President for foreign policies here at the kato institute. Thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching at cspan and online at kato. Org. Following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. The ensuing 16 years, u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Aassessments are mixed at best. In june secretary of state james mattis stated we are not winning in afghanistan right now. Estimates what have we spent prang from 840 billion to over 2 trillion plus over 2300 u. S. Troops killed and another 20,000 wounde
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The death toll from the worst mass shooting in u. S. Modern history could have been much higher. Hello this is al jazeera live from doha. Also ahead and this is going to. Repeat the u. S. President visits storm hit puerto rico meeting with officials he is harshly criticized on twitter. In a rare televised address spains king comes down firmly on the side of the Central Government in its standoff with catalonia plus. I think its clear to me. Its connections with with terrorist groups the u. S. Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff tells Congress Pakistani Intelligence Services have ties to on groups and has warned of punitive action. Thank you for joining as more details are emerging about sunday nights mass shooting in las vegas but police still dont have an answer on why Steven Patrick i retire with no criminal record carried out the attack lets bring you up to speed with what we know police say that all set up cameras around the Mandalay Bay Hotel room from where he launches a toc it
This is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Last vegas Police Released body cam video of their search for the gunmen inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel. In a red televised address spains king comes down firmly on the side of the Central Government in its standoff with catalonia. The u. S. President visits storm hit puerto rico meeting officials is harshly criticized on twitter and a gun battle near port highlights a long running tensions in the disputed kashmir region. Thank you for joining us last vegas police have released body camera footage showing officers trying to locate the source of the gunfire from sunday night. The video also shows police trying to evacuate people who were in the line of fire stephen paddle fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred when he opened fire from a hotel room onto an outdoor concert federal officials saying he had nearly fifty guns and three notations. Gallagher who joins us now live from Las
Hello im adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. You were bleeding out you feel like you would never made it. If someone had stepped. Over the wall of my parents or are you so stories of heroism in the face of tragedy without help the death toll of the worst mass shooting in u. S. Modern history could have been much higher plus. I think its clear to me that the i. S. I. Has connections with with terrorist groups in the u. S. Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff tells congress that Pakistani Intelligence Services have ties to groups that has warned of peers punitive action. And you have seven days to get out thats what the u. S. Tells cubas diplomatic staff in washington will tell you why. Us from they say that the gunman behind the last vegas mass shooting had nearly fifty weapons including a dozen with devices that made them file automatically Stephen Paddick killed fifty eight people and injured pulled in five hundred when he opened fire from a hotel room