Petraeuss pleading guilty to mishandling classified information. I wanted to know if the white house has a broader reaction to his plea today . No, thats it. For more details about the investigation id refer you to the department of justice. J. C. , ill give you the last one. Reporter ive been married for 23 years. Congratulations to you and your wife. [ laughter ] reporter if i may change the topic to isil something we havent talked about in a while about a week ago, the head of egypt, presidency sisi, recommended a Strong Coalition of the willing in arab nations to combat isil in the region. Was there any discussion today over that Video Conference with the leaders, the misdemeanor many leaders, that that might be a good idea to join that coalition for really a universal coalition of the willing to fight asill . I dont have a detailed readout of the teleconference but well have something later on this afternoon. I can tell you as a general matter that the president is certainly very
And we are counting on countries in the region to take some responsibility for fighting isil and whether that is training local fighters, we know that there are some countries in the region that have committed to host Training Programs for members of the moderate Syrian Opposition so that they can be trained and equipped by our Coalition Partners so that they can take the fight to isil on the ground in their own country and we certainly would welcome those kinds of contributions to this broader effort. Thanks, everybody. The Supreme Court is set to hear the oral arguments in king v. Burwell, a case challenging the federal subsidies for the purchase of health care through the Affordable Care act. On the next washington journal, jess bravin of the wall street journal is here to talk about the case and the potential outcome. Then more about the Affordable Care act and subsidies with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health news. Washington journal is live every morning and you can join the conve
Achieve the interests of local income local low income and minority communities. In cases where states may not be sure how to conduct Environmental Justice analysis or how to define an Environmental Justice community then i believe it would be helpful if the epa provided states with guidance and resources to help protect their most vulnerable communities which we all know have the least amount of influence to help themselves. Can you speak to this issue and assure me that one, epa is listening and working with the Environmental Justice as the agency prepares to finalize the rule skprks two, the agency will provide states with guidance data, tools and resources to help identify and protect these communities . I can assure you of that Ranking Member and i would also point out that our Environmental Justice budget is given an increase of 7. 3 million this year which will go a long way to helping us provide those tools. Gentlemans time is expired. Gentleman from texas, mr. Barton for five
Obtain an explosives permit. In 91 of the cases this is not me, this is the gao, 2,043 separate occasions, those known or suspected terrorists were suszful in pass passing a background check. What can be done about this . Well, senator, we do now is if someone on the watch list purchases or attempts to purchase a firearm, an immediate alert is sent to the agents who are the source of the suspicious about that individual, so they can incorporate that information into the investigation. Its a little bit challenge for us because noknown or summited means it hasnt been adjudicated. Its somebody were investigating, so we dont want to lower our investigation. Let me say this. In 2007, the braigss Justice Department drafted legislation to close what is a gap and prevent a known or suspected terrorist from buying a gun or explosive in this countyry. In 2009, attorney general holder expressed the obama administrations support for the legislation. And i introduced similar legislation in the sena
According to the official results of the referendum it was what . 98 support for seceding and becoming part of russia and that was during a time when the russian army occupied crimea. And so it was not a free and Fair Election. But im prepared to believe that had it been a free and Fair Election in crimea at that time over half would have said the same thing. I would agree. There is clearly discontent in that part of ukraine. I would just like to add that this is spoken of a fan of usia in the past. I think it shows the effect particularly among the russian speakers who depend on Russian Television in those areas as a source of information in their view of the world is a constant 24 hour of russian information policies. The effect of television particularly monopoly television and the fact that as the crisis started there was almost nothing comparable to the organized innovation information transmission that was going on in that part which was voluntarily chosen. Its possible to get ra