On whats going on there. That was certainly, that is all generally presyria, which has been system an igniter for the whole resurgence of al qaeda including al qaeda in iraq. So i, i actually believe, and this goes back to how the military fit in, how does force fit in . I would like it to fit in as part of an overall strategy, there are political endeavors and military every endeavors, i feel that way about syria as well, that the political structure, the diplomatic structure needs to be there, not perfect but at least needs to be there that is committed to stopping the killing and getting those, the camps of all those who are out of the country, getting the people back to their homes. Then if the military need be a part of that, thats okay. I worry about, it is too easy to pick up a stick and do something and figure out what happens after the case. So i feel that way. I mean iraq, i saw the other day where there are discussions now about giving them assistance. I think thats a good o
The fact of the matter is we repay and we finally applied a counter is counterinsurgency strategy. Once the people thought we were going to die protecting them from a something which attend to that point and have the capability to do it, the war turned to our favor and strangely at the same time, the al qaeda had fallen in on iraq because of our presence. That is a true statement, so that was a huge negative outcome as a result of the invasion of iraq. Al qaeda cell in on iraq because they saw as a huge opportunity to render a defeat for the united state and they feared strategically the United States would possibly turn iraq into a country that democratic principles and opportunity, send in the ideologically are opposed to. Even now there are support a man with the surge and force is applied differently if they did not have the socalled awakening that took place with the sunni tribal leaders who are rejecting the al qaeda brutality of seventh Century Television enforced upon them. We
Offer services directly or through private or Public Transportation providers. Chairman johnson, which number crapo, this concludes my statement. Id be pleased to answer any questions at this time. Thank you all for your testimony. As he began questions, i will ask the clerk to the five minutes on the clock for each member. Mr. Rogoff, last fall, as te asked for extensive input for the Public Transportation industry in Asset Management framework. The committee has heard from many providers that require safety in Asset Management should be closely to their size and deities should be allowed to assist world assist on. How was fte utilizing field work from providers to ensure new safety in Asset Management remark will not take away from delivering tourists. Thank you, mr. Chairman. We share the concerns on the risk or the pitfall sql is tumbling into a regime where we are adding a pinch of the bed just distracts operators from their coronation that we are calling that montague and that hi
Chairman. We were looking at different ways to maximize our fuel efficiency and taking advantage of what we have in our country with the abundance of natural gas coming on in our state and country right now. I thought you could lead the charge on giving us the incentive to change toward natural gas vehicles. The uptick is going from diesel to natural gas. If you take that lead and we follow up with the state and School Transportation of the school buses, every state can transform the commercial what we call commercial vehicular traffic. Away from petroleum in to natural gas with you taking the lead on mass transit. Were going in the Public Transportation as far as our children. Then we follow up with our state vehicles and our state road vehicles. Most of the gas company convert them free of any contract. No cost to convention. The only cost we have is the first uptick going to a natural gas powered. If you can look at that differently it would help us. We can reduce about 20 to 35 . I
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Albany Nature bus is returning for its fourth year on May 25.The special bus line kicks off on May 25 with the Beaver Line. On June 1, the Warbler Line will be added. The Nature Bus program is a collaborative effort between Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (MHLC) and the Capital District Transportation […]