They put a Battalion Commander in jail. They resupplied and got back and took over district center, but it took them a couple of weeks to do that. They eventually got that done. They did that much quicker and within a couple of days they were inside the city and theyve taken a hard look to figure out why that happened and that it doesnt happen no where else. Its a sign of government that wants and cares for their security forces. Thats different than what we had before. I appreciate that. In fact, i think about our own history of the United States army, 40 years after the formation we left the capital exposed and it was set on fire. Im glad that our nation didnt give us on us at that time. The authority to strike, are you allowed any independent or prohibitions on your commandlevel to strike dausch. To our forces. Thank you, and thank you, sir, for your dedicated service to our nation, i yield back. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Good to see you again. Thanks for continued service to our cou
Im pleased to yield to the chair mr. Wilson. And ladies and gentlemen, it is a unique situation where i have just been recognized and get to preside simultaneously. It really gives me an opportunity to thank the Ranking Member smith for their planning this week, cyber week. It is a recognition for our three witnesses how important what youre doing protecting American Families. Im very grateful. We had a hearing yesterday on Cyber Threats to American Families, our National Defense. We have this hearing later this afternoon. We have a briefing. I want the American People to know we have really good people like coppingman langevin all the way from long island, who is the Ranking Member of the emerging threat subcommittee. This really is a bipartisan issue that we face of great concern of attacks on our government, on private businesses, on american citizens. And what youre doing is so important. We have extraordinary staff people who are here working on these issues. And, again, each one
As president , but warning against taking them out on an arbitrary time line next year. The president announcing today that he would keep nearly 10,000 troops in the region until october 2016 and then cut back to 5,500 in early 2017. In a statement the majority leader said the decision to reduce troop numbers should be left to the next president. You can read more here at the washington examiner. Weve heard from the chair of the Armed Services committee, who released a statement saying given the troubling conditions on the ground in afghanistan and the other Security Problems in the region keeping 9,800 troops through at least 2016 is necessary for our security interests. You can also hear the president s announcement for yourself in its entirety and well have it at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time over on cspan. Known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our cspan cities tour joined by Time Warner Cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo wrarks new york, on become tv
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We have had a problem to identify not just canada but previous panels which is up problem to create a divers lawenforcement work force. I am curious if any of you particular talk about this. To have a specific recommendation on how that can be done in the context of specific recommendations that you submitted to higher for a diverse pool of applicants then raising the educational requirements i know working with departments across the country in to make that Associates Degree requirement. While i am not aware of the programs right now that i could share with you with nursing you have a strong lead in the state of california has an Excellent Program started with a High Schoolers were they provided this trading with the eighth degree so that is how we apply that issue and the gap you are describing and to apply that. I think this question is directly related to the question and we have today because part of what will help that is so critical in the context of civil rights because we beli