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Less. Bottom line up front. Okay . There in the back. Theres microphone so we can all hear you. Thank you. My quick question really here is comments on lebanon and how its impacting this current fight. Nobody seems to talk about it much. Nigel i know just did an article about drone usage by hezbollah, which i thought was interesting. Oh, lebanon. Okay. Yeah. Well, there is a small contingent of militants inside of lebanon who have made some noise for many years, but there are not a lot of them. The number of them particularly down south have been coopted by the government. Ere were fears early on that a lot of this contingent was going to be activated by the war in syria. In fact, the whole society was going to go down the tubes. That is still a worry and the longer that the war goes on the more that worry increases. But i have been really surprised at lebanons resiliency, actually, whether you attribute that to actors we dont like, like hezbollah keeping a lid on things, or whether yo ....
It is my hope i know the president would welcome us. I hope their team will realize that it is not just a matter of welcoming. They should realize it is more likely to work out better if they do it with congress. The pay for, very tough question. We have a cr as well as a syrian authorization on the training of equipment, but we will have to grapple with a longerterm appropriations, not another cr. I am fully expecting, as part of that for there to be funding requests. But that is another reason why congress should debate the stuff up front. We ought to be asking the question, how much will it cost and how are we going to pay for it . Iraq and afghanistan were the first wars that United States decides to do on a credit card. Iraq and afghanistan were the first to where we said, we can kind of do this, members of Congress Kids wont get drafted now. We can get blackwater or a thi ....
Thats why weve supported a coalition, not simply based on military action, but a coalition based on humanitarian, political and diplomatic action to counter the threat of isil. Now, this week the president of the United States and the british Prime Minister are both at the united nations. We support the overnight action against isil. What needs to happen now is that the u. N. Needs to play its part. A u. N. Security Council Resolution to win the International Support to counter that threat of isil. [ applause ]. Friends, this county will never turn our back on the world and will never turn our back on the principles of internationalism. [ applause ]. And those values and those values are reflected not just in our country but in this party, in this hall, an ....
. Oopholes what are the possibilities . Theseople know about important issues to them before they go to the polls so they can make informed decisions. Muche reason i like you so when congress is not out is because you have greater historical and International Programming on your station. Whatntinue to let us know you think about our programs. Call us at the number on this gray more order email comments tocspan. Org or send it we cspan comments. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Miliband speaks. Of some of a preview the cases before the Supreme Court in the upcoming term. At his annual labor , add miliband commented on the overnight airstrikes in syria. He said he supported president obamas decision. He outlined the priorities of his partys agenda leading into the 2015 election. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. Please welcome the leader of the labour p ....
Cspans 2015 student cam underway. N is go to studentcam. Org for more information. A camera and get started today. His annual labour party conference, leader ed miliband partyhis remarks to members commenting on the overnight air strikes in syria. He supported president obamas decision. Mr. Miliband praised the outcome the scottish referendum. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the leader of the labour party, ed miliband. By]ase stand [applause] thank you so much for that incredibly kind welcome. Start by talking about somebody whos from just down the road from here and thats hostagening, a british taken by isil. His wife, barbara henning, made incredibly moving appeal for his release just over the weekend. Henning is simply an aid worker trying to make life for victims of conflict. All we he should tell us need to know about isil and their murderous ways, that they decent british man like alan henning hostage. Not just british people that theyre ....