Is under the previous regime in ukraine because of the significant amount of corruption that took place in all the agencies of government, what took place inside the yo Ukraine Military is outrageous in terms of the capabilities they used to have and no longer have. They are a mere shadow of their former selves. While i know some of their desires, i dont know the entire list of what they want. Nor do i. I have no idea what the laundry list is or what make sense. I would caution, again, whatever we decide to do here will be effective or not in large measure based on what the people in ukraine do and what they do is going to be based on the confidence they have in the leadership that has been abysmal up to now. Im not sure where they are. We could dump stuff in there all day long and probably not be successful. Understanding what is really going on in that country at the political level is really the prerequisite. Admiral, i would like to ask you on a different area and the premise of my
Capital gain, youre going to end Chuck Grassley up with much higher, generate. And indeed, thats whats happened when president clinton came in. Capital gains went back in and the rates went to 39 . And seems to me that theres a lot more coherence in a bill with a lower rate that treats capital and labor the same. Thank you, senator. Thank you, both, for coming. I want to start with something you both touched on in your opening statement, but to get more specific, and so ill start with with senator packwood, but ill ask senator bradley the similar question. It deals with the robert bob w. Packwood process of president ial reform. Do you think tax reform would have happened if president reagan had not made tax reform a priority in his administration and a follow on and then isnt it going to take at least that much commitment or involvement from president obama with with his own party in congress to get a tax reform bill enacted and then for senator bradley, could you share your thoughts
U. S. Trained and syrian backed. Within syrias borders and pentagon today declineed to confirm that damascus, baghdad access. Is it possible that iraq is commcommunicating with the assad regime. That would be a great question to ask the folks in baghdad. Im telling you what i can account for. Is that way u. S. Indirectly or directly, communicates with Iranian Military inside of iraq . No, no. The Iraqi Government does not share information with the iranians and that would be a great question to ask the folks in baghdad, i dont know, i am telling you were not doing it, were not talking toy it rain. Toying toy it rain. Toy tehran. President obama appears to be on verge of a Major Political victory on capitol hill, where several members of the Republican Senate leadership, have told the house of representatives to send them a department of Homeland Security funding bill, that they can pass in senate, that does not defund the president s amnesty fiat. Leading republican congressman darrell
U. S. Trained and syrian backed. Within syrias borders and pentagon today declineed to confirm that damascus, baghdad access. Is it possible that iraq is commcommunicating with the assad regime. That would be a great question to ask the folks in baghdad. Im telling you what i can account for. Is that way u. S. Indirectly or directly, communicates with Iranian Military inside of iraq . No, no. The Iraqi Government does not share information with the iranians and that would be a great question to ask the folks in baghdad, i dont know, i am telling you were not doing it, were not talking toy it rain. Toying toy it rain. Toy tehran. President obama appears to be on verge of a Major Political victory on capitol hill, where several members of the Republican Senate leadership, have told the house of representatives to send them a department of Homeland Security funding bill, that they can pass in senate, that does not defund the president s amnesty fiat. Leading republican congressman darrell
Cspan. Org. New congress, best access on cspan, cspan2, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. Former u. S. Ambassador john bolton spoke recently about National Security threats at an event hosted by the defense form foundation. He also discussed president obamas foreignpolicy strategy and why he expects National Security to be a big issue in the 2016 president ial election. He has been mentioned as a potential candidate in that race. This is an hour. Good afternoon. We had the great honor of organizing this Wonderful Group. We are so grateful you came. Organizing this Wonderful Group many years ago back in the 80s. We established with the specific purpose of giving Congressional Staff the opportunity to hear from our expert speakers on critical National Security issues. Primarily to deal with our National Security and defense of our country. Over the years, under the leadership of susan, we focus on programs for freedom, democracy, human rights. She has been one of the greatest ways of measurin