The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the statement by chairman mccain who is not here today. We are enjoying this morning by a group we all know well. We have all been before the committee. As i mentioned a minute ago and i think most of the members of this committee had seen you in action in the field and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a diplomat in residence, Woodrow Wilson school of Public Affairs chris university. He has been all over the map and ambassador eric edelman, Counselors Center for strategic and budgetary assessment. By macaque this is your ninth appearance before this committee. Does that sound right to you . Yes. And ambassador james jeffrey, distinguished fellow, university of Washington Institute for near east policy. I remember being with you in turkey and other places. Of course, ambassador stuart jones, Vice
The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the i want to submit here today. We are enjoying the and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a diplomat in residence, Woodrow Wilson school of Public Affairs chris university. He has been all over the map and ambassador eric edelman, Counselors Center for strategic and budgetary assessment. By macaque this is your ninth appearance before this committee. Does that sound right to you . Yes. And ambassador james jeffrey, distinguished fellow, university of Washington Institute for near east policy. I remember being with you in turkey and other places. Of course, ambassador stuart jones, Vice President your presence was both in jordan and iraq. It is great to have all behavior much of the nations attention over the last two decades has gone to the middle east in terms of military operations. And appropr
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People in adlib city the Syrian Government forces step up their offensive on the province. Donald trump gets an apology from steve bannon offers former aides explosive comments in a new book about the president. And were going to be live at the Golden Globes as hollywood prepares to take a stand against Sexual Harassment. Im joined again in doha with the day sports news including an upset at the f. A. Cup as holders also more knocked out by not in forest in the third round. A welcome to the program our top story this hour nigeria is started flying foul of its citizens home from libya where theyve been trapped in slavery like conditions large numbers of nigerians stuck in libya theyve been trying to cross to italy by sea but was stopped by local armed factions and libyas coast guard and now facing daya conditions and abuse and government says the flights will continue for as long as they need to libya serves as an important portal to the mediterranean and on to europe for refugees and m