Good morning. Welcome back to the washington journal. Good morning. Welcome to the washington journal. We want to hear from you. Send us a tweet. Or go to facebook,. Com. Send an email. At the white house before going to new york for meetings at the United Nations, heres what he had to say about the air strikes on monday. Last night on my orders, Americas Armed forces began strikes against targets in syria. Today the American People give thanks for the Extraordinary Service of the men and women indown form including the pilots with the courage and professionlism we come to expect from the finest military the world has ever known. Earlier i outlined our strategy i made it clear that as part of this campaign, the United States would take action against targets in iraq and syria so these terrorists could not find a safe haven anywhere. Also made clear america would act as part of a broad coalition. We were joined in this action by our friends and partners saudi arabia, United Arab Emirate
Front of me. Ambassadors of the african private and public sectors. Thepecially want to thank staff of congressman gregg meeks dialogueng this allowing us to meet and interact and defined u. S. African business relations. Im here to deliver a message. One to the u. S. Private sector and the other to the u. S. Congress. Two american ceos, i want to thank you for being open to expanding your business interests to the african continent. You have learned plenty about the warmth of the African People , a warmth you can actually see in front of you. I have a couple of points i want to share here. Withs that african ceos the confidence of the african by any global, standard. They have made significant africa, and the countries are part of the growing countries in the world as evidence in countries like andria, rwanda, mozambique, tanzania. Countries that are making strides in spite of the negative press stories we hear every day, stories of terrorism, disease, and corruption. , isria, for ins
New biography of napoleon. Why do we need another biography of napoleon because you probably know how many there have been. I do. There are more books with napoleon in the title than days since his death. Charlie wow. The answer to your question is this scholarly organization brought out a complete set of volumes of all 33,000 letters that napoleon signed in his lifetime. So for the first time we have them all together chronologically, beautifully affrontated and were able to see the way the mans mind worked, the compartmentalization of his mind, how he kept ten balls in the air at the same time. Charlie robin wright has written a piece in the new yorker magazine about syria. The free syria doesnt exist as one entity, it doesnt have one commander or one set of strategies, they dont really coordinate with each other. Theyre broken down into towns or cities or neighborhoods, and in trying to find a force that can fight either i. S. I. S. Or the government in damascus, the challenge is fi
New biography of napoleon. Why do we need another biography of napoleon because you probably know how many there have been. I do. There are more books with napoleon in the title than days since his death. Charlie wow. The answer to your question is this scholarly organization brought out a complete set of volumes of all 33,000 letters that napoleon signed in his lifetime. So for the first time we have them all together chronologically, beautifully affrontated and were able to see the way the mans mind worked, the compartmentalization of his mind, how he kept ten balls in the air at the same time. Charlie robin wright has written a piece in the new yorker magazine about syria. The free syria doesnt exist as one entity, it doesnt have one commander or one set of strategies, they dont really coordinate with each other. Theyre broken down into towns or cities or neighborhoods, and in trying to find a force that can fight either i. S. I. S. Or the government in damascus, the challenge is fi
Defend its views as does the right to life. That is the way our system operates. And Campaign Finances reform is about lower the limits, restrict the speech, restrict the speech and what happens is the only is e who can win election incumbent politicians because they have those that raise the money and any challenger has to raise the money. If you dont have an army of thousands and thousands of buppedlers you cannot effectively challenge an incumbent. That is not the unintended effect of these laws, that is the intended effect. We have super pacs that are speaking on the sidelines and you have politicians who play games. They speak since they cannot speak directly under the law they will say who will rid me of this trouble some clerk. If a group is supporting you, you hope what they say bears some resemblance of what you believe but you cant talk to them so if they get it wrong, there is nothing you can do. A far better system would be to allow individuals unlimited contributions to ca