hosted by the arab gulf states institute in washington, d.c. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is marcello arwab, president of the arab state gulf institute. i would like to welcome you today's program on financing terrorism, on the many aspects of the fight against terrorism, cutting off the financial flow is most critical. it is the oxygen that keeps these groups alive and allows them to recruit, control territory, plan and carry out violent operations on a global level. the issue of terrorist financing also obviously as a dissenter of the current crisis in the gcc and it remains a top priority for the u.s. as we seek to defeat islamic state and other terrorist groups. the u.s. and its gulf arab partners have taken significant steps to stem the flow of funds to terrorist groups over the past 15 years. really a robust effort since 9/11. however, despite the various measures and regulations put in place, terrorist organizations continue to generate income from the region to finance their activities. what more can

gulf. the progress that we have seen in the qataris in the last couple of years have been hard won from state and treasury and others to move the qataris along that will move to concede. the other thing that you all know happened recently in the gulf that i think has significant implications for the future of qatar's financing is the switch of the crown prince in saudi arabia. so mohammad ben salman is now the crown prince. he was was a stalwart partner of the united states in combatting terrorist financing and really bringing saudi arabia to a point where it was doing a quite good job sort of across the board in combatting terrorist financing. with him no longer in position of the interior ministry and really no longer a position in the government. we have laws, the united states has laws that keep partner in this effort. that is something that we want to watch very closely. it was obviously not him by himself, but his position in that family, in that government was very important. mohammad salman doesn't have much -- but does promise some modernization in saudi arabia, both economic and, yo

defeat islamic state and other terrorist groups. the u.s. and its gulf arab partners have taken significant steps to stem the flow of funds to terrorist groups over the past 15 years. really a robust effort since 9/11. however, despite the various measures and regulations put in place, terrorist organizations continue to generate income from the region to finance their activities. what more can be done regionally and globally to stem the flow of money to violent extremists? we have a very distinguished panel with us today to answer that question and explore all of the issues related to it. i'm pleased to welcome our gust speaker juan zorata, david cohen and kate bauer as well as our own executive vice president ambassador steve flesh who will introduce the program and moderate the program. again, welcome and look forward to a good discussion today. thank you. >> thank you so much, marcelle. good afternoon and welcome everyone. i'm pleased to be able to moderate this discussion and i'm very, very happy to have such distinguished colleagues with me to help

move insufficient to listens visit to doha comes just a month after president trump accused the gulf state of funding extremism together states cut or will do more to track down funding sources or do more to collaborate sure information it will do more to keep the region and are only. the nation of qatar unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. at a very high level to listens aim is to find a compromise between qatar and other gulf states who demand doha qatar alleged ties with terror groups and close news outlets like al jazeera the tiny gulf nation has so far refused to submit to any of the demands but america is more driven by thoughts of reconciliation alone cut out of hosts the biggest u.s. air base in the middle east with eleven thousand troops a few days after donald trump accused qatar of sponsoring terrorism quote a very high level the us signed a twelve billion dollars deal to sell fighter jets to doha a professor of international law told us that washington is not interested in this within the gulf block the u.s. has an interest in seeing this conflict among th

signed a memorandum of understanding on financing terrorism but once i was announced the other gulf states immediately shot it down and said this is inadequate this is not a step forward for us and easing the boycott and the tensions with qatar which is why a lot of people are not they don't have high hopes for chiller sins trip to just mend the crisis. it's been over one month since saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt issued a boycott of qatar it's been a tricky situation for qatar to approach considering this is the country's worst diplomatic crisis in decades and so far the gulf states are not willing to compromise on their long list of demands for doha sanctions were imposed on june fifth over allegations of terrorism financing and close ties to iran a known gulf state rival for the terrorism part is one thing but the iran part is just as complicated saudi arabia has not been shy about its feeling toward iran with fears of its government trying to destabilize the kingdom especially its eastern province the east is home to most of the country's oil production maintai

to change their their way of approaching issues in saudi arabia and you know the gulf states and why why did qatar i mean it's a little still critically i agree. god shutting it down would be a problem exactly now qatar no well exactly ok now how about how about inviting or i mean any in order to push through absent a cut up that's one thing second thing why doesn't qatar. change their goal go back to the to the to the general. constance's in the in the in the gulf states cooperation council qatar is very very very active in the council and it is there are under two and written agreements which doesn't allow any of the of the media to attack you know each each other but qatar is continuing to. to actually have a public relations regarding it it got being terrorists organizations that are harming saudi arabia i mean directly i don't know why doesn't qatar have have a look at their internal issues and be part of a country like and be example of the twentieth century singapore of the twentieth century cuba or the twenty first. century not north korea could be done for a state believe me

