What i announced last week was what the chairman and i recommended. Would he approved in last fall what we call the accelerants of that time was what the chairman and i recommended. That doesnt mean hes going to approve our recommendations. Im giving you those as examples. He is the commander in chief. But we tell it straight to the best of our ability. I can certainly speak for myself. In observation i can speak for the chairman as well. I cant speak for my distinguished predecessors. I will address one final question general dunford which goes back to secretary gates and pinettas comments. They attribute this hesitating exercise of American Power to the large size of the president S National Security staff and the micromanagement secretary gates saying for example it was the operational micromanagement that drove me nuts of the white house and staffers calling senior commanders out in the field and asking them questions of second guessing commanders. General dunford could you comment
Ill ask the chairman to chime in. Thanks for going there and seeing our guy and gals our fantastic partners in the jordanians. Youre right. For on a per capita basis they have absorbed an enormous refugee situation. Yes, we were actually talking a lot about the northern parts of both iraq and syria. But were very mindful of the both southern iraq and southern syria. And the possibility that as we apply pressure to the north in both mosul and raqqah, that isil as the expression goes squirt to out to the south. We talked to the jordanians about that. Talked to the iraqis about that and talk today the israelis, by the way, about that as well. And work with them. And we do have operations that were facilitating with iraq, for example. In the direction to the southwest, even as we help them move up to tithevalley to the north. Gen. Dunford jordan is one of our more important leaders in the region. We have a Strong Military to military relationship with jordan. Part of what were doing is inc
Cartel of drug traffickers and i can tell you that there are individuals that i prosecuted in maximum facilities for much less egregious crimes than these individuals have perpetuated against the United States. It is just shocking to me that we have different standards in the federal system, medium max and super max and it is strange and itade that facility is perplexing at least to say the least. Gov. Haley i agree. Now have to ever considered or consulted about possibly taking legal action from stopping this from happening given that it is illegal under the law or that spendited states would any money to transfer individuals from Guantanamo Bay to the note states . Gov. Haley governor brownback and i both sent letters because at the time it was kansas and South Carolina that were states that were being strongly considered. We sent a letter to secretary carter saying that we absolutely didnt want to have this happen, have heardif i something, i will absolutely fight, i will absolutely
Hundreds of First Responders who are like the Fire Department in a number of cities. Inside syria, theyve been a huge thing. Theyre independent. Theyre volunteers. Madame chair, may i ask another question or wait for another round . Go ahead. Thank you, miss frankl. If you all have an opinion, i would like to hear what your opinion is of what would happen if we wouldnt if we were not doing this aid . And what does that mean not just to the humanitarian part of this but i think what a lot of people dont understand is that a lot of this effort really goes toward our National Security. What happens, were about to lose a generation of children, it looks like. And hopelessness breeds a lot of bad things. But i would like to hear it from your own words as to why your missions are so important. Congresswoman, im convinced that were saving millions of lives with this aid. Some of it from u. S. Aid is feeding people, vaccinations that go to children that if theyre not vaccinated makes them susc
And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex