Today marks the beginning of a week of commemoration. South afte afterallan how are pg Nelson Mandela and his legacy. Well rochelle they are celebrating Nelson Mandela with song and chanting and fraser prd laughter. Its been an open air festival all day long. Earlier today we went to a huge Catholic Church not too far from here celebrating his 50th anniversary and celebrates the life of one of the worlds great statesmen. Attendance today mor more than a thousand. The sounds of sowest tweto an that is not just another sunday the congregation of the largeste church celebrates mandela in song and prayer. As Similar Services are held across south africa in a day of reflex. Reflection. We gather here to thank god for his life and we thank god for the blessings that he bestowed on the life of ma d ma. Madiba. The police were sending tear gas inside of the church to get him out. It was very bad. Father sebastian show us the bullet holes from a decade ago. We could have filled them saul l but
Thread to find out where our hostages are, to try to rescue them when we saw an opportunity to try to work with any country that might have any means of locating them. Tragically, we werent able to rescue mr. Foley. But were going to keep trying for all of our hostages, not just in syria but around the world. Our topranked military officer has delivered his strongest words yet about the Islamic State says, we cant address the problem without acknowledging syria. His words came right during the cycle on thursday along with a chilling assessment from defense secretary chuck hagel. First, general dempsey. This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision, which will eventually have to be defeated. Isil is a sophisticated and wellfunded as any group that we have seen. Theyre beyond just a terrorist group. This is beyond anything that weve seen. So we must prepare for everything. The only way you do that is you take a cold, steely hard look at it and get ready. Nb
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