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Shuttle missions to one focused on exploration. Everything we do in this agency is with the express purpose of making life better for people here on earth. He answers, in part, to senator ted cruz, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Space Science and competitiveness. Cruz is also a Climate Change skeptic. I dont worry about trying to change someones mind, i try to present data that is very accurate. Bolden service at the Agency Follows a decades long career with the marine corps, he retired a M...

They are part of the yazidi religion one of the groups targeted by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant also known as isil. No one knows exactly how many yazidis were killed because isilheld territory is off limits to journalists and human rights workers. But tens of thousands had to flee their homes after isil fighters captured their towns and villages in june. Isil now controls as much as onethird of iraqs territory, including the secondlargest city mosul. Though its power and influence ex...

Yemens ceasefire appears to be largely holding. And there was an amtrak train that crashed in philadelphia, killing seven. Well, the army has taken control in burundis capital announcing that it has deposed the president after weeks of demonstrations. Word of the coup first came in a radio prod cast where it announced that the president had violated the constitution by trying for a third term in office and its mandate was now over. Something that was denied on the president s twitter ago. He was...

Has cast new doubt over russias Space Program. Hello there welcome to the program. Iraq ice mel tear has launched an operation to drive the state of iraq and the levant from Anbar Province. The soldiers will be supported by shia militias who play as key role in clawing baxter story. They dont think the anbar offensive will take very long. However, their involvement is raising fears of sectarian tensions because most of anbars population is sunni. To province takes up much of western iraq. The ca...

Here are the top stories we are watching. French air accident investigators looking into yesterdays german plane crash saying voice recordings survive the impact. They say this will lead to clues in seeking to explain the tragedy a full analysis may be months away. Graces Central Bank Governor speaking in london. He said greek banks must actively manage stressed loads. We will have more later in the hour. Facebook opening its messenger chat application. The app will be opened to businesses to co...

Freedom fighters. Preuss, welcome back bruce, welcome back to the Wilson Center. Congratulations on this accomplishment. Lets begin with some context. Anonymous soldiers begins as world war i was drawing to a close and the british have conquered jerusalem. In palestine in the 1920s, 1930s the british fail repeatedly to reconcile competing arab and jewish demands. It was the british mandate destined to fail . Before i i answer that if i could just think the Wilson Center for this event. If i. If ...

Nearly 12 hours of deliberations. The 21yearold slumping as the jurys decision was read, convicting him on all 30 charges. 17 counts carried the death penalty. The trial enters a penalty phase. The jury will decide whether he should be put to death or kept in prison for life. The bombing claimed three lives, 250 people were wounded and a sizeable bay area contingent in boston that day. Wayne freedman is live with their reaction. Wayne . Reporter the verdict resonated against anyone who runs. As ...

Into harms way without necessary readiness. Im having a very difficult time in light of the six months that weve been at war in iraq and syria against isis and in light of the president s authorization for the yoous of military force or aumf that is now before congress for this krgsz. Im having a very hard time understanding what the strategy is. And i want to make sure that, as my colleagues have said, that we fund our military well beyond the budget caps in the sequester levels. I agree with t...

And that also and this is very important and this gets back to the earlier discussion of sequester if its in the base budget, it is the base upon which we build our future budgets, and we need stability. We need a horizon so that we know what our budget is going to be not only this year but in years to come. Otherwise, we cant spend it efficiently, and we cant spend it strategically. We need that kind of horizon and sequester is what robs us of that, and thats why its bad in a manage yearal sens...

Deeper impact because you have to get the money where you have to get it. You cant shed it quickliness. You cant shed excess infrastructure quickly enough. You cant terminate contracts because of the penalties involved. Even if youre taking more than you should out of readiness. I think readiness suffers more than you think. Thank you. Mr. Secretary, i share in the terms of my colleagues and the other o if i believes in the detriments of sequestration. But im also skbresed in efficient ways. Spe...