And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Sentiment here building for an outside the box type of person to fix things and its palpable, you know . Lou it is palpable, as were watching, neil, Bernie Sanders, i mean, where did he come from . Donald trump, where was he a year ago. These two candidates right now seem to have galvanize the respective parties and share so many elements in common in their nature, their absolute opposition to doing business as usual, talking about the working man and woman and their families, i mean, theyre really quite remarkable, antiestablishment candidates coinciding at prec that have been at loggerheads for decades now. Neil you know, its interesting, trish, you and i chatted about this outside where its a lot colder, i might point out. Trish didnt seem to mind. I did. [laughter] all of a sudden you can have two very different candidates from two very different political viewpoints who are galvanizing people, right . Or getting their attention, certainly to explain the crowds, similar crowds we s
To accommodate those measures. Well part of what i should underscore, mr. Chairman, from my Opening Statement is as we looked at the inf issue we were also confronting the broader russia challenge and how to respond to it, and didnt think it was appropriate to respond just specifically to the possibility of a new ground launch Cruise Missile in europe, but a broader challenge to european security. So many of the things i outlined are part of a response to broader russian behavior, including the inf violations. Thats my fear. Is that this set of responses that have been prepared a year ago for consideration are now going to get just blend in to the new challenges that we have to face. And were going to get no action on the violations of it the inf treaty. That is a longstanding violation that needs an appropriate response by this nation, and it should not be impeded or blended in to any other concerns that were having with russias new activity. Let me ask this. Miss gottemoeller is it i
My grandparents had the other room. John said you can change all of that through business ownership, and he was so right. One of the reasons why, as you uncover my opportunity agenda in washington d. C. , that i focus so much on the entrepreneur is because ive experienced first hand that when the government steps back and entrepreneurs step in, all things change, that a good economy makes all things possible. The question is what makes a good company. So my opportunity agenda focuses on how do we create a good economy. We all know that tax reform and Regulatory Reform are necessary, key ingredients to that good economy. I cant hire more people and pay higher taxes and have higher regulations at the same time. I can do two out of the three. If you want me as an entrepreneur hiring more people, we have to reduce the cost of doing business. I know you guys in this room are fans of obamacare. Good, good, good. Obamacare spends too much, taxes too much, and it destroys the best Healthcare S
Clinton. Plus, a new report suggests lara logan may never return to 60 minutes after her botched benghazi story pill would that punishment be too harsh . Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. Everyone has something to say about monica, the young woman at the center of the white house sex scandal 16 years ago has rekindled the cultural and political debate with an essay in vanity fair. She takes a swipe at Hillary Clinton. She says no one it seems can escape the unforgiving gaze of the internet or gossip, half truths and lies take root and fester. The pundits are parting again, like its 1968. He should not have slept with her. She should have had the state of mind as a 23yearold woman to not sleep with her boss. Oh, come on. She was not a child. Monica made a point which is true. Hillary clinton attacked the woman. If dumping on Monica Lewinsky was a way to protect the president , haul away. It shows the morality of the moral callousness that the clintons were capable. Joining us now,