On the ground and rescue these girls, and so without that waiver to come down to the bottom line, without that waiver to allow them to do that and direction from the administration to have, you know, our navy seals with this special capability that they have and the ability to download information from Satellite Technology m field and from drones and the ability to track in the jungle, the ability to sort of stand up that nigerian unit and plan that operation right up to the point where boko haram is engaged and then allow the nigerians to carry it out. If we do that, then our likelihood of success is many multiples in the viewpoint of everyone who has looked at this. Many multiples of what it would be, and since weve had the offer from the british and from the french to engage and assist, it would be very wise simply to go back, get us that waiver because this is an extraordinary circumstance. I made the point before. I just want to reiterate it because i dont want us to get off the s
Leader of boko haram. And i dont expect you too and of course in the case of the school girls, i believe it was some 15 of them were muslim. So it was the education and the freedom and empowerment and the progress that boko haram was attacking as it attacked the school girls as much as it was anything to do with religion. Im not denying that religion doesnt appear to be a very important factor for the leadership, but that is that is different from saying it is the sole motivation and it is different from trying to understand the impact of their actions on muslim civilians throughout the northeast. Well, and i appreciate that. And certainly you cant get into their head. And i dont necessarily say that its the sole motivation but i think we have to realize this is an animating feature. You cant get into his head but you can listen to what he says. And this is quoting from his speech. We know what is happening in the world. It is a jihad war against christians and christianity. It is a wa
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming. Welcome to the chairmans forum. Were delight to have you. Please join me in welcoming ambassador debra jones, our ambassador to libya. Ambassador jones gets special credit for coming to todays event. Shes in great demand right now in washington. Mad to spending time with her daughters and with College Graduation and all those things, thank you so much for coming. Extra credit. Its a particular pleasure to welcome a respected colleague and a great friend, ambassador debra jones, who is our u. S. Ambassador to libya since march of last year. She has previously served as the u. S. Ambassador to kuwait. She is a true expert on middle east diplomacy and actually Global Affairs having served not only in the middle east, but in ethiopia, in argentina. She has searched in iraq, tunisia, syria, and united arab emirates. Shes held important positions in the department of state headquarters. Shes been a role model and mentor to up and coming male an
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