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President deborah rudder discusses issues relevant to the performing arts. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently hosted a discussion on radical extremism. Speakers looked at specific events in the middle east and how they are led to escalating violence in places like afghanistan, syria ander remark. This is an hour and a half. Welcome it is my particulare to afternoon to say that this event is cosponsors by the middle east program as well. In that regard, im happy that we have our Dear Colleague fred with us. The question is entirely in the title, Jihadist Movement in afghani...

I have not seen one of those yet, so i cannot give you a solid answer based on any criteria or facts. Why do you represent support representative thornberry as your successor . Did i write that one . [laughter] that is an easy question. Thornberry and i came on with the Armed Services committee at the same time. I was elected in 1992, but i did not get onto the covidien my first term. We came onto the committee at the same time, we sat next to each other for many years now. Ive had the opportunity to watch them, visit his victor, see how he relates to the people in his district. I see how he r...

It makes this discussion go way overboard when you put down this country. There are plenty of things wrong with the country, but there is outweighed by what is right with the country including our boys going over there and fighting for those people because those people want what we have. They will always want that. Whether they were put down by a tribe over there or not, that is where they are at. [applause] mr. To sousa, your balanced and broad Historical Perspective shows how important immigration is to this country. People like you are the future of america, not the jaded and cliched blame ...

I have watched leadership struggle this year was trying to get something done. It is just very difficult. I dont really know the answer to that. One way would be to fix campaignfinance reform again, but because of what is happening i mean, i was being a little facetious when i said it, but really, the only bill that passed last year was the National Defense authorization act. Early this year, we did get get well, did we got the budget passed last year at the end of the year. That was big. At the makeup the spending bill passed this year. We have the farming bill this year. Maybe there is cause...

Needed to fully implement the 2012 event strategy and maintain a relevant modern force. Two months ago, rather than fully repealing sequestration, Congress Passed a bipartisan budget act that provided relief in the fiscal year. The 500s and thats the bipartisan budget act health in the next fiscal year. But, that spending remains significantly below what the request is for the fiveyear budget plan. Under the spending plan, dod has 490 billion for this fiscal year. That is 31 billion below what is requested. The law limits spending in 2015 to 496 billion. That is 45 billion less than what is re...