of deya's brothers to leave. >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [laughs] [radio playing] >> maliki, kanni's brother-in-law, is visiting for tabaski. he went to spain in 2003, but returns almost every year to visit the family. >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [laughs] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [music plays] [music ends] [music plays] >> [speaking wolof] [music ends] >> [speaking wolof] >> visit viewchange.org, link tv's brand new multimedia website. watch over 350 stories about new solutions to the developing world's biggest challenges. get involved with the issues, share the stories with friends, and help change the world, all at viewchange.org. [rooster crows] >> it is the day before tabaski, and kanni is going to town to buy food for the holiday with the money deya has set aside. >> [speaking wolof] >> the cost of the holiday foods--vegetables, macaroni-- adds up quickly. >> [speaking wolof] >> usually, village meals are predictable-- millet couscous, corn couscous, peanut sauce,

i would say nuri al maliki. >> nuri al maliki, the iraqi prime minister, whom the bush administrationt into power in 2006. >> i appreciate your commitment to representing the people of iraq. >> back then, maliki's appointment was touted by the administration as a triumphant moment for the newly democratic iraq. >> i appreciate you recognize the fact that the future of your country is in your hands. >> to ensure the success of democracy, maliki, a shiite, needed to heal the powerful schism between shiites and sunnis in iraq, but he never did. so when asked by the shiite abusers to fight against isis, the sunni soldiers and the iraqi army simply said no. >> for many sunnis, they looked at iranian-backed regime in baghdad and they looked at isis and some of them made the disastrous calculation that isis was the lesser of two evils. >> the last american soldier left the country in 2011, after the u.s. could not reach agreement with maliki to maintain a military presence. >> the question that we ask today when people look back at that decision is what would we have done with 10,000 u.s. tr

iraq's prime minister maliki had a new set of patrons, his fellow shiites in tehran, and the mullahsffer he couldn't refuse. >> that was part of iran's deal with maliki, we'll give you a third term but the conditions are no american soldiers. that was what tehran had demanded. there was no way it would have gone through the parliament. >> one thing is clear, it was only iraq's army that could have stopped isis. instead, iraqi soldiers threw down their weapons and ran. [ phone ringing ] >> hello? >>> next on "blindsided," what drives these people, what makes them tick? you'll go inside the mind of a radical. meet a man who was prepared to die for a fantasy. the idea of an islamic caliphate. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. the twenty-sixteen subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a

then you have maliki become prime minister.ed with the maliki government that is so infuriating for the sunni tribesmen that they were willing to deal with isis them with the maliki government? ben: they got nothing from baghdad after being essentially in the fight against al qaeda. not only did they get nothing, they got persecuted. about regular us rates, if something happens, the young men would be rounded up and sometimes tortured by the baghdad government. so, they were wide-open choices. isis had a rapid and easy spreading it would not been possible without such a huge chunk of the population being so disenfranchised. charlie: what was it about isis? they had to see the threat of isis? ben: the christian refugees that ed said they were great to begin with. within three weeks or four weeks, their true colors started to show. people started to disappear. young girl started to be abducted. that is on people started to flee. charlie: what surprised you about this? in iraq? jackson: we had been in afghanistan in the fall befor

what happened with the maliki government that so infuriated the sunni tribes men in the anwar province they were more willing to deal with isis than with the maliki government. >> well they got nothing from baghdad after being essentially in the fight against al-qaeda. and they got nothing, they got persecuted. people talked to us about regular raids. if something happened, the young men would be rounded up and sometimes tortured by the baghdad government. so isis is rapid and easy spread. it wouldn't havea been impossie without such a huge population being disinfranchised. >> rose: what was it about isis, though. i mean, they had to see the threat of isis. >> the christian refugees we interviewed said they were great to begin with. >> rose: to begin with. >> they were very plight to us, we said hello in the street. but within three or four weeks the true colors started to show. youngss girls started to be abducted. >> rose: what surprised you about this in iraq? >> well i mean we had been in afghanistan the fall before and so that was a nice little, you know, little bit of preparatio

basically spring and summer twurt and during that period you have the maliki resignation. what that lets you do is it lets you rule -- do two very important things. first, because no one expected the specific timing of the resignation, the only factor differentiating survey respondents before and after is this change in national-level government so you get a clean measure of how important politics are to people's perceptions buts of what's going on in the country. how important those national-level politics are. and you learn from the report, a, that that result is very big. but what's not in the report but is in the underlying analysis is it remarkably robust. basically, you can take any time window you want around that resignation, they show you in the report 2014 to 2015 but you can bring that time window down to one week either side of the resignation or move it out to basically the entire wave of the survey and you still find that change. there's a dramatic and durable change in attitudes. so you're sure that's because of national politics and that's an amazing thing.

