. Benishek do you report to ms. Flanzs department . Ms. Lerner we