to be sure the other gulf countries have their problems. a recent state department report noted terrorist financiers continue to operate in kuwait saudi arabia continues to finance the spread of wahhabism and the entire gulf suffers or mitt democracy deficit but to understand my qatar is identified first among states for terrorism financing imagine for a moment you are a policeman he just watched five cars speed going 85 mustin aren't five miles and are consuming pastime is a red ferrari going 90 miles an hour. which car would you pull over? that ferrari is qatar. cutter's support is overt egregious and its brazen. as the gulf crisis has dragged on qatar has been defiant insisting its definition of terrorism differs for this is a particularly poor defense from a country claiming to be an american ally in the war on terrorism. as for the curt crisis between qatar and its neighbors saudis and they emirates have been engaged in a fierce competition with qatar for years. they attempt to undermine each other through media trysts lopping western capital and oth

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policy is not to back one gulf state or another. we must pursue policies ensuring that terrorism fansing in the gulf comes to an end. i offer you the following suggestions. first, congress should assess whether qatar should continue to host our most significant air base. it sends a convoluted message to allies in the reason. congress should work with the justice department to ensure they not only adopts can laws to combat terrorist financing and implements them. congress should consider passing the bipartisan stop terrorist storm akt of 2013, the bill introduced in the senate and not yet in the house cos label qatar and other krupps as jurisdictions of terrorism financing concern. congress should press the state department pursuant to the state department authorization act to issue its report on which states paid ran some to terrorists over the last year. congress should press for full implementation of the export administration act subjecting countries like qatar that host terrorist operatives to certain licensing requirements for d

to approach considering this is the country's worst diplomatic crisis in decades and so far the gulf states are not willing to compromise on their long list of demands for doha sanctions were imposed on june fifth over allegations of terrorism financing and close ties to iran a known state rival of the terrorism part is one thing but the iran part is just as complicated saudi arabia has not been shy about its feeling toward iran with fears of its government trying to destabilize the kingdom especially its eastern province the east is home to most of the country's oil production maintaining its position as the unofficial leader of opec but it's also home to the shiite minority and any inspiration from outside states like iran could cause a rift in the country and put a dent in oil and we know that saudi arabia and the rest of opec can't really afford that right now over the past year west texas intermediate which serves as a global benchmark has settled around forty five dollars a barrel as you can see in this chart and it's been hovering around that mark since two thousand and fifteen about

to be sure the other gulf countries have their problems. a recent state department report noted terrorist financiers continue to operate in kuwait saudi arabia continues to finance the spread of wahhabism and the entire gulf suffers or mitt democracy deficit but to understand my qatar is identified first among states for terrorism financing imagine for a moment you are a policeman he just watched five cars speed going 85 mustin aren't five miles and are consuming pastime is a red ferrari going 90 miles an hour. which car would you pull over? that ferrari is qatar. cutter's support is overt egregious and its brazen. as the gulf crisis has dragged on qatar has been defiant insisting its definition of terrorism differs for this is a particularly poor defense from a country claiming to be an american ally in the war on terrorism. as for the curt crisis between qatar and its neighbors saudis and they emirates have been engaged in a fierce competition with qatar for years. they attempt to undermine each other through media trysts lopping western capital and oth

to be sure, the other gulf countries have their problems. the recent state department report noted that continue to operate in kuwait. saudi arabia continues to finance the spread and the entire gulf suffers from a democracy deficit. to understand why qatar is identified first among gulf states for terrorism financing, imagine for a moment you are a policeman and you have watched five cars speed past you going 80 miles an hour. zooming past them is a red ferrari going 90 miles an hour. which would you pull over? that ferrari is qatar. as the gulf crisis has dragged on, qatar has also been defiant, insisting its definition of terrorism differs from that of its critics. this is a poor defense from a country claiming to be an american ally in the war against terrorism. as for the current crisis, saudis and em rats have been engaged in a pierce competition with qatar for heres. they try to out-do each other. both sides have thrown their support against various proxies. the qatar back the muslim brotherhood and other actors. the saudis are pushing for stability a

