yself from surgeries through natural means and i've overcome a few things. funny, one of the things that ibs and it's as kind of fitting because the army and the v.a. has been a pain in the ass ever since. that's about it. i do like this. you're asking for suggestions, what is going good, what's going bad. kind of real quick, gulf war registry, it's a study. it is not necessarily there to help with your claims though it will hopefully long term. i think it's kind of misguided. i mean, if you do your research, there was chemical exposure in afghanistan before.

i know if i read my history right, the russians when they left the air field sprayed commercial pesticides. killing tens of thousands of people. i was there early. we were kicking around this stuff that was a foot thick breathing it. that was one of my first concerns when i left my exit eval and i suffered from different things ever since. i'm here to help with that study. i volunteered for a lot of things, but the whole system is broke. hanks.

mplingts my name is ed lutz, army benjamin. i had a whole bunch of things i wanted to go over but it seems like everybody has already hit on everything. so a couple things i really wanted to touch on was the payments you're passing out -- the papers you're passing out, how these people fill it out. this is the first time this has happened. they've had these suggestion boxes all over the v.a. that people never did anything with. as a matter of fact, some of them are still up. following up be on these? >> with these i go through them. i have to figure out a way to communicate with all of you because i don't have an easy way of doing it. like with my employees you know i'll e-mail them these actual cards and we provide updates on what's happening with the very suggestions. i'm going to try and figure out a way to do that maybe at a

subsequent meeting be able to tie in some of the things that were raised tonight, try to fix them, then move forward with the knew comments from folks. >> another question i had is, why isn't somebody taking minutes on what's going on ere? >> we got lots of staff. absolutely. >> oh, are we going to be able to have access to it? >> i don't know. talk to my director over there. >> i think there is a request from c-span, right, and c-span is recording this and i don't know what they're going to use it for but they asked to come tonight and record this so -- >> while it's being watched i guess. >> yeah i guess c-span is going to show this. you could watch it on tv, yeah. >> okay. >> now, as far as my health goes i've been coming here ince 1974, and i would have to say on a scale of 1 to 10 as

far as i'm concerned it's always been a 7 or an 8. okay? my biggest issue is with these -- some of these employees. and an example of that is something that happened to me just wednesday. i was called -- i had an appointment for thursday for a, you rnings before you go for an operation what's it called, a preop. preop appointment for thursday. they called me tuesday night asking me if they could change until wednesday or friday. i says, yeah. i have an appointment wednesday at 10:30. after the appointment. she said, no, we need you in here early. so i said okay. what's early? she says about 8:30 or earlier. she scheduled me for 8:30. if you come in earlier we'll get to you so you don't miss your 10:30 appointment >> right >> this is my first experience with these people. it was to have my hands

operated on. i'm left handed. didn't want to stop my left hand. okay. i go in, i leave my house at 6:30 from mesa. i get here about 7:30. by 7:40 i was signed in. i asked the person, there were only two people behind the counter. only me and another person sitting in the waiting room. the person says i'll see that she gets it right away. i sit down. 8:00. no action. 8:30. still nobody. 8:45, maybe 8:50 i hear the lady calling my name out from behind the counter. she says, mr. lutz, what are you doing here? i didn't know you were here. i walked up to her, and this guy that i signed in with is there. she's standing behind him. i just looked at him a little funny.

she said something to me. i says, you guys are going to have to feed me after this. by that i meant getting me a meal ticket. i'm also diabetic. and bipolar. but anyway, this guy gives me a funny look. this lady is talking. i can't give you a meal ticket. we don't do that anymore. and she's trying to hand me this paper. you got to go down the hall. i took that paper and i handed it back to her and i walked out. they're calling my name, saying, you're not going to be operated on. i left. i'm thinking to myself i'm going to let these people operate on me and they can't even get the, get me in there right? i was a little afraid. i started leaving and i thought, you know, i better find out who this person was,

who that person was before i walk out of here. i so i walked back upstairs. i went to the counter, asked this guy for my time -- for my sign-in sheet. what time did i sign in? he started getting smart with me. lking about him being an ex-rent-a-cop. i don't know what he was trying to do, intimidate me? i don't know. but i said, can i speak to your supervisor? what do you want me to do, give you a copy or get my supervisor? and i'm thinking, can't you do both? well, what do you want first? this is for real happening. i'm not kidding you. this happened. and i said, you're right there on the computer. give me the copy first. meanwhile, this guy comes up to me as big as you, says, what's the problem here?

i think to myself, who the -- are you now? you know what i mean? he says, i'm the supervisor. and i didn't say that. i thought it. but i didn't say it. he says, i'm the supervisor. i said, well how do i know you're the supervisor? because i'm telling you i'm the supervisor. i says, okay. get me your supervisor. i don't like where this is going. you know what i mean? he says, okay. i'll handle this right now. he calls the freaking police. and wait a minute. and i says, are you calling the police? he says, yeah. i says, you know what? screw it. i don't need this. i started to walk away. and i'll be a son of a [beep] if there weren't three cops running up the steps. okay? let me tell you. better than this. today, tonight, i'm sitting down in the lobby. one of these police officers , looks me dead in

the [beep] eyes. excuse me. i don't mean to be swearing. he looks me dead in the eye. don't say a word. walks back to the police station you know where they go down the corridor, comes back with two other police officers. and i had two witnesses sitting there with me in front of the clinic. he gets sneaky, comes up to me and says, mr. luz, we got to talk to you. i said, what's up? you got to come with us. i said, what the --? this is tonight. i said, are you serious? one of the police officers opens up the door to the you , unlocks it, says better come in here with us. we don't want to talk to you out here. he handed me a [beep] ticking for disorderly conduct because of that incident that happened two days ago.

two days ago. so my question, one of my questions was, who is policing these police? where do they get off pulling that? you know? there's three or four of them here now. you know what i mean? should be three or four veterans there, not these guys getting paid a hundred bucks an our for this, you know, on overtime. now i guess -- >> what about your surgery? >> huh? would you get surgery here? after what just happened to me? no [beep] way. i'm sorry. i wanted to go today. this is something else i have to touch on. i wanted to go up to that clinic today to get that kid's name so i could have it for you guys and the manager's name.

and i was afraid to go up there. i'm serious. i didn't want to do it. so i said to myself, i'm going to go to the front desk. you go in there, you're in a wheelchair, they wheel you around. they'll take you here take you there. a ave a disability, which is mental health disorder. >> right >> i said, what if somebody comes in here and asks you to walk them up there, be my escort, so that i don't get out of hand? i'll respect the person that's with me. i'm not going to respect the people behind the counter. so they told me they couldn't get involved -- i think that should be changed. >> right. >> i'm going to tell you a real quick thing here. i have a friend of mean that was with me 20 years ago on 24th street. her name was michelle.