province that they were more willing to deal with isis than with the maliki government? they, got nothing from baghdad after being essential in the fight against al qaeda. >> rose: right. >> and not only did they get nothing. they got persecuted. i mean, people talked to us about regular raids. if something happened, the young men would be rounded up and sometimes tortured by the baghdad government, so they were wide open on isis. and isis' rapid and easy spread wouldn't have been possible without such a huge chunk of the population being so disenfranchised. >> rose: they had to see the threat of isis. >> the christian refugees we interviewed said they were great to begin with. >> rose: to begin with? >> "they were very polite to us, "said hello, then their true colors started to show. young girls began to be abducted and that's when people started to flee. >> rose: what's the status today on the ground in iraq? >> you have the kurds who have had success against isis and fighting for their own independent states. you have the iraqi government controlled areas, controlled

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many products and shells it steals for orthodox union letting shoppers know this has been approved maliki product is kosher a medical marijuana. the rabbi says the laws of keeping kosher are sacred, are you laughing at me? i feel like an elephant blood dash is ls like elephant the. >> when it comes to approving kosher we'd distil pretty controversial. >> and it does this signify cigarettes. >> and also said marijuana is kosher but the machinery that needs to be inspected to make sure that ninth kosher items. >> when people to you about the quality of their lives it is hard to say no. >> twerking new store kosher we? the only dispensary and medical marijuana in the nation. >> is naturally kosher saw all much more does it have to be? we did -- if it is medication and then weed is weed is it just as effective? ♪ it isn't about making it more effected but for your body's so here is all the other dietary laws then you want to make sure that machinery will also not be felt during those non kosher items. >> it is not surprising that people are turning kosher. >> six o i should believe millions o

was stabilized without a status of forces agreement and without any engagement with prime minister maliki. as clinton went to baghdad one time for three hours when she was secretary of state, that situation imploded and out of the ashes came isis. we have power vacuums all throughout north africa and the middle east which are havens to the terrorist. the threat is not decreasing and not to be downplayed. in fact, it's getting worse and not better. the facts don't lie. when you look at the number of foreign fighters, 25,000 to 30,000, now 35,000 foreign fighters from 100 different countries -- actually 120 now different countries throughout the world. 5,000 with western passports, hundreds of americans that are traveling -- this all in my judgment poses a threat, serious threat to the homeland. i\ met yesterday with the police chief of san bernandino and the sheriff who were invited by their member of congress to sit at the state of the union and i was really disappointed the president never recognized them. he never even recognized the fact that san bernandino even happened last night. he

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the data or survey that suggests how durable the positive perception is and what might happen if maliki or abadi continues to not be able to institute a meaningful reform program and reforms that will actually be perceived? >> i'll just make a very general point about getting that kind of analysis and then turn it over to mark. and this is for people in the room who might have influence other funding or administering these things in the future. it's almost impossible to answer that question credibly with these kinds of surveys where you're not going back to the same people every time. what you really want do is you want to be able to get the same people at multiple points in time several years apart and see how their individual perceptions are changing. because the thing that can happen if you don't is people who are happen can be more willing to respond on certain questions around the survey, so you get a spurious kind of result that is about what we call response bias and not people's attitudes. this is actually what killed the romney campaign in 2012 in some ways. in colombia, a usai

they are sunni extremists that were a product of prime minister maliki's actions in disenfranchising them. and also just fanaticism. i think there is a military strategy that can be put in place, but you have to back that up with the political solution and reconciliation within those war-torn countries. and diplomatic solution, as well. that would be my advice if i were the next national security advisor or whatever. you have to be smart about this. don't take the bait that all you have to do is drop a bomb and it will solve all the problems. that is part of it, obviously, but it is not the end-all. >> do you see terror threats as looming during the election season? rep. mccaul: i think they always want to influence the political ground. i don't think the terrorists particularly have any partisan affiliation. whether you're republican or democrat. they want to kill americans. try tother they would influence an election, there's a chapter in my book about the influence of foreign money and foreign corruption and a deral election, i think it is a more likely scenario. for -- t to thank

