Internet and find themself spart, you see people who have had no training, no association with it, including americans, who go on the internet and find themself s themselves enthralled because of whatever lost souls they are or because of the violence with isil and selfradicalize and unfortunately undertake to do violence. So you see that spectrum there. You do see some effort by isil, meaning isil in syria and iraq to command and control, but its not exclusively that way. I say all this because thats very distinctly different from the al qaeda model. The al qaeda model was a very hierarchical, very clear command and control type terrorist enemy. And that meant they had discipline and it meant they could take on big things like 9 11, but it also meant that when we started to go after them they were vulnerable to attacks on the command and control structure and on their logistics structure. Isils more resilient because it is more decentralized and informal in that kind of sense. Takes a
Discuss the future of television technology. A Government Accountability Office Report has found that construction of a new u. S. Embassy in kabul afghanistan, has gone 27 overbudget. Gao and state Department Officials testified about the project at a House Oversight committee hearing. Republican Jason Chaffetz chairs this three and a half hour hearing. Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. I appreciate you being here as we have a hearing today regarding the Construction Costs and delays of the United States embassy in kabul, afghanistan. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I appreciate you being here. This is an important topic. We have so Many Americans who have given their lives in afghanistan, who have sacrificed away from their families to serve the United States of america and our interests there. We have a duty and a obligation to make sure that they are well housed, that they are safe, that they are secure, that theyre able to do
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Host here is another one of those many extraordinary pictures. We are seeing it on television as well. Men, women, and children from syria in afghanistan clinging to a dinghy sunday. And afghanistan clinging to a dinghy sunday. They are off the coast of greece. Im going to talk to david martin now from charlottesville, virginia. He is an International Law professor and a former judge deputy the former deputy counsel at the department of Homeland Security. The president has asked that 10,000 Syrian Refugees be brought to the u. S. As we start to look at that process, can you define for us first how the u. S. Looks at a refugee . What is the definition in u. S. Terms . Drawn byfinition is international treaty. A refugee is someone out his or her country of her origin and is afraid to return. The keyword is a wellfounded fear of persecution in their home country. That applies both to our overseas Resettlement Programs that we are mainly focusing on now, the people we select and bring to t
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