she was killed a month ago by a police officer who didn't know how to take a [beep] hammer out of your hand. that same thing could happen here. that same thing could happen here. that for real happened. thank you for listening. >> thank you. [ applause] >> go ahead. >> wouldn't you know it. i had to come back after hearing everybody's distress. family has been a family of analysts for many, many years. and it rubbed off on me although i never get paid for it. so what we're talking about, what everybody is saying here, is there is a problem with

gross incompetence, gross incompetence. on kind of a light note, my doctor -- they always ask you these questions when you come in. are you suicidal? do you have any weapons on you? yeah. do you have any weapons? what kind would you like? ou know? i told my doctor, he said are you depressed? i said i'm getting that way. he said can i wee set you up an appointment for psychiatric care? i said yeah. let's go see them. so the day came i got down to the clinic, i don't know the name of it anymore. this woman comes in, she is a psychologist, and she says, talks to me for a few minutes and she says, are you here for medication? i said, no, ma'am. well, why are you here? i said, well, here's the thing.

i'm looking for some insight as to how to deal with the v.a. hospital. huh? yeah. yeah. now, which brings me to another thing i've got to bring up and direct it to you and mike and did i see rex back there? yeah. okay. some of you that have what i call pretty decent jobs, you know that what i'm about to say is true. please acknowledge it or call me a liar. i had a friend whose name was joe who volunteered at this hospital here for many, many years. he helped a lot of people get to where they needed to go not just clinically but he says oh, see this person. this person can help you do this. i had another friend, rick. he retired recently. he would tell me, can't you put that a different way so it's

not slamming at somebody? it's not confrontational? and he taught me a lot that way. but now my point that i'm getting to is the v.a., if you're going to be employed by the v.a., bob told me this, you have to go to their classes. that's true, right? >> right. right. should put sharon heilman through that. >> more than that. a permanent opening came up for bob, my friend bob. and everybody says, well, put in for this job at the v.a. it's a pretty nice paying job, you know, and you been working there as a volunteer. you know what? they turned him down because they told him, you know too much about the way we tell people, teach people how to turn everybody down.

you know, because this paper wasn't filled out exactly right or something was omitted for any reason whatsoever. they teach you people in your classes that you have to attend. am i okay so far? >> sounds like the benefits side which i don't have any role with that. i'm writing it down. >> no, no. this is not -- this is -- in order to work here, they wouldn't hire bob because he had helped too many people obtain the goals they were trying to work for, whether it be a doctor or, okay, enough of that. recently, they did a lung biopsy on me here in this hospital. what? oh, yeah. a nightmare. they used this long needle to

do this biopsy procedure. well guess what, guys? they ruptured a blood vessel and my lung filled up with -- started filling up with blood. scared me and scared the doctor, too. okay? so after many, many hours they sent me home. and they said now if you have trouble breathing, if you have chest pains, if you're bleeding, come back. well, the next day i started having all kinds of trouble. i couldn't hardly breathe. my chest hurt and i was coughing up great big old blood clots. i told my wife, i said, take me to the hospital. i'm getting bad. you know what? the emergency room here, somebody else said it, too. the emergency room is a joke. joke. totally incompetent. i sat there for seven hours. couldn't breathe. chest pains. their excuse was the doctor when i finally seen a doctor,

he says, i'm sorry, mr. christianson. i don't know what to do for you. i'm going to pass you over to pulmonary department but i'm going to put you in the hospital tonight and by then it's 4:00 in the morning. okay? and this nurse comes in and he says, i need to ask you all these questions. in the meantime they give me a shot of dem roll. thank god. thank god. after seven hours in the emergency room sitting there in the lobby. not even back in the back. in the lobby. okay? they give me a shot of demerol and, man, i'm just relaxing. they get me upstairs to a room and here comes this nurse. he said i got to ask you all these questions. do you have any weapons? yeah. right now i'd like to have one. why don't you come back about noon tomorrow. at 4:00 in the morning i'm sedated. i can't keep my eyes open. and he sits there and he grills me question after question until 7:00 in the morning.

that goes right along with being incompetent, insensitive. the ingredient, the key ingredient, i believe, that's lacking around this hospital, i got news, good news for you in a minute, is personal caring. if you don't care, if these doctors don't care about the person as a person, enough to try and improve their quality of life, that's totally absent in this hospital. and when you do get one that cares enough about you, somebody mentioned a doctor called them and asked, well, if you do get one that cares, they're only here until their little contract is gone and then they got a good job somewhere. the v.a. don't want to pay anybody. you know, they don't want to pay anybody. now, for all of us here that ink this hospital is so bad, i got one good piece of news for you. recently i had to go to iowa to

take care of some business. this is after this biopsy. they wouldn't let me fly. i had to go clear down tucson and across to texas and around to get to iowa. okay? because they said, oh, your lung will burst wide open. you might have a heart attack. all of these things. okay. i got there. i done that. while i was there i had a round with my pancreas. had to be admitted to the v.a. hospital up there for five days and guess what? v.a. is like heaven here compared to des moines, iowa. yeah. yeah. yeah. i had a woman, for four days up there, i had a liquid diet. oh, my. so the fifth day they let me eat. okay? at the end of that fifth day, a woman comes around and she says, i'm so and so canteen services and i want to do a report and question you about

how good your food was. i says, you got to be kidding me, lady. how can you mess up a grilled cheese sandwich? it tasted like it had been through five fires. you know? tomato soup? tasted like a dish rag, somebody forgot to take the dish rag out of the soup pan. >> right. >> you know. so what i'm trying to say is, there are some good things here at this hospital. there are some good things. but it is certainly not the doctors. thanks. applause] >> how would everybody feel if this was the last comment? >> i got a comment. >> you got one more? all right. all right. >> we were scheduled for an hour. so we've been here, it'll be 10:00 so i'll go two more and then we'll wrap it up.

all right? >> first i wasn't going to make no comment but so many things have happened, that have happened to me that happened to other people here. i have been escorted out of this hospital three times with police and each time, one was my mother when i brought her to the emergency and they didn't see her. she sat there for an hour with an open sore on her leg down to the bone. and i got witnesses to this. and we got a chance to go back in the back and the two nurses . ck there was playing cards and the person that admitted her tried to get them to take her back there and put her in a bed and they said, no. we ain't got none. when we started questioning them about it they called the police and we was kindly escorted out. and the other case, what

happened to me. i come here on a saturday for emergency. with a bad prostate problem. and they worked on me saturday and put tubes in me and a bag and everything on me and told me to come back monday and see my primary doctor. and when i got back monday to see the primary doctor, they said, no. you got to make an appointment and wait a month. and these tubes are all leaking and everything and i got to wait a month to see the doctor. and first they say your doctor's not here. and then i look up and see the doctor coming down the hall being escorted with three big urley policemen. after i raised some cane they

