Wasn t done. not the democrats up on capitol hill, not members of it press. it s up to the administration to vet members. meantime in other hot seat news epa minister scott pruitt was up on capitol hill. they questioned about the ethics controversies that have been dragging on for weeks. phil mattingly has more. let me be very clear, i have nothing to hide as it relates to how i run the agency. reporter: in two hearings on capitol hill epa administrator scott pruitt. what has been alleged towards me and my team has been at least half truths at best. reporter: fighting against allegations of abuse of power. it was a pitch that carried little weight with democrats. there s so many questions we need truthful answers to today, but because so far we ve only
Counterterrorist threats and promote conditions for negotiated settlement. where exactly would the money go? the administration says it would appropriately vet members of the omgs opposition to train and equipp but we still don t know about the process or who would be training or where the training would happen. the funding is a big step for president obama who only agreed last june to provide some military aid to the rebels. in may, the president previewed the latest decision talking about syria at the west point graduation. i will work with congress to support opposition in syria. reporter: the question looming large, what if the vetted rebels lose the fight? some worry this equipment would end up in the hands of the wrong people, such as isis. that militant group, which is so
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Would properly vet members of the syrian opposition to insure the weapons we provide do not fall into the wrong hands. jennifer griffin live in our d.c. bureau with more on that controversial proposal. jennifer. reporter: jon, in a near about face president obama signaled he now intend to ramp up training of syria s so-called moderate opposition after resisting calls to do so for three years since the syrian civil war began. secretary of state john kerry flew to saudi arabia where he met today with the head of the syrian opposition a day after the white house requested $500 million from congress to begin a more serious effort to train and arm syria s moderate opposition fighters. the request for $500 million to train the syrian opposition was larger than expected and came as part of the administration s request for $68.5 billion in overseas contingency operations, or oco funding.