Before going to tehran waiting for my visa and had a chance to talk to a lot of gulf arabs and the degree of anxiety about iran as they look at this changing process thats beginning is important. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] g officer without objection. Mr. Mccain mr. President , my colleague from South Carolina will shortly join me on the floor, but i will make some remarks while im waiting. And, mr. President , when the senator from South Carolina joins me, i ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with the senator from South Carolina. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mccain some of us were here in the senate ten years ago in 2004 when u. S. Troops led two major offensives against al qaeda and other militants in the iraqi city of fallujah. Some of us remember how 146 of our brave men and women in uniform lost their lives and more than 1,000 were wounded. Those fights were some of t
Highlights from the world cup itself, and find out why these dutch fans are doing this. Theyre doing a great job and were going to beat australia, thats for sure. Hello. The latest reports from iraq say sunni insurgents have gained control of large parts of the countrys Biggest Oil Refinery after launching a dual assault. Production was already shut down at the site. Foreign workers were told to leave for their own safety on tuesday after it was surrounded by rebel forces. Well, black smoke has been seen rising from the plant after a government helicopter hit a fuel storage tank and set it on fire. Well, the iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki is due to make a televised address shortly. Joining me now is rada awawi. On this refinery, it is crucial to Oil Production within the country. Do we know what the state of play is here, who is in control of it . There are conflicting reports about this oil refinery. Like you said, this is the Biggest Oil Refinery in the country, located 250 kilo
Perform and sowm the administration sought to main tankers they couldnt tell us or the iraqis. The white house still had not made a decision. It went on like this for the next few months. By august 2011, the leaders of iraqs main political blocks states they were prepared to enter negotiations to keep some u. S. Troops in iraq. An ir entire month passed and sl the white house made no decision. All the while during this inte internal deliberation as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general Martin Dempsey later testified before the Senate Armed Services committee, the size of a potential u. S. Force presence kept cascading down from upwards of 16,000 to an event low of less than 3,000. By that point the force would be able to do little rather than protect itself and Prime Minister maliki and other iraqi leaders realized that the political cost of accepting this proposal was not worth the benefit. To blame this failure entirely on the iraqi iraqis is conveniet it misses the real poin
International security and a rash associate. Good to have you with us. I do want your take on this. North korea has a history of Holding Americans without announcing formal charges, what do you make of this, and charges of hostile acts . Normally this is a good sign. In past, and we have a lot of experience here, right. Theres a lot of americans over the past decade detained by North Koreans. Typically whats is once they move the judicial process, once they have a verdict and they charge them, that is a stage where that sets it up for them to be released. I use the word normally. And unfortunately, with this north korea right now, normally sort of is out the window. We dont know what it moons. The u. S. Has a lot on its plate. Could this lead to a standoff with the u. S. In knaining concessions. What do you think north korea is up to . Thats a great question. On the one hand, the u. S. Is focussed elsewhere, obviously. What is in the news iraq, syria, ukraine. It seems like it would be
A week ago, a Lebanese newspaper published this piece of news in its culture section: The Cultural Councilorship of the Islamic Republic of Iran invites you to attend a seminar entitled “Desecration of Sanctities and The Perpetuation of Confrontation,” and the opening of an exhibition of caricature works entitled “The Struggle between Fire and Light.” The piece then lists the names of the participants, besides the Iranian Cultural Advisor and Lebanon’s Minister of Culture Mohammad Wissam Al-Murtada, it includes a bishop, a priest, and a Sunni Sheikh.