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Welker is there. There are meetings going on at the highest levels of the white house. Recap to specifically what happened two f18 fighter jets dropped 500pound bombs on artillery and trucks carrying it as extremists moved toward erbil. This is significant because it marks a major shift in policy for the obama administration, the president has brought on a platform of withdrawing from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. The Administration Knows that politically it is unpopular to become engaged in the middle east, but senior Officials Say in this case, the president believed it was necessary for two reasons. One, because u. S. Interests were at risk. Again, there is a u. S. Consulate in erbil. And those extremist isis forece have been making steady gains. Its become a humanitarian crisis. President obama saying that part of the reason for this was to prevent a genocide of those some 40,000 religious minorities trapped on the mountain top without access to food, without access to water. T
Countries, whether its iran or russia or whoever that actor may be, the intelligence agencys fundamental role is to deliver that information to policymakers so you all can make informed judgments about how to respond and to keep america safe. Thats its function. It has lots of pieces to it. People pieces. We have to have the finest talent from all across america so that it can deliver that product. We have to have policies and processes in place so that we can deliver that. We need to make sure when asked to perform covert action that we do so in a professional way consistent with the law and vigorously constitute the president s directives there. This is a world class Foreign Intelligence Service that if im confu confirmed, i am humbled to have the opportunity to lead. Let me ask about gathering intelligence and getting it in a timely basis to the president and other decisionmakers and policymakers. It has been one of the ongoing disputes is the speed of the turn around. How fresh is
In fact, ill be able to talk to a member of the House Intel Committee about what comes next. But our top story tonight is the even bigger story in the Washington Post. The headline, Russian Ambassador told moscow that Kushner Wanted Secret Communications Channel with kremlin. Were just going to read here for you the first few paragraphs of this reporting because it is quite remarkable. Jared kushner and russias ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure Communications Channel between trumps Transition Team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. Reading from the post, ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in moscow that kushner made the proposal in a meetindecember 1st or 2nd at trump tower, according to intercepts of Russian Communications reviewed by u. S. Officials. This meeting also attended by Michael Flynn, trumps First National secu