no, we can t. but that should not stop us from trying and from offering ideas. all right. is there something you can do, work with this president, the opposite party, in the next year because is he going to be there another year and two months, that s the first thing. second thing, have you spoken to him since you have& become speaker. i have spoken to him since i have become speaker. i do there are things we can find common ground on without compromising our prince. principle. i have shown i have the ability to do that that s why my colleagues asked me to be speaker. we have to fund the government. spending issues have to be dealt with we want to rebuild the military. we finally got a two year budget for the military very important for our military planners. and so we want to get past this presidency with the kind of military problems we have had. but we want to do some things to shore up the military and we want to work with the president on that. there are a lot of other issue
no, we can t. but that should not stop us from trying and from offering ideas. all right. is there something you can do, work with this president, the opposite party, in the next year because is he going to be there another year and two months, that s the first thing. second thing, have you spoken to him since you have& become speaker. i have spoken to him since i have become speaker. i do there are things we can find common ground on without compromising our prince. principle. i have shown i have the ability to do that that s why my colleagues asked me to be speaker. we have to fund the government. spending issues have to be dealt with we want to rebuild the military. we finally got a two year budget for the military very important for our military planners. and so we want to get past this presidency with the kind of military problems we have had. but we want to do some things to shore up the military and we want to work with the president on that. there are a lot of other issue
based. and i think it s playing amateur and i think so the connection between saudi arabia and the terrorists, it s living in an alternative universe. it doesn t work that way in international relations. just a fennel question because i don t want to leave the democrats out. is there anyone on the democratic side you think has a great plan to solve our country s military problems at the moment? well, i m not sure what military problems we have. we certainly are being challenged in different parts of the world but that s those are all global issues and different everywhere you look. this takes a depth of knowledge and understanding of the patterns of what s going on globally. you can t just say one solution will solve all problems. truthfully, i think our military is in relatively good shape except for the fact the congress has not passed a budget to help them out.
reported to be army green beret special operations forces. since september 11th, 2001, special forces have played an increasingly vital and central role in the u.s. military. from being on the ground in afghanistan before the actual invasion, to the now legendary bin laden operation in the spring of 2011 conducted by s.e.a.l. team 6, to just this week s successful extraction of ahmed abu khattala from libya, who allegedly helped lead that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. military units like s.e.a.l. team 6 and delta force have been overwhelmingly successful in their missions. because of this, there s a temptation to view american special forces as a solution to just about all military problems without really calling on military action. joining me now, spencer ackerman, u.s. national security editor for the guardian and someone who used to be in the special forces, former navy s.e.a.l. brandon webb. he s now editor of sofrep.com. the special operations forces situation
white house today on iraq is that the president is sending 300 of what he s calling, quote, military advisers, to assist the iraqi military in pushing back against the sunni extremist group isis or the islamic state in iraq and syria. now, according to the associated press, those, quote, military advisers are reported to be army green beret special operations forces. since september 11th, 2001, special forces have played an increasingly vital and central role in the u.s. military. from being on the ground in afghanistan before the actual invasion, to the now legendary bin laden operation in the spring of 2011 conducted by s.e.a.l. team 6, to just this week s successful extraction of ahmed abu khattala from libya, who allegedly helped lead that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. military units like s.e.a.l. team 6 and delta force have been overwhelmingly successful in their missions. because of this, there s a temptation to view american special forces as a solution to j