in the gulf states, but they still have their problems, too. what i started to say at the beginning of my testimony and prepared remarks is that all of these entire gulf is a problematic region. i think the saudis were seen as the number one producer of radicalism and radical ideology. i think it's been eclipsed. and as they're trying, looks as though right now they're looking to get better at this. and they still have problems with teaching, radicalism and spreading radicalism. as they improve we're seeing some of these other countries double down and qatar i think has been the most prominent among them. >> i think and got about a minute and a half. if others want to comment. the issue with saudi arabia, we've heard that yes they're making progress and yes there's change occurring. but i and others have asked this administration for very specific examples, data, benchmarks, changes, and to date we have not gotten any kind of specifics, either in writing or in person and frankly what we've gotten is a lot of lip service. so you know the questio

if an agreement isn't reached, the gulf states and egypt could impose financial sanctions on or forced qatar out of the corporation counsel. the foreign minister delivered a handwritten letter to kuwait. it is unclear what it said. if today's announcement is any indication, it may not necessarily have been good. qatar's petroleum company president of the 1 million-barrel per day increase of natural gas will come from the country's massive underwater field in the persian gulf, a field shared with iran. the foreign minister said earlier that his country has shown "goodwill" initiative for a constructive solution." he didn't elaborate. the foreign ministers of bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia and the uae will meet in cairo wednesday to discuss the next step in the ongoing disputes. >> bret: john huddy in in the middle eastern newsroom. another foreign headlines, u.s. backed forces in syria have breached the wall around raqqa's old city. pentagon officials tell us that the major advance in the weeks will battle to drive isis militants from their self-declared capital. in iraq, that countries f

they say they can gojump in the gulf state's right to privacy. of mexico and mississippi is a good place to jump from. quite clear from mississippi there. what donald trump does now, we will have to wait and see. it is an extraordinary row. what you think will happen next, given that the states have refused to give this information. why do you think the president is so disgusted with this issue, given that he won the election? his claims have no evidence to back up this claim that there has been widespread voter fraud. there are some examples in some states where 100 fraud. there are some examples in some states where100 votes have been found to perhaps not contain the name and address of voter. part of the problem is registration of voters, 200 million voters right across the united states. he believes that some people who have died, have then stayed on the voter registration lists, and then someone has gone and voted on their behalf. one of the reasons he believes this is because of the popular vote, hillary clinton winning the popular vote, an

if an agreement isn't reached, the gulf states and egypt could impose financial sanctions on or forcedatar out of the corporation counsel. seen as a counterbalance to ira iran. the foreign minister delivered a handwritten letter to kuwait. it is unclear what it said. if today's announcement is any indication, it may not necessarily have been good. qatar's petroleum company president of the 1 million-barrel per day increase of natural gas will come from the country's massive underwater field in the persian gulf, a field shared with iran.nt the foreign minister said earlier that his country has shown "goodwill" initiative for a constructive solution. he didn't elaborate. the foreign ministers of bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia and the uae will meet in cairo wednesday to discuss the next step in the ongoing disputes. >> bret: john huddy in the middle eastern newsroom. another foreign headlines, u.s. backed forces in syria have breached the wall around raqqa's old city. pentagon officials tell us that the major advance in the weeks will battle to drive isis militants from their self-declared

sanctions on qatar from some of the middle east's biggest countries will continue — after the gulf statets demands imposed by its neighbours. president trump will shortly be arriving in poland — we'll explain why that's his first stop before the 620 summit begins. and if you want to get in touch at any time, the hashtag #bbcos is the place to go. welcome to outside source. you saw the pictures of donald trump getting into our force the pictures of donald trump getting into ourforce onejust the pictures of donald trump getting into our force one just than to leave the us for poland, this is the scene in warsaw. you can see that as the sun sets in poland, air force one has landed. he is en route to the 620 one has landed. he is en route to the g20 summit in germany but has stopped off in poland, choosing it over more powerful american allies in europe like germany, france or even the uk, and will meet the polish president on thursday. we will talk about this plenty more in the programme in the next few minutes. the un security council has just begun an emergency meeting in response to nort

