Up. The president laying the blame at the feet of democrats. President trump i think some bad people started that caravan. More importantly or almost as importantly, you have some very, very bad people in the caravan. You have some very tough criminal elements within the caravan. But i will seal off the border before they come into this country and while bring out our military. Arthel niles, the guatemalan government says 2,000 members of the caravan have turned back to honduras. Does this change the campaigning on the caravan . I dont think it changes the way the president will be campaigning on it. Hell be in houston with senator ted cruz. Cruz is in a hotly contested reelection battle. Certainly he would prefer to have this be one of the primary issues for getting out Republican Voters ahead of the general election in november. Democrats meanwhile would prefer the battle be fought on healthcare entitlement benefits, Social Security and the like. Arthel two of our most of recent fox
Now on bbc news, Hardtalks Stephen Sackur speaks to douglas silliman, former Us Ambassador to iraq. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Though the fear of imminent war has receded, the middle east has been profoundly destabilised by the american assassination of iranian general Qasem Soleimani. The unfolding us iran conflict will impact the whole not least iraq, where the iranians are intent on hastening the end of America Military presence. Much now depends on the Strategic Vision of the Trump Administration. My guest, douglas silliman, was Us Ambassador in iraq until one year ago. Does trump have a strategy . If so, what is it . Ambassador Doug Silliman in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Steven, im very happy to be here. Well, you have a very special perspective of whats happened over the past ten days or so as the last retiring ambassador in baghdad, you leftjust one year ago. From your perspective, does the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in baghdad appear to you both law
Immediately. Is that the case . Can you comment on that . He didnt quite characterize the conversation correctly, but to the larger, more important point, we are happy to continue the conversation with iraqis about what the right structure is. Our mission set there is very clear. Weve been there to help the iraqi Training Forces be successful and continue the campaign against isis, and were going to continue that mission. As times change and we get to a place where we can deliver on what i believe and the president believes is our right structure with fewer resources dedicated to that Mission Weeks will do so. We also have today a nato team here at the state Department Working to develop a plan which will get burden sharing right in the region as well so that we can continue the Important Missions to protect and defend and keep the American People safe while reducing our cost, our resources and our burden and the risk to our soldiers and sailors who are in the region. Reporter secretar
Its about 4 30am in case you needed to know the time. Youre up to date with the headlines. Now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Though the fear of imminent war has receded, the middle east has been profoundly destabilised by the american assassination of iranian general Qasem Soleimani. The unfolding us iran conflict will impact the whole not least iraq, where the iranians are intent on hastening the end of america passed us hastening the end of america passed us military presence. Much now depends on the Strategic Vision of the Trump Administration. My guest, douglas silliman, was Us Ambassador in iraq until one year ago. Does trump have a strategy . If so, what is it . Ambassador Doug Silliman in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Steven, im very happy to be here. Well, you have a very special perspective of whats happened over the past ten days or so as the last retiring ambassador in baghdad, you left one year ago. From your perspective, doe
Changes provided for under the fast act including processing procedures and an application dashboard. And finally something that goes hand in hand with all of the departments efforts is research and innovation. In march we began the competition for utc grants which allows students and faculty to Work Together towards innovative transportation solutions. Weve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. Im proud of the work the department has accomplished in such a short period of time. But this is just the beginning. And it would not be possible i would like to repeat without the work of this congress on a bipartisan basis. We will continue our aggressive schedule to execute the reforms you put into place because if our nations going to have the type of Transportation System tomorrow that is better than it had today, wasted time is something none of us can afford. So with that, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you and i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Secretary. A