App . Im not banging them, but we need to get people focused on the data going out there. This is twofold. What was brought up, does the fcc have the capacity to manage the prioritization and distribution of the spectrum or are they thinking about the issue . To what degree the governance play with the Global Nature of iot . I will take a step. Its usable and on time. Some shouldnt exist at all. Everybody is here and i think thats technically true although they have enforcement and improper use and so forth. There these passes set aside for shared use and technology knows how to hop around and it detects interference and finding unused portions and any systems that have a certain resilience. I dont think that is necessarily going to be a big thing in terms of solving the problems, but others may have other perspectives on that. The prioritization with a couple programs around the federal partnership with communications as well as the 50 net program looking at when we instrument these u
Include isil or assad, as you stated in your testimony and that relying on moderate rebels to defeat them both and usher in a political settlement, will the assad regime being supported by iran and russia as they are and with isil being so well financed, how will a group of rebels be able to defeat them both . And what would they need in order to accomplish that goal . The administration doesnt have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in iraq and syria and iran, nor does it seem to want one. These arent realistic plans that can truly destroy isil, can defeat al news ra and defeat the assad regime. We havent even begun the train and equip mission and were about a year away from even standing that minimal force up, if ever at all. Is that the case . Where are we with that mission, sir . In my testimony, i did focus on the concern about the militias and Prime Ministers batty to reign those in, all armed groups within the structures of state. I also focussed on the desir
Thank you. We are here to celebrate Young Americas Foundation commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Ronald Reagans seminal time for choosing speech. In that speech a 53yearold hollywood actor Ronald Reagan outlined his case for a leaner government and greater individual freedom. And in so doing as ron mentioned he did launch his career in public service. But he also built a movement that would follow him for decades to come. Before we get to the panel, Young Americas Foundation has created a series of five viral videos that really outline the time for choosing speech and how Ronald Reagans principles are timeless in how they relate to today. The first viral video that we are going to watch is actually about national security. Youre about to see this video. I would urge you to check all f them out on our website at www. Yaf. Org. You can share them with your friends also using the hashtag tfc 50. Later and after the session, of course. Im telling you, isis is not already on american
But its got to be led by the commanderinchief. Frankly, thats how the system works. Thats how its worked every time. Now, id like to switch gears real quickly. U. S. Back. Syrian rebels linked to al qaeda. Time is running out for obama and syria. Westernbacked Syrian Rebels are in danger of collapse before help arrives. All of these are wellknown media experts and they are on the verge of collapse and they are getting beaten very badly. One of the major reasons they are getting beaten very badly is because theyre subject to bombing and air attacks from Bashar Al Assad. So i guess my question again is and by the way, ambassador James Jeffrey says time isnt on our time. Reconsider the no combat formations on the ground decision because you may have to either renege on that or you may have to fall off your very Important Mission of destroying isis. Theres a gap between the two. Ambassador ford, isis is not something which drone strikes or f16 strikes is going to contain because the Islami
And where are we going from here. Last august 2014, i traveled from damascus to washington, d. C. , with a fortune of maps and photos. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you ten out of them today. This is the first one. This reflects the situation in syria in summer 2013. We are talking about july august, 2013. The red color refers to the areas controlled by the regime, and his militia supporting him, like hezbollah in syria, and so on and so forth. The green area referred to the areas controlled by the rebels. And then the black spots refers to the areas controlled by isis at that time. So this map tells us two things actually. First of all, that the balance of power on the ground 15 months ago was almost 50 50. This is not the situation right now. This is an important thing to come back to. Second, that at that time isis was very weak. Very scattered. Not controlling a lot of areas. The areas are not geographically connected, which is very important from a Military Point