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Grown from maybe 27 to now 800. As you know thats important because it means that funds in the u. S. Can be blocked and the u. S. Persons and entities are no longer permitted to do business with those on the list. It is my understanding that so far only four members of isis have been designated global terrorists by treasury and it is my understanding that these four are not involved with the major Funding Sources of this elicit Petroleum Trade to the black market. It strikes me as a little bit of a low number. Can you describe the challenges and what should be the expectation of the committee ...

It is often possible to tell where oil comes from although im also told there are some similarities among fields. I cant tell you with great certainty well be able to do that but i believe so. We all want to go after isis. The policy issue is do we go after isis in a way that causes harm to the civilians under its control . As i said in my Opening Statement we didnt hesitate to bomb occupied europe. If a businessperson of good character and reputation in mosul wants to buy something from europe using the International Banking system, a civilian item, do we try to stop that . Well, congressman,...

Kuwait as the two jurisdictions in the gulf where additional steps could be taken. Time of the gentleman is expired. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Lynch. Thank you, mr. Chairman, again, mr. Secretary, thanks for your willingness to testify. I just want to make one observation. I do share the frustration that some of my colleagues across the aisle have expressed about staunching the flow of oil and degrading some of the facilities that are currently under the control of isis. But i do want to point out that, for instance, the beiji oil refinery, i dont know, about 7...

Have serious concerns about the rising number of palestinian civilian deaths and the loss of israeli lives. Why it now has to be our focus and the focus of the International Community to bring about a ceasefire that ended the fighting and can stop the deaths of an and civilians, both in gaza and israel. Kerry will meet with allies and partners. I have instructed him to push for the immediate cessation of hostilities based on a return to the november 2012 ceasefire agreement between israel and hamas in gaza. The work will not be easy. Obviously, there are enormous passions involved in this, and...

Chemical weapons use. The group is tremendously destabilizing force across large swaths of iraq and syria and the brutal campaigns have approximately u drawn the condemnation appropriately drawn of the broader International Community. In addition to the horrific massacres, kidnappings and decapitations, officials believe that isil is one of the Richest Terrorist Groups to ever exist with estimated assets in access of 1 billion. Unlike most other terrorist groups, which tend to rely heavily on foreign sponsors, isil generally raises funds internally limiting available to the Treasury Department...