Inspector general sopko, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee. Forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans statement. Thank you mr. Chairman pro tem, United States has been in afghanistan for almost 19 years, the longest war in the history of the United States. We sacrificed much on the battlefield, but we achieved a great deal. We decimated al qaeda and greatly weakened their global network. As a resul
Efforts in afghanistan. We will come to order. All members will have five days to submit statements to the record. Notice, we are here today to examine the lessons from americas war in afghanistan. , welcome general sopko to the Foreign Affairs committee. I look forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans st
By most accounts this guy was a very bad hombre, likely responsible for the deaths of hundreds of u. S. Troops, and he probably deserved it. But was this legal . According to republicans oh hell yes. I cannot imagine a someone in the military that we would have to in the middle of these potential strikes with the intelligence coming together, and the decisionmaking of the commanderinchief that we would have to go to 435 other people in the moments in order to protect americans. This strike was clearly authorized, soleimani was an evil man, he was a terrorist leader, it was legitimate lawful target. B5 democrats singing a different tune or looking at putting a scandal on the president. Chuck schumer and bob menendez are saying its critical to the National Security matters are shared with the American People in a timely manner. An entirely classified notification is simply not appropriate in a democratic society. And there appears to be no legitimate justification for classifying this no
Tonight, join jimmy and his guests selena gomez Charlie Hunnam musical guest stormzy, and featuring the legendary roots crew questlove 1186 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy oh welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Thank you so much for being here [ cheers and applause well guys, theres so much going on lets get right to it. It was a very busy weekend of tweeting for President Trump [ light laughter ] it looks like hes taken notice of Bernie Sanders rising to the first in polls and tweeted, wow crazy Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls. So what does this all mean . Stay tuned [ laughter ] like hes hosting american idol. Yeah were going to find out after the break. [ laughter ] but then, bernie actually responded to trump on twitter and said, it means youre going to lose. [ audience ohs ] [ cheers and applause steve oh, snap [ light laughter ] jimmy its fun seeing two old guys going back and forth at
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