They were deeply political. Went to the debates in congress all the time, helped their husbands with speeches and letters and that. And had their views and sometimes they werent exactly the same as the mens. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama hosted italys Prime Minister matteo renzi at the white house today, and at a joint News Conference, addressed a list of sticky issues, st
Like oh pwplbama has said all wars must end its on the scope of the president s war powers and the use of military force. They include the draw down of u. S. Forces and the rise of new groups like isil that threaten regional stability. This past february president obama submitted the proposal if a new force organization targeted at isil. The responsibility of congress in responding to new threats. Whether the nature of new threats like isil require us to rethink traditional conceptions of the war powers and the optimal ways of the powers should be exercised. Were fortunate to be joined by a distinguished panel of experts. Ill introduce the panelists to you and theyll speak in order and after that well have time for questions and answers. I would ask in advance when you have a question please come up to the mike phones to ask your question. First well hear from Lieutenant Colonel. Hes at the department of law at west point. Hes the u. S. Army judge advocate who was deployed to iraq as t
Israelis come to the white house and say we think you should bomb a nuclear site. And in 2002, he asked them their pb. They all more or less said yes, you should go or youre ready to go. Even general powell in the end said im suiting up at that point despite his misgiving that he had expressed up until that point. And then president kicks them all out of the room and its just him and cheney at this point. Its the two of them that make the fateful decision. Fast forward to twrevpb and the same people are in front of him and the Vice President is asked to give his opinion and the Vice President said he should go ahead and bomb. You have laid down a red ryan on the issue of proliferation and you should follow through on that. The president asked if anybody agreed with the Vice President and nobodys hand goes up. The path from that point until 2003 to 2007 shows how much iraq and afghanistan has gun to weigh on president bush. He did not take military action against syria despite the urgin
Iraq is in turmoil. A group of fighters called the Islamic State in iraq and the levant known as isil have taken over several cities, they have from mosul moving south taking at that creek and honing in on baiji. Kurdish fighters are now in control of kirkuk. This isnt just about iraq. Isil if fighting for its place in syria and irans president is promising to help combat what he is calling terrorism. The u. N. Security council is meet this is hour to discussion the situation. Omar reports from baghdad 67 the latest is coming from state television saying that the antiterrorism force backed by fighter jets are chasing fighters from isil north of tikrit. Now sources in tikrit are saying that the town of tikrit is still under control of isil. Now, there is another development with regards to whats happening. You mentioned the tribal fighters in mosul and elsewhere, so basically what we have now, there is a statement and according to that statement, they call themselves the tribal fighters
Hello i am ray swarr h juar. Suarez. A Brown University put tt of the war over 2 billion. The cost that brown estimates 134,000 iraqi civilians died in the long years of war. Add Security Forces, aid workers and journalists, and that number leaps to between 176 and 189,000. Just under 4500 american troops died in iraq. That eightyear american presence brought down the murderous government of the sadam hussein, disbanded the iraqi army. Americans worked hard to rebuild the power and water systems, the civil service, the police and the army. The u. S. Left iraq in 2011. After eight years and eight months unable to reach ideal with the new Iraqi Government for keeping troops in the country. And today, less than three years later, the weaknesses, contradictions and unsolved riddles of creating a post saddam iraq are apparent, its the inside story. The Prime Minister of iraq has declared a state of emergency. After days of intensifying violence, some 1300 fighters from the Islamic State of