Highlights russias influence in syria. The humanitarian crisis and the hold on power. The Senate Foreign relations subcommittee held a hearing to examine the report and discuss the findings with the cochair of the study group. It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for thei
It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for their willingness to take up the task of examining an extremely accomplished problem with no easy solutions as the report states Optimal Outcomes are left behind long ago. Its never easy to devote time and resources to the task who
Mothers who have traveled overseas and zika infected areas, more on the new development now from ktvus Jana Katsuyama live in the newsroom. Jana . Reporter Public Health Officials Say they cannot release any information for privacy reasons but we have learned from a source that the mother did not contract the virus here but got it while traveling. The mother delivered her baby at the Medical Center within the past six months. She apparently contracted zika virus while traveling in guatemala. Her baby was born with a severe case of microcephaly, unusually small head. Zika virus can infect the nerve cells early on in development and cause damage. So that is sort of what is thought to be causing the small heads and brains. Reporter affected babies are prone to seizures and developmental delays. Doctors dont know the long term effects. California Health Officials say to date 114 californians have tested positive for zika virus. 21 are pregnant women. All were travel related cases. The viru
Many of our adversaries spent the decades to reshape their militaries and developing technologies to thwart americas military advantages. As well hear today, many of the technologies that made america the unparalleled Global Military power just 15 to 20 years ago, they are pro proliferating to others. Our adversaries are fielding new technologies from cyber to space in order to defeat our military advantages. At the same time, we face growing networks of violent islamic extremists that will engage us in a low conflict of technology and will for decades to come. As the Bipartisan National Defense Panel warned in future, quote, conflicts are likely to unfold more rapidly, battlefields will be more lethal. Operational sanctuary will be scares and fleeting. Conflict will be the norm in this rapidly changing environment. U. S. Military superiority is not a given. And yet since the end of the cold war a quarter century ago, the United States has maintained a similar but ever shrinking versio
Typically receive from American Military personnel that remain in afghanistan. Drawing thism analogy is because it is consistent with the broader strategyerrorism that the president laid out, i believe in his west point speech, in which you said that the United States needs to develop more capability when it comes to enhancing the capacity of local forces around the world to prevent extremists and terrorists elements from establishing a toehold in their country. We have talked about how this is an important part of our relationship inside afghanistan building the capacity of Afghan National security forces. A long debate about the situation in yemen. Previously, before that country was assumed by a civil war, the United States was able to partner effectively with your many yemeni National Security forces to take strikes, or at least mitigate the risks posed by opposition forces, operating in yemen. It has been diminished because we do not have a Central Government with whom we can orde