. >> look, this is a problem we have with all the gulf states. on the one hand their arm sales are useful to our industry. >> i understand that. but i'm talking about the f-15 upgrades. i understand your expertise in the pentagon. i have spent a few years in the military myself. although, i certainly cannot fly an airplane. in regards to that particular weapon system is kind of more sophisticated than some of the others. >> sir, i was just going to say that my issue with -- i can't tell you about that specific weapon system and that specific upgrade. i can tell you we have an issue where we probably sell these countries too much weaponry because they have the money. they need lower end technology to deal with terrorism. >> thank you very much. i yield back. >> time expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. on june 9th, our secretary of state, rex tillerson, stated we call on them to ease the blockade on qatar. later that same exact day, donald trump referred to the division to initiat

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. >> the gulf states and aged cut diplomatic ties with qatarwi ju june 5th, accusing it of supporting egypt, syria, and libya, and providing asylum to their leaders. they gave qatar ten days to comply with the demands, including down shutting down "al jazeera," cutting down ties with iran. the deadline was extended 48 hours on monday. if an agreement isn't reached, they could impose financial sanctions on or before qatar out of the gulf cooperation council, seen as a counterbalance to iran. the foreign minister delivered a handwritten letter to kuwait, who is mediating the crisis, it is unclear what it said. but if today's announcement is any indication, it may not necessarily happen good. it's petroleum company presidents of the 1 million-barrel per day increase of natural gas will comeme from the country's massie underwater field in the persian gulf, a field shared with iran. the foreign minister said today that his country has shown goodwill an end good initiative for a constructive solution. though, he didn't elaborate on thatre. the foreign ministers of bahrain, egypt, saudi arab

on the phone with several gulf state leaders, the president of china, the prime minister of japan. this morning he spoke with germany and italy. we haven't gotten reouts of the calls with jergermany and italyt know last night he spoke with japan and china about the rising threat in north korea and the missile program. wants to increase pressure on them and spoke with gulf state leaders about the ongoing dispute in qatar. >> thank you for updating us live from bridgewater, new jersey. more now on president trump's foreign policy and upcalmiupcom meeting with vladimir putin. a member of the house foreigning affairs committee joins us from jacksonville. great to join us as member of the foreign affairs committee. you heard the report from kaitlyn and there's an expectation that president trump is not going to bring up the topic of russian meddling in the u.s. election with putin. what do you think about that? >> i think that's probably exactly right. i think they'll focus on syria and the ukraine and other issues going around the country, but if it doesn't come up, blunt and straightf

. >> the gulf states and aged cut diplomatic ties with qatarwi ju june 5th, accusing it of supportinggypt, syria, and libya, and providing asylum to their leaders. they gave qatar ten days to comply with the demands, including down shutting down "al jazeera," cutting down ties with iran. the deadline was extended 48 hours on monday. if an agreement isn't reached, they could impose financial sanctions on or before qatar out of the gulf cooperation council, seen as a counterbalance to iran. the foreign minister delivered a handwritten letter to kuwait, who is mediating the crisis, it is unclear what it said. but if today's announcement is any indication, it may not necessarily happen good. it's petroleum company presidents of the 1 million-barrel per day increase of natural gas will comeme from the country's massie underwater field in the persian gulf, a field shared with iran. the foreign minister said today that his country has shown goodwill an end good initiative for a constructive solution. though, he didn't elaborate on thatre. the foreign ministers of bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia

if that happens, we could see the gulf states splitting into three blocks.ou will have the more hard care -- more hard-core block with saudi arabia and also backed by egypt to are more critical of qatar. you have countries that are more neutral like to wait that want to maintain good relations and see this as an unwelcome dispute. , whichn you have qatar is largely on its own but supported by iran and turkey. the turkish president underlined turkey's support and expressed anger at the demand to close a turkish military base. but ironically, the likely beneficiary of this fragmentation could be iran. iran could develop closer ties to qatar and is collecting increased fees, so they appear to be content to sit on the sideline and watch this conflict play out and reach the benefits. supportingey is qatar in the dispute and the turkish president has said the demands on qatar are unacceptable. >> when it comes to this list of , that simply will strip the state of its quality of a state. not acceptable under any circumstances because there are such items in that wi

the small gulf state is the world's foremost producer of lng. raise to 100 million .ellingen will start cars in iran for the first time in 17 years. they signed a contract with local importers to sell two models at dealerships in the tehran area. iran is seen as a major opportunity for manufacturers struggling with stalling growth in europe and china. most international sanctions were lifted last year. uber is facing another legal roadblock. an advisor to europe's top court has said that eu member states can bring charges against uber executives for running an illegal taxi service. allowedion of the app unlicensed and nonprofessional drivers to connect with passengers. it was ultimately suspended after huge protest kate:s -- protests. the decision is not binding, but is likely to be adopted by the judges, who said uber should be subject to appropriate regulations. >> [speaking french] >> [translating] the law prohibits a system which puts customers in touch with people in carry passengers contravention of the rules which apply to such transport activity . ceo andst mo