put me out. i went out to the hospital and they told me, you better get it worked on as soon as possible. and i got the prostate taken care of with an outside hospital. but here at the v.a., instead of them giving me service, they're going to take, have the police escort you out. nd it looks like it to me here whenever you go to one of these clinics and you don't agree with them and get down on your knees to them the first thing they do is say that you are crazy. they send you down to the crazy clinic. they call the police and have them escort you out. and that is what happened to me ere. and i got a case that for a year has been on appeal and i

don't know what they're going to do with it but it's been there for four years and can't nobody tell me nothing about it. and i got the papers. what happened to me, the reason i can prove this, all the times that i been coming in mostly whenever a doctor do anything or me, i go to the patient release of information and i my ll of these cases at house now about the way they have treated me. okay. thank you. >> thank you. yes, sir? [ applause] >> thank you for your patience. you put up with a great litany of individual stories this evening. robert blakesly. i am an army medic. i've been a lab tech, x-ray tech, emergency room nurse. i've done independent duty as physician's assistant, a premed

degree from arizona state university, some post graduation classes in health care administration. plans back in the 1980's. i'm also a disabled vet. i've been a v.a. patient since 1972. i've been a patient of this facility since 1973. i've seen a whole lot of changes. most of them for the good. we have a -- yeah. okay. we have a bit of a problem with disrespect for the veterans i think is a large portion of what goes on here. a large portion of the problem we're trying to discuss. a waiting list? i've been a patient a long time. it doesn't really affect me that much.

but internal problems, sergeant foster over there is the only guy that's been here with a smile. the corporal in the corner, the other officer, plain clothes guys all have scowls on their face all night long. why do we need such a police presence for a bunch of guys in wheelchairs? i don't know. but then i've had my own encounters with the v.a. police. i've been treated like a perpetrator instead of a victim. i've been thrown against the wall and questioned when i was a victim. okay? for the most part, they don't treat patients like patients or veterans. they treat everybody like a perp it seems. they're an overwhelming force and the major presence is intimidating when they all hang around the cop shop in the main lobby. my main question tonight is why do we have to have town meetings like this?

why don't we have an oms budsman or patient representative, an experienced, knowledgeable triage nurse and aybe even a vet, or rep from the d.a.v. who helped me a lot when i was finally disabled totally and permanently? i think any should have a desk out in the front lobby. i think any veteran or anyone that thinks they are not getting their care in time or in a timely manner or is not being cared for should be able to walk through that front door and get fast tracked to what they need. i've been an emergency nurse. i've done triage. i know whether to take somebody with a week-long cold back or whether a guy with a chest pain and trouble breathing needs help first. our emergency room here is not an emergency room. it's a life support center. it's a level four.

it's not equipped to handle most things. it's ambulatory care. you walk in to see folks here at the emergency room or you get wheeled in. they don't accept ambulance patients. ambulance patients, somebody who is level one, level two scooped off the street, they go to st. joe's or down to county or the appropriate facility. why somebody thinks that, well, i know why somebody thinks -- because they don't have the medical training. they don't understand all the ramifications. i've worked front office. i've worked back office. i know when a nurse here isn't doing her job. i've had my own problems here. records getting lost? yes. incompetent doctors? yes. but that's what the patient representatives are for. and for the most part, if you can get to them, they do a good job.

the biggest problem i can identify other than lack of espect in general is the bureaucracy that is embodied in the unit corps. they check you in in the clinics. i have had more problems with them than anything in the v.a. system in 40 odd years. it just -- it doesn't make sense that people think their computer is more important than their patient. >> right. >> and i think that embodies pretty much what the problem is with our system now. we need more respect for the veterans. we need to understand that especially the older veterans don't always have their faculties anymore. they need to be held by the hand. they need to be guided. they need an ombudsman.

sometimes they need a personal rep to guide them through the system. it's not an easy system to navigate. i've been here a long time. i know how to do it. when i have a problem with a nurse interfering with my communication with my doctor, i know to go to the library and talk to victoria who is in charge. she is the one to make sure the ommunications get through. if i have a nurse that tries to give me the wrong thing, no, i know i can go to the patient representative or i can even ask for another physician. there are far too many options available in the system that people do not avail themselves of that perhaps just somebody that would help them navigate it. i have a hard time believing -- >> like a veteran navigator position.

>> that might be an excellent idea. >> like a peer-to- peer navigator type. yeah. >> i mean, you want to start a pilot program? i live across the street. we talked about outreach and notification about this town hall meeting. i found out at ten a 6:00 tonight. he fact that i live across the street is the only reason i'm here. i walked over. you want somebody? i'll talk to you afterward. >> sure. >> i'll be glad to give you further ideas if you'd like. >> absolutely. well, thank you, sir. >> okay. again, thank you very much for your patience. >> all right, folks. then you all for coming out. [ applause] >> can i make a comment please? >> you may. >> as veterans, this is for the veterans, we got to help each other. we could start something like a veterans committee or something and as a group we could work

with the director, work with patients' vacates. as a group we'll have more power than by ourselves. so anybody interested in starting something like a veterans group --. >> as a followup to this story the a.p. reports hours ago the v.a. has reached financial settlement with three employees who faced retaliation after filing whistle blower complaints about the troubled

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congratulate you and your friendly countries on your election as president of the general assembly in its current session and wish you success in leading the work of the session or the enhancement of the role of the general assembly. i thank your predecessor mr. john ashe for his presidency of the previous session. mr. president, many events and significant transformations have taken place since i stood here last year. they survived many of the countries present here today but not us because we have been over the past three and a half years warning and reiterating our warnings so that we don't reach this stage we have reached now.

about economics and the political crises that we have been waiting from the international committee to solve. clearly. but maybe speaking about these issues now is no longer a priority. what we are witnessing for a few months is far more dangerous than all the political and economic crises which have happened in the world. we have spoken in more than one occasion and more than one forum of the danger and risk of terrorism which is striking syria. this terrorism will not be confined within the borders of my country because terrorism has no borders. this extremist ideology does not acknowledge anything but itself and does not recognize anything but slaughter, murder, and torture. we are witnessing today, ladies and gentlemen, you can witness

the -- what isis is doing, which is the most dangerous organization unrivaled in the whole world in terms of funding and brutality. what it's doing to civilians all religions, hey enslave girls, they sell them in slave markets. they cut heads and limbs. they teach children slaughter and murder and destroy historical and cultural monuments as well as islamic and christian symbols. all of this is happening before e eyes of the entire world that is being witnessed in all things when they say they're fighting terrorism even though they have not tasted the scourge of terrorism themselves. today i stand here to ask, ladies and gentlemen, hasn't

