The uns secretarygeneral antonio guterres, says it is high time to stop this hell on earth. Just as the Winter Olympics close in pyeongchang, north korea offers a glimmer of hope for democracy. The white house meanwhile, has been cautious about their proposal. Also coming up this hour, the french government unveiling its land to transform the countrys rail company. That is coming up in business. And, paintings discovered in spanish caves. Putting the neanderthals in a new light. Thank you for tuning in, we start with the u. K. Where the leader of opposition is clarifying the brexit policy this monday. Debt expected to declare his support for a Customs Union. This is likely to disappoint some within the labour party who hope to remain both in the eu Single Market as well as the Customs Union. He has an address coming up in coventry. We are not leaving europe we are now 20 months on and barricading ourselves in. We have long argued that a Customs Union is a viable option for the final de
Considering how much we invested, the soldiers general dempsey led in iraq. So im worried im not happy about this. I think delusion is a word thats too accurate. So i just want to say that here at the beginning. I hope we will get into more details about what you plan to do to reverse this action. And at some point the president s going to have to change his mind, it seems to me. He cannot just function based on a Campaign Promise when reality is different. Secretary carter do you want me to answer that question . It is a fair question, let me go back to the issue of the strategy, and then i will Say Something about afghanistan. The strategy is for defeating isil on the ground in iraq and syria is to train and then enable local forces. That takes some time. Senator sessions i understand that. General dempsey was training the iraqi forces eight years ago. I visited him in iraq. That was his primary responsibility. Weve been training them for nearly a decade. And thats not the problem ri
Them in places in the country where they would be much less likely to be engaged, but if they were engaged there were not only have the right to defend themselves, my themselves my presumption would be re would assist in. Is that a fair estimate . That is my feeling. It is what i said. I think we have an obligation to do so. I do not expect that occasions arise anytime soon. To get to the chairmans. And the very first vetting the thing, mr. Chairman that made the number so small, and i said the i said the number 60 and can look at your faces. The same reaction i do. Why is that number so small. The reason for that has to do with the criteria we applied. Some of this is the law to these recruits. We do counterintelligence screening. We make sure that for example they arent going to pose a green on blue threat to the trainers that they dont have any history of atrocities. These are all things that are required of us. Theyre willing to engage in the campaign in a way that is compliant wit
Dempsey, is to me intellectually dishonest. Senator aot. Mr. Chairman just for the record president george w. Bush signed an agreement with maliki government to withdrawal all forces. Well have that debate later on but it was clear we could have and Everybody Knows they could have and the people that were there knows they could have senator a yot. Thank you both for being here and your service to the country. We both appreciate it. Secretary carter you had answered to senator manchin that the arms were providing to the kurds were doing so with the consent of the iraqi Central Government. Are we doing that directly or through the iraqi Central Government . We are not the only ones but we and others convey the weapons directly to the kurds. But we inform the Iraqi Government and get their formal consent to it. So it doesnt delay the arming of the kurds but were who are trying to stick up for the Central Government. Because previously we heard complaints about it going through the Iraqi G
Softer real net recognizing myself for our Opening Statements i will recognize other members and for those witnesses those prepared statements are made as part of our records with those statements and questions for a the record we have many members of the subcommittee on the Judiciary Committee ancestral important track up happening as we speak and we appreciate the time they can scare to culvert for lahood. Last month that subcommittee convened on those opportunities of the United States and saudi arabia but today we focus on the relationship and their relationship with the neighbors. It is important to note this rift is not new. Former senior level official of the Treasury Department stated earlier this month saudi arabia have fought for years with those actions against the of financiers and they will continue to operate. Then of course there is khalifa mohamad who is a u. S. Come in you designated International Terrorist for his role in financing al qaeda and the 9 11 mastermind. In