mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i'm certainly disappointed by the senator from texas objecting to senator mikulski, our senior senator from maryland's request. senator mikulski's request is for us to consider two article 3 judges that are next in line for consideration on the floor of the united states senate. they've cleared the committee. they've both been approved by the committee by voice vote, unanimous vote within the judiciary committee. i know paula xinis, the vacancy to be filled in maryland, from university park. she's joined the law firm of if you are imurphy in baltimore. she's well-qualified to take the seat of former chief justice deborah chasenow. she wasappointed by president obama in march of 20156789 we are now aproasmg the one-year anniversary of her appointment. one-year anniversary to the district court. mr. president, let me just talk a li

mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. first i want to thank senator corker. the two of us have worked on the senate foreign relations committee really without any partisanship. these are foreign policy issues that require the united states senate to work together and i want to thank senator corker for his leadership on the senate foreign relations committee on this issue and many other issues. so let me first try to explain what we believe will happen in the next 45 minutes. under the arms export control act, the sale of military armament to pakistan requires the administration to give formal notification to the united states congress. prior to that former notification, there is an informer process where the administration will inform the senate foreign relations committee and the house foreign affairs committee that they intend to make a sale. they did that in regards to the f-16's for pakistan, and that's the issue that we are talking about. madam president, for several months, we have

it begins sunday with a tour of old havana and a visit to will meet cardinal ortega. monday mr. raul castro as well as cuban entrepreneurs and attend a state dinner. on tuesday he will directly addressed the cuban people from cuba's national theater. will be with members of civil society and dissidents before attending the exhibition baseball game between tampa bay rays and the national team. was night he met at the white house with 16 comments cuban- americans. including emilio estefan. >> we might not agree on many things about his trip to cuba but we share the same hope that making it a better future for cuba. >> reporter: the meeting lasted two hours and those who attended said the president listened intently taking notes and asking questions. many in the room stressed the importance of mr. obama meeting with dissidents who can shed light on the status of human rights on the island. >> i said i love everyone here is a great feeling about the future of cuba. but we cannot forget about the medical that die and are in my goal is one day to have free elections and a free cuba. >

mr. chairman. >> thank you. thank you very much. senator cardin, you had some additional comments and questions. >> some comments, mr. chairman. thank you again for this hearing. the bottom line, we need to pass an authorization bill. in regards to the climate fund, i just really want to make a couple statements. first, i agree with transparency with our committee, we need to be kept totally apprised. climate change is a huge issue for the security of america. what happened in paris with 190 nations coming together was a major milestone. as we move forward, we need to find a bipartisan path where we support these efforts and many of us who strongly support what the administration is doing, have reached out and will continue to reach out so that we can have a bipartisan support for america's leadership on this issue. it's important to our national security as our military suggests, it's also important for our environmental legacy and our economic future. having said that, the legal authority in regards to supporting the climate fund was never in do

main opposition party says the decision to drop the charges was irrational and wants mr zuma to stand trial. cardinal george pell has admitted that he failed to act when told about a pedophile priest decades ago. he told an australian inquiry that he "should have done more". the commission is investigating how the catholic church handled cases of child abuse in australia in 1970s and 1980s >> with the experience 40 years later, certainly i agree that i should have done more. people had a different attitude then. there was no specifics about the activity, how series it was and the boy wasn't asking me to do anything about it, but just mentioning it >>> looking at these pictures, heavy snow in moscow. even heavy by the standards of moscow. >> reporter: yes. that's right moscow and snow go hand-in-hand you think, but by those standards it was huge. the most in 50 years. huge amounts coming down. 20 centimeters of snow. it is never easy getting around in these conditions. over a hundred flights cancelled because of this very significant snow fall. i think we will see more in the next couple of days, but

mr. obama offered his thoughts and prayers for u.s. marine staff sergeant louis cardin. cardin was killed in a rocket attack in iraq. several other u.s. marines were wounded. his remains were returned today. cardin was from california. he died on saturday, which was the 13th anniversary of the u.s. invasion. there is a dragnet tonight for a previously unknown suspect in the paris terror attacks. 130 people were killed last november. charlie d'agata is in belgium, where another suspect was captured on friday. >> reporter: new video appears to show salah abdeslam making a run for it. even though belgian security forces were just outside. [gunfire] he'd done it before, evading caught last friday.ttnd idd to blow himself but changed his mind. now there's a new suspect, najim laachraoui, who may have been the group's bomb-makinger. his d.n.a. was found on the explosives used in the gun and suicide attacks in paris, his whereabouts are unknown. and prosecutors admitted they are not close to solving the puzzle. "we're working on an enormous amount of cases," said frederic van h

