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President trumps new military strategy in afghanistan. This House Armed Services committee is just two hours. One of the primary concerns i would like each of you to address are the rules of engagement in afghanistan. During the previous administration, i introduced a resolution calling to the revision under operation resident support in afghanistan in an effort to succeed where combatants face. What are the standard rules of engagement for efforts in afghanistan . Includedhe old rules both rule...

Defense secretary james mattis and general joseph doneford were on capitol hill this week testifying on President Trumps new military strategy in afghanistan and discussed the need to remove terrorist safe havens in other parts of the globe. It ran three hours. Committee will come to order. Committee welcomes secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today for a hearing on afghanistan and south asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss ...

South asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Ser...

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Pledged to the council during the election campaign. Making sure that expressway is built including the tunnel under stone hen bling. But i think if you make sure we deliver on our promises on high speed broadband. This is as important as being connected to the road or the rail network. And weve got to make sure we get to those final combizzes a home the one to see high speed broadband. We the Prime Minister hounding the button saboris . We benefit hugely from having boris wisdom now back in thi...

Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. Committee will come to order. Last week the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world. Or more accurately the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today we tu...

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One of the things that i loved about the l. A. Times festival of books way before i was our book editor, when i was driving and showing up early in the morning is that we have all of those panels with four authors who are novelists or authors who are people that dont get to see each other. There is a moment they have saying something they are coming up with at that instant and its that exchange of ideas that can only happen in the moment. Watch our live coverage of Los Angeles Times festival of ...

A car accident in 1972. His son beau biden died last year from brain cancer. In january, president obama tasked him with the new National Cancer moonshot initiative. He has spoken out about Sexual Assault on college campuses. He spoke at the center for new american security. He criticized donald trump and his approach to Foreign Policy. Mr. Biden his intolerance, his proposal to ban muslims from entering the United States. Profiling muslim americans. Slandering an entire religious community. It ...