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Fazel, a member of the the taliban five. He commanded main force opposing the u. S. Backed Northern Alliance in 2001. Served as chief of staff for the army under the taliban and accused of war crimes. One of the taliban commanders on the ground said it was the best news he had heard in 12 years. He said his return is is like pouring 10,000 taliban vit fighters into the battle on the jihad. Now, they have the right lion to lead them in the right moltment in victory. I think the American People de...

Okay. Can you tell me what resources, what u. S. Resources were used to ensure that girardo hernandez, accused of killing four u. S. Citizens, could artificially in sem seminate his wife . What resources were used on that. We from the state department from my perspective have always given the visit of life when he was incarcerated. But transferring, i understand he was able to artificially inseminate his wife, and that was by the u. S. Government . Beyond her ability to have these visits, that w...

With partners to provide humanitarian need for the desperate situation of millions in the region. We look forward to working with you, mr. Secretary, on our mutual goal. Welcome you back. Thank you. I want to thank the secretary for being here. In fact, im pretty sure this is not where he would like to be this afternoon. I thank you for coming before the committee. I want to thank the chairman again to try and set up a process this week that was thorough. That has not occurred. I think everyone ...

Passes, it is resolution passes, with the president signe tjhahat . \ i havent asked the president because he is hopeful we can work through the differences that do exist and the president wants to have once the preserve the flexibility that he believes we need and within the prerogative of the president but he is prepared to work with you to say we are all prepared to work to try to arrive and understanding of how we can do that. We have some disagreements in that regard. If he believes the 200...

I cant imagine that as i said, the administration is prepared to work with you and see whats doable. I appreciate that and it is very important to have this debate for the committee to act and work and see if we can find an acceptable language in a way that is not open ended so that but to do it ommittee said in the past, we rare waiting for language that may never come. Let me ask whats going on with the Current Operations with the fight and recognizing that you may more may not be able to answ...

Caller it was encouraging for me when this gentleman took over the House Armed Services committee. It is a difficult time for our United States and our military one of the encouraging things is to have our guest in a position of influence. Sometimes, you spot somebody when they are new and you recognize that they are capable and will make a tremendous contribution to the nations interests over time. Because of their judgment, their integrity, their willingness to work. Their charity. Their under...

Four years later the squadron was operational and we built nearly 3,000 of them. Compare that to the f22. In 1981 the air force established a requirement for 750 advanced tactical fighters. It wasnt until 2005, 24 years later, that the f22 was first introduced and instead of 750 of them, we bought 195. If boeing can field a new commercial airliner in five years, and ford can take a car from design to production in 24 months, then theres absolutely no reason the pentagon should take two decades t...

In iraq, we were there on the ground collecting so we had data bases to use. The concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on our ground in syria, that the data bases wont have the information we need. It is not the lack of process, it is the lack of information. And is there ways that you could suggest we go about trying to get this information . I just dont think you can go and get it. You are talking about a country that is a failed state. It does not have any infrastructure so to speak ...

Right. I appreciate the work youve been doing. I was 26 years in the military and worked especially, dr. Rasmussen with your organization and my last assignment at u. S. Africa command running Current Operations there to include our counterterrorism operations. And im aware of yall dealing with the foreign fighting issue before people paying attention to it but we were watching it even back then, 20072010 where we had foreign fighters flowing from many places but into areas for al shabab Trainin...

The totals for before 22nd january 2009, when president obama signed the executive order and total after january 22nd 2009 referring to detainees who this is how the data break down. The total number is 17. 3 confirmed of reengaging. 12. 4 percent suspected of reen reengaging. Before january 2009, the numbers showed 19 confirmed and 14. 3 suspected reengaging for a total of 33 . The data after january 2009 shows that 6. 8 confirmed of reengaging. Six out of 88 transfers. 1. 1 suspected for a tot...