A sanctuary for al qaeda or other Trans National extremiste. It is now being done with a relatively number of u. S. Forces. There still are casualties but way less for us. In the meantime, afghan force are very much fighting and dying for their down help achieve the mission that is so important to us and to them to not allow the force, retake their country, to taliban that did allow al qaeda to camp out on its soil and plan those attacks. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And general, thank you and your family for your service to this country. It is good to have you back here today. We appreciate your ideas, your advice a great deal. One of the things i want to ask you about is you emphasize a need to work with the kurds, turkey, israel and other allies to interdict extremists groups. We have had the authority to cut off the shipments. What are the challenges and what are your recommendations on this . The challenges have been there have been devious and difficult Operation
The Supreme Court is scheduled to begin its new term on monday. Earlier this year, a poll was conducted for cspan on the Supreme Court and the impact of its decisions. Some of the decisions are more familiar with others for americans. Roe v. Wade at the top. 46 of americans familiar with brown v. Board of education. Executive producer mark farkas will tell us more about the series about the landmark decisions. Mark all of our history series need to lend currency to the current moment. Since it began, this poll really shows that the Supreme Court is relevant. It is encouraging for us. This series we are doing takes a look at 12 decisions over time. 8 of those decisions are listed in that poll. The court does play an Important Role in society. The genesis was Ruth Bader Ginsburg talking to the Constitution Center dinner and she was talking to them about loving v. Virginia. The point of it was she said there were two people involved in this case, so really what the court ought to be takin
She was voted one of the nations best dressed. Mimi eisenhower, tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series first ladies, influence and image. Examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of the first lady and their influence on the presidency. From Martha Washington to michelle obama. Onight, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern American History tv on cspan3. Tonight on q and a Supreme Court correspondent and author of a companion book to an oncoming series, tony morrow on that case is featured in the series and the Supreme Courts new term. One of the judges who did not get his office, his position because of this, sued. And the Supreme Court dealt with it. It was Marbury V Madison. Marbury was one of those judges. Basically, hesaid probably deserves some remedy but the remedy that congress has provided for this goes beyond the power of congress. The authority of congress. So the Supreme Court was going to strike down that law. This is something the court had
The Supreme Court was going to strike down that law. And this is something the court had never done before. You know, declaring an act of congress unconstitutional. At 8 00is sunday night eastern and pacific on cspans q a. And on monday, cspan debuts its new series landmark cases, historic Supreme Court decisions. On the series premiere, we take a look at the real story behind the famous marbury versus madison case, delving into the heated debate between outgoing president john adams, the new president thomas jefferson, and justice john marshall. John marshall established the courts as the interpreter of the constitution. V. Madison is probably the most famous case ever decided. Joining the discussion, yell Yale Law School professor akhil reed the plaintiffs, lawyers, and cases. S in these landmark cases premieres live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan, cspan3, and cspan radio. While you watch, order the copy of landmark cases at cspan. Org landmarkcases. Long, American History tv is feat
[ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] weve already announced more, already are doing more. But this isnt just a game of trying to up the numbers. Were trying to do things responsibly. Ive visited refugee camps in syria, in northern iraq. Ive visited with families we have accepted from these regions. I have met with leaders from those communities, not just in canada, but in the region itself. And i can certainly tell you, from my visits to the refugee camps in jordan and debriefings there, we cant pretend there are no security risks. Its important that we do screening. Those countries in the world that responded to these headlines as these others would have by just opening the doors and doing no checking have rapidly regretted that, and are now trying to put in place the very kind of system that canada has been pursuing all along. Its a generous response, its a responsible response. It is not based on the headlines. It is based on the right thing to do. [ applause ] [ speaking french