a private funeral service will be held friday for former first lady nancy reagan who died yesterday. mrs. reagan will lie in repose wednesday and thursday at the reagan presidential library in simi valley california and be buried next to her husband on the grounds of library. president obama ordered flags flown at half-staff to honor the former first lady. nancy reagan was 94. as campaign 2016 continues pre-primaries and one caucus is taking place in several states tomorrow. the special focus on michigan and mississippi. join us beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span for live coverage of the election results candidate speeches and fewer reactions. taking on the road to the white house on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. president obama s homeland security adviser said the white house will begin releasing annual numbers of people killed in u.s. drone strikes in an effort to dispel what it says is misinformation about civilian casualties. lisa monaco announced the polic
limited thing that we should back off of the specific numbers and recognize there is a strong commitment to readiness as the department of defense says there should be especially wary face as many facts that come up with a warning as they do in healthcare. i can tell you from personal experience that discussions are made about benefits and what we are going to do to the health care system and military readiness is something that always gets raised and it should be and will continue to be. i want to invite wanted to invite you to add anything that you would wish. given the responsibilities you have and how much you ve contributed and realizing that you are now out of service in the department of defense i think i m hearing you today say the military health care system is in reasonably good shape but it needs a lot of work into the compensation system is reasonably fair but there are significant changes we can and should consider and we don t need an overhaul but we do need a
.. [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and once again we are live at the atlantic council here in washington d.c. morocco s foreign affairs or is the guest speaker this morning talking about strategies to combat violent extremism. there will also be a panel discussion all in his remarks. while we have a moment quickly some of our programming coming up later on the c-span network. he says social networking creates false communities. you can see his comments at 7:00. my name is peter pham director here at the atlantic council. on behalf of the atlantic council chairman aeschylus mcauley, ambassador frank richer donate, director of the atlantic council rafik hariri center for middle east, it is my honor to invite you. i essentially want to acknowledge the presence of the ambassador his majesty, king of morocco to the united states, a good friend and like its predecessor member of the atlantic council. i also want to welcome all of
moment. welcome. i am mark rosella the international affairs here at george mason university and we are delighted to have mark bone here to do a presentation based on his latest book which i had the pleasure to read in draft form and we talked about it at length. it is excellent work. i am thrilled that he is here to make a presentation based on the research he has done in his six years as does well in the situation room at the white house. i am first going to introduce my colleague, the director of our center for politics and foreign relations than he is going to make the formal introduction or speaker. i teach a class on the presidency from jfk to obama, so i m going to use this for my next few classes. what i like about this book presidency in crisis from truman to obama is that at the end of each crisis or decision-making problem in the white house from truman through obama, he does an assessment which gives it an interesting background. you see what jfk did their in de
against isil. and forth and finally, the proposed aumf expires in four years. i understand the reason for the proposed sunset provision. it derives from the important principle stemming from the constitution that makes the grave matter of enacting an authorization for the use of military force a shared responsibility of the president and congress. the president s proposed authorization affords the american people the chance to assess our progress in three years time, and provides next president and the next congress the opportunity to reauthorize it, if they find it necessary. to me, this is a sensible and principal provision, even though i cannot assure that the counter isil campaign will be completed in three years. now, in addition to providing the authority and flexibility to wage a successful campaign, i said i had another key consideration. sending the right signals to the troops. it will demonstrate to our personnel that their government stands behind them. as secretar