because they accused it of funding and supporting terrorism, have toned down their demands of the gulf state've replaced a list of 13 specific demands with six principles. they include — combating extremism and terrorism, preventing financing and safe havens, and suspending all acts that incite hatred or violence. so, will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the gulf? my guest today is from one of those four countries. omar saif ghobash is one of the uae's top diplomats. is his country guilty of hypocrisy, and what do they hope to achieve by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator, the emir of kuwait. they were never meant for publication. it was qataris who, i think, within an hour of receiving the list, publicised that. and so, we really feel that that was kind of undermining the mediation efforts of the emir. the principles upon which those demands are based are what we have now come up with. and presenting that to

because they accused it of funding and supporting terrorism have toned down their demands of the gulf statee replaced a list of 13 specific demands with six principles. they include combating extremism and terrorism, preventing financing and safe havens and suspending all at that incite hatred 01’ suspending all at that incite hatred or violence. so will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the golf? my guess today is from one of those four countries. he is one of the uae's top diplomats. is his country guilty of hypocrisy and what do they hope to achieve by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator, the emir of kuwait. they were never meant for publication. it was qataris who, i think, within an hour of receiving the list, publicised that. and so, we really feel that that was kind of undermining the mediation efforts of the emir. the principles upon which those demands are based are what we have now come up with. and pr

. >> north korea's accelerating nuclear prospects and conflict in the middle east and gulf states when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with north korea. american intelligence agencies now estimate that north korea will be i believe to launch a reliable nuclear capable interkonl miss thail could reach the united states in one year t had been previously thought that pyongyang was roughly four years from fully developing long-range missiles however in a test earlier this month north korea launched a missile capable of striking parts of alaska. it was the latest in a series of tests that have forced u.s. intelligence officials to recognize that they have miscalculated the country's aggressive technical advances under the leader kim jung you know, president trump vowed to con fropt north korea. joining me is david sanger, national security

sanctions on qatar from some of the middle east's biggest countries will continue — after the gulf stateects demands imposed by its neighbours. we're not doing this because we want to hurt qatar, we want to help cat are —— to hurt qatar, we want to help cat are —- qatar because it will help qatar, the region and the world. volvo has promised that by 2019 all its cars will be electric or hybrid. the company is hailing "the historic end" of vehicles solely powered by petrol or diesel. and chris froome races ahead in the tour de france. we'll update you on all the latest. welcome to outside source. let's show you what's been happening. president trump has arrived in warsaw. the first lady, melania. the first stop on his way to b6 20 summit in germany. first stop on his way to bg 20 summit in germany. that will be in hamburg. he will be meeting the polish president and will be delivering what the white house has described as a major speech in the warsaw square that was the centre of the uprising in world war ii. quite something for donald trump to be paying visits are early in his presidency

with this think big advice you suggest that he should include the regional actors particularly the gulf states but again you make no mention of her own beach definitely has an interest in the palestinian question it has a leverage there das excluding iran really represent thinking big as opposed to fame old same old from israel what i can only humbly say that what i tried to do is to take the eleven principles that were mentioned in his one thousand nine hundred eighty six book the art of the deal and apply them one of the principles that you've just mentioned. is to is to get a larger outlook into the middle east and. employ the rules that the team so is is promoting in his book looking at. the larger the broader middle eastern ballpark and its might so happened that in the future iran also will be part of that but it depends on how compliant it will be was it a c.p.o. way that. it was signed two years ago and. how genuine would be very implementation of. of all the measures and provisions within this. i mean to mr sze you're doing this difficulty israeli thing of dragging a totally separate

secretary of state faced huge diplomatic challenge earlier this week as he visited persian gulf allies in the big and the standoff between council and its neighbors it seems like to listen to and go back to how it was as he supports caught up. now saying the intent of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. is annexation either by installing a compliant regime or invasion but most are not quite as blunt about the possibility of invasion and overly optimistic about a solution russia's hedging its bets and playing it cautiously counter has the money to help rebuild syria providing it's not under severe economic pressure now so there are possibilities for corporation there iran has been helping as has turkey qatar will see turks as more useful allies turkey is really the pivot it is a nato but also closer to russia now more turkish troops have arrived this week. the largest u.s. base in the middle east but it's not really an issue no one seems to remember but if the saudis were to invade or a max qatar the u.s. would still have a base as the saudis are u.s. allies to the base does not offer insurance

