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I want to welcome everyone. I want to apologize to our two witnesses and to everyone else whos been waiting. Just blame me for the delay. That would be the quickest and easiest thing to do. Ill do my best to start on time henceforth. This is hearing number two, reviewing efforts to secure u. S. Department diplomatic facilities and personnel. The committee will come to order. Chairman notes a quorum for taking testimony pursuant to the appropriate House Resolution number and house rule number, i ...

Values, the kurds themselves, are the largest minority population in the world. Without a country themselves. Therefore, the same question would be posed for them. Not sure it would be long. The message the Committee Received from the government is that they desperately need equipment, what is the government response for that . Can i throw it back at you and ask what specifically they requested . Machine guns, we saw that. They wanted armored vehicles, things like that to assist them. Request to...

Washington journal continues. Host we are back with congressman walter jones, republican of North Carolina from the Armed Services committee. What is your assessment of the isis strategy so far . Is it working . Guest let me say that one of the worst mistakes i made since i have been in congress was too vote to pass the aumf, authorization of military force, to give president bush the authority to go into iraq. Host in 2002 . Isst yes, maam, the reason we have a constitutional responsibility and...

The department of Homeland Security to get us to march. That is, in my judgment, a very bad idea for Homeland Security. Because, during that period of a c. R. We cannot engage in new starts. Weve got some Homeland Security priorities that need to be funded now. For example, were back in a president ial election cycle. I cannot hire new secret Service Agents until i get an appropriations bill passed by this congress. Not another c. R. For a couple of months. I cannot continue to fund our enhanced...

I want to thank the panelists. I think it was an interesting discussion, and look forward to having many more today. Thank you very much. And were live on capitol hill this thursday morning as this wednesday morning as the House Select Committee on benghazi will hear testimony on the 2012 attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Greg starr will appear before the committee again today. And in testimony last september for the same committee he encouraged law enforcements to give the state...

The law. And when they see that 50 , 50 , 49 ill give you that, of the illegals in this country are visa overstays, these are people that are were not chasing a footprint in the desert, we know who they are. Weve got their name. Theyve had an interview at a consulate or an embassy, they came here on a visa. We know who they are. Thats lowhanging fruit for enforcement. So, i ask you this how many of the visa overstays are granted immunity through the president pasha action . Any . Offhand, i dont...

Can work with on a comprehensive solution legislatively. Thank you, mr. Secretary. I yield back. The chair recognizes mr. Meehan. Thank you, chairman, and secretary. I have a great deal of respect for you but i have some fundamental disagreements with a couple of the points that were made. You are the one who said somehow somebody what you are doing is creating an opportunity for them to be lawfully in the country. I think it is a unquestioned point that as the law stands today, anybody who ille...

Denied as fraudulent. 93 1993nd 1990 world trade bombers exploited the amnesty law. What are you going to do to verify that these people are not fraudulently entering the country, including what could be security threats to the country . Congressman, that is something that i am also concerned about. Fraudulent applications have the potential to undermine the whole process. In the implementation, in the planning for the ample mentation, i want to be sure that we take a hard look at best practices...

Commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Id like to take roll at this time commissioner president fong commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore and commissioner johnson and commissioner richards are present commissioners first on your agenda is consideration for items proposed for continuance item number one conditional use authorization is property until that april that 23rd 2015 and the next item the castro street noah valley upper mark...

Noah valley upper market Transit District and paralyze zoned on Market Street planning Code Amendment for april 23rd, 2015, next item large project authorization is proposed for continuance until april 20th and next item at 1000 mississippi street is proposed until april 30th, 2015 item 5 for the next item cu a an west prosecuting attorney conditional use authorization is proposed until april 23rd and the next item amending regulations of shortterm rentals and establishing a fee microwave forgiv...