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Include isil or assad, as you stated in your testimony and that relying on moderate rebels to defeat them both and usher in a political settlement, will the assad regime being supported by iran and russia as they are and with isil being so well financed, how will a group of rebels be able to defeat them both . And what would they need in order to accomplish that goal . The administration doesnt have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in iraq and syria and iran, nor does it seem to want one. These arent realistic plans that can truly destroy isil, can defeat al news ra and d...

Or second us a tweet at comments. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Now on efforts to combat isis in iraq and syria. Deputy mckirk testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee about the obama administrations strategy and efforts to build a more Effective National government in iraq. This is two hours and ten minutes. This hearing will come to order, i will ask those in the audience to take their skates at this time. This morning we welcome back ambassador mcgirk who was one of the few sounding the itsis alar as early as you did. We were having hearings last february to discuss...

Review board report to upgrade security for personnel at highthreat posts. Has this been done . Not according to the facts ive heard. So, in fact, the department has yet to comply with benghazi arb recommendation 11, correct . We believe benghazi arb 11 intended for there to be Marine Security guards at all high threat posts. So i want to hear you say yes, that is correct. Thank you very much. Ive got 24 22 seconds left. I did want to touch a little bit on the local guard force. Real quick, mr. Linick, if i can just get to the findings with you. A, b, Regional Security officers took it upon th...

So theyre all right on the ropes after years of anemic support. When we meet with them, we hear from them the same thing that you hear from them, they cant get the equipment that they need to fight back against isis. So in late august, a team of state department briefers met with committee staff, which had requested a briefing of the situation in aleppo. The state Department Official said it was a question not of when it would fall, but it was a question of when, not if aleppo would fall, a question of when not if aleppo would fall. When our staff was asked if Administration Viewed it the stat...

After pope francis describes the mass killing of armenians as genocide. Saudi arabia says it has carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes across yemen since the start of its campaign there. Eight civilians were killed in one of the most recent attacks. That was in the city of tise. It was, we are told loyal to the former president. Some of the fiercest fighting in the south where the houthis are trying to take the port city of aden. There has been resistance from lob tracksman in ib and in shabwa provinces. The explanation from the United Nations is that more than 600 people have been killed and...