[inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i want to call the meeting to order . Sure. You want me to introduce you . No. I think were going to start now. Thanks for all of you for coming. My name is jonathan landi, National Security and intelligence correspondent for Mcclatchy Newspapers for another week 1 2. And, again, thank you for coming. To the release of this new report sets out recommended pathway for the Kurdistan Regional government to take to what many believe is inevitable independence from iraq, for iraqikurdistan. The full report is on the web. I think you guys have got the executive summary. The report was prepared by a Task Force Organized by the program on peacebuilding and rights of Columbia Universitys institute for the study of human rights. The task force chair, to my immediate right is ambassador nancy soderberg. Her Foreign Policy resume is extensive
Parenthood provides. I thank you for your testimony and i thank the chairman for their time. There are six minutes remaining in this vote, so the committee will stand in recess and reconvene immediately after the votes. The House Judiciary Committee is taking a break now. The committee looking at the operations of planned parenthood today. And as the hearing today chairman Bob Goodlatte and congressman john conyers paid tribute to congressman edwards who n california who has died. While recess is in place, well show their opening statements. They include, of course, comments about planned parenthood. Good afternoon. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on planned parenthood exposed, examining abortion procedures and medical iktings at the nations largest Abortion Provider. And ill begin with my openings statement. Before i go to the statement on that id like to take a moment to remember the life of former congressman William Donelan don edwards who passed away this month at the
And where are we going from here. Last august 2014, i traveled from damascus to washington, d. C. , with a fortune of maps and photos. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you ten out of them today. This is the first one. This reflects the situation in syria in summer 2013. We are talking about july august, 2013. The red color refers to the areas controlled by the regime, and his militia supporting him, like hezbollah in syria, and so on and so forth. The green area referred to the areas controlled by the rebels. And then the black spots refers to the areas controlled by isis at that time. So this map tells us two things actually. First of all, that the balance of power on the ground 15 months ago was almost 50 50. This is not the situation right now. This is an important thing to come back to. Second, that at that time isis was very weak. Very scattered. Not controlling a lot of areas. The areas are not geographically connected, which is very important from a Military Point