the time come for all of us to stand as one in the face of the serious menace of terrorist ideology worldwide? has not the moment of truth rrived for us all to admit that isis and al nusra and the rest of al qaeda affiliates will not be limited within the borders of syria and iraq but will spread to every spot that it can reach starting with europe and america? should we not learn the lesson from what happened and bring together an international effort to stand in the face of those organizations in the same way that those organizations have brought them from all corners of the month and to train and arm redistribute their ideology and terrorism through those extremists back

to whatever they came from. was might say a solution to stop the expansion of the organization, other organizations, and to eliminate them. ladies and gentlemen, it is expected to -- it is true it is better to arrive late than to never arrive. indeed, the resolution adopted too late.gust, came but when everyone is serious to implement it, but since its adoption we have not seen any serious move to implement the resolution. we have not felt any real sense danger to work on the regional states and still provide all support to the terrorist organizations. n the contrary, what we have

witnessed is a practice of double standard and alliances to score particular agendas particularly supporting them with money, weapons, and training for these groups. this is a real recipe for the increase of violence and terrorism and bloodshed, civilian bloodshed and prolonging the civilian crisis nd demolishing the resolution. is the growth to make the most against the crimes on syrian territory which requires all of us to seriously and effectively eradicate the terrorism in order to establish security and stability in syria and the region. the enslaved women are looking forward to us to see what we will do for them, their

sisters, their children, sons and daughters of the victims beheaded by isis are waiting for our actions. and what we will do in the face of these atrocities committed al y by the organizations nusra and others. ladies and gentlemen, combating terrorism cannot be done through unimplemented u.n. resolutions. the intentions here have no place. fighting terrorism is achievable through actual implementation of the resolution and but most importantly to stop the state, to arm, support, train, fund, and smuggle arms for those terrorist groups. we have also to drain the

resources of terrorism. fighting terrorism militarily which some states are continuing to do, this will which the rl pool of international community will not exit. military attacks should go inside with the implementation of security council 2178 adopted on september 24th, 2014. under chapter 7. we have multifaceted support. these countries are well known to all of us. most importantly, to pressurize hose countries that exported and are exporting this extremist ideology that poses a great danger. is is an ideology which

from an organization armed and trained in order to be unleashed like a monster against syria, iraq, and lebanon. let us together stop this ideology and exert pressure on the countries -- they exert pressure on countries that join the united states to stop support of against the armed terrorist groups. only then will it become a viable process. otherwise our presence here will not abound to the level of helping the captives, enslaved women, the children who fell victim to isis and others. once again, the syrian republic reit rates that it stands with any international effort aimed at stopping and combating terrorism and this must be done in full roo respect of the

lives of innocent civilians and within the frame of full respect for national sovereignty and conformity with international convention. at the same time, the syrian army would like to thank all the countries which refused and rejected any prejudice to the sovereignty of other countries and the respect of the international resolution. it is high time, ladies and gentlemen, that we gather all our efforts against the terrorism since imminent danger is surrounding everyone and there is no country that is immune to it. my country is firm in its position that was allowed in the last century regarding fighting terrorism before it becomes rampant. we respect our commitment and honor our promss and pledges. this was what we confirmed on more than one occasion,

particularly since the beginning of the crisis in syria. yria agreed unconditionally to attention to and participated in the deliberations with an open mind though we are convinced of the solution, the crisis should be with the ones taking place in turkey. as a good will gesture and to stop bloodshed of syrian blood went and found negotiations that had no influence at all on the ground in syria and has neither popularity nor legitimacy among the syrian people. the delegation negotiating with the sitting government was following -- a delegation that does not believe in combating terrorism or confronting it. furthermore it was litigation that does not respect sovereignty and verbally refuses to ask the groups to

end their activity. and w this op position delegation will not stop anyone nor any syrian faction on the ground. we went to geneva with the priority based on combat batting terrorism because we believed and continue to believe that you cannot start any political solution while terrorism is still rampant in syria. there were some who opposed us in geneva as a priority though it is a paramount thought of the geneva declaration provision. but the so-called coalition continued to reject any point tackling terrorism. now the whole international community adopting our perspective, our view that fighting terrorism is a priority above all priorities and that nothing at all could be done as long as terrorism is

brutally fighting against everything that comes in its way. and as long as those terrorists will return to the countries where its members originally came from. once again, we emphasize that we are -- we stand ready and even striving for a political solution in syria and in dialogue with all honorable national opposition members opposing terrorism in syria and among syrians themselves and on syrian territory. mr. president, the election that took place in full sight the world puts everyone steadfastly before their responsibilities. the will of the syrians is above all those who tried to suppress it for more than three years. and it was inside syria and outside syria, for the whole

universe to hear. now, after the presidential election, we'd like to tell everyone that those who look forward to a political solution in syria, they must first respect the syrian people's will, which was manifested explicitly, clearly, soundly, and most loudly. they chose a president for the first time in syrian's history n multi party elections with international monitors from several countries that witnessed the integrity, transparency, and the enthusiasm of the people to participate in these elections. mr. president, i would like to emphasize that the syrian people have made their choice. those who want to speak on behalf of the people must first be a representative of the people and secondly should respect the will of the syrian people and their decisions. any dialogue must be based on

the foundation that should respect the will of the syrian people and their decisions. accordingly, we are open to a political solution in syria. but the real opposition that seeks the prosperity, security, of syria, and a position that does not depend on the outside and does not speak on behalf of what's going on in -- that will pact the syrian territory, not in western capitals. a national position that upholds fighting terrorism as its priority as well as encouraging the ongoing local affiliation effort paving the way for the success of the political solution. mr. president, the continuation of terrorist attacks in syria, the humanitarian needs increase d in many of the basic areas.

the inhuman sanctions imposed by the european union and the united states aggravated the living conditions of syrian civilians. at the same time, in collaboration with the united nations, my government within the framework of the response plans and agreed upon them with the syrian government. my government is meeting basic needs according to the plan agreed with syria to satisfy the basic needs of the citizens especially those forced by terror attacks to flee their homes. we should note that a great number of these people were forced to resort to some labor and some of these countries put the displaced syrians in military training camps, places of detention in order to get them to bear arms.