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the driver 23-year-old maliki armstrong tried to pass the troll the on the left-hand side.y he was traveling at a high rate of speed and went through a red light before striking wilson. she got up this morning all happy, spiritual, i'm going wo work. i'll go do what i do every day not knowing she was going to lose her life. >> reporter: armstrong was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, and driving under the influence of marijua marijuana. wilson left behind her children, her mom, dad, and several siblings. >> somebody got to pay a price and bury they mom or they daughter behind somebody careless mistake. it's not right. it's not fair. >> reporter: witnesses shepherd and vincent jenkins say what happened to wilson could happen at this intersection any day. they say drivers routinely try to pass the trolls and buses here. they worry that the next time it could be a child. >> people got to be mindful. they might not be an add dull it might be somebody's child. somebody's mother. somebody's father. it could be anybody. >> reporter: septa pol

in the last i'd say two weeks and if you moved to the next slide this is outdoor augmon al-maliki was a 16-year-old son. what happened there was another drone strike, american drone strikes. and they thought they were shooting at a mid-level al qaeda operative in a group of men sitting on the ground eating dinner. it turned out that he was not there. and to the people who were there and were killed abdul -- abdul rachman al-maliki and the sun 17-year-old cousin. the u.s. government has to this day never been willing to say anything public way about this. however we snaked around and talk to people on in the background privately and i believe them when they say this was a mistake. they had no idea the teenagers were there and they would not have taken the strike if they had known they were there and i'm also told that obama was furious when he got word of what had happened. he knew there would be a huge backlash against the u.s. and u.s. counterterrorism in the yemen. indeed yemen is a tribal society where they could kind of understand that anwr out awlaki duest tried to kill americans

the president told him in philadelphia maliki child in the holidays counting a month in the weeks and the days the previous to my release. john and abigail adams became the new occupants on market street adams the knowledge to be the successor of this is washington and make good her place will be an arduous task. women should ask for guidance:never to volleyer steps. she was content to withdraw with her husband from the public gaze. the curtain is falling she wrote to a more tranquil theater in virginia. a life of retirement did not last long before washington in march that passed away. with their death the closeness of their marriage faded from the memories of patriots as they would remember the father of the nation. i would love it if my book served to bring more of that out of the shadows and restore her to her strong but real confident and doting husband george. thank you cockup >> i will add it one dash to answer questions senate where did he get that coat? [laughter] >> a shop that i call my overcoat with a rating i write to more or less indigenous. for every four or five years

in august, premier al-maliki andunced his resignation opinions changed quickly and dramatically in the wake of that resignation announcement. interesting is that it led to an uptick basically in people's expressed strengthened government performance and government delivery and that changed most dramatically and most significantly among sunni board,ents so across the sunnis expressed after the announcement of the resignation for stronger hopes government and governance and there was only actually one key down and that went this is where it gets really interesting because the down, almostt went halved from 49% to 26%, is sunni respondents expressing sympathy for what you might broadly call groups.position what's the upshot of all of that? so first note that we're not saying that it's some kind of stability in iraq, but what these findings tell us, are sign posts to indicate what might be effective terms of governance and stability. iswhat you might see first that sectarianism which has gained a lot of attention and is a hugely right now gang amount of attention globally is theably overpl

they are sunni extremists that are a product of prime minister maliki's actions, disenfranchising them. a product is fanaticism. there is a military strategy that can be put in place, but you have to back it up with political solutions and reconciliation within those war-torn countries. and diplomatic solutions as well. advice, if i my were the next national security advisor, or whatever my role in the next a ministration will be. you have to be smart about this, and don't take the bait that all you have to do is drop a bomb and it will solve the problems. that is part of it, obviously, end-all. not the an host: you see terror threats as limiting in the election season? rep. mccaul: i think they will always influence the political ground. i don't think the terrorists particularly have any partisan affiliation. they don't care whether you are a republican or democrat, they want to kill americans. whether they would try to influence -- there is a chapter in my book about the influence of foreign money and foreign corruption in a federal election that is a likely scenario. host: commerc c

