point for the arduous expedition it stretches along the bank of lake quito in the north of the republic of korea. early in the morning twenty people driving five dog teams and nine snowmobiles are ready to set off season travelers and thirty sled dog huskies are joined by journalists and extreme tourism enthusiastic snowmobiles will take the lead. their task is to look for a convenient truck and pave the way over deep snow dr james then followed in their wake. today we have a difficult day today is the first day of the expedition so we need to learn to work together temperatures will drop to thirty below so will be difficult this is the team's lead dog cheyenne and this is amadeus these two dogs are also experienced this is chinook and this is to ensure. the graham cross from the shore of lake quito symbolizes the start of the expeditions first stage it serves as a good omen for those from of safely returned from a journey across the lake and for those who are about to set off the crosses there for a reason as the lake has an ill reputation to give a shit that legend has it that the lake takes s

is blocked by pretty they were the people as happened in a car meanwhile in the neighboring republic of korea but you know how could a group of terrorists were killed in an anti terror operation that was carried out by russian special forces one of these terrorists is believed to be responsible for because you know about how to move that happened almost half a year ago. well the publisher of a health think you based a website which supports chechen terrorists has been acquitted by finnish court of smuggling chechens into the country with our story. runs the website center which is banned in russia it's known as a propaganda about france for the kumar of one of the world's most wanted chechen terrorists political authorities didn't take stores as links to international terrorism and count from this past and you know barry was recently prosecuted and define what the speaking out against the website and chechen extremism. if you can follow the latest developments in russia's fight against terrorism on our website at r.t. dot com. also a section of the police with interest several hands in terror

one police officer was killed and another one seriously injuries meanwhile in the neighboring republic of korea but do you know about trident russian special forces captured a group of terrorists in a residential area for militants were killed after the shooting and all of them were later identified now explosive devices were also found at the scene of the operation one militant is believed to be involved in the murder of about you know about science move to the end of last year and indeed the reason major anti terror operations that are underway here in russia's north caucasus one hundred fifty militants and among them some high profile terrorists with links to al qaida including a senior al qaeda operative in this region have been killed since the start of this yeah. we did of course you know could we have a few minutes sort of see the asian tiger. you want who is going to be. the actual currency of the world hailing great progress through gritted teeth though as america trying to try to cuba called you despite their bits of rivalry report. also. is this close we sure you know siberia is toug

sacrifices made by those who served and celebrate advances in freedom and democracy made by the republic of korea. the veterans of this important conflict deserve our recognition, honor an appreciation. a national museum will ensure that what they accomplished will be remembered. i thank chairman mckeon and ranking member smith for supporting this amendment and i yield pack. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield this time one minute to my friend and colleague the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer. the chair: the gentleman from missouri. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm proud to rise today in support of an amendment that would allow for the review of service records of eligible jewish american veterans from world war i. i would like to thank chairman mckeon and ranking member smith for supporting this important issue. we owe much to patriotic americans who wore and are wearing the uniforms of our armed forces. our country has been blessed to have citizens who have volunteered to defend our nation an our freedom. unfortunately, qualified sold

the people's republic of china, japan, republic of korea, italy, and the european union are all seekingall these nonarctic nations interested in what is going on within the arctic? i think that just speaks to the evolving role of the arctic in geo politics, in the world as we know it today. the search-and-rescue agreement, the first-ever legally binding agreement between arctic states negotiated under the auspices of the arctic council, will strengthen the cooperation on search and rescue between arctic states. as the arctic sea ice decreases, maritime activities are clearly on the rise in the arctic. aviation traffic is also on the rise, as we see no new polar aviation routes cross the arctic airspace in several different directions. but limited resource -- rescue resources, challenging weather conditions, and the remoteness of the area render the operations difficult in the arctic, making it so very, very important that we have this coordination amongst the arctic nations. now, under the agreement on the u.s. side, the coast guard will be the lead federal agency for the search and res

enlisted assignments include the weather forecaster at luke air force base in arizona and seoul, republic of south korea, and culminated as the presidential weather forecaster at camp david, maryland. in 2006 captain nyelander did what few do. he earned his commission through officer training school and ended as a distinguished graduate. as a weather officer, captain nyelander held positions as a weather flight commander at joint base pearl harbor in hawaii and davis air force base in arizona. captain nyelander was most recently assign as the lead weather advisor for the afghanistan air force. his awards include the bronze star medal, the meritorious service medal, air force commendation medal with three oak leaf clusters, joint service achievement medal and air force achievement medal. he survived by his wife, son, daughter, two sons, and his father and mother. these brave heroes are an example of what's best about our country. and while we mourn their loss we celebrate the freedom that they passed defending. so i'd say over the next couple years as we go forward and we debate really big issues near wa