I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in
I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in
A thirty day ceasefire across the country. Looks a whole lot when youre watching all jazeera life i had quarters here in doha also coming up. Our movie stars our politicians theyre all more protected than our children at school they had all the largest gun lobby in the us breaks his silence about the Deadly Florida School Shooting. Also pressure mounts on Donald Trumps former aides pulled manifolds and rick gates as they face dozens more charges of bank and tax for all. And the australian deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce steps down after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair. So you can be welcome to aljazeera its been an its been under siege by Syrian Government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held on klav of Eastern Ghouta near the capital damascus relentless bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousand people have been injured the mil
Uniform to the Veterans Administration is as seamless as possible and i think we owe them that. One last question general. Your predecessor, general dempsey, stated repeatedly, and i am quoting we have the capability to use a military option if the iranians choose to stray off the diplomatic path end quote. My question to you is are you satisfied our nation has done enough to prepare militarily for the option and the president has said all options should be on the table if necessary to use a military option there as much as we all may wish that the negotiations should succeed. Senator, my understanding today is that we have both the plans in place and the capability in place to deal with a wide range of things in iran. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman and general. Congratulations on your nomination and thank you for your 38 years of distinguished service and your leadership. Our nation is fortunate to have a military leader such as you serving at a time in great peril. I wa
Justice . This was interesting. Obama has gotten attention for his comments on court cases particularly before theyre decided, as well as after where i think its perhaps a bit more typical for president to speak after decisions are made. But it did seem interesting that i mean he actually went as far to criticize the cert stage when he said the court shouldnt have even taken the case. So it was interesting. And just by coincidence i happen to have sitting in my inbox a study of president ial comments on pending Supreme Court cases since 1954. Looking at this study and seeing how really rare it was, although not completely unheard of for president to comment when they had cases of which they took some interest before the Supreme Court, i dont think it is going to be a very typical thing. I think this as one factor that the study itself observed, president s most likely to comment on pending cases tend to be lawyering who think they know a lot about the law and are in a position to discu