isis course sunnis and sunni extremists that were a product that were a product of prime minister maliki's actions and disenfranchising them. there is a military strategy that is put in place but you got to back that up, a political solution and reconciliation with in war-torn countries. and diplomatic solutions as well. that would be my advice if i were the next national security adviser, whatever might world next to the administration would be. you have to be smart about this, don't take the bait that you drop a bomb and solve problems. that is part of it obviously. it is not the end all. >> is there a threat looming toward the -- >> you want to influence the political ground. and any particular partisan affiliation, they don't care whether you are republican or democrat, they want to kill americans. there's a chapter in my book, the influence of foreign money, for incorruption, and more likely scenario. >> host: thank you -- >> i want to give her -- let's keep it brief. >> talking about facebook. approaching out word in a way that is in-your-face feminism as many people in america do wh

aid until you bring back the sunnies who were originally purged by prime minister maliki. the second iraqi division, the third iraqi army division could be filled with those individuals today and they have responsibility for mosul. you can't defeat isis with a shia force. you can level ramadi and level buildings, but that doesn't liberate ramadi. if destroys ramadi, and they went away and then they came back. you saw them come back to diyala because of the shia-sunni sectarianism in those areas. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> a record 36.8 million holiday makers visited turkey in 2015. since then a frostily relation has started to dim. can you country win back foreign tourists welcome bernard smith has this from istanbul. >> when he murdered ten germans on tuesday in istanbul, he also hit the largest source of foreign tourists. now in istanbul there is not much sign of tourists from germany or anywhere else. >> after the conflict i realized the slowing down of tourism season especially for last year. there was way slower. >> revenue and tourism was down by $2

in iraq, nouri al maliki says it will topple the saudi regime. our becky anderson joins us live in abu dhabi. what more are you hearing about reaction to the execution of al nimr and the other 46 who shared his fate? >> george, you've just been expressing there or reporting on some of the expression from the region. this is a multilayered with wide ranging ramifications as you mentioned. he was an outspoken critic of the monarchy with a sizable support base in the kingdom's shia dominated eastern region. while he was known for fiery sermons, there is very little evidence to suggest that he was active and actually taking up arms or encouraging that against the saudis. by grouping him with convicted terrorists like al qaeda in these executions, saudi arabia very much sending a message. it will not tolerate any form of radical jihadists associated with al qaeda or shia activists. but it is on the regional level that this story will have the most impact. you're reporting on that already. it has intensified the bloody rivalry between iran and saudi ar

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they are sunni extremists that are a product of prime minister maliki's actions, disenfranchising them. a product is fanaticism. there is a military strategy that can be put in place, but you have to back it up with political solutions and reconciliation within those war-torn countries. and diplomatic solutions as well. advice, if i my were the next national security advisor, or whatever my role in the next a ministration will be. you have to be smart about this, and don't take the bait that all you have to do is drop a bomb and it will solve the problems. that is part of it, obviously, end-all. not the an host: you see terror threats as limiting in the election season? rep. mccaul: i think they will always influence the political ground. i don't think the terrorists particularly have any partisan affiliation. they don't care whether you are a republican or democrat, they want to kill americans. whether they would try to influence -- there is a chapter in my book about the influence of foreign money and foreign corruption in a federal election that is a likely scenario. host: commerc c

with us in a pragmatic fashion but the point to it didn't work politically united states disengaged maliki that was a puppet of iran and did the things that cannot be done to keep the most extremist outcome of the country or strategically defeated we allowed it to become another sectarian war so the united states is walking into another trap we are partnering with people that are seen as people who want to be our allies again desperately to see us no better than isis. and with respect to russia of the first article i said russia will intervene in syria and people looked at me and i said not only that but they will not go after isis their goal is no different to destroy any credible alternative especially those backed by united states that free syrian army the doesn't mean anything because you have hundreds of thousands of armed militia on the ground but there are those that have been partnering with and holding ground against the regime. if you look at the first three weeks of this intervention more than 90% have been targeting non isis targets. take your pick if you eliminate the free syr

