Conference here i covered that, but this is different. This time he talked about terrorism in philadelphia. Within moments of todays news conference, james comey erased any doubt about how to characterize last weeks attempted murder of Philadelphia Police officer jesse hartnett. We at the fbi level, through our joint Terrorism Task force, are investigating that attack as a terrorist attack. Reporter two days after the shooting, police got a tip the suspect may be part of a terrorist group. Director comey tells us theres no evidence of that. We see no indication he was part of an organized cell of any sort and no indication that there is any followon plot connected to that. Reporter comey says hes not sure how the suspect was radicalized. Archer is the second person arrested in less than a year in connection with terrorism. Federal agents arrested keona thomas last april. Director comey tells us there is no connection between archer and thomas. Philadelphia is not a hot bed for radicali
Particular resolutions 497 of 1981 and 465 of 1980. Syria confirms also that the palestinian issue is a central issue of the Syrian People which supports the inalienable and legitimate rights of the palestinian people, particularly to return and selfdetermination and to establish an independent state on its land with jerusalem as its capital. Last september, syria accepted the initiative of the president of the russian federation, his excellency vladimir putin, and joined the convention of the prohibition of chemical weapons based on the establishment in the middle east, a free zone of all nuclear weapons, and all weapons of mass destruction. It also wanted to prove to the whole world its commitment to stand firm against any use of chemical weapons. Syria can prove its obligation resulting from the convention and completed its commitment despite the prevailing hard conditions. Were it not for the syrian cooperation with the u. N. Opcw joint mission, it would have not been possible to c
Combat the terrorism of isis and other al qaeda affiliates. Then we would prevail in the region and the entire world. Thank you, mr. President. [applause] i think the deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs and expatriate for his statement. Coming up on cspan, deputy secretary of state William Burns talks about u. S. Foreignpolicy. Then a Panel Discussion on the evolution of the u. S. Middle east policy. That is followed by microsoft founder bill gates on the Ebola Outbreak response. Coming up on the next washington journal, the congressman from oklahoma and u. S. Efforts atinst isis and a look representative Donna Edwards of maryland. Tenlooking at the big conference, they continue at Ohio State University with. Xecutive Vice President you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. House Judiciary Committee chairman talks about executive powers tuesday at an event hosted by the heritage foundation. You can see it live at 4 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan. Ou
Kurdish town allowed the syrianturkish border. U. S. Warplanes struck isis targets in that region overnight in attempts to hold the insurgents. And other middle east policy issues or part of a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Institute that included a look at policies over the last 30 years. This is a little over one hour. M patrick claw sen clausen. Im the director here. I would like to welcome you to this event, the sam lewis symposium. As my friend said at the start of the symposium. We will have two panels. One of which is looking backward and one of which is looking forward. As we said a moving target the art and science of middle east policy planning. And couldnt be a better moment for discussion that issue as we hear from important sources like the president of the United States, the difficulties of formulating a strategy for the middle east and to discuss those issues weve assembled, i think a stellar panel of the first speaker. Youve got their bios in their little br
Writes about the accountability on the nsa spying issue. Heres peter bakers headline. Post, bye washington scott wilson, controversies show how obamas inattention to detail may hurt his president ial legacy. We want to get your thoughts on this. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Tweet, cspanwj. You can also post your comments on facebook or email us. On both fronts on the nsa and the Health Care Law, president obamas down to this i did not know. No president can be aware of everything going on in a sprawling government that he theoretically manage. Theoretically manages. This constant questions about how much in charge he really is. Days, the president s health and Human Services secretary said that the that despite internal concerns in a mr. Obama wasn, not told about Serious Problems with the new row grahams website until it was rolled out this month. Said theicials president was not aware that the National Security agency was tapping the ph