Americans, you deserve better. I apologize. Welcome to the journal editorial report im paul gigot. An apology from health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius who acknowledged before congress this week that the rollout of president obamas Affordable Care actdebacle. But despite the website woes and growing outrage over millions of dropped policies, president obama says its full steam ahead. Yes, this is hard. The Health Care System is a big system. And its complicated. And if it was hard doing it just in one state, its harder to do in all 50 states. We are just going to keep on working at it. Were going to grind it out. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal assistant Editorial Page Editor frams freeman. Editorial board member joe rago and senior economics writer. What do we learn from Kathleen Sebelius appearance this week . Not very much. I think she indicated that the website and sort of the larger architecture of the system are in much deeper trouble than we tho
The days following september 11, 2012, the u. S. Mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. An email showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. Ben rhodes writing in an email two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger. Matt kominski and columnist Mary Anastasia ogrady. Matt, i thought all the emails were supposed to have been released long ago. How did this turn up now . And so did congress. And all the media. This one came out of the request from judicial watch, conservative watchdog group, who put in a freedom of information act request, saying theres more stuff there, we want to see it. That they fought it, but they eventually released it last month, and among these 41 documents turn it over to committee, th
Or easy. But im confident that we can and will working closely with our allies and partners. Welcome to the journal editorial report. Im paul gigot. That was president obama saying his Foreign Policy team wassing working on a range of options but backing off reports they were close to a decision authorizing air strikes against the islamic extremists in syria. My guests say a plan to take on isis is needed now more than ever and believes american Led Coalition can still successfully defeat the terror group. Jack keen is the former vils chief of staff of the u. S. Army and a fox news military analyst. General, welcome to the program. Glad to be here, paul. So how formidable a military force is isis compared to the guerrillas we defeated during the surge in iraq in 2007 . Well, theyre quite formable. They operate very differently. They began activities in iraq in 2009 and 2010, much as weve seen before as a terrorist activity. Right. But when they moved to syria, they grew in size and sca
Beyond the annexation of crimea and recent incursion into eastern ukraine, now talking openly about a new russia. President Vladimir Putin reportedly told a European Union official that russia could, quote, take kiev in two weeks. Whats their next move . Could it be against a nato member state. Lets talk to dan henninger, Bret Stephens and Matt Kaminski. Matt, looking at where we stand right now, does it look to you as if nato, the u. S. And europe have essentially written off ukraine . Well, thats been the story for the last six months. The u. S. And the eu did not react forcefully to the taking of crimea in march, and Vladimir Putin saw a green light to move toward forward. He has moved forward. Every step weve been late imposing hard sanctions. Weve always fried to give russia a way out. But most importantly weve abandoned ukraine but not helping it defend itself. Although ukraine is not a member of nato, its worked closely for years, served in afghanistan and iraq. They deserved ar
Isil will not be quick or easy but im confident we can and will working closery with ally and partners. Welcome to the journal editor report. Im paul gigot. That was president obama thursday saying his Foreign Policy backing off reports that the administration was close to 0 a decision authorizing air strikes against the islamic extremists in syria. My guests this week says a plan to take on isis is needed now more than ever and believes an americanled coalition can still successfully defeat the terror group. General jack keen, the former vice chief of sfaf of the u. S. Army and fox news military analyst. General, welcome to the program. Glad to be here, paul. So how formidable a mill tier force is isis compared to the guerillas that we defeated during the surge in iraq in 2007 . Well, theyre quite formidable in the sense that they operate very differently. They began activities in iraq in 2009 and 2010 much as we had seen before, as a terrorist activity. But when they moved to syria,