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Uniform to the Veterans Administration is as seamless as possible and i think we owe them that. One last question general. Your predecessor, general dempsey, stated repeatedly, and i am quoting we have the capability to use a military option if the iranians choose to stray off the diplomatic path end quote. My question to you is are you satisfied our nation has done enough to prepare militarily for the option and the president has said all options should be on the table if necessary to use a mil...

And let me tell you what dishonors our soldiers. Let me tell you what is a dishonor to their memory and their service. It is to fly that flag i want everybody to remember this, im talking to all of my colleagues who think we must keep it up there because of heritage. Oh how i wish how i wish robert e. Lee general lees portrait is in the senate, i wish he was here right now at this podium he would tell you all, it is an abomination for his flag to fly as a matter of fact his very flag was furled ...

Dempsey, is to me intellectually dishonest. Senator aot. Mr. Chairman just for the record president george w. Bush signed an agreement with maliki government to withdrawal all forces. Well have that debate later on but it was clear we could have and Everybody Knows they could have and the people that were there knows they could have senator a yot. Thank you both for being here and your service to the country. We both appreciate it. Secretary carter you had answered to senator manchin that the ar...

Fortunate to have a military leader such as you serving in a time of great peril. I want i want to ask a question of you if the objective were to destroy isys, not to we cannot a great but utterly destroy what would be required militarily to accomplish that objective . It would not be possible to destroy. I do think the military aspect is critical. If the timeframe i suggested is not feasible feasible but let me ask you a followup question what will be required to destroy isys and what timeframe...

Leadership has been looking at that to setup a climate where retaliation is not acceptable i will put a question for the record about the unused building record in afghanistan. I know there was an investigation that you were not found to be a problem in this but it is a problem the investigation found no problem and in reality there was a huge problem that someone signed off on a building for 36 million that is never going to go used. My final question if you dont have time to do it now, i want ...

Coordinator and making sure that people are aware and have the resources. Thats certainly not the time to be coming into the Government Office and working with us to make sure we have appropriate remedies. Another topic i raised seeing trade secrets as a form of intellectual property like copyright and trademark. We are beginning to get it. They have been actively advocating and working with european nations and they are very interested in whats happening here in the United States. You mentioned...

After nearly 30 years in prison Jonathan Pollard is being paroled. Pollard, an american citizen was sentenced for life for spying on israel. And critics say that hes a traitor who should remain in prison. And Mike Viqueira joins us live from washington d. C. And did the white house play a role in getting pollard paroled . It insists that it did not. And senior officials in the department of justice say that this was a mandatory parole, dick tainted by the laws of the time in 1985 when Jonathan P...

States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and...

Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass ...

Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass ...