The committee of the whole house on state of the union has had under consideration h. R. 4800 and directs me to report it has come to nos remain title of the resolution thereon. The speaker pro tempore the committee has had under consideration h. R. 4800 and has come to no resolution thereon. For what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek reck mission . Mr. Aderholt mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it will adjourn to meet at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. The speaker pro tempore without objection. O ordered. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. Please take your conversations rom the floor. The chair will receive a message. The clerk mr. Speaker, a message from the senate. The secretary mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore madam secretary. The secretary i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the snass has passed, with amendments, h. R. 3230, pay our guard and reserve act in which the concurrence of the house is reque
Karen . Benefit ofave the observing this administration from the outside and more recently from the inside and you also have the experience of sevenning in the clinton administration. Includingcs lately some democrats have accused this white house of political tone lately on the rose garden appearance on bergdahl and perhaps the president s in some people view slowness to take action on the v. A. Scandal. Just wondering what you think about those criticisms. The president ,k you know, thats sort of having it both ways. I think the president knew thises with a controversial decision. Was a decision that, and he hespoken to this, that taken ownership of, that he went out in the rose garden because to theimportant to plain American People that this was whot an actual human being was under great distress, being taliban. He and that while controversial, needed to explain that to the American People. He makes no apolicies for that, as he said yesterday in think it was the right decision and
To you can watch all of this later at our program schedule. We are taking you live now to a hearing getting under way on capitol hill that is ted poe of texas. He chairs one of the subcommittees of house Foreign Affairs, 1 of the 2 looking into the Prisoner Exchange for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl which occurred on may 31st, a former commander of special forces in afghanistan will testify, as will an Army Specialist who served with Sergeant Bergdahl. Lets hope that the bergdahl negotiators are not the same ones currently negotiating with iran over nuclear weapons. Be that as it may, releasing five senior taliban commanders may put the lives of our Senior Service members and americans around the world at risk. 1 of the 5 detainees was deputy chief of the talibans intelligence service. One detainee fought alongside al qaeda, a taliban military general. Another was a Senior Commander wanted by the United Nations for war crimes and worked closely with al qaeda and their affiliates. In fact
Afghanistan at the time Sergeant Bergdahl was captured. He was previously a Senior Defense Department Coordinator for afghanistan and Vice President cheneys counterterrorism advisor. And then dr. Mark davidson is the Senior Advisor at the Truman National security project adjunct professor at George Washington university. He previously advised both general Stanley Mcchrystal and general David Petraeus and served on the staff of the Senate Armed Services committee. We will start with mr. Andrews. You have five minutes, sir. You will need to turn on the microphone, that little button in front of you. Thank you, mr. Chairman, ranking members and members of the subcommittee. If you would, mr. Andrews, sorry to interrupt, but get the microphone right in front of you. Im andy andrews, father of Second Lieutenant Darryl Andrews who was killed in afghanistan while in the process of searching for Bowe Bergdahl. His first tour in afghanistan was in 2004 as an enlisted soldier. He developed a medi
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