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Include isil or assad, as you stated in your testimony and that relying on moderate rebels to defeat them both and usher in a political settlement, will the assad regime being supported by iran and russia as they are and with isil being so well financed, how will a group of rebels be able to defeat them both . And what would they need in order to accomplish that goal . The administration doesnt have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in iraq and syria and iran, nor does it se...

Assistance. Not because we intended it, but because our ally in iraq collapsed. Comprehensively. Now were talking about well, maybe, what we have to do is have a smaller, you know, fast force that can go in. Well train them. We wont train hundreds of thousands and theyll do it. Youve talked in response to judge poe about the training and we all hope that works. But i dont think i dont know anyone who seriously thinks that you can train effectively even with successful vetting 5,000 insurgents wh...

Trained or will it be a year from march, 2016 before we have those 5,000 fighters that we send back to syria. Its 5,000 trained per year. And part of the reason is because of the vetting standards were very being careful about this. Were not sitting on our hands. Excuse me, ambassador excuse me, mr. Ambassador. Answer the question. Is it 5,000 in 2016, in march, where we hope thats our plan to have them trained by then . The training we hope will begin in march. We hope but it will take a year t...

Sanders will continue to debate the 1. 1 trillion spending bill that passed the house on thursday. Rules, the e earliest date for voting is monday. That is if a procedure of all passes later tonight. Meanwhile, funding will run out tonight. Sanders will be considering as well as several judicial and Branch Nominations today. On can watch this and live cspan two. Q and a, eek on political reporters share stories about being on the campaign trail with senator mitch mcconnell. P plan for four years...

So theyre all right on the ropes after years of anemic support. When we meet with them, we hear from them the same thing that you hear from them, they cant get the equipment that they need to fight back against isis. So in late august, a team of state department briefers met with committee staff, which had requested a briefing of the situation in aleppo. The state Department Official said it was a question not of when it would fall, but it was a question of when, not if aleppo would fall, a ques...

Written about independent bookstores, and it occurred to me i would have to deliver a brief encomium to bookstores that are sort keeping flame of bookselling alive and i thought i might compare them to the monasteries in medieval england which were these islands of learning and scholarship and a horrible ravaged countryside. Been a member henry viii actually toward the monasteries and seized all their property and through the monks out into the countryside. Im sure we know who henry viii is in t...

Brace for the very real possibility of more. At least 18 people are dead. More than a dozen are still missing. And in houston, where the storms killed at least five people crews continue to rescue those trapped in their homes. At least 2500 waterlogged cars line houstons roads and highways. Look at that. They were just abandoned by people caught in the deluge despite the warnings. Listen to Texas Governor greg abbott. Dont drive in the rising water. You know the common phrase turn around dont dr...

Under water. Rescuers still struggling for safety stranded in the deluge. And it is is not over yet. More severe storms are on the way. Good morning, Everyone Welcome to early start. Im john berman. And im christine romans. Its wednesday, may 27th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets bring with breaking news. Tens of thousands of people in texas and oklahoma cleaning up following historic flooding. They are bracing this morning for more. At least 18 people are dead. More than a dozen people still missi...

Passed, and the state of the union is strong. [ applause ] the u. S. President highlights his accomplishments and lays out his goals for the next two years. Ukraine is once again accusing russia of funneling arms to separatists. We are live if moscow. And well get you live to davos it hour where the top economic minds preparing to take on major issues. Plus why the mayor of paris is threatening to sue the fox newschannel. Thanks for being with us. We begin in washington where president obama is ...

Thanks, my dear. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Happy monday. There are only 100 people who serve in the United States senate. Like the how it is, the senate does all its work through committees. Thats where they work on legislation and oversight and investigations. There are a lot of internal politics about who gets on what committee and who gets to be chair of a committee. In some states, certain committees are very important and give you a lot of homestate advantage if youre ...