davis of the united states army. sergeant davis, then private first class davis, distinguished himself while serving at a remote support base in vietnam. november 18, 1967, sergeant davis' support base came under enemy mortar attack. and he was also threatened with a ground assault from across the river. detecting a nearby enemy position, sergeant davis seized a machine gun and provided cover for his gun crew. . but the enemy managed a direct hit. ignoring warnings to seek cover, sergeant davis returned to the howitzer which was burning furiously. though he was painfully injured by enemy mortar, davis continued fire, disregarding his injuries and inability to swim, he crossed the river on an air mattress where he aided in returning three soldiers to the support base, refusing medical attention for his own wounds, he joined another gun crew, firing at the enemy until they fled. i am proud to honor and remember the extraordinary heroism of sergeant sammy l. davis. thank you. yield back. >> thank you, i'd like to recogn

this by the united states army have been for the boss here to be doing their best to stop such and. so all this near al qaida. poses a threat to the country but how big a danger does the yemeni branch of al qaeda opposed to neighboring states. well i think it's. still posing a threat to yemen. and action has to be taken not only by the united states or by the yemeni government and action has to be taken by all neighboring countries such kind of corporation. between the yemeni government and old countries located next to yemen in addition to the united states because such a three to security is not only the yemeni military. any government i think all countries next to yemen will be affected in a bad week because we can understand yemen has been hosting many many members of al qaida has been training and have been. such a training and will be used not only in yemen i think saudi arabia might be on the right taking any time those members can move each different yemen because we know the. ease that it can move from one country to another this is why a thing security measures have to be

if there have been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in yemen it's not to invade yemen and because such extremists a group. would keep their own attacks on a daily basis maybe. and coming up after this short break we're driving relations between iran and the yuan president there were many calls on obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east takes a thorough lucca just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a really future for europe twenty five million people living in poverty in a dozen years and a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by new report which blames the aggressive financial cuts supposed to assure of the e.u. economy that's next. caracas has declared american citizen to deny as space to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican aspace more than that venezuela s

their leaders by the united states army by the yemeni government i think you us involvement. would have a cultural effect on the yemeni people because they would consider the united states as foreign in between. if there had been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in your money to invade your man because such extremists. would keep their own attacks on a daily basis maybe it's no secret that europe is in trouble with inequality unemployment and soaring debt alone spending a protracted crisis to combat european states have leveled an arsenal of a sturdy measures a tactic that has hit the most vulnerable the hardest we're now a new report suggests matters could get even worse with a hundred fifty million europeans potentially vulnerable to poverty in the next decade he spoke to the tally along from the charity organization oxfam which published that report and she said the idea behind us there and he is right the cuts target the wrong areas. our state is

if there have been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in yemen it's not to invade your man because such extremists a group. would keep their on a. r.t. live here in moscow coming up reviving relations between iran and the u.s. president rouhani calls all obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east party takes a for a look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty in a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by the new reports which claims the aggressive financial cards supposed to shore up the news economy. a story still to come but first caracas has declared america's decision to deny airspace to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican airspace more than that venezuela says its delegates could p

he has served in the united states army for over 40 years, and now he serves as the chairman of the joint chiefs. we will go to our secretary of defense, mr. hagel, first. >> so we're going to take a quick break as chuck hagel has gotten to the hearing on the house committee on foreign affairs hearing. we'll go ahead and take a quick break and bring you right back. are the most important components of the aljazz mission. pm eastern time . we will be right back. ♪ >>> welcome back. secretary of defense chuck hagel is addressing the house committee on foreign affairs. he just joined the hearing after being in meetings with the senate. you can see one hand now, but a little bit earlier more directly behind secretary of state john kerry were a lot of red hands. this is the group code pink. if you're familiar with watching hearings like this, you've seen them before. it's a grassroots organization made up of women who are of social justice really anti-war group. they're holding up many hands that are painted red really getting people's attention. yesterday there was a member of the group tha

