Contingency over seas in the near future . You would have to do one of two things. You would either have to grow the force. We believe that the force is 186,000 marines. And elsewhere, we could take services that are deployed in the far east and okonawa. We did that in the combat in iraq. And its only through the past few years we have been able to reestablish our presence in the pacific. We have some options. The other option is we go all in. We activate our reserves and we go and do what needs to be done. We have done that before too. You can do that for a short period of time but as you mentioned, that is not sustainable. What is a short period of time . In your best estimate i dont want to hold you to it. But we are wrestling with Big Decisions about the middle east and Irans Nuclear capableility and there are some in the senate that i believe are tempted by the idea that we can go in and bomb iran and set off what could be a war much bigger than any contingency we have been trying
Issues. And president ial candidate Mike Huckabee campaigns in newton iowa. President obama has nominated Lieutenant General Robert Miller to head the u. S. Marine corp. At his Senate Confirmation hearing, members of the Armed Service Committee Questioned general miller about the marine corp budget, military Sexual Assaults, and the militarys strategy in iraq and syria. We want to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Robert Miller. General miller we thank you for joining us this morning. We are grateful for your many years of distinguished service to the nation and for your continued willingness to serve. As our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce any family members that are joining us. As our nation confronts the most diverse and complex array of global crisis, the next commander after more than a decade of war in afghanistan and iraq, our marines have remained in high demand performing a range of services across the globe. Tension gripping
Very excited to be on stage with general bleedlove. I need to do a blanket apology. I just got out of den tangherlini surgery this morning sorks if you see me drooling on this side of the face, thats why. We were talking youd like to begin. Id like for you to do that with a broad brush through of the coming nato summit thats next summer. The last one was last year and i remember covering that, covering president obama and then secretary of defense chuck hagel. The big news was all about the coalition against isis. Thats not going to be the case, i imagine, next year. Why dont you start off with your thoughts about what the key outcomes of next years summit should be and id love to hear me tell you what you think they will be. Thank you, first of all, and thank you for having me. Its good to speak to this crowd. As i looked at the diversity of those in attendance, i expect a lively question and answer period. Thats all very good. I think that in talking about warsaw, you start at wales.
Months . Next couple months . Not couple months, in the coming months. I mean, the krem lin have continued to provide military support. I think this is a longterm proposition, not a shortterm proposition. So ash carter has, in some ways, become the secretary of reassurance. Everywhere he goes he seems as if hes reassuring allies that americas military will be behind that. And definitely in the case of our Eastern European allies. Almost all of the reassurance steps that we have taken so far militarily seem to be temporary. We have seen rotational deployment. We have seen more exercises. We have had had supplement l funding. What needs to be permanent . What is the new normal . So i like the second part of your question better than the first. I wont use the permanent word. What the new normal is i think well see these assurance measures for quite some time. Its more than the united states. Its about our nato allies being a part of assurance. I was tasked as the military leader to develo