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Many ideas. But there is also real darkness at the heart of the vision for the next four years. If there is engagement with the sunnis, it is about creating a new class of sunnis from the tribal and political groups at low level and trying to completely reduce and eradicate the National Level leadership of the sunnis. It struck me that the sunnis that wanted to support the sense of there being a Sunni Community who could Work Together, those people are the ones that the Iraqi Government were planning to continue persecuting. And if they were going to involve sunnis in future government, the pl...

Differences that have long been simmering there and thats created vulnerabilities within the Iraqi Government as well as their Security Forces. So any action that we may take to provide assistance to Iraqi Security forces has to be joined by a serious and sincere effort by iraqs leaders to set aside sectarian differences, to promote stability and account for the legitimate interests of all of iraqs communities and it continues to build the capacity of an Effective Security force. We cant do it for them. And in the absence of this type of political effort, shortterm military action including an...

Vulnerabilities in the Iraqi Government as well as the Security Forces. So any action we may take to provide assistance to the Iraqi Security forces has to be joined by a serious effort by iraqs leaders to put aside the differences, promote stability and account for the legitimate interest of all of iraqis communities. And continue to build the capacity of an Effective Security force. We cant do it without them. In absence of this political effort shortterm military action, including any assistance we may provide, wont succeed. So this should be a wake up call. Iraqs leaders have to demonstrat...

Dr. Fleming. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Secretary hagel, weve talked about this 30day notice. Yesterday the chairman told us that he received notification after Sergeant Bergdahl had actually been transferred. Im sure his Senate Counterpart received that notice at the same time. It was really a notice after the fact, and i listened carefully through all the questions, all the legalese, the technical, the spin, everything. Its clear to me that really what happened here, and this goes back to the question from the previous gentleman as to what else could have been done, has there been any other of...

Support iraq in its fight against isil. We must remember isil not only threatens iraq but every country in the region which is opposed to it and europe and the United States. Succeeding in this fight is going to require iraqis to come together, finally, in order to form an inclusive government. And in every meeting with leaders of each of iraqs main communities, i stress the importance, the urgency of them coming together to do just that. President obama has also asked me to travel to saudi arabia on friday in order to meet with his majesty King Abdullah and to discuss regional issues, includi...