states army corps of engineers. so, i want to say a very big thank you to the [speaker not understood] people, especially tessa bernhardt for your dedication and your help in getting our old and blighted pier 36 out of this great bay to make room for this new addition. and i especially want to say thanks to leader pelosi for always advocating for ports around this country, especially our port, for the work that she does to make sure that the jobs that ports provide stay in place not just in our ports but around the country. and for one of her most brilliant decisions ever, which was the hiring of dan bernau as chief of staff for the san francisco office. [laughter] >> and his tireless leadership, his dedication to biking, our waterfront in preparation for his statewide ride, and just his true great friendship. so, please join me in welcoming dan bernau. (applause) >> wow, thank you monique. well, leader pelosi was already disappointed she couldn't be here today, but wait until i tell her about otis redding and all o

following snowden's revolutions they agreed to reformat programo >> the united states army is considering banning at that tatt are visible. troops with those will be grandfathered in but new recruits will not be able to have them. the secretary of earmt approvedp the changes but still hasn't signed off on them yet. y once he does, the new rules are expected to take effect in 30-60 days.ys. coming up one the -- of the greatest comebacks in sports history. we'll go ton a virtual tour coming up next.p >> as we head to break, a liveiv look outside righte now on this thursday morning. it's 5:43. 5:4 we'll back after this. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. >> welcome back in the america's cup. oracle teamack ca's usa has coma win over nz to win the cup. cu u.s. team had to win eight stra

he's served in the united states army for over 40 years and now serves as a chairman of the joint chiefs. we will go to our secretary of defense mr. hagel first. >> mr. chairman, ranking member ra rangle, members of the committee, thank you. general dempsey and i also apologize for being late. the other side of the capital held us up. we are much better for it. thank you for your understanding. in the coming days, as we all know, congress will debate how to respond to the most recent chemical weapons attacks in syria. a large scale of sarin gas was placed on its own people. i welcome this debate and i support president obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in syria. committing the country to use military force is the most difficult decision leaders can make. all of us privileged to serve our nation and have the responsibility, in many ways, to serve our country but the primary responsibility is to ask the tough questions before any military commitment is made. american people must be assure thad their leaders are acting with u.s. interest and well defi

. >> former congressman allen west and a colonel retired in the united states army and making an emotional plea saying the militariry response against syria is designed to detour and degrade the dictator's ability to use poison gas against his own people. i'm about to ask two distinguished veterans whether that's a clear enough objective. they are general west lee clark who was brilliantly the supreme nato commander. i saw with my eyes and general robert scales, the analyst who wrote a critique of the administration's propels. gentlemen, i'm honored. general clark, you fist, is this objective detour and degrade. is this a punitive strike? will it succeed? >> i think the strike will succeed. whether it detours or not depends how saddam interprets it. can you degrade? of course you can. it's enough. the pentagon knows what it has to do. they have to pick out 50 or 100 targets and strike them hard. they have to make sure they were hit. they have to be military significant in the context of what assad is doing. it's enough. it's not a long-term occupation and it's not any occupation right now.

. >> former congressman allen west and a colonel retired in the united states army and making an emotional plea saying the militariry response against syria is designed to detour and degrade the dictator's ability to use poison gas against his own people. i'm about to ask two distinguished veterans whether that's a clear enough objective. they are general west lee clark who was brilliantly the supreme nato commander. i saw with my eyes and general robert scales, the analyst who wrote a critique of the administration's propels. gentlemen, i'm honored. general clark, you fist, is this objective detour and degrade. is this a punitive strike? will it succeed? >> i think the strike will succeed. whether it detours or not depends how saddam interprets it. can you degrade? of course you can. it's enough. the pentagon knows what it has to do. they have to pick out 50 or 100 targets and strike them hard. they have to make sure they were hit. they have to be military significant in the context of what assad is doing. it's enough. it's not a long-term occupation and it's not any occupation right now.

