Hello im Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up Kurdish Forces lose more territory in Northern Iraq leaving their dream of independence in tatters also ahead the president of the philippines the clear is victory in the Southern City of are we after a five month battle against eyesore linked fighters where in mogadishu a city still in shock after saturdays my massive truck bombing the president is blaming alshabaab and is calling for more International Help. We begin the program in syria where u. S. Backed forces have driven out i saw from itself the cleared capital rocka after a tough four month battle the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces have or. Raise their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison for anyone who opposes their role hashem how reports now from the turkey syria border. Kurdish fighters triumphantly into right there celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but. Wasnt easy. T
Acting director. This hearing on the 2020 census is available on cspan. Org. Leaving the last few minutes for a conference on countering violent extremism in qatar, iran, and the Muslim Brotherhood, featuring lawmakers and former intelligence officials. House Homeland Security Committee Chair mike mccaul, david petraeus, and former white house strategist steve bannon. Coming up shortly, former defense secretary leon panetta. From the beginning, it has been devoted to the freedom, security, and prosperity of the United States and the health of its institutions. Its work is especially focused on strategies for the long term, strategies that thus deal with our most abiding challenges. In its research, it draws upon a wide variety of perspectives and opinions, and it will do so today. And it covers a wide variety of policy areas. Domestic, foreign, and National Security. Let me first of all in addition thank you all for being here and participating in this conference. I said before that th
The same conclusion appeared in this time to pick a side, stop supporting hamas dared us to iran, we need the maximum sanction, the maximum enforcement of Nuclear Restrictions than the maximum international support. One way to justify additional sanctions is to renounce the nuclear deal, doing that would cause europe not to support distinction in many in the world would even say iwan was free to reopen it Nuclear Program without inspections or restrictions. Fortunately, the world is based, is blessed with an almost, beyond possible use Natural Resources and that is our supply of people coming from tehran. We can impose the maximum sanction without even mentioning the iran deal and then we will have european support as we point to almost 500,000 dead serious civilians, a direct responsibility of tehran as we point to the terrorism around the world, as we point to how they treat their own people and the execution of those of the lgbt communique. There is no shortage of reasons to support
You know who served his country with honor in iraq and had served in afghanistan. And i remember our meeting last spring with senator corker. My democrat counterpart Elliott Engle and i had put together a bipartisan house version of the Taylor Force Act which we will be marking up in a few weeks. And i want to thank him again for taking the time to address us here today. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Stuart force. [ applause ] good afternoon. And thank you for chairman royce. And to the Hudson Institute. As youll notice very quickly, im not an xapt in any of the subject matter today. Im here as an unofficial representative of a group that no one ever wants to be a part of. Families of victims of terror. We lost taylor in a palestinian terror attack in israel about a year and a half ago, and we immediately became members of that horrific club. He was a west point grad and as chairman royce said two combat tours in iraq and afghanistan and brought his troops home safely from both tours. Comp
And we have with us here mr. Stewart force, mike mccall many of you know as chairman of the Homeland Security committee. Congressman brad sherman from los angeles. Congressman hank johnson is with us as well. What i thought i might do here is let me say a few words of introduction, if i could on behalf of mr. Stewart force, because i wanted to share with him how much we admire his work, the work he has done, the work his wife robbie has done to try to ensure that no other family has to endure the pain that their family has endured. Their son taylor force was a Great American patriot. He was a west point graduate, as you know, who served his country with honor in iraq, and had served in afghanistan. And i i remember our meeting last spring with senator corker. My democrat counterpart eliot engel and i have put together a bipartisan house version of the Taylor Force Act which we will be marking up in a few weeks. And i want to thank him again for taking the time to address us here today.