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The chair now recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Wilson. On sunday both the fbi and the department of Homeland Security issued warnings to American Military personnel within the United States regarding possible threats from isil. Sadly, this comes after Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson announced, quote, that the president would have no credible information that isis is planning to attack the homeland of the United States, he said this in new york city in front of the counci...

Fighters who are joining the militant group. Witnesses who are joining the Homeland Security security and state department officials. This is two hours, 20 minutes. Without objection, all members may have five days to the submit questions and extrainous materials. Whether its isis or al nusra or corson, theres the influx of foreign fighters far surpasses anything we have even seen in afghanistan. The scale of this mass migration is unprecedented and it results in deadly attacks. More foreign fig...

Kuwait as the two jurisdictions in the gulf where additional steps could be taken. Time of the gentleman is expired. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Lynch. Thank you, mr. Chairman, again, mr. Secretary, thanks for your willingness to testify. I just want to make one observation. I do share the frustration that some of my colleagues across the aisle have expressed about staunching the flow of oil and degrading some of the facilities that are currently under the control ...

Youre part of the isis army you belong in prison until this war against islamic extremism is over. Thats what Security Council resolution 2178 says. I hope your chart, youll add to your chart a list of those countries that have told us that we do not think we should criminalize those of our citizens and residents who went to isis, joined the army but say they didnt actually kill anybody. Also an issue, sir, of being able to prove in a court of law this kind of activity. Thats fine. People on the...

I would hope we have another round we can get into sort of what has worked because i am troubled sometimes by some of the conversation were having when they return to a given country what do we do . It almost sounds like deprogramming from a cult and i dont think thats going to work given the numbers. And so i would be interested in hearing from both of our witnesses about are there examples of things that have worked in a preventing people from going and unfortunately if we fail on that, helpin...

Government . First, chairman, i can thank you for the opportunity to appear in front of you and thank you for the work that you are doing in taking an interest in not just the region, the country, but the middle east as well. It helps my work, our work, the governments work, that British Parliament is engaging and trying to understand these issues in furthering british influence. Im very grateful. I understand youve had a very interesting visit yourself. Pleased to be here. You asked an importan...

Reserves so they can make a cash investment in a Capital Infrastructure to build a city hall or to do Something Like that and also to keep the bond rating agencies happy, to demonstrate that they are good stewards of the fiscal resources. So if you noticed the trend over time, it was much less than what we are now at about 22 of expenditures. Some 25 or 30 years ago it was much less. What cities have done over the last 25 and 30 years is theyve realized several things. One, that you cant predict...

Thank you very much, senator mcconnell, for being here. He had to work harder than you know to get here because its washington and it rained. And, you know, washington doesnt cope with many things well, including rain and so, thank you for percent veering. And you won the senate. Congratulations. One of my better months. Exactly. You know, let me start with the 10,000 foot level if washington. I think the words dysfunction and congress have gone together a lot in the last few years. Youve talked...

You asked about where defense fits in this. Clearly, outreach. The profoundly a political activity. There is a bit to the offer that we in the americans and others are involved in. I think our Principal Task is likely involved in trading the army and developing the capacity of the army to ensure that the armeded forces are balanced, credible and as non sectarian as can be. The army was a sunni army. Had been undermined by corruption and appointing by then Prime Minister and building something th...

But its got to be led by the commanderinchief. Frankly, thats how the system works. Thats how its worked every time. Now, id like to switch gears real quickly. U. S. Back. Syrian rebels linked to al qaeda. Time is running out for obama and syria. Westernbacked Syrian Rebels are in danger of collapse before help arrives. All of these are wellknown media experts and they are on the verge of collapse and they are getting beaten very badly. One of the major reasons they are getting beaten very badly...