Defense secretary james mattis and general joseph doneford were on capitol hill this week testifying on President Trumps new military strategy in afghanistan and discussed the need to remove terrorist safe havens in other parts of the globe. It ran three hours. Committee will come to order. Committee welcomes secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today for a hearing on afghanistan and south asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been
South asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been wounded. As this administration formulates its policies, the American People and members of congress have basic questions such as does American National security still warrant our military presence in afghanistan . Do we have a strategy to succeed or one to avoid failure . How is this administrations approach different from previous approaches . And can we ever be successful in the face of afghan corruption and af
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The proceedings could be in their court by thanksgiving. Good morning, everyone. It is thursday, october 17. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. Another wild day in washington, d. C. That culminating with this instant iconic photo of House Speaker nancy pelosi standing around a roomful of men with her finger pointed directly at the president , tweeted by the president believe it or not after a contentious meeting discussing the meeting in syria. Were told that talks broke down and ended with Democratic Leaders walking out of the meter. Nancy pelosi needs help fast. There is either something wrong with her upstairs or she just plain doesnt like our great country. She a total meltdown in the white house today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her. She is a very sick person. Things went south when pelosi explained to the president that russia has always wanted a foothold in the middle east and now has one with trump withdrawal. All roads lead to putin. And i hate isis more
The bus. Today also saw a large bipartisan majority in the house vote to condemn President Trumps actions in syria and saw the Senate Majority leader, a republican, call that action, quote, a mistake. And this meeting which democrats walked out of capped a day of contradictory and misleading statements on the crisis from the president even as secretary of state pompeo and Vice President pence are getting ready to travel to turkey to try and get turkey to stop what theyre doing. The president seems to have already undercut that effort. Oh, and in addition to all that, more bad news for tv lawyer and ukraine biden dirt finder Rudy Giuliani. Another of his associates has been arrested and another ukraine witness went before congress. Theres also tonight new reporting that ties the acting white house chief of staff to the ukraine affair and the president made some statements contradicting claims, including his own, that this had anything to do with actual corruption in ukraine. Corruption