and they've expelled expatriate's from this tiny but immensely wealthy gulf state. which is rich in oil and gas but right now very much lacking in neighborly fring. the group of arab countries led by saudi arabia and egypt has made thirteen demands. among them shutting the broadcast acknowledges era. and curbing ties with saudis regional rival iran. as well as with extremist groups accused of terror by the u. s.. such as al qaeda and hezbollah. cassa insists is already taken significant steps to prevent the transfer of funds to any such organization. its foreign minister indicated last week it whim comply with this full list of demands. the state of labor has been committed. to bringing an end. to the current crisis. from its very inception. passes foreign minister is currently in queue weight which is trying to broker a deal. almost a month since this severing of relations in the gulf was announced. if no headway is made. cats who could be hit by further sanctions within days. phillip thomas bbc news . the wells my ski towns scanned at the brain's internal workings

saudi arabia, the uae, bahrain and egypt have cut ties with qatar — accusing the gulf state of supportingn blood donation are to be relaxed in england and scotland to allow more gay men and sex workers to take part. experts say there is clear evidence it is safe for those groups to give blood after abstaining from sex for three months, instead of 12. hiv charities have welcomed the changes. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. giving blood is not for everyone. rules on safety mean those at high risk of infectious diseases, such as hiv and hepatitis b and c, are restricted from donating. but the rules are changing. gay men will no longer have to abstain from sex for 12 months. that will be reduced to three months before they can give blood. people who have had sex with high—risk partners or in a high—risk place, will also have the deferral period reduced to three months. and for the first time, sex workers will be allowed to donate blood after abstaining from sex for three months. technologies to pick up the presence of a virus and other infections in the blood have greatly

coast of yemen, we see the inner play of shia that's supporting rebels and sunni, saudi arabia, the gulf states supporting the government of yemen with the united states leaning towards scraib a great deal of action is playing out in the maritime theater. and we ought to consider the number one challenge in the indian ocean is right here -- it's iran that's the ran i can flag this is a missile. iran sees itself as an imperial power. they will seek to recreate the persian empire. these are the battle flags of cyrus the magnificent, 25h years ago, darius the great and the flag of iran today. look at the water space around that persian empire. in all of this, brings confrontation between up upper right, iran, shia nation, bottom left sunni world led by saudi arabia our closest ally and friend, israel in the middle of this mix. the united states very much involved so maritime activity not only to south china sea. not only the atlantic, but also this persian arabian gulf and water withs of the indian ocean. what elsesome the mediterranean how many people have gone on a cruise to the meds mediterrane

the gulf state of qatar stands accused of using its vast wealth from gas. the back islamist movements all over the middle east. and of allowing extremist preachers to broadcast on al jazira. it's our opponents have insisted that tv network be shut down. one of thirteen demands that include closing the turkish military base on its soil. and cutting back ties with iran. kata is refused. from the syrian civil war quatre admitted today it had made mistakes in the past over which rebel groups to support. but so too says qatar hope other countries in the region. for a list of thank you very much when i met because us foreign minister in london today. he insisted the terrorism accusation was just an excuse to rub kata of an independent foreign policy. i thought it has never and will never. support to any terrorist movement or. whenever i kno. yeah. terrorism funds to be erased from pluto ought to be channeled through open. and two would take whatever measures the ticks. an orthodontist to. that. gets wind of. cutoff masses to britain. it has huge investments in th

policy is not connect one gulf state or another. insuringursue policies the terrorism financing in the gulf comes to an end. i offer you the following suggestions. first, congress should assess whether qatar to continue to host our most significant air in the middle east. fighting our world terrorism from qatar said the convoluted message to our allies. congress should work with the justice department to ensure that qatar not only adopt laws to combat terrorism financing, but also fully and laments them. congress should consider passing a bipartisan stop terrorist operational resources and money, or storm act. the bill, which was introduced in the senate, could label qatar and other countries and jurisdictions of terrorism financing concern. the statehould press department, pursuant to the state department authorization act, to issue its report on which states the ransom to terrorists over the last year. congress should press for full imitation of the export administration act, subjecting countries like qatar to certain licensing req