i'm pleased to appear here this morning alongside general david rodrigues and joseph votel predebate global security environment is incredibly complex. most of the challenges that we face transcends borders and i could not ask her for two better teammates and the gentleman beside me to work through these challenges on a daily basis. ladies and gentlemen as pastors and especially challenging one for the governments, for the people of the central region. we have seen an almost unprecedented level of turmoil and conflict from regional state and nonstate actors along with increasing involvement by external stayed at her such as russia and china. at the same time many of the countries that make up the central region are under growing economic pressure and of course a the combination of these and other factors makes this strategically important region vulnerable to conflict and to increased instability. presently the united states central command is involved in or supporting multiple military operations and they include the campaign to counter isil in iraq and syria and are resolute suppor

we are pleased to welcome our witnesses general austen general rodrigues and general votel. we thank each of you for dedicated -- for decades of distinguished service and for your leadership of our men and women in uniform. i would like to extend a special thanks to chairman austen and chairman rodrigues as this may be their last appearance before this committee. our nation's most distinguished national security leaders have testified before this committee repeatedly and we are witnessing the unraveling of a rules-based international order and nowhere is this unraveling more than the middle east from north africa to south asia. state authority and the balance of power are breaking down. this emerging vacuum has been filled by the most extreme and anti-american forces sunni terrorist group such as isil and al qaeda, shiite extremists such as the islamic republic of i ran and its proxies and the imperial ambitions of vladimir putin. as a result almost every middle eastern country is now a battleground or combatant in one or more wars. to which this morning's wall street "new y

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we begin with nbc 6 reporter laura rodrigu live where senator marco rubio is expected to speak later tonight. >> reporter: we're inside the fiu arena. this is where marco rubio will be tonight. his campaign calling the event a primary night celebration. so they are optimistic about a win tonight in florida. the senator was on several media outlets today, and essentlly said the polls are getting it polls show trump leading in the sunshine state by double digits. although rubio said in the past it all comes down to florida, today he said he plans to move forward with his presidential bid even ifthe florida primary doesn't go in his favor. moments ago we spokek to several people on the fiu campus say they're happy to see such an place here tonight. fiu. this i think it's pretty cool. >> basically survey after survey has not looked favorable for him. but i think still the fact that he's made it this long underlies tte strength of his support here in south florida. reporter: rubio has said multiple times on the campaign trail, he's been an underdog his whole life. rubio supporters out her

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