i said from this platform that the syrian state guarantees for those citizens that for those citizens who are willing, a getting away from the inhumane conditions they have suffered in those camps. i would like to assure you the syrian government will exert all effort to deliver aid from international organizations to ll syrian citizens without any discrimination whatsoever wherever they are and within the framework of respecting national sancht. the syrian arab republic confirms its adherence to full storation of syrians to land in 1967. also the rejection of all actions taken by israel, the cupying power, to change its

natural demographic -- in clear violation of the resolutions in particular resolutions 497 of 981 and 465 of 1980. syria confirms also that the palestinian issue is a central issue of the syrian people which supports the inalienable and legitimate rights of the palestinian people, particularly to return and self-determination and to establish an independent state on its land with jerusalem as its capital. last september syria accepted the initiative of the president of the russian federation, his excellency vladimir putin, and joined the convention of the prohibition of chemical weapons based on the establishment in the middle east, a free zone of all nuclear weapons, and all

weapons of mass destruction. it also wanted to prove to the whole world its commitment to stand firm against any use of chemical weapons. syria can prove its obligation resulting from the convention and completed its commitment despite the prevailing hard conditions. were it not for the syrian cooperation with the u.n. opcw joint mission, it would have not been possible to complete the tasks of the mission. she expressed her happiness and gratitude for the fruitful and constructive cooperation of the syrian government which led to the completion of this unprecedented work. syria is committed to the full implementation of the provisions of the convention and within the framework of the

opcw. as a party to this convention, however, the big question remains whether those who are supplying the terrorists with these weapons and other types of weapons, will they stop their actions and abide by international law? especially the convention of the prohibition of chemical weapons and security council resolution related to terrorism. mr. president, syria stresses that establishing a zone free from all weapons of mass destruction is unachievable with the the ack session of israel, the only nuclear power n the region to all treaties banning such, the proliferation of such weapons and to put its nuclear facilities under supervision with the national atomic energy agency. the same time, we support the right of all countries to acquire and develop nuclear

technology for peaceful means, for peaceful uses. mr. president, in closing, unilateral coercion, economic measures by the united states and the european union contradict the rules of international law and the principle of free trade. on this basis, we call for the lifting of the blocking imposed by the united states against cuba. and we renew our call to lift all the unilateral coercion measures imposed on syria and the peoples of other countries a chance, the republic of korea, venezuela, and belarus. mr. president, in conclusion we look forward that the united snagss will become able to achieve their goal for people to live in dignity, achieve development and self-sufficiency far away from all forms of terrorism,

tension, and confrontation in implementation of the principles and purposes of the charter of the united nations in particular the safeguarding of the sovereignty of states and their equality and rights and obligations. also believe that priority should be given to work on the concerted efforts of the community to combat the terrorism of isis and al nusra and other al qaeda affiliates and drain its resources in order for security and stability will prevail in our region and the entire world. hank you, mr. president. >> mr. prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and the arab republic, i thank you for your sentiment. [ applause]

>> [indiscernible] >> thank you, mr. president. delegates --s distinguished the delegates. i come here from jerusalem to speak on behalf of my people, the people of israel. come here to speak about the dangers we face and about the opportunities we seek. expose the here to

brazen lies spoken from this countryium against my and against the brave soldiers who defend it. gentlemen, the people of israel pray for peace. hopespes and the world's for peace are in danger because everywhere we look militant islam is on the march. it is not militants, it is not islam, it is militant islam. its first victims are other muslims but it spares no one. christians, jews, is the 80's,

nods -- no creed, no faith, ethnic group is beyond its sites. it is rapidly spreading in all parts of the world. you know the famous american saying -- all politics is local. allthe militant islamists, politics is global because their ultimate goal is to dominate the world. threat might seem exaggerated to some since it starts out small like a cancer that attacks a particular part of the body. left unchecked, the cancer grows, metastasizing over wider and wider areas.

to protect the peace and security of the world, we must remove this cancer before it is too late. many of the countries applaudedd here president obama for leading the effort to confront isis. some of these same countries, the same countries that now support confronting isis opposed israel for confronting hamas. they evidently do not understand that isis and hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree. creednd hamas share a which they both seek to impose well beyond the territory under their control. to isis self-declared c-- this is what he said.

a day will soon, when the muslim will walk everywhere as a master. cause the world to hear and understand the meaning of terrorism and destroy the idle of democracy. listen to the leader of hamas. he proclaims a similar vision to the future. we say this to the west -- by allah, you will be defeated. tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. charter makes clear, their immediate goal is to destroy israel but hamas has a broader objective. they also want a caliphate. hamas shares the global ambitions of its fellow militant islamists. that is why its supporters

wildly cheered in the streets of gaza as thousands of americans were murdered in 9/11. condemnsy its leaders the month -- the united states or killing osama bin laden who they praised as a holy warrior. when it comes further ultimate goals, hamas is isis and isis is hamas. what they share in common all militant islamists share in common. in nigeria, in somalia, in lebanon, in syria, in iraq, and the octavia branches in yemen, libya, the philippines, india and elsewhere. some are radical sunnis. some are radical shiites. some want to restore the pre-medieval caliphate from the seventh century.

others want to trigger the opulent -- apocalyptic return from the ninth century. they'd operate in different lands. they target different victims. they even kill each other in their battle for supremacy. but, they all share a fanatic ideology. they all seek to create ever-expanding enclaves of militant islam where there is no freedom and no tolerance. where women are treated as cattle, christians are decimated, minorities are subjugated sometimes given the choice of converting or dying. , anyone can be considered an infidel, including fellow muslims. militantd gentlemen, islam's ambition to dominate the too didems mad, but so

the global ambitions of another fanatic ideology that swelled into power a decade ago. -- eight decades ago. the nazis believed in a not see n a master race. the militants believe in a master faith. they just disagree hew among them will be the master of the master faith. that is what they truly disagree about. therefore, the question before us is whether militant islam will have the power to realize its unbridled ambitions. place where that could soon happen. iran.lamic state of for 35 years, iran has relentlessly pursued the global mission which was set forth by its founding ruler in these

export our will revolution to the entire world until the cries there is no doubt that allah will echo around the world over. brutalnce, the regime's enforcers, iran's revolutionary guards have done exactly that. listen to its current commander. he clearly stated his goal. he said it cannot limit the islamic revolution to this country. our duty is to prepare for the way for an islamic world government. iran's president stood here last crocodile tears over what he called the

globalization of terrorism. maybe he should spare us those phony tears and have a word instead of with the commanders of iran's revolutionary guards. he could ask them to call off the global attempts which is included attacks in two dozen countries on five continents since 2011 alone. to say that iran does not practice terrorism is like saying gary jeer never played shortstop for the new york yankees. bemoaning by the iranian president of the spread of terrorism has got to be one of history's greatest displays of doublecross. iran'sme argue that global terror campaign, it's a version of countries throughout the middle east and beyond --

some argue this is the work of the extremists. -- they point to last year's election in iran. they claim that iran's smooth talking president and foreign minister -- they have changed not only the tone of iran's foreign policy but also its substance. they want to reconcile with the west that they have abandoned the global mission of the islamic revolution. really? at what the foreign minister wrote in his book just a few years ago. we have a fundamental problem with the west and especially with america. this is because we are heirs too will global mission which is tied to our detriment.

