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we have followed that policy. and we never said that it was a target, which we would i understand that. i appreciate the kauvcaveats. you re very good at caveats, i appreciate that. that brings me to my second point. a full six and a half years after the recovery, as you acknowledged there is slack in the labor market and there are significant weaknesses in the labor market, in the overall economy. in fact, a recent investors business daily article said the over all group has been 13.3%. that s less than half the average growth rate in the previous ten recoveries since waurld world war 2. if it had been average, gdp would by had $1.9 trillion larger today. you recognized this in your report saying the measure of labor under utilization remains relative. that would explain why you ve invoked that caveat and haven t raised the rates even though you came below that 6.5%. i understand the analysis. let s talk about the cause of that underlying weakness. it s clearly no ....
be militarily defeated without being treated in the homebase and so this fight eventually has to go over the iraqi border not odd. [inaudible] you don t really expect to defeat them? but there are ground forces. [inaudible] we have are the spoken about playing the role and i m not suggesting that we have an optimally configured ground force in the region but i m equally clear that injecting western boots on the ground would not be the solution. that would not deliver the solution. try as they may leave lead us on to this. thank you, mr. chairman on this point. this analysis is being done with whatever you hope to achieve with airstrikes. and of course we are talking about this in recent years and so what are your plans for this situation? it also remains to be seen as far as a political transition in the regime to a government which has legitimately. [inaudible] at the outcome that we see is not going to be it easy to deliver and we recognize that. in the me ....
specifically blamed mcconnell for his push not being successful. the truth is if the majority leader hadn t opposed us we could have insisted that iran recognizes israel s right to exist and released its hostages before any sanctions are lifted. he told reporters. more now on what s in store for the senate from a capitol hill reporter. good morning to you. good morning. explain this criticism and where it came from? has this been long simmering between senator ted cruz and the majority leader mitch mcconnell? yes, to answer you briefly. cruz is running a campaign that is essentially running against republicans in washington and trying to showcase himself as the conservative leading the charge against what he considers the washington cartel. they have been fighting over strategy ranging over the budget conference in 2013. the government shutdown in 2014. there was a fight over immigration at the end of last year. we have numerous tactical battles. this is the lat ....
percent of the american people did not vote and 80 percent of young people did not vote. so our job it seems to me in the next few months is to do some very obvious things. number one, we ve got to elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states. [applause] number two, we have got to stay focused on the most important issue. it is not just about electing candidates. it is about transforming the country. [applause] now, the media are talking about the real issues but that s what the american people want to hear discussion about. they want us to create millions of jobs rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. they want us to make sure that public colleges and universities in this country are tuition free. they focus on the issues yet ordinary people and young people involved in the political process, what we are in the process of doing right now is transitioning our campaign into an organization that isgoing to encourage young people to get involved in po ....
victories after court strike down voting restrictions in north carolina, wisconsin, kansas, and taxes. .e will speak to ari berman we are heading into the first presidential cycle in 50 years without the full protections of the voting rights act. what that means in practice, eckstein states have new voting restrictions in place for the first presidential cycle. it is urgent to restore the voting rights act and make it easier to vote in a whole lot of ways, things like early voting and same-day voter registration, automatic voter registration. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a federal appeals court has struck down voting restrictions in north carolina saying they disproportionately affected african americans. in the ruling, the three-judge panel from the fourth circuit wrote the new provisions target african americans with almost surgical precision. the law had been challenge ....