Compromise but had some savings including the emergency provision. In this is the provision is. With final passage with the bipartisan support and opposition. Yes. One of the issues is where you see the senate to going with this san senator leahy who offered companion legislation already expressing disappointment with changes and the compromise that has been made to it. Host the senate dealing with National Security with the nomination of david barron to the First Circuit the senate advanced the nomination 52 43 vote. What is the headline here . Why was there some sense of opposition . Guest the role he played to author a memo justifying that lays out the administration is justification for the drone and strikes abroad targeted against Counter Terrorism suspects that has been very controversial tactic. Rand paul who was the persistent critic has been the loudest voice of that debate. Host circling back to the white house from obviously there but the barron nomination to pass what about
Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss nigerias struggle against boko haram one of the most lethal terrorist groups in africa today and thank you mr. Chairman and of the committee for a long Time Leadership on african issues. Over month ago the world was outraged when boko haram kidnapped some 250 young women from a secondary school in chibok and United States with a joint effort to help nigeria safely recover the hostages. President obama pledged our full support and president dory accepted secretary kerrys assistance. Today a robust Multidisciplinary Team for the nicest government is working handinhand with nigerian counterparts and teams from half a dozen other countries such as the United Kingdom and france. Our military and civilian experts and intelligence military planning Strategic Communication civilian protection and victim victim support have been given unprecedented access and cooperation to assist nigerias effort to safely recover the kidnapped schoolgirls. This e
At first glance, the October killings of protesters by security forces in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, seem to have little in common with the November Boko Haram massacre of at least 43 farmers in Nigeria’s northeast, or the December 11 abduction of hundreds of school students in Katsina State. With vastly different circumstances, motivations, and perpetrators and separated by hundreds of miles all three episodes could easily be recorded as just further tragic installments in Nigeria’s long history of violence. However, these incidents underscore the wider failure of the state to provide security for its citizens, only deepening the trust deficit felt by Nigerians.