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Washington journal continues. Host we are back with congressman walter jones, republican of North Carolina from the Armed Services committee. What is your assessment of the isis strategy so far . Is it working . Guest let me say that one of the worst mistakes i made since i have been in congress was too vote to pass the aumf, authorization of military force, to give president bush the authority to go into iraq. Host in 2002 . Isst yes, maam, the reason we have a constitutional responsibility and i do not think we should commit our young men and women to war unless we debated on the floor of th...

In iraq, we were there on the ground collecting so we had data bases to use. The concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on our ground in syria, that the data bases wont have the information we need. It is not the lack of process, it is the lack of information. And is there ways that you could suggest we go about trying to get this information . I just dont think you can go and get it. You are talking about a country that is a failed state. It does not have any infrastructure so to speak so all of the data sets, the police, the Intel Services that you would go and seek that exist dont e...

I met a veteran who has been out two years and 10 disability but the point is he cant get his paperwork from dod. What are we doing . We have asked this question for years. Its a great question. I have to say secretary hagel and i are totally aligned that we want to have a seamless handoff from the department of defense to the va. Thats why we have instituted programs like cap while the person is on active duty and allison can talk about that. Congressman brown some good news to report on this front though it didnt obviously help that particular veteran two years ago we are engaged now in the ...

After the mehta that sis, not going at the root cause. I would like to hear a definition of defeat, definitive one, and then i would like to hear what your root cause is of why there is an isis, why there was an al qaeda, and ive got one other question after that, ambassador, if you would go first. It is a good point and it is the major flaw of this draft. The draft doesnt tell you give this back to the president and it doesnt authorize the president to do anything more than using armed forces against isil. It doesnt say defeat, though thats one of the things he says is his goal, working to de...

Issued one would ask why to be a issue so many choice cards . Nevertheless the American Legion is optimistic that the recent rule change by eliminating the straightline rule and using the actual driving distance will allow more veterans access to health care under the Choice Program. The American Legion believes if va were to move forward with the rule change to include the va medical facility that can provide the needed medical care or Services Everyone would see increases in minimization and access to nonva health care. The American Legion applauds the senate for unanimously reminding the de...