So welcome to the annual lecture. Featuring our special guest general david berger in the marine corps. He is a true american patriot, he is making very exciting changes to the recorder and he is here to share with you. We are honored to have him here to hear his insights and to see what the future holds for the marine corps. We would like to think the sponsor for this event James Mcginley who makes a series of lectures possible. The annual colonel lecture always features an distinguished speaker talking about the topics of national security. In the past we have welcomed david hansen senator jon kyl and james mattis, a distinguished list and were very happy to have another distinguished speaker here today. The Foundation Also partners with the Marine Corps University foundation to host this event. And Lieutenant General Richard Mills who is the president and ceo of the Marine Corps University foundation. General mills enjoyed a 40 year career at the marine corps and led marines all aro
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A raid on gaza. Spices say they repelled the attack in san eunice. Israel admits one of its tanks is accidentally hit and the gyptian position outside gaza strip. Israels environment of Gaza Continues killing over 266 people in the past 24 hours. A small number of trucks carrying vitals, humanitarian aid, and to gaza, threw that off the crossing in the occupied west bank at least 2 palestinians have been killed and in his riley. Right. Im not the false moving developments in israel is war on gaza this hour. Lets bring you up to date and is really, im a spokesman is confirmed, a soldier was killed during a raid into gaza earlier today. 3 of the soldiers are reported to have been injured. They say the raid was aimed at locating captives and also to quote for terrorist infrastructure. Right, well, this comes as huge as strikes continue to pound gone. So this is the 16th consecutive day of his really bombardment of the strip israel is met, tray has apologized off the one of its tanks mista
Democratic rights. In the fight against i. S. I. L. The battle for kobane is gaining momentum now that kurdish peshawar forces have arrived. People watched and cheered as war planes flew over kobane, loud booms echoing, black smoke billioing over the area. Al jazeeras jamal reports from the turkish side of the border. We are a few kilometres away from kobane, where the sound of shelling and fighting persisted throughout saturday. Behind me is an interferes, miratelik, where the kurdish peshawar forces crossed over on friday into saturday, bringing reinforcements for the Syrian Kurdish fighters that have been combatting i. S. I. L. The peshawar forces when they entered stationed themselves in the western part of the city. They brought with them the semipickup trucks carrying heavy weaponry like antiaircraft guns and rocket launchers, bazookas, and tonight. These are weaponries that the forces require from the army, and they had been calling for several weeks to say that they needed to s