I think we need to do both and can do more in the way of securing fiscal materials and the wherewithal with Nuclear Weapons and also biological weapons around the world. And i also believe that the United States needs a safe, secure and reliable nuclear deterrent, because as much as we would like to see Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of mass destruction rid from the earth, that doesnt look like its something thats going to happen soon and its important that the american deterrent that we provide to our own country, but also to friends and allies who rely upon him is safe, secure and reliable. I think we need to do both and can do both. You wrote an article last year for Foreign Affairs and you talked about two lessons from iraq and afghanistan. First, that the pentagon was not prepared to fight a nontraditional enemy and, second, that the length of those wars was underestimated. There was little incentive to pursue acquisitions tailored to the specific fights. Can you talk about how
Iraq, Eastern Europe and the pacific. For more about the confirmation process, we spoke with leo shane earlier today. Host leo shane covers congress for the military times. How is he regarded . A lot of members of the Armed Services Committee Said they did not see this as a focus on his credentials. They see this hearing is more of a chance to criticize obama on a number of National Security issues. It sounded like chairman mccain and Ashton Carter, the nominee, were in agreement and terms of getting rid of the sequester, the Pentagon Spending caps. How will they go about doing that . That is the big question. You heard senator mccain. They said they will hammer that this year, the mandatory spending cuts expected to go into effect in fiscal 2016. They are concerned that that can cripple the military. But as of now, we havent seen much of an alternative land, just a bunch of thomas is that they need to get rid of this. The military absolutely needs to have that money. We heard more of
Our air power and other kinds of assistance inflict defeat onnist skpis then make it a lasting defeat. Thats how i would characterize what i see. Im not in the counsels of government, but thats what i infer. I appreciate that very much. When you were in my office we talked about having just returned from ukraine and also when i first walked in senator heinrich was talking about lithuania and that area. Their concern was all of our attention seemed to be in that part of the world concentrated on ukraine. Its true, we have never had i happen to be there when they had their election for the first time in 96 years they dont have a communist in their parliament in ukraine. So we have that problem at the same time as the others youre addressing. What do you think about our european strength as it is right now . Are we adequate . Are we becoming inadequate . I think that our strength in europe is our alliance with nato and the political solidarity that that represents, which is very important
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Answers. It is a carl icahn began difficult. We do not historically have a great track record, the United States nor any other nation in the world. That said, al qaeda core, the group that struck us the into of 11 has been decimated. There has been some success along the way. Host here is a tweet from one of our viewers. And aumf is not a substitute for the declaration of war that the constitution contemplates and mandates. Are we at war . Guest we are at war. The president use that in his inaugural address. There is a big difference legally between being a Armed Conflict versus section eight where we declare being at war. Weve than a five times. International law has changed. This would be a long boring legal the session. The preferred venue today in these types of conflicts is an authorization for use of military force, not an article one, section eight congress declaring war. Host do you agree, jennifer . Guest absolutely. War has been declared five times. For better or for worse, t