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He could not have predicted how the terrorist threat would evolve buried at this Time Congress was completely focused on preventing another largescale attack on u. S. Soil. In 2001 we understood al qaeda to be a centralized organization no thought was even to the prospect that al qaeda would franchise terrorism and inspire satellite groups in the Arabian Peninsula and africa to bury the prospect and then attack would be carried out by a lone wolf actor with no direct training support from al qaeda and a barely into discussion. We were thinking that terrorist groups were focused on taking human...

Combat boots on the ground in iraq. He also wants to talk about the International Coalition that hes building, im told by white house officials. In the meantime, as you said, carol, the president will be hearing from u. S. Central command leaders first, theyre the ones coordinating the fight against isis and as he arrived in florida, the white house was busy clarifying surprising statements from joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey on whether there would be u. S. Combat troops fighting against isis in iraq. Dempsey told the Senate Hearing yesterday that its not the plan at the moment but he ad...

Try to build a coalition with no indication that he is looking at least imminently at dropping air strikes in syria. Of course, this was not supposed to be the focus of this summit and its not officially on the agenda. It was focused on Vladimir Putin and what to do about the ukrainian situation. Having said that, theres no doubt that throughout europe there is growing concern about what it means to have this isis threat looming. The number of americans and other westerners who have gone over there to fight side by side with isis, to train there, and the success of their propaganda operation. ...

Reporter those are serious allegations and we expect the committee to fully investigate them. Well hear how they will prevent future benghazi attacks. I think our fellow citizens have a good sense of who is trying to be fair and who is not, and i think they have a sense of the gravity of what we have been asked to do, which is what happened to these four great americans. Anyone who tries to polite sizeo politicize the investigation runs a risk with their fellow citizens. Reporter . That sets the stage for todays first public hearing. Martha everybody wondering the answer to this question. What...

At the threat to the u. S. Homeland is likely to be limited in scope and scale. They are adapting their tactics to overcome our defenses and to avoid our intelligence collection. Left unchecked, they will seek to carry out attacks closer to home. This as our nations top counterterrorism official says the fbi has arrested a handful of people trying to come to the u. S. From syria and if we dont act siisis could set its sets o the homeland . Whatever they think they will achieve, they have already failed. Our objective is clear, it is to destroy isil so its not a threat to not just iraq but to t...