[indiscernible conversation] i call the hearing to order, please. Attorney general sessions, i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. Thank you for your years of dedication. As i mentioned when director comey appeared before us last week, this committees role is to be the eyes in the ears of the other members of the United States senate. And sharing the Intelligence Community is operating lawfully. The community is a large and diverse place. We recognize the gravity of our 2016tigation into the elections but i remind our constituents that while we investigate russia, we are scrutinizing the cias budget while investigating russia, we are still investigating the budget and the 702 program, our nations subtly program and the entire effort to recruit and maintain the best talent we can. Conducts the committee its investigations behind closed doors. The sanctity of sources and methods is part of the ability to keep us safe. I said repeatedly i did not should doy c
It was also the first time the attorney general testified to Congress Since recusing himself of the russia investigation back in march. Id like to call the hearing to order, please. Attorney general sessions, i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. And thank you for your years of dedicated services as a member of this body and your recent leadership as the department of justice. As i mentioned when director comey appeared before us last week, this committees role is to be the eyes and ears for the other 85 members of the United States senate and for the American People. Ensuring that the Intelligence Community is operating lawfully and has the necessary tools to keep america safe. The community is large and diverse. We recognize the gravity of our investigation into russias interference in the 2016 u. S. Elections. But i remind our constituents that while we investigate russia, we are scrutinizing cias budget while were investigating russia, we are still scr
Height of the president ial campaign. That raises a new level of alarm. One of the reasons it does is because we know the attorney misled, under oath, the Senate Judiciary committee in response to my direct question about his contact with russian officials. I asked then, senator sessions, if he had been in contact with anyone connected in any part of the russian government about the 2016 election. His answer was unequivocal. He said, no. You provided a similar senatorng response to frank to say he was not aware of any connections between the Trump Campaign in the russian government. And those of us, especially the lawyers who have had a chance to serve as attorney general or prosecutors, we know its an egregious breach of public trust. Attorney general sessions has now recruiw recused himself from this investigation. Everybody would agree that he had to recuse himself. And now, questions arise if he perjured himself. Responses report that the attorney general never met with russian off
Height of the president ial campaign. That raises a new level of alarm. One of the reasons it does is because we know the attorney misled, under oath, the Senate Judiciary committee in response to my direct question about his contact with russian officials. I asked then, senator sessions, if he had been in contact with anyone connected in any part of the russian government about the 2016 election. His answer was unequivocal. He said, no. You provided a similar senatorng response to frank to say he was not aware of any connections between the Trump Campaign in the russian government. And those of us, especially the lawyers who have had a chance to serve as attorney general or prosecutors, we know its an egregious breach of public trust. Attorney general sessions has now recruiw recused himself from this investigation. Everybody would agree that he had to recuse himself. And now, questions arise if he perjured himself. Responses report that the attorney general never met with russian off
Dont need fallujah and our ticket to fallujah so the two are so that was the explanation. No military reason to take fallujah in order to get to mosul. Every city in iraq is going to get cleared. Thats a we are here for. We are here to clear daish, clara isil out of iraq so we are going to every city sooner or later. Its just a question of sequencing and that sequencing and then i said if i remember it having established that fallujah is not necessary for mosul, the sequencing then becomes political and of course all of this is part of politics. War is part of politics and an extension of its of course we understand this professional soldiers that political component and we understand theres going to be a political component and we understand that bigger the comp country is make decisions more pure military necessity. We understand that perfectly well. And of course given recent unrest in baghdad, given the rash of bombings in bag dad certainly that changes the photo will it was for th