But i no that the chairman wants to face this headon and i no it is a challenge and the political environment. And i did want to breed of that we obviously not met the challenge with the budget as currently configured. I want to specifically ask you general austin, something that was troubling to me. It has been a determination that operation freedom signal is a new Contingency Operation. Do do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . It is a continuation of our efforts, center. So in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train and advise and assist the Afghan Security forces but in terms of how we account for the funding that we are allocating to that that is a different issue. Well, the reason i am asking is i am told that there is an effort underway of naming a new lead Inspector General in afghanistan as opposed to the special Inspector General on afghanistan. I think if that determination is made i want to make sure everyone understands that will i
Sir, there is capability with countries in the region but no countries have come forward and volunteered to put boots on the ground in iraq. Thank you sir. Well, good luck to you, and again, i appreciate your determination and resolve. I hope youre as successful as you believe youll be. We will be successful, sir. Thank you mr. Chairman. And thank all of you for all your efforts. General votell, id like to talk about one other issue for just a minute. That is i want to thank you for your top down leadership on Mental Health with special operations. Youve been incredibly frank about this challenge and that alone sends an Important Message to the troops. Can you talk about the psychological component of your preservation of the force and Family Program and how thats going today . Thank you for the question, senator, and we appreciate the continued support we get from congress in this very significant challenge to us. We are looking at a variety of things. We are looking at pier to pier p
Do you believe the army can buy back force with oka funds . Do i not, senator. Do you believe the navy can work with shipping in funds . No, maam. I just. Im not saying we come to this as democrats because we have engaged in gimmickry also. I know the chairman wants to face this head on. I know its a challenge in the environment. We have obviously not met the challenge with the bucket as its currently configured. I wanted to specifically ask you, general austria austin, there has been a determination that freedom sentinel is a new operation. Do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . Its a continuation of our efforts, senator so you know in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train the and advise and assist the Afghan Security force but in terms of you know how we account for the funding that were allocating to that, thats a different issue. The reason im asking this is i am told there is an effort under way of naming a new lead Inspector General in
Requirements, frankly i am a little sick of the email drama. In our state, whether you use personal or public email or carrier pigeon, it was a Public Record subject. Youre not going to ask about emails, are you . The message you brought is this something you want to share with the National Audience as a president ial candidate . Martin j. Omalley i am seriously considering running. If we want to continue healing our economy and congress, we will have to make our government work and do a better job of making our government perform for the dollars people pay. I think those three things link together. There is not a doubt in my mind that this is the new way of governing and getting things done. You see it emanating out over the last 15 years. This is how our federal government should operate. Some departments already operate this way. It is coming with the rising tide of expectations of americans under the age of 40. They see it from retailers. They want their government to actually work
These things take time because we work with indigenous forces. We are using Iraqi Security forces to conduct the ground operations. As you pointed out, we have also said that you cannot do this with just power alone, and has to be a complement of fires and maneuver forces on the ground. Our approach is to generate those forces by training and equipping Iraqi Security forces. We are as we have halted isils advance into iraq we started the business of training and equipping new Iraqi Security forces so that they will have the ability to train and take back their borders and secure their sovereign spaces. Roger wicker is there any prospect of saudi forces being there in numbers that will be significant . Uae, jordanian forces, to have a police force and not much else. General austin they all have some capability. Not all of them have volunteered to come forward and put boots on the ground in iraq. Iraq needs to want to be able to take that on and take those forces in, but this point, as y