And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Robbery. But when they tried to detain the man, he sped off. Officers chased him down city streets at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. Please s police say he jumped out and tried to carjack another vehicle. Police say the man was armed when three officers fired their weapons. He later died at the hospital. The Police Department says they recovered this gun at the scene. They say it was loaded and stolen. Police say there were a lot of witnesses around, and they would like to hear from them. Its just after noon in china now. And daylight has revealed new devastation after a series of explosions in the northeastern port city of tianjin northeast of beijing. At least 17 people are dead and hundreds are injured. The blast was as powerful as a 2. 9 magnitude earthquake. Bob woodruff has a closer look at the damage. Reporter the Mushroom Cloud eating up the night sky tonight. Hundreds injured, many still missing. The horror beginning just before 11 00 p. M. A fire at a warehouse storing Ha
Comment . David pilpel. Its not Public Comment but i am wondering if there is announcement of action taken in closed session . Im not asking about action and discussion. Im not sure i understood what you said. I support the motion not to disclose but i am wonding if there is any action that you need to report out . Okay. Thats all. Call the question. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . It carries unanimously. We will turn to item number 7, discussion and possible action on the junes29 and 27 draft minutes. Any corrections or additions by the commission . Any corrections or additions by the public . David pilpel speaking as an individual. Since we had a lot of time and while you were in closed session there were a number of typos and things that would read better. I wont go through them and i will give them to staff and give them discretion to improve them. Thank you very much. Thank you. Motion to approve the minutes as possibly revised with minor corrections . I move that we approve
Commissioner dejesus commissioner mazzucco commissioner hwang commissioner melara president loftus you have a could you please state your name and also chief of police and joyce hicks. Thank you. Good evening, everyone and city hall welcome to the wednesday, august 19, 2015, of the Police Commission sergeant the next latinamerican preparation retired police reverse rodney. Colleagues you have in your packet a note regarding retired Police Reserve cpr last year to the city were here to honor him. Chief and members of the public and im officer, im the Court Reporting for the San Francisco Police Department to my left is officer rodney until 2007 worked an details and assignments he got numerous captains accommodates and letters of appreciation from the public. Oh, yeah. I wanted to say thank you for having me here the last night was 25 or to thirty years ago i was up here debating against the police hike my cousin was a member of the Police Commission and working in a difference city wit
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