states army when they were begging and coming into the needy and i went down and volunteered and they said what can you do? i said well they want people to run the office. i said i have three gold medals. i can take shorthand. i run an office. i ran the office at the university in my undergraduate years. and i have a ph.d. from my history at harvard and with a straight face the man told me i'm sorry you have everything that color. and i said i'm sorry, too plight to get your time and i did you a good day. but that background i began to try to tell what americans did not in some special way but it was a part of that whole being and thus i was able to pleased to write and fight it and despite it disappointed some a bit it displeased some others, but i wrote that as fairly and as honestly as i could. and i am therefore pleased that the book came out when it did in the timber of 1947. it no author that i know of, no author that i know of is pleased with the publishers deutsch to promote their book. i had just written for the simple the office of university presidents that said after we wo

assembled united states army at bull run in virginia. but in the early spring of 1862 the current began to swerve. union armies and the union navy reconquered all but a few stretches of the mississippi river valley and reoccupied western tennessee. in the east robert e. lee, led his ragtag confederate forces, the army of northern virginia, to one victory after another over their opposite number, the union army of the potomac but the victories were all won on virginia soil. and in feeble, the virginia economy even as they defended it. lee knew better than any southerner that the confederacy's resources were too limited to keep fending off the confederacies enemies indefinitely. only by carrying the war into the union states, and only by leveraging the war-weariness of the union voting public into peace negotiations could the confederacy hope to win. but this was by no means a farfetched hope. in the fall of 1862 dissension over president abraham lincoln's emancipation proclamation caused unhappy voters in new york and new jersey to instal

states army until 2009. he is the recipient of two purple hearts for service in vietnam and we have been joined by general dempsey, a former platoon leader to commandant commander. he has served in the united states army for over 40 years and now serves as the chairman of the joint chiefs. we will now go to our secretary of defense, mr. hagel first. >> mr. chairman. ranking member engel, members of the committee. thank you. general dempsey and i also apologize for being late. the other side of the capitol held us up. but we are much better for it. so, thank you for your understanding. in the coming days, as we all know, congress will debate how to respond to the most recent chemical weapons attacks in syria. a large scale sarin gas assault perpetrated by the syrian government against its own people. i welcome this debate and i strongly support president obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in syria. as each of us knows, committing a country to using military force is the

ladies and gentlemen, "the national anthem" of the united states performed by the army brass quintet. [♪] ["the national anthem"] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chief of chaplains major general donald rutherford. bill: as the ceremony continues from the pentagon i want to bring back charles renda who is with us and lost his wife 12 years ago. around patriot, i was watching you during the ceremony and you had your hand on your heart. you said everything about your wife was lady like and she was the prettiest woman you had ever seen. >> we raised two nice boys. family and friends have been so supportive. we bring them back for dinner usually the day before 9/11, 9/10. i toasted them for standing beside all of us and they are patriots also. bill: sir, thank you for your time and thank you for sharing. >> we have to remember never to forget. bill: we'll remember you and your wife at 11:00 a.m. eastern time which is about the time her name is read at the memorial at ground zero. martha: all of the names going through the lower third of our screen. they are up to "d" in t

states army. [applause] >> let us pray. a god who rules the world from ever lasting. speak to our hearts when our courage fails and our sight grows dim, when our bodies may grow weary. with the valor we have honored today, keep us resolute and stead fast to things that cannot be shaken. and knowing that our labor is not in vein. renew in us that love that never fails, lift up our eyes to behold to see the things that were temporal and the things that are unseen and eternal. all this we pray in your blessed and holy name, amen. >> well, thank you very much, everybody. i hope you all enjoy the reception. i want to not only thank ty, but once again thank his extraordinary family. thank his unit. and thank all of you for us being able to acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifices that our men and women in uniform make every single day. and ty's representative of exactly the kind of people and the quality of people who are serving us. we are grateful to them. god bless you all. god bless america. thank y

states army, fema for their heroic effort to save lives. so individuals, volunteers, charities, state, local, and federal government responded as one. to help the people in the state of colorado. i witnessed firsthand with mr. gardner, mr. polis, and our senators and governor, the national guard rescuing a stranded family. and these men and women without a doubt prevented these floods from taking more lives. the damage throughout the state is catastrophic and truly unbelievable. i represent two counties of the nine that were declared major disaster areas. now that the waters have receded, it is time to rebuild, and at least 200 miles of state and federal roads were damaged and 50 bridges were either damaged or destroyed by the floods. that doesn't include local, county, and city streets and roads and bridges. in total, the colorado department of transportation is estimating the damage to our state and federal roads to be about $475 million. the "denver post" wrote the flooding that swept through colorado is the biggest catastrophe to ever s

