Between the administration and this Committee Puts the language in there that the president needs to defend the american people, to defend our country but also to deal the defeat that daesh that it desperately needs. Well, other examples of aumf, there hasnt been much change. We have basically done what the administration has asked for. Theres been some amendments in recent aumfs but, by in large, its been rather straightforward language, rather short. I frankly think the language that the administration put forward is a good start and it may be amended some but i would caution the committee and the congress in general, the senate and the house from going too far to make it all things to everyone. And probably diminish the importance of it. Thank you for your service and thank you for your testimony here. Thank you, sir. Thank you, senator. Senator king, i know, had a followup. I wanted to ask about one of the lines of effort that were working on in a fairly significant way and thats t
The internal view. Thank you. Senator isaacson. Thank you, mr. Chairman. General allen, thank you for your service to the country. I followed you closely on tv the last couple of months and i think youve done a great job. Thank you, sir. We are operating under the 2001 amuf, is that correct . Thats correct. Would it be fair to say that the one the president sent to us to consider is actually eliminating amuf compared to the 2001 authorization . It is specifically intended to deal with the threat of isil, that is correct. But it is limiting in the authority of the president would have primarily of the interpretation of the enduring phrase is that correct . Enduring and the expectation as hes described it in the proposed legislation on the size and kinds of forces that might be applied, measures that might be applied, is that correct . Like senator markey, i voted for the 2001 authorization when i was here it came on the heels of 9 11 2001. It was passed at a time when americans had flag
A road map goes like this. With the taper heard around the world, stocks soaring during trading yesterday as the fed announce it is will start pulling back on its monthly bond purchases. Now the big question, where do we go from here . Plus facebook ceo zuckerberg hitting the sell button, 70 million shares with 40 million of those being sold by the facebook ceo himself. And major Security Breach at target Stores Across the country. The retailer saying credit and debit card information was stolen for get this, 40 million of its instore customers. And oracle reporting better than expected results in quarterly revenue. Well see what that can signal about a possible rebound in i. T. Spending. First up, amazing action yesterday, a will the lot of th, even seasoned guys, saying what a ride. Heres the cover of usa todays money sex, 5 reasons there was no taper tantrum. I love that phrase. Paul ryan said the taper came too late but its hard to argue with a market rally of 300 points that says
The cite is reducing shipping times for j. C. Rowlings new book. Orders of the book could take an additional one to two days to ship compared to other titles. The two companies have been locked in a dispute over Profit Sharing from book sales causing amazon to stop selling many of the publishers nearly 5,000 titles. Comedian Chelsea Handler is in deals to host a new show on netflix. She will begin a new show on netflix, the first of its kind. The frequency of shows has yet to be determined but opens the door for a larger variety of original content produced by netflix. Handlers latenight program on the e network is scheduled to end this year. Now to the lead story of the day, the time for apples lonawaited smart watch may be coming soon. They are working on multiple versions of a watch that will incorporate several different screen sizes and more than 10 sensors to track things like health and fitness. Earlier this month they showed you have a new app that could be put into the watch a
And so forth. Officials said they have had complaints in the past. Weve had complaints. Theyve said hey, this place looks unsafe. You cant get through the aisle. So we came out and directed them to widen an aisle way. They complied and they were not sited. Not sited either time. So i got new information from my fire marshal. In 2013 2013 we got a similar call saying it seems unsafe. It seems really crowded. So they went out and deemed it reasonably unsafe. So they were not sited. Reporter and still no official word what sparked it. But you can see a lot of activity out here. A lot of road closures out here as well. This happening right in the middle of rush hour traffic. So the surrounding roads here around Mission Street and 23rd street are absolutely gridlock. It is a mess out here because you have major section of the road closed off. Also a lot of people have been out here coming out here to take a look at this fire too. Obviously quite the scene. Now, we do know like you mentioned