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North korea continues down today poses a direct threat to the United States and our allies, particularly south korea and japan. We must go further and take action to punish the north korean regime and those who aid and abet in its provocative actions. The legislation before us today would significantly enhance our ability to curb the north Korean Nuclear program. The bill requires the president to sanction anyone who knowingly supports the north korean regime, whether by if you are furnishing materials for north Korea Weapons Program or by selling luxury goods to corrupt government officials w...

Our purpose is to marginalize and defeat violent extremists once and for all. That isnt easy. We know that as president obama and i consistently said it wont happen overnight. But today i say to all of our fellows citizens and the international community, we must recognize what daesh is doing to its victims and hold the perpetrators accountable and find the resources to help those harmed by the atrocities to be able to survive on their ancestral land. Naming these crimes is important but what is essential is to stop them. That will require unity in this country and the countries directly invol...

Say is under the control of extremist groups like isil . Isil and daesh control the area in and around sirt. I couldnt give you exact percentage. The other places have transitory effect. Would you consider libya at this point a failed state . Yes, sir. Thank you all very much for your service. Thank you, mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I echo the comments about the appreciation for the service. The many times you have been before this committee. General rodriguez, i want to ask a couple of questions touching on each of your expertise about the training we do with foreign militaries ...

To execute the current Defense Strategy and specific chi unable to address the challenges that secretary carter outlined. The fiscal year 17 budget begins to address the most critical investments required to maintain our competitive advantage. To the extent possible, within the resources provided by the 2015 bipartisan budget act, it addresses the departments five challenges. It does so by balancing three major areas investment in highend capabilities, the capability and capacity to meet current operational demands, and the need to rebuild readiness after an extended period of war. In the year...

Money we have given them. And theyebuild china know it. I have many friends from china. I dont have any objection to china, i think its wonderful, i am angry at our people, not their people, if you can get away with it. So look, weve rebuild china. It is not free trade, it is not anything, this is horrible, stupid trade. When you have 500 billion a folks, weve got to get smart. I have carl icon, i have the greatest negotiators in the ahn, i havearl ic the greatest negotiators in the world. We had pfizer, a great company, pfizer, they Just Announced they are leaving. They are a huge drug compan...