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That apparently was the border crossing. That was after an israeli helicopter strike it seemed. The israeli have acknowledged they were responding to an attack on the border itself. Thats the situation as we understand it. Off the back of that, a clear message from the israel areally Prime Ministers Office that hamas is to blame and the ceasefire has collapsed. Weve been monitoring the last few hours with martin. Its striking for you i guess how quickly the mood and scene has changed. Reporter d...

Thanks for the question. I think that the appropriate way to do this is pretty much whats being done right now actually, and such using airstrikes to limit the freedom of movement and the ability to move oil and smuggle it as easily as isil was able to be for the airstrikes started. Meanwhile, buying time for an advice and assist effort and Capacity Building effort to try to stand up in some cases local Security Forces or the iraqi army to conduct effective operations is insulated to push isil b...

Production you would be familiar with the processes and the targets and things like that . In terms of the military targets . Yeah, youre sitting there, youre fairly comprehensive in this report here, are you in that room is all im asking . We are linked up closely with the Defense Departments in terms of the overall level. But on a scale of one to ten how committed are you to stopping the oil revenues from coming in, the administration, one of ten . I would give that a ten, congressman . Okay, ...

I commend you for pushing it through the house i had help even from the other side. Exactly. The way that it will be used and be effective is that it allows the federal regulators to rely on state examinations for purposes of overseeing compliance with antiMoney Laundering regulations, that will expand our ability to get insight into the quality of the antiMoney Laundering efforts out in the across the country, particularly in the Money Services industry. And that will, i think, enhance the conf...

It is often possible to tell where oil comes from although im also told there are some similarities among fields. I cant tell you with great certainty well be able to do that but i believe so. We all want to go after isis. The policy issue is do we go after isis in a way that causes harm to the civilians under its control . As i said in my Opening Statement we didnt hesitate to bomb occupied europe. If a businessperson of good character and reputation in mosul wants to buy something from europe ...

But they dont have assets here, or around the world. Theyre doing things domestically in iraq. It would not make a difference to add them to the list. What we want to do ultimately is make a difference. What we need to do in particular is not just focusing on the guy today who has the title of finance minister and doing things only within iraq, but the middle men who are facilitating oil payments and anything crossing the borders. Are there leverage points that treasury, or anywhere in the admin...

Kuwait as the two jurisdictions in the gulf where additional steps could be taken. Time of the gentleman is expired. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Lynch. Thank you, mr. Chairman, again, mr. Secretary, thanks for your willingness to testify. I just want to make one observation. I do share the frustration that some of my colleagues across the aisle have expressed about staunching the flow of oil and degrading some of the facilities that are currently under the control ...

Chemical weapons use. The group is tremendously destabilizing force across large swaths of iraq and syria and the brutal campaigns have approximately u drawn the condemnation appropriately drawn of the broader International Community. In addition to the horrific massacres, kidnappings and decapitations, officials believe that isil is one of the Richest Terrorist Groups to ever exist with estimated assets in access of 1 billion. Unlike most other terrorist groups, which tend to rely heavily on fo...

Region. We can be a partner to anybody who wants us to partner with them in the fight against sectarianism and others. We are there, and we will still be there. Iran will always be our neighbor. Bear that in mind in any evaluation you have. The region itself is going through tremendous social, political upheaval. The arab spring has been hijacked. No clear mandate to the governments in the region governing pre as in comparison to prearab spring. So please bear that in mind. So in that sense, i w...

Agencies in america that are also engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of our tax code as well. Please join me in thanking senator lee and senator rubio. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Next week the United States will begin chairing the Arctic Council, a group that sets policy for the arctic, regarding drilling and other issues. Eight countries are members of the Arctic Council, the u. S. , canada, denmark, finland iceland, norway, russia, and sweden. And this morning at the ...