and not able to make payments to people who are by theed by and employed state for quite some time ncluding to their peshmurga fighters. it makes sense to look to the united states to fill that gap. where normally i would say we should look for allies to do that. to fight e not going they should put up money but when you look at the countries hat are part of the coalition all are affected and feeling the squeeze due to the drop of oil options ich limits somewhat. but that is one of the areas where i think carter and the united states should allies to do more because kurdistan should not be good money. peshmurga fighters shouldn't go unpaid. could roll lem and become efforts as much as anything right now. it has e same token always been a battle against an that is pretty well funded compared to others that have come and gone or still exist. how much is the funding that islamic state has part of the and are we succeeding in cutting off their sources? >> it certainly has been part of problem and available evidence suggests we are ucceeding in cutting off sources of funding. they have had to ta

church imposes a boycott and divestment on anything connected to the israeli occupied territories, ,ncluding.s. multinationals that's critical, which are involved in the territories, that is a very positive step forward. not only supportive of international law, supptive of genuine moral principles, significant act, nonviolent act to oppose the brutality, violence, and repression, we could, i think, go much further. as i said, we should be calling for implementation of u.s. law, along joining amnesty international and others to call for an end to u.s. military aid to israel. boycott and sanctions make perfectly good sense when these tactics are properly applied, as they often are. you can understand why hillary clinton is frightened of them. they might undmine theolicy her husba and his edecesso and obama as well to support israeli violence and aggression. to protect israeli nuclear weapons from scrutiny so we can't have a nuclear weapons-free zone in the region to veto security council resotions, which lerally support official u.s. policy as obama did in february 2011 all-steah, theonviolen

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issued by chairman charles diggs, the clarifying the intent of congress by making several changes ncluding reserving congress' role in the budgetary process. the diggs letter highlighted a pivotal aspect of the congressional intent in the home rule act. the diggs letter is a compromise in response to the senate's home rule act which included a form of budget autonomy. the compromise does not indicate that congress intended to grant the district budget autonomy. in contrary, what it represents is there could be no home rule absence and expressed -- i repeat -- expressed reservation of the role of congress in the district's budget process. and i believe there can be no longer statement of congress' intent to reserve his appropriation role than the fact that home rule act would have failed absence that reservation. , portantly, both of these men mr. irvin and mr. dupues, believes the district's actions are illegal and therefore null and void. i want to be clear on this, we are not here today to make a power grab against the , mr. t, as some would speaker. we are here to uphold the rule of law

explained, in accordance has the declaration, japan relationship in the future with north korea ncluding the settlement of the unfortunate pass between them and the involvement of with ational community north korea. on that assumption, japan cooperate with the u.s. and public of korea and the so that north the works on resolving issues. korea, they decided to return all abductees as quickly through his airport. such action would be the rational choice for north korea. japanese government would international the community according to the unless north korea makes the measures. government till win sanctions on north korea in order to seek a which can dialogue lead to a comprehensive resolution of the issues. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, minister. adding at ss in not the beginning that this the teral presentation by hree senior officials was actually proposed by the minister so we're greatful for that initiative. we'll hear next from ambassador lee. received lee having masters. from tuft and center for korean studies taken on weighty post in in addition which is the public

our initial and ongoing artnership has blossomed into our broad friendship that ncludes the commercialademic, and cultural price. that sometimes includes fancy dresses. [laughter] ur partnership is based on solidarity and cooperation on some of today's most complex problems. building on our 2013 meet stockhome at the summit, i am pleased we have recognized u.s. cellent nordic cooperation and shared achievements. am also pleased that we are committed in our joint statement o further deepen and broaden our cooperation on several key international issues. -- our world views and interests align. values, the same respect for freedom and unshakable n commitment to justice, human rights, and the ruler of law. committed to the principles of gender equality and woman's empowerment. we work together for peace and security. as we near the end of your time in office, mr. president, i use this to opportunity to commend your not just on the chalices of climate change, the agreement, of a paris and on the arctic. the population of iceland is a thousand times smaller than that of the united states. as

things that we have insisted and clear consensus that we need to do is votional education needs to nclude a full component of the academics. you are in shop or home economics and you spend time over there, you get your diploma. if you don't have the basics, you won't get a job. and you have to get a new job, you don't have the academic ability to learn a new job. whatever you do in career or chnical vocation, reading, writing, comprehension, you have to have the basics of a 12th grade education. if you learn auto mechanics and get halfway through and switch, i'm going to go to college, the structure of the vocational education shouldn't be such a rut that you can't change your mind. get back into an academic track and go on to a liberal arts college. he is right. we need to make the opportunities available and there are exciting things going on in high school and some are taking courses in community college. many vocational-oriented courses, many of the high schools, newport news, we have an aviation school that have been learning aviation and these are very exciting opportunities. but al