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
That in the aftermath of paris as i listen to those who suggest that Something Else need s s to done, typically the ting things that they suggest that need to be done are things that we are already doing. The one exception is that there had been a few who suggested that we should put large numbers of the u. S. Troops on the ground. It is not just my view, but the view of my closest military and civilian advisers that it would be a mistake. Our correspondents are covering the story from every angle. Nic robertson, our dip llomatic reporter, is standing by with the latest. Nic, what is the lat est on thi investigation . It seems to be expanding. Well, the investigation so far seems to indicate that at least six of the attackers have spent time inside of seyria, an possibly training, and certainly the french president making it very clear that he believes that the planning for this took place in the planning of this took place insooide of syria, and th preparation for it took place inside
Director james comey. Is the president s new line of attack going after the Deputy Attorney general, the man now supervising the special counsel leading the russia investigation . This tweet is very different from what we were hearing last month from the white house about rosenstein. He made a recommendation, hes highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy. The democrats like him. No one can question Rod Rosensteins yes dengss. He is someone as i mentioned who was confirmed 946. As you mentioned one of the longest serving u. S. Attorneys. Somebody like the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who everybody across the board has unequivocally said, this guy is a man of upstanding character and essentially the Gold Standard at the department of justice. In just a moment well go to the white house for reaction to all this. But first lets go to nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams who has some breaking news. Pete . Reporter well, greta, weve learned from federal investigators that
press conference later today to talk about the very subject, and he may go on the list as well. the number of syrian refugees in the country so far is at least acco according to the department of health and human services that tracks the refugees says that in 2014, they are roughly 132 syrians, but the numb behas gere up where the president has said to bring many more than 9,000. so it is that number that is clearly alarming to mf of the governors in light of what they have seen go g ing on in paris s past weekend, and it should be noted that all of the governors in the states are republicans, wolf. good point, martin. and now i want to bring in two specialists to help us to appreciate what is going on, and joining us from london, the former ambassador the nato, nicolas byrnes and also our political analyst gloria borger. the president says it is