The secretary of state john kerry is lobbying to get turkish leaders to joint the fight against i. S. Something that theyve been reluctant to do bubbl publicly so far. They may have 31,000 fighters. Al jazeera looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many fighters. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed. Rising to permanence across syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. The group known as the Islamic State is growing. Initially their numbers were estimated and 10,000 but now they say 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner. There appears to be little agreement or clarity how the i. S. Group has grown so quickly. Experts say that the failed Foreign Policy failure is to blame. Its really a failure for much of the west and how theyve been fighting terrorism in the last 13 years and looking at the force on force. You do have to address those root causes, the disenfranchis disenfranchisement of the sunnies in iraq as why then
Are we right or wrong . Thats a pretty straightforward question. Senator hagel, please answer the question i asked. Today, do you think unilateral sanctions would be a bad idea . All this raising questions about how effective chuck hagel will be if confirmed as secretary of defense. Earlier this weekend, i sat down for a rare joint interview with the top military leadership the outgoing secretary f defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. Secretary panetta, welcome back to meet the press. General dempsey, welcome. Let me start with the man that is poised to take your place. He underwent on thursday a pretty tough round of questioning. He seemed to struggle with a lot of the answers. Of course this is chuck hagel, the former republican senator from nebraska. Look at some of his answers. I should have used another term, and im sorry. I would like to go back and change the words and the meaning. The bigger point is, what i was saying, i th
Israeli lobby in the United States senate. Are we right or wrong . Thats a pretty straightforward question. Senator hagel, please answer the question i asked. Today, do you think unilateral sanctions would be a bad idea . All this raising questions about how effective chuck hagel will be if confirmed as secretary of defense. Earlier this weekend, i sat down for a rare joint interview with the top military leadership issue the outgoing secretary of defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. Secretary panetta, welcome back to meet the press. General dempsey, welcome. Let me start with the man that is poised to take your place. He underwent on thursday a pretty tough round of questioning. He seemed to struggle with a lot of the answers. Of course this is chuck hagel, the former republican senator from nebraska. Look at some of his answers. I should have used another term, and im sorry. I would like to go back and change the words and the mea
Thats a pretty straightforward question. Senator hagel, please answer the question i asked. Today, do you think unilateral sanctions would be a bad idea . All this raising questions about how effective chuck hagel will be if confirmed as secretary of defense. Earlier this weekend, i sat down for a rare joint interview with the top military leadership issue the outgoing secretary of defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. Secretary panetta, welcome back to meet the press. General dempsey, welcome. Let me start with the man that is poised to take your place. He underwent on thursday a pretty tough round of questioning. He seemed to struggle with a lot of the answers. Of course this is chuck hagel, the former republican senator from nebraska. Look at some of his answers. I should have used another term, and im sorry. I would like to go back and change the words and the meaning. The bigger point is, what i was saying, i think what i meant
Opinion whos intim nated by the israeli lobby in the United States senate. Are we right or wrong . Thats a pretty straightforward question. Senator hagel, please answer the question i asked. Today, do you think unilateral sanctions would be a bad idea . All this raising questions about how effective chuck hagel will be if confirmed as secretary of defense. Earlier this weekend, i sat down for a rare joint interview with the top military leadership issue the outgoing secretary of defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. Secretary panetta, welcome back to meet the press. General dempsey, welcome. Let me start with the man that is poised to take your place. He underwent on thursday a pretty tough round of questioning. He seemed to struggle with a lot of the answers. Of course this is chuck hagel, the former republican senator from nebraska. Look at some of his answers. I should have used another term, and im sorry. I would like to go back