a global mission which is tied to our very reason for being. he asks a question, an interesting one. he says, how come malaysia -- he is referring to an overwhelmingly muslim country -- boko malaysia does not have similar problems? he answers -- because malaysia is not trying to change the international order. that is your moderate. iran'sbe folded by manipulative charm defenses. it is designed for one purpose only. to lift the sanctions and remove the obstacles to iran's path to the bomb. the islamic republic is now trying to bamboozle its way into an agreement that will remove

the sanctions it still faces and leave it with a capacity of thousands of refugees -- centrifuges to enrich uranium. this would effectively cement iran's place as a threshold military nuclear power. in the future, in the time of its choosing, iran, the world's most dangerous regime in the world's most dangerous region would obtain the world's most dangerous weapons. happen would to pose the gravest threats to us all. confront thing to militant islamists on pickup trucks armed with rifles. it is another thing to confront militant islamists armed with weapons of mass destruction.

remember everyone here last year and was concerned about the chemical weapons in syria, including the possibility they would fall into the hands of terrorists. while that did not happen and president obama deserves great credit for leading the diplomatic efforts to dismantle virtually all of syria's chemical weapons capability, imagine how much more dangerous the islamic state, isis, would be if it possessed chemical weapons? now imagine how much more dangerous the islamic state of iran would be if it possessed nuclear weapons. ladies and gentlemen, would you let isis enrich uranium? would you let isis build a heavy water reactor? would you let isis develop intercontinental ballistic missiles? of course, you wouldn't. then, you must not let the

islamic state of iran do those things either because this is what will happen -- once iran produces atomic bombs, all the charms and all the smiles will suddenly disappear, they will vanish. ayatollahsthat the who show their true face and unleash their aggressive fanaticism on the entire world. there was only one responsible forced -- course of action to address this threat. iran's nuclear military capabilities must be fully dismantled. [applause] make no mistake, isis must be

defeated. but, to defeat isis and leave iran as a threshold nuclear power is to win the battle and lose the war. [applause] to defeat isis and leave iran as a threshold nuclear power is to win the battle and lose the war. gentlemen, the fight against militant islam is indivisible. when militant islam succeeds anywhere, it is emboldened everywhere. when it suffers a blow in one place, it is set back in every place. that is why israel's fight against hamas is not just our fight, it is your fight.

israel is fighting a fanaticism today that your countries may be forced to fight tomorrow. ,or 50 days this past summer, us fired thousands of rockets at israel. many of them surprised by iran. i want you to think about what you're countries would do if thousands of rockets were fired at your cities. imagine millions of your seconds at most to scramble to bomb shelters a day after day. you would not let terrorists to fire rockets at your cities with impunity nor would you let terrorists did dozens of tunnels under your borders to infiltrate your towns in order to murder and kidnap your citizens. israel justly defended itself against both rocket attacks and terror tunnels. [applause]

yet, israel faced another challenge. we faced a propaganda war because in an attempt to win the cynicallyathy, hamas used palestinian civilians as human shields. it used schools, not just schools, u.n. schools, private homes, mosques, even hospitals to store and fire rockets at israel. as israel surgically struck at the rocket launches and the tunnels, palestinian civilians were tragically but unintentionally killed. there are heart wrenching images. chargeseled libelous that israel was deliberately targeting civilians. we were not. we deeply regret every single civilian casualty. the truth is this -- israel was

doing everything to minimize palestinian civilitan casualties. hamas was doing everything to maximize that. flyers, maded phone calls, sent text messages, broadcast warnings in arabic on palestinian television to enable palestinian civilians to evacuate targeted areas. no other country and no other army in history has gone to greater lengths to avoid casualties among the civilian population of their enemy. [applause] this concern for palestinian lives was all the more remarkable given that israeli civilians were being bombarded by rockets a day after day, night after night. as their families were being rocketed by hamas, israel's

citizen army, the brave soldiers, our young boys and girls, they upheld the highest moral values of any army in the world. [applause] soldiers deserve not condemnation but admiration, and adoration from decent people everywhere. [applause] here is what hamas did. hamas embedded its missile batteries in residential areas and told palestinians to it nor israel's warnings. just in case people did not get the message, they executed palestinian civilians in gaza who dared to protest. hamass reprehensible --

deliberately placed its rockets where palestinian children lived and played. let me show you a photograph. by a france 24 crew during the recent conflict. it shows two hamas rocket launchers which were used to attack us. you can see three children playing next to them. hamas deliberately put its rockets in hundreds of residential areas like this. hundreds of them. ladies and gentlemen, this is a war crime. president, these are the crimes, the war crimes committed by your hamas partners and the national unity government which you head and

you are responsible for. these are the real war crimes you should've investigated or spoken out against in this podium last week. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, as israel's children huddle in bonn shelters and israel's iron dome defense knocked the rockets out of the sky, a profound moral difference between israel and hamas could not been clearer. israel was using its missiles to protect its children. hamas was using its children to protect its missiles. [applause] by investigating israel rather but hamas for war crimes, u.n. human rights council has betrayed its mission to protect the innocent. tofact, what it is doing is

return the laws of war upside down. israel which turned unprecedented steps to minimize civilian casualties, israel is condemned. hamas which both targeted and hid behind civilians, a double war crime, hamas is given a pass. the human rights council is sending a clear message to terrorists everywhere. use of civilians as a human shield. use them again and again and again. you know why? works., sadly, it by granting international legitimacy to the use of human shields, the u.n. human rights council has thus become a terrorist rights council. it will have repercussions. it probably already has. about the use of civilians as human shields.

it is not just our interests, our values that are under attack. it is your interests and your values. ladies and gentlemen, we live in a world with tyranny and terror. in tehran. political prisoners in gaza. young girls abducted in nigeria and hundreds of thousands butchered in syria and iraq. u.n.nearly half of the human rights council's revolutions focusing on a single country have been directed against israel, the one true democracy in the middle east. israel were issues are openly debated in the parliament. where human rights are protected by independent courts and where women, gays, and minorities live in a genuinely free society. -- it is anghts

oxymoron. i will use it just the same. treatment of bias israel is only one manifestation of the return of one of the world's oldest prejudices. we hear mobs today in europe jews.or the gassing of we hear some national leaders compare israel to the nazis. not a function of israel's policies, it is a function of diseased minds. that disease has a name. it is called anti-semitism. is now spreading in polite society where it masquerades as legitimate criticism of the israel. for centuries, the jewish people have been demonized with charges

of the deicide. today, the jewish state is demonized with the apartheid libel. and charges of genocide. genocide. doesat moral universe genocide include warning the enemy civilian population to get out of harms way or ensuring that the receive tons of humanitarian aid each day even as thousands of rockets are being fired at us. or setting up a field hospital to aid their wounded? us opposes the same universe where a man who wrote a dissertation of lies about the insists on a who palestine free of jews can stand at this podium and shamelessly accuse israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing. outrageous lies

against the jews was the precursors to the whole slaughter of our people. knono more. today, the jewish people have the power to defend ourselves. we will defend ourselves against our enemies on the battlefield. we will expose their lies against us in the court of public opinion. israel will continue to stand unbowed.d o [applause] ladies and gentlemen, despite the enormous challenges facing israel, i believe we have a historic opportunity. after decades of seeing israel enemy, leading states in the arab world increasingly recognize that