states army until 2009. he is the recipient of two purple hearts for service in vietnam and we have been joined by general dempsey, a former platoon leader to commandant commander. he has served in the united states army for over 40 years and now serves as the chairman of the joint chiefs. we will now go to our secretary of defense, mr. hagel first. >> mr. chairman. ranking member engel, members of the committee. thank you. general dempsey and i also apologize for being late. the other side of the capitol held us up. but we are much better for it. so, thank you for your understanding. in the coming days, as we all know, congress will debate how to respond to the most recent chemical weapons attacks in syria. a large scale sarin gas assault perpetrated by the syrian government against its own people. i welcome this debate and i strongly support president obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in syria. as each of us knows, committing a country to using military force is the

he's a veteran of the united states senate army and the texas national guard. and he spent 40 years at the austin american statesman serving as head of the editorial page for more than two decades. one of the most prominent and influential journalist in texas, arnold has a deep love and respect for our state, his country, and the men and women who defend us. he is by all accounts a fair-minded reporter, which is saying something if you're in our business, because we know there is a natural adversarial relationship between the press and elected officials. but i know everyone in texas who knows arnold agrees that he's a fair-minded reporter who's always made time to talk really to almost anyone, has always had an open door for those who wanted to have a discussion on virtually any topic. so i just wanted to say a few words today about arnold garcia. arnold, i salute your pioneering accomplishments. i thank you for all of these years of your friendship. and i wish you and your family nothing but the best in this next chapter of your life. mr. president, turning to

and a report, sexual assault in the united states military. one army sergeant come forward for the first time the share her story. >>> and it has been one year since the deadly attack against americans in benghazi. tonight family members speak with the one they lost. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. >>> now to an exclusive "outfront" vexgs i want to warn you this story contain graphic language. an army specialist coming for the with her story for the first time after she was assaulted by a superior officer. a growing problem in the military in the united states and one some member of congress are try

believe what the united states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact it's the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community is there's a lot more here in the sand this is not a. proxy war and so i just don't. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. that seems to me to be inherent in what rififi has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it doesn't hurt accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse rafi if you want to answer that. while what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but noneth

states army's elite special forces unit in afghanistan. a life-long resident of new jersey, staff sergeant mcgill enlisted after high school and was still training in booted camp when terrorists attacked the world trade center and pentagon in 9/11. he joined the -- in 2001. two years ago he became a weapons sergeant with the gren berets. americans are blessed to live in a free and democratic society because of the heroic efforts of our men and women in uniform and owe a special profound gratitude to those like timothy who made the ultimate sacrifice. we express condolences to his mother, father, his two sisters, and i pray they have small measure of comfort in knowing that our nation is grateful and keep them in our thoughts and prayers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore

he's only the 223rd four star general in the history of the united states army. prior to rising to the rank of general, he served as director of the joint staff at the pentagon, second in command of u.s. forces in afghanistan from july of 2011 to june of 2012, and he's now commander of all u.s. forces in south korea. throughout his career he has rightfully earned a number of awards and decorations, including the defense superior service medal, legion of merit with three oak leaf clusters, bronze star medal, with an oak leaf cluster, meritorious service medal with four oak leaf clusters, and many more. mr. stivers: as a nation we are fortunate to have leaders and patriots like him defending this contry. i'm truly honored for this privilege to recognize him and wish -- i ask all the members of congress to join me in thanking him for his service and congratulations him on his promotion. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. stivers: i move to adjour

he's asking you to become king of the united states. he's saying the army would stand behind you. have you ever heard of caesar? um, that's the name of dr. franklin's horse. julius caesar was a great general and the most popular man in rome. after winning a war, he marched his army into rome... and made himself king? and made himself king. i don't believe it! george washington would never declare himself king. never! would he? of course not. anyone with half a brain knows george washington would never do a thing like that. you'd never declare yourself king. would you? no, james. the very idea is abhorrent to me. to say nothing of the fact that neither the american people, nor the vast majority of soldiers would stand for it. the army exists to serve congress, not the other way around. i thought everything would be fine once the war was over. now it seems like things are worse than ever. without justice, the army is a powder keg ready to explode. and right now, i have no idea how to prevent it. congressman: james madison, delegate from virginia, now has the floor. gentlemen of cong