against saudi arabia demanded the saudi embassy be shot down and other politicians like nouri al-maliki are ramping up, texs to the execution. i think iraq is in a weak point. it's question how abadi can actually move on the gains in ramadi and bring some kind of a political sentiment and engage the sunnis in iraq, in a partnership that we're demanding of him when, actually, the sectarian risk is opening up further. >> on the point phil and vali were making about the different priorities, you saw in how the saudis acted and, last year, they jointed the bombing of i.s.i.s. in some degree in syria, but as soon as they got involved in yemen, all of the military assets went in that direction, same thing for the u.a.e. so they haven't really been at the forefront of the military part of the battle. secretary kerry did get them involved in trying to organize the sunni rebel groups in syria to go negotiate with assad later this month, but it's not clear that the saudis are putting much real energy into that, and what they will tell you privately is they don't think it's going to work. that the

in then maliki push the now creating an opening for isis.so to look at a post isis iraq that there are needs to be a that they had a provision within the constitution and whereby they could form that semi dash autonomous region in day had done so. wouldn't that make sense that there be some sort of a push in that direction to show there is the path of political accommodation grey could coexist with the baghdad government? can you answer that question? >> exactly web was talking about last october. there was a time there would have expected it to with the decrease. it would have to be negotiated and there are provisions the same ones of the united states to help them draft but there were provisions to do that. given it is constitutionally possible in their starting to all i knew i could see that of course, this is a real scare through the -- to the iraqi shia that if your arm them they will just come back. bid is now entirely unreasonable. the people let the state department keeping an open mind in a prepared to ring gauge to build enough ara

until we see that action, and i don't dispute that current government is certainly much better than maliki's government, but there is a habit that has -- has been put into place. we have to break that habit, and i would say the way we begin is arming the yazidis and the kurds and the sunni tribes that want to take their villages back. danielle: young man in the back there. >> good morning, mr. chairman. from the wilson center. you began talking about the administration befriending our enemies. my question is about the administration's attempt to actually support our friends, specifically with the asian rebalance. how would you characterize the progress so far? what more should we be doing with the pacific? and how would you respond to china's critique that this is just a containment strategy? mr. royce: a containment strategy, well, it's not a containment strategy. what it is is an effort to move forward with the rule of law. and i support very much the administration's support for the trans-pacific partnership as well as the atlantic agreement. those are steps in the right direction in term

we see that action, and i don't dispute that the current government is certainly much better than maliki'sgovernment, but there is a habit that has been put into place we have to break that habit and i would say the way we begin is arming the yazidi and the kurds and the sunni tribes that want to take their is villages back. >> the young man in the back there. >> good morning, mr. chairman, mcdaniel wicker from the wilson center. you began by talking about the administration befriending our enemies. my question is about the administration's attempts to actually support our friends, specifically with the asian rebalance. how would you characterize the progress so far? what more should we be doing with the pacific pivot and how would you respond to china's critique that this is just a containment strategy? >> containment strategy? well, it's not a containment strategy. what it is is an effort to move forward with the rule of law. and i support very much the administration's support for the transpacific partnership as well as the atlantic agreement. those are steps in the right direction in t

was stabilized without a status of forces agreement and without any engagement with prime minister maliki. as clinton went to baghdad one time for three hours when she was secretary of state, that situation imploded and out of that came isis. we have safe havens. we have power vacuums all throughout north africa and the middle east which are havens to the terrorist. the threat is not decreasing and not to be downplayed. in fact, it's getting worse and not better and the facts don't lie. when you look at the number of foreign fighters, 25,000 to 30,000, now 35,000 foreign fighters from 100 different countries -- actually 120 now different countries throughout the world, 5,000 with western passports, hundreds of americans that are traveling, this all in my judgment poses a threat, serious threat to the homeland. i met yesterday with the police chief of san bernandino and the sheriff who were invited by their member of congress to sit at the state of the union and i was really disappointed the president never recognized them. he never even recognized the fact that san bernandino even happene

