From the center for strategic and international studies. Its just under an hour. I really appreciate the working relationship i have with dr. Hamre and with csis. Dr. Hamre mentioned my desire to learn more about issues. Nobody has been more helpful on that than john. Theyve been very generous with their time working with me and my staff as we puzzle through difficult and challenging National Security issues. And what i want to talk about this morning is sort of how we continue to proceed with our fight against alqaeda and their ideology. Certainly during my time in congress, nothing has changed our policy both domestically and globally more than 9 11. Weve within reacting to that weve been reacting to that, in ways, ever since. Invaded afghanistan and iraq, you know, and as weve gone weve tried to figure out how do we fight this war effectively. Its unlike any other battle weve ever fought in a variety of different ways. And what i want to try to do this morning is set the frame for w
Of an attack in recent years. So we need to define the policy and make sure that policy is focused on serving those that need and i know the commissioner agrees with this completely. To my sense theres nothing that comes before that. Weve identified that in the time ive run the business my father started 97 of the loans that had been injured and every one of those had been an opportunity to step into homeownership that most wouldnt have been able to had that not been there and not one of them that has paid off their loan and bought another house has gotten an fha loan. Fha is a catalyst that must be preserved. It must be preserved notwithstanding all that must happen and just to look back a little on where we go in the secondary market. It seems to me as though the critical point is we focus our attention on not the end game which we seem to want to get to particularly at the political level. We want to define clearly that permanent entity that will be at the end of the trial and tribu
Government surveillance are expected together on the 12th anniversary of the patriot act. That is where we let to begin with you. Where we want to begin with you. With european leaders calling for new restrictions on such actions, we are opening up our phone lines to you this morning. How concerned should america be about the government spying on foreign allies and partners . That is our question for you. Republicans can call at 202585 3881. 3880. Rats, 202585 882. Pendents, 2025853 you can also catch us on your favorite social media, twitter and facebook. Or you can email us at journal cspan. Org. That story on u. S. Spying on its allies, revelations about the u. S. Listening in on phone conversations of World Leaders. Are some papers from around the world, the front page of the Guardian Newspaper shows german canceler german chancellor angulo Merkel Angela merkel. Here is a german newspaper talking about the nsa efforts. That is angulo Merkel Angela merkel and some of the folk she ha
History. I have written history, but i did not expect to be so influenced by Something Like this book. I really had no sense of the crucial role chaplains played in world war ii. Indeed, i sort of had in my mind there were these chaplains floating around during the war, a lot of them on the home front in america in those 600 plus chapels that were built on the s and fortshe base all over the country. And then, when they went off on ships with the troops, they were sort of in the background. Maybe in tent hospitals. Maybe they were holding Worship Services when they could. And all of those things are true. But what i had no idea of was the heroism of these men. And in world war ii, it was only men that were chaplains. I have no idea of the crucial role they played in the war. Let me read to you a quotation from the commander of the 75th Infantry Division in world war ii. And his words are for the men and women under his command. This was general pricketts comment. He said, religion is b
I unleash the bombing again on july 25th knowing the danger this time. He decides to go ahead with it. Then okay well mark it with orange colored smoke which tells us, okay, dont bomb on this side of the orange colored smoke because thats the u. S. Lines. So the crew men are briefed do not do that. None of them want to bomb their own troops. What do you think happens on july 25th. Heres murphys law. Which way do you think the wind is blowing. Towards the u. S. Lines. So orange smoke is coming back towards the american lines, theres confusion by at least one or two groups and thats all it takes, they will unload their bombs over the u. S. Lines and there will be more friendly fire casualties. Ultimately 111 americans killed. Many come from the old hickory division. By july 25th, general hobbs hates the u. S. Air force. The 30th division is going to be told were sorry this happened to you but go ahead and attack. If you ever heard of the great war correspondent ernie pyle he wrote what t