Ideas that light the world. Viva la france. President obama visits tennessee to preview parts of his upcoming state of the Union Address and talk about jobs and the economy. Well have live coverage beginning at 1 20 eastern. Watch our live coverage of this years state of the union on tuesday, january 20th. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to the pentagon. The topic today is european infrastructure consolidation and the action taken that derive from that. Our briefers today, we have the assistant secretary of defense, for International Security affairs, mr. Derek chollet. On his left is mr. John conger performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for Energy Installations and environments. Theyll make opening statements. Well have time for questions afterwards. And let me know if theres questions beyond that if we run out of time. Mr. Chollet, if youd like to begin. Good morning. This on . Yes. Okay. Good morning. European and trans Atlantic Security is more imp
The terrorists who committed these murders are not only associated, but were part of an intricate plan put together by international radical islamist terrorist groups al qaeda in yemen, telling Associated Press they started and funded the Charlie Hebdo itself. And despite all of this president obama today again refused to call these terrorists radical islamists. Were hopeful that the immediate threat is now resolved. Thanks to the courage and professional image of the french personnel on the ground. The french government continues to face the threat of terrorism, and has to remain vigilant. President hollande made it clear theyre going to do whatever is necessary to protect their people. Lou live to paris for the latest and take up the president s refusal to call our enemies by their names, talking with admiral James Stavridis here tonight. The Keystone Pipeline project in court while House Republicans passed a bill calling for construction, a bill that has also won support for nearly
The terrorists who committed these murders are not only associated, but were part of an intricate plan put together by international radical islamist terrorist groups al qaeda in yemen, telling Associated Press they started and funded the Charlie Hebdo itself. And despite all of this president obama today again refused to call these terrorists radical islamists. Were hopeful that the immediate threat is now resolved. Thanks to the courage and professional image of the french personnel on the ground. The french government continues to face the threat of terrorism, and has to remain vigilant. President hollande made it clear theyre going to do whatever is necessary to protect their people. Lou live to paris for the latest and take up the president s refusal to call our enemies by their names, talking with admiral James Stavridis here tonight. The Keystone Pipeline project in court while House Republicans passed a bill calling for construction, a bill that has also won support for nearly
Bill if its passed. The fact is the legislation is not altogether different than legislation introduced in the last congress. And you will recall we put out a Statement Administration position that the president would have vetoed the bill had it passed the previous congress. The president wouldnt sign it either. Lou ernest also confirming that congressional effort to define a fulltime work week as 40 hours would be met with a president ial veto. Just two hours later the president was claiming he was ready to work with congress. Im very much looking forward to working with it. Already have a chance to say happy new year to him and confident that there are going to be areas where we disagree, and there will be some pitch battles. But im confident that there are enormous areas of potential agreement that well deliver for the American People and we have to make sure that we focus on those areas where we can make progress together. Lou doesnt sound promising, does it . President obamas comm
Bill if its passed. The fact is the legislation is not altogether different than legislation introduced in the last congress. And you will recall we put out a Statement Administration position that the president would have vetoed the bill had it passed the previous congress. The president wouldnt sign it either. Lou ernest also confirming that congres define a fulltime work week as 40 hours would be met with a president ial veto. Just two hours later the president was claiming he was ready to work with congress. Im very much looking forward to working with it. Already have a chance to say happy new year to him and confident that there are going to be areas where we disagree, and there will be some pitch battles. But im confident that there are enormous areas of potential agreement that well deliver for the American People and we have to make sure that we focus on those areas where we can make progress together. Lou doesnt sound promising, does it . President obamas comments came moment