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Welcome back to the stage at trumans Vice President of policy and programs john simmons. Vice president simmons hello, everybody. I hope everyone had a great lunch. We are at a portion of the program in many are eager to hear. Please welcome the moderator for our keynote address. Monique good afternoon, everyone. Im delighted to be here today to introduce our keynote speaker Rachel Maddow and moderate q a motion of the conference in a little bit. This is a very special experience for me. I do not think i mentioned it to her when i was chatting with her back there. But, i moved back to austin a couple years ago. Because my father was sick. Sadly, he passed away in october. I remember him telling me a few years ago. He thought everything was extremist attacks on our country except for rachels show. When truman asked me to do this i would like come of court of course. I am a huge ....
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 dont really expect to defeat them . But there are ground forces. [inaudible] we have are the spoken about playing the role and im not suggesting that we have an optimally configured ground force in the region but im 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 meantime it is easy to challeng ....
Specifically blamed mcconnell for his push not being successful. The truth is if the majority leader hadnt opposed us we could have insisted that iran recognizes israels right to exist and released its hostages before any sanctions are lifted. He told reporters. More now on whats 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. T ....
And whats more, that prosecutor went on to say in his email that his investigation was hampered because of a lawyer at the university who objected to witnesses being recorded. He said in his 23year career, he had never heard of an attorney objecting to that. By the way, aptikar is on paid leave which means he is not teaching here at the university but he is still getting paid. Veronica . All right. Maria, i do understand that you were able to reach out to the university for comment here. What did they have to say . Reporter so a spokesman initially said she would do an interview and then a few minutes later she said they were not going to do an interview because that 2014 case against aptikar is still ongoing. She did admit that this was the not the best moment in history for the university and that they have learned from this and they have made a few changes. Back to you. Thank you. Kpix 5s maria medina, live in san jose, state, maria, we appreciate it, thank you. A development involv ....