Insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or private dinars, partly because it
Isil. They are the sunni muslim insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or pr
They are the sunni muslim insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or private
Recession since the great depression, the divide between the rich and the rest is still deep. Can there be a real economic recovery if everyone cant say its 78 and sunny . Stephen moore, chief economist of the Heritage Foundation and a coauthor of a new book. Austan goolsbee, professor at the university of Chicago Booth School of business. Gentlemen, thanks for joining us. The economy we learned this week shrank in the first three weeks of the year. 1 contraction. First time in three years. Blame it on the weather, kept shopper out of storesance house hunters out of homes. Looking backwards. Looking forward, growth as high as 4 this quarter. Stephen, is this a recovering economy . For the past 15 years, a bipolar personality economy. You get some months where you get a nice buildup in the economy, and weve had 3 or 4 growth, then it tumbles again. Thats been the pattern throughout really this fiveyear recovery. I would say for most americans theyre still very worried. Americans are the
Detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Bergdahl is now in a Forwarding Operating base in afghanistan. His family just hours ago learned he was free. The local qatari government brokered the deal. The pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has been all over the story. Well get to her. First to somebody who actually knows Bowe Bergdahl very, very well. Sheri horton of idaho. Sheri, thank you for joining us. This is obviously an incredible day, ow viewers should know you know him incredibly well because you were his roommate three years. I was. Its a very exciting day near idaho. Everybody is celebrating. All restaurants are putting signssits very xrit iexciting tell us about the efforts that have been under way, my understanding, you and his parents working hand in glove with the rest of his friends to try to make sure that the idea of his captivity is not forgotten . Well, his parents have been in the forefront the whole time, even if they are very private people and not necessarily the ones givi