he has served in the united states army for over 40 years and now serves as the chairman of the joint chiefs. we will now go to our secretary of defense, mr. hagel first. >> mr. chairman. members ofber engel, the committee. thank you. general dempsey and i also apologize for being late. lhe other side of the capito held us up. but we are much better for it. so, thank you for your understanding. in the coming days, as we all know, congress will debate how to respond to the most recent chemical weapons attacks in syria. gas assaulte sarin perpetrated by the syrian government against its own people. i welcome this debate and i strongly support president obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in syria. committingus knows, a country to using military force is the most difficult and important decision america's leaders can make. all those who are privileged to serve our nation and have a responsibility, in many ways, to serve our country -- but the primary responsibility is to ask the tough questions before any military commitment is made. the american peo

in 1978, he enlisted in the united states army before becoming a member of the hawaii army national guard in 1983. he served honorably until 2001 when he chose to continue his commitment to the united states as a member of the hawaii air national guard. he also served as an officer in the police department for 25 years. as a veteran of operation enduring freedom and operation iraqi freedom, there are truly -- he truly understood what it meant to sacrifice for others. a true patriot, he was a man of compassion, understanding and unwavering resolve. his wife, joanne, and two sons, michael and john, are his greatest legacy and will continue to share derek's aloha. on behalf of the first congressional district of hawaii and the entire state of hawaii, i would like to bid a final aloha to derek and thank him for his selfless contributions to the defense of this country. as we say in hawaii -- until we meet again. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlemanom without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate people. ms. mccollum

you know free syrian army is essentially the puppet army of the united states of the western powers and it didn't work very well the syrian army has been winning the battle and so this can. a weapons card has come out of you know seemingly left field but a lot of us who are looking at it we're almost waiting to see what is the us going to do next because you know they're really out of options at this point like the syrian ambassador to the u.n. said he's like you know obama cameron they climb to the top of a tree and they can't get down it's really reflective of the fact that you know there's resistance movements the axis of resistance with iran the syrian state and of course the rise of russia and china is really a big big setback you know imperial plans for to recolonize syria to really dominate that entire region so very passionate about it for you know all of these reasons it's not just you know i'm not going to oppose a war just because u.s. boots. on the ground the fact that syrians are dying is you know it's big of a concern for me as u.s. troops dying at the end of the day human

but you cannot have the united states of america army elements. we are getting our head that strong hi. more control over who is going to take over if assad is willed. it is our national interest now or never to get involved in the civil war. considering what we have been doing for the last 10 years. the history is it to help the people wush shans in began sfan. thank you soernl hunt and judy and the democrats or far par. my next guess is not hypocrisy. [ male announcer ] what's important to you? at humana, our medicare agents sit down with you and ask. hanging out with this guy. he's just the love of my life. [ male announcer ] getting to know you is how we help you choose the humana medicare plan that works best r you. mi familia. ♪ [ male announcer ] we want to help you achieve your best health, so you can keep doing the things that are important to you. keeping up with them. i love it! [ male announcer ] helping you -- now that's what's important to us. and now, there's a plan that lets you experience that "new" phone thrill again and again.

in the time of historic challenge for the united states army, assistant secretary thomas lamont has consistently risen to the challenge. he made clear from the start that his number-one priority was the well-being of america's soldiers and their families, especially those coping with multiple deployments. he also supervised the development of the army's first total-force policy, a new policy that integrates the active duty, guard, and reserve components of the army into a single, effective, unified force. it was signed by secretary of army gong mccue. the new total-force policy reflects a fundamental fact that as decades of war in iraq and afghanistan have demonstrated, our army, guard, and reserve are now as integral to the fight as the active duty component and we are not going back. very few people could bring to that task the experience and personal commitment that tom lamont did. assistant secretary lamont also oversaw a review of the army's integrated disability evaluation system. the ides system is a partnership between the defense department and the department of veterans affairs. it is

