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This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody and welcome. This morning the Committee Considers the nominations of two very distinguished officers to two of the most active and challenging combatant commands. General lloyd austin United States army nominated to be commander u. S. Central command and general David Rodriguez u. S. Army to be nominated to be commander of the u. S. Africa command. These two combatant commands centcom and africom are the centers of gravity for our militarys operations to counter the threat of terrorism. Oath nominees have served our country wi...

That many of those courageous fighters who are opposing the barbaric regime that the president assad regime has become. I urge you to present your recommendation to this committee as soon as possible. I hope more can be done militarily to deprive president assad of his superiority where he has in the air and his forces on the grounds that he is using to slaughter of the citizens of his own country. Yes, sir. Thank you, mr. Chair. My time is expired. My thanks to each of you for your Extraordinary Service in the past. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank general austin and Genera...

And there is context to consider. This began in the nations fright expand furious after the attacks of 9 11 with americans terrified over what might come next. Today what this report contains, what lawmakers just released it. Reaction from both the obama and bush administrations, and the concerns this could lead to new attacks. Lets get to it. It doesnt get much more serious than this. Thousands of u. S. Marines around the world are on high alert after Senate Democrats released a report on cia interrogation tactics, involving torture after 9 11. The details are extremely graphic. The report fi...

Protesters. Im wolf blitzer here in washington and 9 00 p. M. In kuwait city and 2 00 a. M. In manila. Thank you very much for joining us. A brandnew report on torture reports for the cia. One question examined the Senate Intelligence committee report, did the socalled enhance interrogation techniques help find osama bin laden. In an interview with our own Candy Crowley, the president strongly deefended the cia. Were fortunate to have men and women serving on our behalf. These are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, its way off base. And ...

Our meteorologist Karen Maginnis in the cnn Weather Center with the brandnew forecast. Where is this storm headed . Well, it is still trekking rather rapidly to the northeast at about 13 miles an hour. The faster it moves, the less the impacts will be. So were still looking at a system that is chugging along, and it is now located about 30 miles to the south of wilmington. So right now up and down the coast of North Carolina, they are being battered by high winds, winds associated with Hurricane Dorian at 100 miles an hour. It has sustained this for about the last 24 hours at least. What i see...