mr. obama for u.s. marine staff sergeant lewis cardin. killed in a rocket attack in iraq. several other u.s. marines were wounded. his remains were returned today. cardin was from california. he died on saturday which was the 13th anniversary of the u.s. invasion. >>> there is a dragnet tonight for a previously unknown suspect in the paris terror attacks. 130 people were killed last november. charlie d'agata is in belgium where another suspect was captured on friday. >> reporter: new video appears to show salah abdeslam making a run for it. even though belgian security forces were just outside. he had didn't before evading police for months before being caught last friday. investigators believe abdeslam played a central role in the paris attacks and intended to mind. now, there is a new suspect, laachraoui, his dna found, and his whereabouts are unknown. prosecutors admitted they aren't close to solving the puzzle. >> translator: we're working on an enormous amount of cases, said frederick van hoy, they're becoming more and more worrying and violent. authorities can't explain how abdeslam wa

rocket attack income iraq has been identified as staff sergeant luis cardin from temecula, california. he was deployed with the 26th mr. expeditionary unit which was guarding a coalition base in the iriri, city of m mhmoor. his family says he enlisted just two days after graduating from high school. the death comes as the defense department officially announced theeployment of the marine unit to the base. >>> the airline flydubai is an the families of those kilds when one of its passenger jets crashed in southern russia on saturday. it's providing whatever helppt can to investigators who have already begun examining t black boxes for clues. here's abc's david kerley. >> invnvtigators are analyzing the two back boxes recovered from flight 981. the devices are badly battered but the russians report they have started to uncover data that may reveal why it plunged to the ground. the flight faced ferocious weather and winds. unconfirmed recordings posted on the internet purporting to be the tower talking to the pilot. asking air traffic control about weather conditions, circling the area for two hours. >> okay, thank you,

cardinal jamie ortega. he went to the white house and hand delivered a letter from pope francis urging peace and paving the way f f a diplomacy deal in 2014. monday, mr. obama will view a wreath laying. then he meets with raul castro. monday night there's a state dinner at the revolution palace. tuesday, his last day, he gives aational address to the cuban ople. some cuban exiles say they hope that happens or else. for cuban freedom. >> deputy national security director addressed the trip last week. what we put at the center of our policy is what ll make life better? >> he e eoed those sentiments. the larger the normal gro will travel who will wrap things up. with baseball, he'll take on a game between the tampa bay r rs and the cuban nationall team. workers are busy getting the stadium ready. might also catch a glimpse of obama mania. vendors are selling shirts, flags and buttons depicting the u.s. commander-in-chief. >>> this was broadcast o cuba tv. the inaugural flight between cuba and the u.s. arrivedrom miami. service between the two countries was suspended. for decades, had to fly via a the mail flights will operate three times per week. now b

also, to recognize staff sergeant cardin, a great leader we lost last weekend. >> mr.ant to go into any more details. can you confirm this was in syria, the death of the latest leader was in syria and more broadly, can you talk a little bit about we've all saw a lot of al qaeda senior leaders killed repeatedly over the years. the number three was killed every six months or so. what do you think this actual death suggestios in terms of plots, particularly those involving the west. does it mean anything or do they just replace them? >> i'll turn it over to joe after this. >> the marines that the secretary -- >> let us take your first question first. on the question of leadership, striking leadership is necessary, but as you note, it's far from sufficient. leaders can be replaced, however, these leaders have been around for a long time. th they are senior and experienced. eliminating them is an important objective, and it achieves an important result. they will be replaced and we'll continue to go after their leadership and other aspects of their organization. >> the mari