it's got to be done and orchestrated by the united states of america. now we've had some involvement but it's been minimal. and it's been reported, i'm not saying it's true and i don't believe it, that there are some in the administration that want to see just the fighting continue in a stalemate because they fear who might take over afterwards. that's the most cynical approach i could ever imagine given the human suffering that goes on as long as this conflict goes on. >> rose: do you believe after this conference, the diploma that's under way in a sense, a, will not work which you have suggested. do you find of hope it doesn't work because it's so ripe with problems and issues, that it would be just better if we go ahead and support with a military strike the pre syrian army so that it will put bashar al-assad on the defensive and then we can have a negotiated settlement. >> no, charlie, i'm willing to try anything. but let's make it in a couple three or four days. we'll know whether they're serious or not, but i'm willing to try anything. but i also

there's about 1200 battalions in the united states army. does that mean that there not connected to each other? of course not. so it is, if you don't want anything, you can always find reasons to do so. is it a done deal? is easy? was it a lot easier to years ago? yes, but it's very, very difficult. but i guess my answer back to you, i say with respect is the status quo satisfactory? is the status quo satisfactory with the people are being massacred and the jihadists are flowing in and the weapons are being flown in and 5000 hezbollah are good fighters, good fighters these hezbollah are. they are not afraid to die. i thousand, and they came from southern lebanon. doesn't that give us some kind of pause as to what the connection here is between iran, syria and hezbollah? and what happens if bashar al-assad stays in power? what's the message throughout the middle east? >> the young lady on the end. >> thank you. i am with voice of vietnamese-americans but first i want to thank cindy mccain for your service in vietnam it and i think that's a h

you know the free syrian army is essentially the puppet army of the united states of the western powers and it didn't work very well the syrian army has been winning the battle and so this can. a weapons card has come out of you know seemingly left field but a lot of us who are looking at it we're almost waiting to see what is the us going to do next because you know they're really out of options at this point like the syrian ambassador to the u.n. said he's like you know obama cameron they climb to the top of a tree and they can't get down it's really reflective of the fact that you know there's resistance movements the axis of resistance with iran the syrian state and of course the rise of russia and china is really a big big setback imperial plans for to recolonize syria to really dominate that entire region so very passionate about it for all of these reasons it's not just you know i'm not going to oppose a war just because u.s. boots you know to meet our on the ground the fact that syrians are dying is you know is big of a concern for me as u.s. troops dying at the end of the day h

you know free syrian army is essentially the puppet army of the united states of the western powers and it didn't work very well the syrian army has been winning the battle and so this come. a weapons card has come out of you know seemingly left field but a lot of us who are looking at it we're almost waiting to see what is the us going to do next because you know they're really out of options at this point like the syrian ambassador to the u.n. said he's like you know obama cameron they climb to the top of a tree and they can't get down it's really reflective of the fact that you know there's resistance movements the axis of resistance with iran the syrian state and of course the rise of russia and china is really a big big setback you know imperial plans for to recolonize syria to really dominate that entire region so very passionate about it for all of these reasons it's not just you know i'm not going to oppose a war just because u.s. boots you know to meet our on the ground the fact that syrians are dying is you know is big of a concern for me as u.s. troops dying at the end of the

you know the free syrian army is essentially the puppet army of the united states of the western powers and it didn't work very well the syrian army has been winning the battle and so this chemical weapons card has come out of you know seemingly left field but a lot of us who are looking at it we're almost waiting to see what is the u.s. going to do next because you know they're really out of options at this point and like the syrian ambassador to the u.n. said he's like you know obama cameron they climb to the top of a tree and they can't get down it's really reflective of the fact that you know there's resistance movements the axis of resistance with iran the syrian state and of course the rise of russia and china is really a big big setback imperial plans for to recolonize syria to really dominate that entire region so very passionate about it for all of these reasons it's not just you know i'm not going to oppose a war just because u.s. boots you know to meet our on the ground the fact that syrians are dying is you know it's big of a concern for me as u.s. troops dying at the end of

