U. S. Defense officials after nine months of training and equipping Syrian Rebels to fight eyes as they have only four or five rebels on the battlefield with a few dozen more on the way. Here the chair the of the Senate Armed Services committee is john mccain, the Ranking Member zachary. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets to receive testimony on the United States strategy of military operations counter Islamic State of iraq or isil. I want to thank the witnesses under secretary wormuth and general austin for appearing before us today and their continued service to our nation. Its been one year since president obama spoke to the nation about the threat posed by isil and increased to u. S. Military operations against us. Many of us believe the goal of the present laid out quote to degrade and ultimately destroy isil is right. Many of us agree the military strategy that seeks to empower local horses and i dashed to combat isil. With training equipment assistance in their power one
Lessig. A conversation with carter and a discussion of Health Topics from around the world. Saturday night at 11, former vp Dick Cheney Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Deputy Assistant of state on their book exceptional which looks at form policy. On cspan three, saturday starting at noon, we are live from georgia for a commemoration a commemoration of the 13000 Union Soldiers whod died during the civil war and the Confederate Military prison camp questions will be taken before and after the ceremony by phone, facebook and twitter. Sunday out for on real america, Pope John Paul ii as they address the United Nations. Get our complete schedule at cspan. Org. Next u. S. Ambassador to the un, samantha power. She talked about the upcoming meeting in the General Assembly later this month. She answered questions about russes support of the assad regime. This is just under one hour. Today we have samantha power. This is her first visit with our dining club. Many of her predecessors have b
Good morning. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on u. S. Strategy in the middle east, and i want to thank our distinguished witnesses for appearing this morning and for their service to our nation. Before i proceed, id like to remind our witnesses this committees rules require written testimony be submitted 24 hours in advance of a hearing, and id like to try from now on for our witnesses to adhere to that. The tragic loss last week of Master Sergeant joshua walker, a veteran of 14 combat deployments reminds us of the high stakes of our mission in the middle east and how grateful we are to americans serving there. We need a strategy worthy of those who carry it out and, unfortunately, we dont have that. Whats worse it appears the administration has not even defined the problem correctly. A policy of isil first fails to understand that eye significant for all of the threat it poses is actually a symptom of another power thats now raging across the middle east. The epicenter
The tone of the 2016 campaign. What is your view in the way the candidates are engaging with each other. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media. Cspanwj twitter. Com cspanwj. Journal cspan. Org. Ben carson sidestepping a clash with donald trump. A story out of South Carolina. Ben carson is quoted this way soundedomething that like i was questioning his face. I was not. I was talking about mine. It was said in an inappropriate way. Never my intention to impugn other people. His display comes after jeb bush, scott walker, and Lindsey Graham found themselves diminished after tussling with mr. Trump. Also, a frontpage story on donald trump. We can take a look. The headline says Donald Trumps oneman roadshow. Hostility. Id rival he says everybody who attackes e is doomed. Here is one attack. Donald trump is not a serious candidate. He is a narcissist. He believes in his himself. I want to say what everyo
So it is with some regret and sorrow that i have accepted his decision to return to our hometown of chicago. After more than six years of living in washington, arnes wonderful wife, karen, and their excellent kids want to move back home. That has meant in the interim a lot of time apart. So, i will be honest, i pushed for arne duncan to stay, but i also know from personal experience how hard it is to be away from family. On a sustained basis. So while i will miss arne deeply, he has more than earned the right to return home. Has look at what are arne has a conflict over the last 6. 5 years. He is one of the longestserving secretaries of education in our history and one of the more consequential. In just a few years, arne and his team have delivered incredible results at every stage of the educational experience. More than 30 states have raise standards for Early Childhood education, and nearly every state in america has raised standards for teaching and learning. Expectations for what