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Carter said the United States will send more special Operations Forces to syria and will expand special ops in iraq. Well take up the Obama Administrations ever evolving strategy with former Cheney National Security Adviser john hannah. And tonight, how long can the Obama Justice department seemingly prolong the Hillary Clinton investigation . Newly released emails shed more light on her handling of benghazi and what she was trying to cover up. Well take it all up with the president of citizens ...

Carter said the United States will send more special Operations Forces to syria and will expand special ops in iraq. Well take up the Obama Administrations ever evolving strategy with former Cheney National Security Adviser john hannah. And tonight, how long can the Obama Justice department seemingly prolong the Hillary Clinton investigation . Newly released emails shed more light on her handling of benghazi and what she was trying to cover up. Well take it all up with the president of citizens ...

The last week. I just finished on friday. I think theres a lot of progress made. This is something weve been working, my colleague at the state department, on this now for years. And its got to be four, five years ago where there was over 100 countries expressing support for an amendment, such an amendment to face down, not completely out but to face down the use of hses. To do that under the montreal protocol. There has been some resistance historically about doing that because a bunch of count...

Mr. Carper mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Carper thank you mr. President. Well mr. President Congress Says here we do a lot of oversight, oversight thats focused on what is going right and also what is going wrong in our government. Theres a lot of each actually. That oversight is critically important work. Sometimes overlooked but cr...

Dollences to the family of the brave family killed by isil. Together with jordan we mourn the loss of a hero that that galvanized the nation and the world. I hope this heinous crime helps us put in place what thus far has been lacking, comprehensive strategy to achieve goal to degrade and destroy isil. Let there be no doubt we still do not have a viable strategy to counter isil. And if you are not winning in war, you are losing. America has no greater ally in the fight against terrorism than jor...

Responsibilities it is important that this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you adhered to applicable laws and regulations governing restrictions . I have. Have you taken any actions for the process . No. Will you assure that your staff adhered to deadlines, including records for the hearings. I will. Will you cooperate with briefers in response to congressional questions . Yes. Will t...

House and Senate Republicans are in hershey pennsylvania, for their congressional retreat, and john boehner joined Mitch Mcconnell who announced that joni ernst will deliver the republican response to the president s address on tuesday. Here is more on that now. Senator joni ernst for our side this year. She is a perfect choice. Americans voted for change, and the senator will explain what the new Congress Plans to do and what it is already doing to return focus to the concerns of the middle cla...

It ever coming up for a vote. Marylanders deserve the transparency to know how their elected leaders vote every time the state takes a bigger share of their hardearned tax dollars. This is a regressive tax that hurts struggling maryland families and our most vulnerable and which adds to the cost of almost everything. These automatic tax increases should be pealed and we will submit legislation repealed and we will submit legislation to do so. This initial tax relief package is just the starting ...

Iraq, Eastern Europe and the pacific. For more about the confirmation process, we spoke with leo shane earlier today. Host leo shane covers congress for the military times. How is he regarded . A lot of members of the Armed Services Committee Said they did not see this as a focus on his credentials. They see this hearing is more of a chance to criticize obama on a number of National Security issues. It sounded like chairman mccain and Ashton Carter, the nominee, were in agreement and terms of ge...

Ask consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Leahy mr. President , the senate will vote later on the confirmation of dr. Ashton carter to fill a critically important cabinet position, that of secretary of defense. I think we all know that dr. Carter is a dedicate, a distinguished public servant. Hes actually been confirmed twice unanimously to two senior positions in the pentagon. Hes a fourtime recipient of the department of Defense Dis...