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Come together to address a serious challenge. We all took an oath to protect the nation and its interests but to do so we must Work Together. I know everyone on this Committee Takes the isil threat seriously. Everyone at this table does as well. We encourage a serious debate. I ask you to pass the president s amf because it provides the authority and flex wage and recurrent campaign and because it will demonstrate to our men and women in uniform that all of us stand behind them. Thank you, mr. C...

There are some who say we need an executive branch of the presidency that has no restrictions at all. We dont really want to have a vote and all of this. Sort of like commanderinchief, you do that. But when it comes to diplomacy that is still unfinished, and still a work in progress, they want maximum constraints and lack of maneuverability. I think that is the fair, sort of analytical, statement. What i think is unfortunate, and have seen this over the past years, is the perceived costs of maki...

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Team USA pitcher Cat Osterman has ties to southern Illinois. Her father is a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. Her grandfather -- Joe Osterman -- was also a long serving teacher and guidance counselor in the district. The 38-year-old Osterman won gold with Team USA in 2004 and another silver medal in 2008. Softball was not included in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. The Marion Cultural and Civic Center is hosting a free watch party when a local Olympian competes at the Summer Games in Tokyo....

national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: greeted with celebratory gunfire and offers of coffee, iraqi troops finally made it into tikrit. >> translator: we are now in the city of tikrit. id like to tell the displaced families to come back home as soon as possible. im determined ill never withdraw. >> reporter: iraqi forces accompanied by iranian advisers attempted from the north to the south taking over the hospital in the northern part ...