face manye and they of the same dangers and principally this means a nuclear armed iran and militant islamists movements gaining ground in the sunni world. our challenges to transform these common interests, to create a productive partnership, one that would build a more secure, peaceful and prosperous middle east. together we can strengthen regional security, we can advance projects of water and agriculture and transportation and health and energy and so many fields. i believe a partnership between us can also help facilitate peace between israel and the palestinians. now, many have long assumed that an israeli-palestinian peace can

help facilitate a broader partnership between israel and the arab world. these days, i think it may work the other way around. a broader partnership between israel and the arab world would help facilitate an israeli-palestinian peace. therefore, to achieve that peace, we must look not only to jerusalem and ramallah but also to cairo, abu dhabi and elsewhere. i believe peace can be realized with the active involvement of arab countries, those that are willing to provide political, material and other indispensable support. a a historic make compromise. not because israel occupies a foreign land. the people live israel are not occupiers in the land of israel.

history, archaeology and common sense all make clear that we have had a singular attachment to this land for over 3000 years. because i want to great a better future for my people. it must be a genuine peace. one that is anchored in mutual recognition and enduring security arrangements, rocksolid security arrangements on the ground. israel withdraws from lebanon and gaza created enclaves on our borders for which tens of thousands of rockets have been fired at israel. visa sobering experiences heightens israel's security concerns regarding concessions in the future.

though security concerns are even greater today. just look around you. the middle east is in chaos. states are disintegrating. militant islamists are filling the void. israel cannot have territories for which it withdraws taken over by islamic militants yet again as happened in gaza and lebanon. that would place the rights of isis within a few miles of 80% of our population. think about that. the distance between the 1967 lines in the suburbs of tel aviv is like the distance between the u.n. building here and time square. israel is a tiny country. that is why in many piece agreement -- peace agreement that would obviously this is a take a territorial compromise, i will always insists that israel

be able to defend itself by itself against any threat. [applause] yet, despite everything that has still do not take israel's security concerns seriously. i do and i always will. [applause] because, as prime minister of israel, i am entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the future of the jewish people and the future of the jewish state. no matter what pressure is brought to bear, i will never waver in fulfilling that responsibility. [applause] i believe with a fresh approach for our neighbors, we can

advance peace despite the difficulties we face. record ofwe have a making the impossible possible. we have made a desolate land flourish. with very few natural resources, we have used the fertile minds of our people to return israel into a global center of technology and innovation. peace would enable israel to realize its full potential and to bring a promising future not only for our people, not only for the palestinian people, but for many, many others in our region. the old template for peace must be updated. it must take into account new realities and new roles and responsibilities for our arab neighbors. ladies and gentlemen, there is a new middle east. it presents new dangers but also

new opportunities. israel's prepared to work with arab partners and the international community to confront those dangers and to seize those opportunities. together we must recognize the global threat of militant islam. dismantling iran's nuclear weapons capabilities and the indispensable role of arab states in advancing peace with the palestinians. all of this may fly in the face of conventional wisdom but it is the truth. the truth must always be spoken, especially here in the united nations. [applause] isaiah, the great prophet of peace, taught us nearly 3000 years ago in jerusalem to speak truth to power.

[speaking hebrew] for the sake of zion, i will not be silent. for the sake of jerusalem, i will not be still. until the justice shines bright and our salvation glows like a flaming torch. ladies and gentlemen, let us light a torch of truth and justice to safeguard our common future. thank you. [applause] >> join us later tonight for remarks from bill gates, the microsoft cofounder. he sat down with my gallon

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>> let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. us or you canl send us a tweet on twitter. like us conversation, on facebook, follow us on twitter. alaska governor and republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin visited kansas on thursday morning to support the republican senator pat roberts in his reelection campaign against greg norman. tough primary race over the summer and received some criticism for not maintaining a residence in the state. -- chadary component taylor dropped out of the race in the beginning of september. this is over 15 minutes. >> i am absolutely delighted to get to be here. and the senator and i were out there and we just got in our first real argument. i'm telling him how happy i am to be here.

we are proud of him and the great work he's done all these years and he's going to keep doing not just for kansas but for the rest of america. he said, you know, you're in third. we were going back and forth. he is a conservative and he is what america needs. i know i'm supposed to be -- i'm talking about all of america. i'm talking about the need to have fighters there in the senate who will fight like our country's future depends on it, because it does. and we have a senator right here who is tried, tested and true. and bleeding that purple too -- [applause] no question where he stands.

i am so thankful that he proved that a year ago today and last night. he is one of the few senators fulfilling campaign promises, doing what the american people asked him to do, standing there on the floor with senator ted cruz to do what they could to get rid of obamacare, fulfilling -- [applause] i am loving that he's not wishy-washy in the sense, like you know who, the other guy. i am so thankful because we need those that are just fine with the principles that are so convicted within them that they will -- senator cruz and senator mike lee, they said i might get clobbered for what i'm going to do.

i'm sure that was going through my mind. welcome to my world if you think you're going to get clobbered by the press. he did it anyway because he was doing the right thing. once a marine, always a marine. [applause] my son said never say that again in public. it's really good to be in kansas or as barack obama would say flyover country. you're growing our food, you're helping feed america.

you're sending good young folks to the united states military to fight for your independence. it's here that you're raising children with a strong work ethic, and it's here where you can re-elect someone who will fight for the freedom to make sure that that work ethic is rewarded. that's what built this most wonderful, most exceptional country was that expectation of reward for hard work. when i think of kansas, that's what i think of. i think of hard work and farmers. i think of those who have for so long they worked as a community united, especially in tough times. our country is going through tough times and now is the time that we need to be united. the primary is over. it's time to get it together and, kansas, we're counting on you to get it together and making sure the independents, those who are not registered in

either party, that they understand that if you want someone with principles and values, those virtues, if you want that, you don't have to be stuck with someone who is wishy-washy, but you've got that person there already in the senate. for unity effort, for the reason of unity, knowing that united we'll stand. in the next 41 days make sure you make the right decision. we need to be united. he will help do that. hearing independents, i know a little bit about kind of going rogue. i do.

and my -- in fact my husband, i never convinced him to register for the republican party. he's independent. he said i don't want to get involved in a lot of machinery. our governor piper, her middle name is indie, i-n-d-i-e. it means something grand and something important. the independent spirit that has to translate into something tangible when you're talking politics. you just can't claim as greg orman to be able to not pick a side and still be effective. that defies common sense. you know what it's going to take for america to be saved and that is that republican party be strong there for you.

