Consulate Annex News Today

Hello, im matthew amroliwala. The white house has said it doesnt want to see the crisis in the middle east, escalate after iran carried out its first ever direct attack on israel. A us security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider war. He told Meet The Press on nbc that it would be up to israel whether or how to respond but the us wouldnt take part in any attack on iran. The israeli war cabinet has been meeting to discuss its response to the attack. A senior minister, b...

It is currently called the consulate annex. the state department could have just changed the sign on that building to say u.s. embassy today and come up martha, we would have a very different story. there are israeli politicians, though, on the right wing especially, who worry this victory could come at a very high cost. in just a couple of months, president trump is expected to lay out his vision, if you will, for that ultimate deal between the israelis and palestinians, and those right-wing ...

These whistleblowers to be summoned to the hill? i mean, there are some people who were witnesses on the ground that day, and who were at the consulate annex. do you know who they are, and are you considering getting their information? >> yes. i had some telephone conversations with somebody today as a matter of fact. now, the more difficult part is some of the people that are still serving overseas. were trying to get the full, complete picture, as much as we possibly can. remember, were dealin...

These whistleblowers to be summoned to the hill? i mean, there are some people who were witnesses on the ground that day, and who were at the consulate annex. do you know who they are, and are you considering getting their information? >> yes. i had some telephone conversations with somebody today as a matter of fact. now, the more difficult part is some of the people that are still serving overseas. were trying to get the full, complete picture, as much as we possibly can. remember, were dealin...

Quarterbacking. given all the assets we have elsewhere around the world. it does seem worthwhile to ask you what should have happened and when and what do you believe went wrong? >> the secretary of defense is correct we are doing quarterbacking. if they would tell us more we would quit our monday morning quarterbacking. he didnt have the awareness to commit forces, look he had the situational awareness that the embassy was being attacked -- the consulate was being attacked in benghazi and shoul...

New u.s. embassy in jerusalem. jerusalem city officials were quoted as saying it could quite literally open tomorrow. just change the name on the massive new u.s. facility. this was us in may in jerusalem at the new sprawling u.s. consulate annex. that annex was reportedly built to house a new u.s. embassy sometime in the future. certainly look like that when i visited. massive, well protected, the security teams confronted us when we were hundreds of yards away filming. when pressed why the sta...

Jerusalem city officials were quoted as saying it could quite literally open tomorrow. just change the name on the massive new u.s. facility. this was us in may in jerusalem at the new sprawling u.s. consulate annex. that annex was reportedly built to house a new u.s. embassy sometime in the future. certainly look like that when i visited. massive, well protected, the security teams confronted us when we were hundreds of yards away filming. when pressed why the state department wouldnt just chan...