State department terrorists. They designated a terrorist group linked to al qaeda in iraq. The department imposed sanctions. What does it mean to sort out good rebels from bad . Nick paton walsh explains. Reporter not only look different, black flags, well armed and disciplined, they fight differently, too. Using suicide tactics and mass casualty car bombs, radical extremists but undeniably effective. Behind a stream of rebel victories, overrunning regime bases across syria, many thinking the end of assad is nearer than ever. Why has the United States, who also want assad gone, black listed them as terrorists . Weve had concerns that al nusra is little more than a front for al qaeda in iraq who has moved some of its operations into syria. Reporter that link clear in the document filed monday, al nusra deemed not a new group, another name for al qaeda in iraq. U. S. Officials believing insurgents who kill americans in iraq fighting for rebels against assad. This move may make sense in p
The iraqi army stands poised to take back tick tikrit as Government Forces are said to be within striking distance of sadham husseins hometown. Nooiblt three weeks now, imran khan brings us the latest from baghdad. The battle iraqi ready to go into the city. They say that they are amassing reinforcement and they will go down they are amassing there. Proisil and social media accounts say they are ready for the fight in the town and they have brought in reinforcements. While all of this goes on, there has been a delivery of hardware from the russians to the iraqis of five fighter jets. The f16s that were promised by america to iraq havent been delivered and that has an oiled many senior iraqi politicians including conclusions the Prime Minister, himself, at the very highest levels. There have been conversations between the iraqis and americans about trying to speed up this delivery they gone to the russians who have managed these five aircraft within 24 hours. Means the iraqis say that t
The critics. Costa rica prepared to face greece in one of their most successful tournaments in world cup history. First to the turmoil in iraq and an important test for the Largest Military offensive yet by government forces. There is confusion about who exactly is in control of tikrit. The iraqi army says its ready to retake the city that fell to sunni rebels almost three weeks ago. State television is reporting reinforcements have arrived and is taking control surrounding villages. They are believed to be on the outskirts of the city and are getting ready for a major battle to come. At the same time, troops are being deployed west of the city. They want to secure the road leading to repa near sia. The first batch of russian fighter jets have arrived. The government says the five planes will be ready for cocomb the coming days. Straight to baghdad an to imran chan. We are reporting confusion about tick ri tikrit. Who is . Charge of the city . Do we know who is trying to retake it . Wh
Comcast supports cspan2 as a public service. Larry garver, its a pleasure to be here with you. Werer excited for your new boo, escaping gravity. As you say in the subtitle, its your quest to transform nasa. I wonder if you can start with why in your view did nasa need to be transformed . Thanks, chris. Its great to be here with you too. I have been at nasa in the 1990s working on the nasa administrator at the time, ben goldman and was actively and successfully working to transform nasa. In i had previous to that worked for a Grass Roots Organization who was really interested in returning human space flight to more than just a handful of as gnats. As astronauts and nasa lost its way to get humans into space. Coming back to nasa as the deputy administrator in the Obama Administration, i thought it was very natural goal to want to continue that transformation process and president elect obama agreed. Its a lot of peoples quest for decades and thats why i wrote the book. Open that up, you
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