Certain areas, if you believe that was the right and to recommend to the president. We have heard from many officials attempting to walk that back. You were a commander saying honestly and sincerely what you would do, you would recommend what was necessary if you thought it was necessary to accomplish the mission. I wonder if you stand by that, if you believe it is necessary you will go to the president say, mr. Obama, i need Ground Troops in certain roles to succeed here . If youre asking me if i would provide my best military advice at all times, the answer is absolutely. If youre suggesting that i might at some point recommend that we need a large ground force to counter isil, the answer to that is also absolutely. It does not have to be americans. Ideally, for the kinds of issues we are confronting there, the ideal for some of the only truly effective force that we would be able to reject isil from within its own population, is a force comprised of iraqis and kurds and moderate syr
Update, as i mentioned previously, of the 20 or so the brigades, we are beginning to do two things good working with the Iraqi Military leaders to ensure that what occurs on the ground is their campaign, not our campaign. We wanted to be there campaign. Our campaign where we dragged them along for legitimacy. I can assure you that some of the activities all of the activities in and around baghdad have been iraq military leaders establishing priorities and objectives enabled by us. We are making progress. We have to have a larger, longer campaign that actually recaptures lost territory. What risks . By the women, the men and women in uniform understand how to manage risks. They have been trained and equipped for the last 12 years. Zero, never have risks at but i can assure you that these young men and women will mitigate and reduce it to the greatest extent possible. Believelieve do you you have avoided civilian or casualties . Do you have any reason to believe the reports that Senior L
With all of the news dominating the headlines about isis we hardly hear anything more about the crisis on our own borders and yet that crisis continues and we need to hear more about that so coming next is the Lieutenant Governor of texas who will be addressing this issue among others. During his time in office he worked hard to make texas the National Leader in job creation and the best place in america to do business. Lets take all look at the monitors for a little bit more about our next speaker. Remember last summer when many of you rode buses, you drove your cars to austin because we had a group of people who literally took over the Senate Chambers and kept our senate from doing business. So we decided we would all show up so we could save some lives. The visionary for hb 2, pro lifers and women and children 0 him a debt of gratitude that simply is difficult to explain to people. I want to tell you why i asked him to come. This will be right here. This little baby right here came
Recently, it has only become much worse. Big government progressives are interested in marginalizing, dividing and silencing critics who provide a different point of view. They believe solutions are found in the federal government. We believe the American People have the answers. There are three institutions i believe in first of all, the family. Second of all, the church, and third, the government. Each one of these institutions play a very significant role and if they are out of balance, things can go wrong. The family has to be strong. We have to have fathers and the home. Divorce rates need to be lower. We need to love and support singleparent families. The church has a Critical Role in our communities. They need to have Community Awareness and involvement, supporting the family, building character in young people. If those two are filling their appropriate roles, the government will fill its appropriate role. National defense, infrastructure, when i think about what xm america gre
Of the roman lions. Moving by sea, assembling to hear their orders building fortifications, raiding an enemy town, and crossing the danube in small boats the army is shown to be an awesome fighting machine. But there is no glorification of war itself, which is necessarily brutal and remorseless. The victory column and the triumphal arch through which the retuturning army marched dragging slaves and spoils of war, were forceful forms of propaganda for the righteousness of imperial power, guided by the emperor, the senate and the people of rome. It was the arch that was the basis of a revolutionary new architecture. The post and lintel system of the ancient world was limited in the space it could span and the weight it could bear. The romans soon recognized the archs strength and versatility and elaborated it into an art form of grandeur and utility. Roman stone arches like the one supporting this bridge built across the tiber in 62 b. C. Were constructed of wedgeshaped blocks. The block