so with that, our good senator here who is -- he's pro-life, pro-guns. i'm very proud to be with him. [applause] he's on the right side of the issues for america and for our independence. again, as for his opponent, i know independents and anybody with a liberal record like him, supporting obamacare, supporting amnesty, supporting harry reid, that's not independent, that's

someone who is trying to fool kansas into thinking that he could have it both ways. no, it doesn't work that way in politics, in d.c. especially. your senator knows what he's doing. we need him back there. we thank him for his service to our country. [applause] he is the right man for kansas and for america. so with that, let's hear from senator pat roberts and we are so extremely proud to be here and i know kansas will do the right thing and send you back to d.c. for all of us. thank you. [applause] >> thank you.

i just told the governor i think i'm going to read this speech again and it will be all right. but at any rate, governor, we are going to bottle you. that message needs to be sent loud and clear all throughout this election. if you could just show a little more enthusiasm. [laughter] thank you all for coming out. thank you for taking time out of your schedule to come and listen to a true grassroots courageous republican. [applause] the governor is extremely courageous because she says what's on our hearts and minds. and when we talk to one another

in our living rooms, at home, in meetings, with personal friends, it's always how come our country is on the wrong direction, how come we're leading from behind and getting into all these problems, how come we have an $18 trillion debt, how come obamacare is raising our premiums and the doctor-patient relationship is in danger, how come we are allowing people to come across our border during a time when we have crisis with terrorists that are threatening us? our intelligence shows us they've made many, many threats. how come we are now worried this country that we honor, we cherish, we love is now in danger? may not be the country for our kids and grandkids. that is the biggest issue because we worry about the yolk of big government, more

spending, more regulations. i had one farmer tell me i don't government, i feel ruled. governor, i offer to you the statement that people are losing faith in our government. that's a terrible thing. it's an egregious thing and we need to turn it around because our government does not have faith in us. that's really what this is all about. that's what president obama is all about. government knows best. i got to tell you, folks, not on my watch. that's not going to stand. [applause] the reason the governor is here is that the republican party is united. [applause] every square inch of the

republican party knows what's at stake. we have to take the senate back as a first step to turning our country around, to kansas values as opposed to what's going on in washington. [applause] there is only one person on the ballot that will go to washington and kick harry reid out as opposed to giving him a stamp of approval and change the direction of the country with the united states senate in republican hands so we can come back to the constitution, come back to the foundation of our country that made our country great, celebrate hard work, celebrate kansas and what we're all about here in the greatest state of the nation. that's what we're going to do. that is why the governor is here, pardon me, mama grizzly is here. [applause] have you ever seen a mama

grizzly dressed as a wildcat? [laughter] you wouldn't be able to kick a field goal, would you? [laughter] sorry about that. we're all sorry about that. [laughter] i make a promise to you. i have fought for you before. i have fought in virtually every issue that you care about with regards to agriculture. we can get into crop insurance and policies and everybody back there would just phase out. i know what you do. i know what you do, you are producers. you're hard workers. we produce the food for our country in a very troubled and hungry world. show me a nation that cannot feed itself and you have utter

chaos. that's what we're all about. it's pretty damn important. i will be in the trenches fighting for you. i will support your conservative values. i will never give up. marines take the hill. i will take the hill and win. [applause] my opponent greg orman says he's an independent. well, goodness knows everybody likes to be independent once in a while, but you're not an independent if you give thousands of dollars to barack obama, hillary clinton and, yes, harry reid. you're not an independent -- wait on it. you're not an independent when you run against me in 2008 as a democrat, ok? he is not an independent. he will be a stamp of approval for harry reid and a continuation of the obama agenda. that's not going to happen. [applause]

winston churchill said the kites fly highest in the strongest of winds. there are a lot of winds blowing, contrary to our best interest in the world and in this country. we are going to change that around. i promise you. thank you so much for coming. let's go to work each and every one of you. every phone call you make, every bumper sticker you put on, every sign you put on, you're part of a wave to better this country. god bless. semper fi. [applause] one other thing as the person who crawled through the barbed

wire fence -- that's a terrible joke. we are going to -- let's go have some. all right, thank you. [applause] >> an update from the kansas h wase race -- jeb bus campaigning for senator pat roberts in wichita today. the associated press reports of that at a fund raiser for the sayslican senator, bush kansas voters should reelect senator roberts to the gop can take control of the senate and fix a few things in washington. pat roberts is being challenged by greg orman. recent polling showing orman with a slight lead over senator roberts.

our campaign 2014 debate coverage continues tuesday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. live coverage of the final texas a debate between wendy davis and greg abbott wednesday night at 8:00 on c-span. live coverage of the minnesota governor debate between mark dayton, jeff johnson and the independent party candidate. thursday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span, live coverage of the oklahoma governors debate between joe dorman and the incumbent government mary fallin. also on thursday on c-span 2, the nebraska governor debate between chuck hasso brooke and pete ricketts. night, live coverage of the montana u.s. house debate between john lewis and former state senator republican ryan zinke. campaign 2014, more than 100 dates for the control of congress.

us later tonight for remarks from bill gates for microsoft. he sat down with mike allen earlier today to discuss the ebola outbreak in west africa. he cochairs the bill and melinda gates counted -- foundation which pledged $50 million to fight the deadly virus. it is part of the lessons from leaders in series which gets underway at a day -- 8:00 eastern on c-span. the house oversight and government reform committee hears from julia pearson about secret service security protocols which comes after a man sprinted across the white house lawn and entered the building. there was another incident -- bullets were found inside the white house without secret service officials realizing it. live coverage picks up tuesday at 10 a.m. eastern. up next, the iraqi president talks about the conflict in his country against isis.

he discusses the origin against isis, the role in combating the terror group and the political challenges to forming a united government. he spoke in new york city on friday where he another ward leaders attended the un's world assembly. is hosted by the council on foreign relations which is about one hour. >> good morning. i am very glad to be here this morning. role toa very important play in influencing public opinion. analysis toconcrete the leadership. facing manyre

problems. terrorismfering from for more than 10 years. terrorism in many forms. many times we can say some of them are not originally terrorists, but they have terrorist practices. qaeda managed to put ,ome of its foundations in iraq another organization called isis . how did this terrorist organization, about -- come about? wen we go back in history,

find there were many similar organizations practicing terrorism. the group in the past -- they maketo track the use and death as something they should through getting them baseless dreams. they used to carry out suicide attacks. a lot of these terrorist practices was in the name of religion or in the name of sect. there were terrorist acts that

were mixed between religious, sectarian and political. we seeo back to isis, that the first cells, the first cell was formed through the -- ation of a number of marriage between a number of army officials who were imprisoned and a member of extreme cells, extreme people in prison. in the past, there were some extreme arab nationalistic that called for the unity of iraq.

one poet used to say there are no limit borders between iraq and lebandon. was spread amongst the arab youth. there was a nationalistic base and a religious ace for these ideas. original -- for the to the drugse, addicts, as they call them.