you know free syrian army is essentially the puppet army of the united states of the western powers and it didn't work very well the syrian army has been winning the battle and so this come. a weapons card has come out of you know seemingly left field but a lot of us who are looking at it we're almost waiting to see what is the us going to do next because you know they're really out of options at this point like the syrian ambassador to the u.n. said he's like you know obama cameron they climb to the top of a tree and they can't get down it's really reflective of the fact that you know there's resistance movements the axis of resistance with iran the syrian state and of course the rise of russia and china is really a big big setback imperial plans for to recolonize syria to really dominate that entire region so very passionate about it for all of these reasons it's not just you know i'm not going to oppose a war just because u.s. boots you know to meet our on the ground the fact that syrians are dying is you know is big of a concern for me as u.s. troops dying at the end of the day huma

states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact it's the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community. is not to the point. of proxy war. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. but that seems to me to be inherent in what rififi has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it does not accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse if you want to ask answer that. while what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but nonetheless is the world going to allow a dictator to carry out chemical weapo

states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact if the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community is there's a lot more here in the sand this is not of the. proxy war so i'm just going to be go ahead. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. seems to me to be inherent in what rififi has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it does not accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse and if you want to ask answer that. well what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but nonetheless is the wo

you know free syrian army is essentially the puppet army of the united states of the western powers and it didn't work very well the syrian army has been winning the battle and so this come. a weapons card has come out of you know seemingly left field but a lot of us who are looking at it we're almost waiting to see what is the us going to do next because you know they're really out of options at this point like the syrian ambassador to the u.n. said he's like you know obama cameron they climb to the top of a tree and they can't get down it's really reflective of the fact that you know there's resistance movements the axis of resistance with iran the syrian state and of course the rise of russia and china is really a big big setback imperial plans for to recolonize syria to really dominate that entire region so very passionate about it for all of these reasons it's not just you know i'm not going to oppose a war just because u.s. boots you know to meet our on the ground the fact that syrians are dying is you know it's big of a concern for me as u.s. troops dying at the end of the day hu

states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact if the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community is there so i was here in the sand this is not a. proxy war so i'm just going to go ahead. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. but that seems to me to be inherent in what rififi has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it does not accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse rafi if you want to ask answer that. while what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but nonetheless is the wor

states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact if the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community and say. this is not a. war not just going to be go ahead. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. but that seems to me to be inherent in what rififi has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it does not accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse rafi if you want to ask answer that. while what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but nonetheless is the world going to allow a dictator to

states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact if the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community and say. this is not to the point. of proxy war so i'm just going to be go ahead. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. seems to me to be inherent in what refutes has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it does not accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse and if you want to ask answer that. well what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but nonetheless is the world going to allow a

states is talking about is supporting the free syrian army which is not at all al-qaeda in fact it's the united states or the international community in general is to continue to be paralyzed in the face of what is happening i think that is what gives. the international community and say. this is not to the point. of proxy war or not just go ahead. yeah i'd like to explore the implication. seems to me to be inherent in what received has been saying and that is the there indeed may be a downside to the u.s. military intervention if indeed it does not accomplish what she would like it to accomplish is that in fact the case that you are anxious about whether the united states might in fact carry out an intervention that could make matters worse if you want to answer that. while what we don't want is a mere slap on the wrist now we understand very well that international norms are being violated when the regime carries out chemical weapons attacks we have been documenting this in fact quite quite a bit before august twenty first but nonetheless is the world going to allow a dictator to c

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i'm a former united states ambassador. i'm an army mom with a son that just returned three weeks ago from afghanistan. we have to look at all of this information but i would maintain that this administration and president obama have been weak and frankly exercising its foreign diplomacy and foreign affairs from the back seat for years now and i am concerned about this on multiple levels. about the fomenting in the region. about how we're telegraphing this entire potenal military action. we've already told assad and our others in the region that we're on your way and, it is probably dispersin his assets. melissa: sure. >> we've got at least five destroyers in the mediterranean along with two aircraft carriers. the russians are there also. the russians have huge interests in syria and in lifting up the assad regime. that their only military base left for russia is left in the syria. they sell a lot of their military equipment to russia. so we've got our own carriers and destroyers there we have the russians there. we see peo