Goes islands. Iraqs military has launched an operation to drive Islamic State of iraq and the levant from Anbar Province. The shia militias say they dont think the plan will take long. It takes up much of western iraq. Anbars capitol, ramadi fell to isil just over a week ago, a major defeat for iraqi forces. Imran khan reports. Reporter Iraqi Security forces gather on the edge of ramadi preparing to retake the city which fell to fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and the levant more than a week ago. [ gunfire ] reporter its likely to be a long operation. There are reports of isil fighters preparing to meet Government Security forces. They have backing from shia militia, many of which are sup pored by iran. The iraqi army is also gearing up for other operations with isil in control of border crossings from syria into anbar, it is feared that isil fighters could push into baghdad. To prevent that this man is securing the outskirs outskirts of the capitol. Translator were fighting a
Unanimous requests. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. n mr. Cruz so the first unanimous consent request i would promulgate, mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. J. Res. 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for the fiscal year 2014, which was received from the house. I ask further consent that the measure be read three times and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer is there objection . Mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray mr. President , as the presiding officer knows and our colleagues know, i have spoken often of my own father who was a world war ii veteran who spent most of his life in a wheelchair, earned a purple heart. I know the sacrifices that our veterans make. As chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee before this, i fought
That he wants affordable, Accessible Health care for his family and for families all across New Hampshire and all across this country and he said, do not give up on that. But you have got to open this government. People need the help that they deserve, our economy needs the strength and the vitality, we cant leave thousands of people without their jobs, without their pay, and i ask you, mr. Speaker, please, bring this vote to the floor. We can pass this with a bipartisan vote and we can move our country forward. With that, i yield back and i thank the gentleman from california for giving us the opportunity. I thank the gentlelady. You mr. Peters youre right, all we have to do to get started again is put the Senate Resolution before the house, we could put that to a vote tomorrow and the government would be immediately opened. Id now like to yield time to my friend, the gentleman from florida, mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy thank you. First i want to thank my good friend from california, mr. Pe
Career expert marty nemco has advice for job seekers. Do we get what we expect . How your thoughts drive your life. Bay area focus, next. Happy new year and welcome to bay area focus. For many 2013 means looking for work. Whether you are newly laid off or you have been job hunting for a while, advice and career consultant marty nemko could mean fresh ideas to get you back on payroll. Labeled bay areas best career host marty hosts the program work with marty nemko on public radio. He wrote cool careers for dummies and his latest book, how to do life, what they didnt teach you in school. Welcome back. Happy new year. To you too. Well get to what they didnt teach you in school. Thats a lot. Lets start with the new year. Will it be good for people looking for work . I think it will be at least in the short term. President obama has made major decisions. He has promised he will make 12 million Illegal Immigrants legal. That will present a tremendous number. From the bureaucrats to those who
Maintenance and other projects to directly improve the enjoyment of our visitors however the authority to collect and spend revenues expires december 2014 nfl lies and renewed the park service would lose 108 million annually. I think its critical that the legislation passes congress of the park service and other Land Management agencies do not lose that particularly important Revenue Source. We are also looking forward to the views of National Park Service Director jonathan jarvis. He has been talking with us about a number of different approaches and let me now recognize senator murkowski on this matter and i particularly thank her again for all of the bipartisan efforts that she has been willing to take on and is one of the reasons we were able to get 14 bills cleared in the senate, more than anyone anticipated at this early date and wouldnt have passed it without senator murkowski and i thank her for her bipartisan approach. Thank you chairman and as you know we have been another op