mr. president, i want to go just briefly off topic because during this weekend, i received news that one of our outstanding united states armed service members, marine staff sergeant louis f. cardin of california, was killed in northern iraq as we assisted the iraqi government in dealing with isil, the terrorist organization there. and i just wanted to give my thoughts and prayers to the family there and those who have been injured. it's a reminder that even as we embark on this historic visit, there are u.s. armed service members who are sacrificing each and every day on behalf of our freedom and our safety. so i'm grateful to them. my wife michelle and i brought our daughters. and by the way, they don't always want to go with us. they're teenagers now. they have friends at home and they have things to do, but they wanted to come to cuba because they understood and we wanted to show them the beauty of cuba and its people. we were moved by the cubans who received us yesterday, smiling and waving as we drove in from the airport. we were grateful for the opportunity to experience old havana and some excellent cuban food. our visit to the cathedral was a reminder of the values that

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mr. obama took an impromptu detour to shake hands and smiling and waving at a crowd. inside, the president met with the controversial cardinal, ortega, who some criticized for not being more forceful about human rights. then on to a museum, where a portrait of president lincoln greeted the first family. finally, dinner at a restaurant havana. the sight seeseeing is a preclude to the real business of the trip which begins later this morning when the president meets with cuban president raul castro. they'll likely discuss lifting the u.s. trade em bardobargo and cuba's human rights record. before the president arrived, the ladies in white were arrested, chanting, freedom. president's trip is expected to tuesday. >> it's a historic opportunity to engage the cuban people and lay out our future that's bright brighter than our past. >> reporter: i asked about that when i sat down with cuba's top man. >> did you think the day would come, when the u.s. president would address the people? >> i'm confident this is the day it is right time. >> reporter: back in the states, the president's trip is already under fire from republican fron

mr. president, i want to go briefly off topic because during this weekend i received news that one of our outstanding united states armed service members, marine staff sergeant louis f. cardin of california was killed in northern iraq as we assisted the iraqi government in dealing with isil, the terrorist organization there. and i just wanted to give my thoughts and prayers to the family there, and those who have been injured. it's a reminder that even as we embark on this historic visit, there are u.s. armed service members who are sacrificing each and every day on behalf of our freedom and our safety. so i'm grateful to them. my wife michele and i brought our daughters. and by the way, they don't always want to go with us. they are teenagers now. they have friend at home. and they have things to do. but they wanted to come to cuba because they understood, and we wanted to show them the beauty of cuba and its people. we were moved by the cubans who received us yesterday smiling and waving as we drove in from the airport. we were grateful to take advantage of the opportunity to experience ole havana and experience the cuban food. our visit to the cathedral gave me an opport

also to recognize staff sergeant cardin by all accounts a great leader who we lost last weekend in operations in iraq. so thank you, sir. >> lita. >> mrary, i realize you said you didn't want to go into anymore details. i was hoping talk about what happened in syria with this latest death of senior leader was in syria and more broadly, can you talk a little bit about, we all saw a lot of al qaeda senior leaders killed repeatedly over the years. number three was killed, you know, every six months or so. what do you think this actual death suggests in terms of plots particularly those involving the west? does it really mean anything? or do they simply just replace them? >> well -- >> [inaudible]. >> i will turn it over to joe after this. >> general dunford the marines that secretary -- >> take your first question first. on the question of leadership, striking leadership is necessary but as you noted it is far from sufficient. leaders can be replaced, however, these leaders have been around for a long time. they are senior, they're experienced and so eliminating them is an important objective and achieves an important result but they wil

mr. president, i want to go just briefly off topic because during this weekend i received news that one of our outstanding united states armed service members, marine staff sergeant luis f. cardinlifornia was cooled in northern iraq as we assisted the iraqi government in dealing with isil, the terrorist organization there. i just wanted to give my thoughts and prayers to the family there and those who have been injured, it is a reminder that even as we embark on this historic visit, there are u.s. armed service members who are sacrificing each and every day on behalf of our freedom and our safety. so i'm grateful to them. my wife michelle and i have brought our daughters and, by the way, they don't always want to go with us. they're teenagers now. they have friends at home and they have things to do, but they wanted to come to cuba because they understood and we wanted to show them the beauty of cuba and its people. we were moved by the cubans who received us yesterday, smiling and waving as we drove in from the airport. we were grateful for the opportunity to experience old havana. and some excellent cuban food. our visit to the cathedral was a reminder of the values we share,