end of the day, isis or sunnis, and they're sunni extremists that were a product prime minister maliki's actions and disenfranchising them and also just a product of fanaticism. and so i think there's a military strategy that can be put in place, but you have to back that up with the political solutions and reconciliation within those war-torn countries. and diplomat solution as well. that would be my advice if i were the next national security advise or whatever my role in the next administration would be. you have to be smart about this. and don't take the bait that all you have to do is drop a bomb and it's going to solve all the problems. that's part of it. obviously. but it's not the end-all. mr. weinstein: do you see terror threats as looming during the election season? mr. mccaul: yeah. i think they always want to influence the political ground on the game. i don't think the terrorists particularly have a partisan affiliation. they don't care whether you're republican or democrat. they want to kill americans. and so whether they would try to influence an election, there's chapter

stabilized without a status of forces agreements the and without any engagement with prime minister malikin fact, went to baghdad went on for three hours in her three years as secretary of state of the condition imploded and out of the ashes came isis, formally aqi in iraq. we have safe havens. we have power vacuums all throughout northern africa and the middle east that are now really haven for the terrorists. and the threat in my judgment is not decreasing. it's not downplayed. in fact, it's getting worse not better. the facts don't lie. when you look at the number of foreign fighters, 25,000, 30,000, now 35,000 foreign fighters from 100 different countries, actually 120 now different countries throughout the world. 5000 with western passports, hundreds of americans that are traveling and coming back. this all in my judgment poses a threat, serious threat to the homeland. i met yesterday with the police chief of san bernardino and the sheriff who were invited by their member of congress to sit at the state of the union. and i was really disappointed, president never recognized them. he n

same way, until we see that action and i don't dispute that the kurt government is much better than maliki'sgovernment, that there is a habit that has been put into place. we have to break that habit and i would say the way we begin is arming the kurds and the sunni tribes that want to take their villages back. >> young man in the back there. >> good morning, mr. chairman. he began by talking about the administration befriending our enemies get my question is that the administration attempt to support our friends with the asian rebounds. how would you characterize the progress so far? what more should we be doing and how would you respond to china's strategy? >> it is just attainment. >> it is not a containment strategy. what it is is an absurd to move forward with the rule of law and i support very much the administrationsupport for the transpacific partnership as well as region. those are steps in the rate direction in terms of enforcing the rule of law, the rules of the road. it will better protect our ip property, but it will also lead to economic growth and i think all of that is a step

prime minister maliki begins a purge of political opponents and military leaders, and al-qaeda were itemerges that same year. syria, civil work right out of the arab spring is stalemated because the rebels the initial gains are thwarted by iranian proxies. the hezbollah and iraqi shia militias possibly could force a much-needed supplies and equipment from russia and iran. the rebels in 2011 and 2012 seek assistance from the united states which is recommended by secretary clinton, secretary panetta, general dempsey and director patrice. that united states refuses. al-qaeda in iraq is incentivized by the protracted of civil war in syria, moves out of iraq with several hundred iraqi fighters, establishing a century in northeastern syria and grows a terrorist army of some 30-40,000. this strategic decision is transformation for him and was the most critical decision he has made since he's been the leader of al-qaeda in iraq and the isis and the islamic state. two years later isis invades iraq and expand its territory in syria. isis as we know it today would not exist without the opportunit

then you have later on -- i think we gave them this path and then maliki i think pushed them out again and created an opening for isis. o i think that in looking at a post-isis iraq, that there needs to be some kind of political accommodation for the sunnis. and what i remember is the curds had gotten a provision within the constitution, whereby they could form a semiautonomous region and they've done so. wouldn't that make sense, if we look at the areas that have fallen to isis, they are all sunni arab areas, wunalt that make sense that -- wouldn't that make sense that there be some sort of push in that direction, to show the sunni arabs that there is a path, a political accommodation, where they could co-exist with the shi'a-dominated baghdad government? i wonder if any of you could nswer that question. mr. ford: this is exactly what i was talking to sunni arabs, when i was in iraq last october . and there was a time when they wouldn't have accepted it. but they've changed 180 degrees. so i think it would have to be negotiated, obviously. and there are provisions in the iraqi constit

maliki the same in iraq by oppressing the sunni community in iraq and giving rise to this isis scourge. so let us remember, we got to extremist is and the shiite kabbalah. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. newhouse: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. newhouse: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 583 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 86. house resolution 583. resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 1644, to amend the surface mining control a