Only solution to every crisis in the euro atlantic region. But i do believe it is part of every solution, because the alliance provides three elements that are crucial for facing modern security challenges and that are right for europes and americas defense. These are political legitimacy, tried and tested structures and military strength. Now, First Political legitimacy. The combined and voluntary will of 28 of worlds strongest sovereign democracies is an extremely powerful source of political he visit massey. Legitimacy, something that unilateral action or coalitions of the willing simply cannot enjoy. This carries over into our missions and operations. It attracts partners whose Political Support and military contributions add to our broader international legitimacy. Our isaf mission in afghanistan is a clear example. It has included 50 countries, all 28 allies and 22 partner nations. Thats onefourth of all the worlds countries. The biggest and most Effective Coalition in recent his
The bill forward in early 2013, the excellence in Mental Health act, the iraq and afghanistan veterans were among our greatest supporters along with law enforcement, along with the Mental Health community for an act that they thought had the potential to provide more options for treatment, more places to go, more ways to get in that case the Mental Health treatment and access that youd like to have that worked with family, that worked with jobs. These are young veterans who have left the military but still have lots of obligations that they want to and need to and should be trying to fulfill to themselves, their family, the work they have chosen to do, and the assistance we can give them with more options is important. But were seeing in this bill an opportunity for all veterans to have more options if the Veterans Administration fails to meet their needs in an appropriate way, and for many veterans to have options if they just simply dont live near a veterans facility. That 40mile sta
Yes. Why is the president not considering Ground Troops at this point that the administration has had troops there, why is that not on the table . Because we dont believe that thats the approach that we should take in this case. We would agree with senator mccain who made that point today that that was his view. What the president was referring to was the question about contemplating air strikes. I have been saying, ultimately the challenge posed by a group like isil has to be met by the iraqy government and iraqy Security Forces. They can be assisted like they have and are being by the United States and other partners. We will review requests for further assistance and other kinds of assistance very closey and obviously in this Current Situation very quickly. Ultimately iraqs future will be decided by the ability of iraqs political leaders to come together in a spirit of unity to deal with all of the challenges that a nation like iraq faces in building its future and specifically in r
Later a confirmation hearing for julian castro. Next, Foreign Policy experts discuss the escalating violence in iraq. National security, and how the u. S. Should respond. The american conservative, the american prospect and the institute for security and conflict studies hosted the event. Its just over an hour. Good morning. Thank you all for coming. Welcome to our conference on the new internationalism. Id ike to thank George Washington university and the institute for security and conflict studies for hosting this event and thanks also to our cosponsors, the american conservative and the american prospect. My name is daniel larrison. I am a Senior Editor and ill be moderating this mornings panel. This will be a discussion on threats and responses with the focus on how to manage threats without resorting to military action. Well be addressing some of the following questions, what are the real threats to u. S. Security and u. S. Interests more gem, which u. S. Interests are truly vital
Ms. Wertheimer, please proceed. Chairman johnson, Ranking Member crapo, members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored to be president obamas nominee for Inspector General of the federal Housing Finance agency. And before i begin, id like to introduce my family, who has accompanied me here today. My husband, andy pincus, our daughter, kate pincus, my steadfast mother, sidelle wertheimer. My inlaws walter and ann pincus. With that, let me get to the meat of what id like to say in my statement. The fhfa plays a crucial role in our Financial System as the safety and soundness regulator of fannie mae, freddie mac and the 12 regional federal home loan banks. To ensure they operate in a safe and sound measure and serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for Housing Finance. And as senator crapo mentioned, since september 2008, almost six years now, the agency has acted as conservator for fannie mae and freddie mac, to pro