But we also believe we are not doing them a disservice. We are doing them a service. They may be sometimes uncomfortable with what we say, but all of us are pushing in the same direction and that is for the betterment of the people of the country concerned. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] we are looking for them to have the full protections the law provides for. Thank you. Just one last question. What do you think of the escalation . Thank you very much for that question. The office which i lead has a Monitoring Mission in ukraine that has been in place really almost since the crisis. Since the crisis began in the eastern part of the country. We have periodic reports we make available to the international community, and yes we discuss ukraine with a large number of countries. Nationally it is of great concern to the international community. This is a very serious crisis. And we have seen, of course even though we have, all of us have cause for further complianc
I the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman wished to recognized. Mr. Moonyie when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 2 30 p. M. Tomorrow. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Under the speakers announced policy of january 6, 2015, the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. Buyer, for 30 minutes. Mr. Buyer thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Beyer i recognize the accomplishments of mr. Albert miller who passed away on sunday, may 10. He was a wellknown political and Community Leader in the city of Alexandria One of his crowning achievements was his work with the alexander redevelopment and Housing Authority protecting and expanding Affordable Housing across the city. He was a civil rights advocate, mentor, and beloved father. He was also a character, kind interested, ever present, honest hardworking, inspirational, and above all witty. Mel was the person you wanted to spend time with. He grew up in new jersey but his heart belonged to raleigh,
Failing at that time and they were two of the major architects. And i know they give credit to many others, but two of the major architects of the surge which turned out to be a great sacrifice of american blood and treasure, a success. The black flags of isil are now flying over yet another major iraqi city, ramadi, the capital of iraqs Anbar Province. And reports overnight suggest that isil controls the syrian city of palmyra as well. This hearing does not is not about the fall of any one city as important as those losses are, but rather what its revealed about the limitations of an overly constrained american air campaign. The weaknesses of iraqi forces the growing maligned role of iran, and the ineffectiveness and inadequacy of u. S. Military support for iraqi and syrian partners. But most concerning it highlights the shortcomings of the administrations indecisive policy, inadequate commitment, and incoherent strategy. This misguided approach has failed to stop if not foster the ex
Choosing people which is one of the most important jobs of president has. It is an open question. I am not saying she would do a bad job but in the past, she sometimes has chosen people for their loyalty rather than for their talent. Not always but sometimes. This has been a real problem with the Obama Administration is that there has not been a real reaching out to the best and the brightest. He pretty much has the same people who he had on the hill who got him elected. I think through four people basically run that white house. I think hillary who has been a victim of that closed shop as secretary of state, i cannot imagine that she would repeat that formula for governing keeping that small group and power. The white house these days is pretty insular. There are people who have been tried in true, they feel they can trust. Not every president needs people around them the contrast trust. You make a lot of appointments and the batting average in those appointments we do not know. She c
Adviser for reconciliation to iraqi forces in baghdad in 2008. Before we start, just a quick reminder, please put your mobile phones on vibrate. We are live on cspan today, apparently. So well start with mike knights. Thank you very much for coming today. Its great to see such a full room. And my colleagues on the panel with me, its a real honor to be alongside them. So im going to talk today about some of the themes coming out of our new study. The long haul rebooting u. S. Security corporation with iraq. And i want to go through the study in detail. What im going to do maybe is to try and pick out some of the i think the key issues and quandaries that come out of our Security Cooperation with iraqi state, with the kurdish peshmerga, and our coexistence at the moment alongside the Popular Mobilization units that play such a significant role in the war so far in iraq. Now, just to run through a couple of graphics quickly, which are in the study, which is available in pdf form online fo