That is important that they forget numbers. Do you want to focus on that issue or how you see it Going Forward . Mac thornberry i agree, i think his focus on building the military is exactly right as was the piece you wrote that chris mentioned. Numbers do matter. Part of the reason we are challenged right now is we dont have enough aircraft i will just continue with that example. We are all flying more and more hours, and that is part of the cycle of how hard it is to get things ready if you dont have enough, and what you have got, you are flying the wings off of. What else is true, i was recently in the asiapacific region, you can have more capable ships we had this debate all the time with the Obama Administration. It can need more capable but only in one place at one time. You have to have numbers to cover geography. These days, when you have such a huge array of threats from russia and china, iran, north korea, terrorists that not only have gone away but are spreading out in more
And secondarily, the future is made of swarms of small things. How do we get the pentagon to realize you want to buy 1000 toyotas instead of one lexus . They keep missing the boat on that and creating giant aircraft carriers. One torpedo takes out a huge amount of our capability. Thats crazy. Mac thornberry well, both good questions. Ive already forgot the first one. Oh, the two im sorry. This years defense bill will abolish the qdr. Too much time, effort for nothing. And part of our frustration is, that it becomes, became a budget justification document, not really a strategy document. And so, that really gets to what you are talking about. We have adjusted the two mc kind of approach just based on the budgets, rather than the other way around, rather than looking at the world, trying to see what, ok, what sizing construct makes sense for the world were facing, and then develop the budgets to support them. So we have provided a different system of kind of thinking about the world with
Talking about the Clinton Administration. So much for that. So, how are you . You have spent a few weeks kind of getting your mind around how you are going to approach Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration . Can you say a word about that . Ben cardin kristin, thank you for your public service. It was really wonderful to be here. You are right. It was a little bit of a surprise. When we accepted this invitation, we had outlined our comments about how the Clinton Administration would carry on from the Obama Administration. And now we are talking about the incoming Trump Administration. It is going to be different. There is no question. It is going to be different. Foreign policy institute, one of your goals, your goal is to rope us support for Democratic Institutions and human rights. Thats under attack today. Thats under attack. And the principle opponent is russia and what they are doing. I think there is going to be a great deal of concentration on russia. Russia is using its
Business to keep track of all of its transactions and all of its customers. And if the government can then just say, all right, now, give us all that information, then theyve reduced the Fourth Amendment to a nullity. The final point ill make is that dont be confused with the idea that theres Something Special about hotels. The amount of government regulation here is massive. The reason that the deputy solicitor general is here on behalf of the United States is that there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of regulatory schemes the federal government administers where it is now required to use a subpoena. But what selfrespecting regulator wouldnt love Justice Alito a subpoena, a subpoena is worthless when what is sought is something that can be easily destroyed, hidden or falsified. Its, its very useful if youre altered between the time when the subpoena is issued and the time when the subpoena is enforced. But nobody, nobody issues a subpoena for the murder weapon that one is you
Jurisdiction spirit is that include, are you comparing the little hamlet in indiana with los angeles or new york . I dont know the answer to the 21 question of the particular city. They can do that by keeping their own record. You have conceded they can require the information as a matter of law. Thats my point is this. My point is because they can do it here, they can do it anywhere pair the government can require any business to keep track of all of its transactions and customers and if the government can then just say, all right give us that information, they reduced the Fourth Amendment appeared to amendment. The amount of government regulation here is massive. The reason the general is here on behalf of the United States is that there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of regulatory schemes the federal government ministers where it is now required to use a subpoena. A subpoena is worthless when what is sought is something that could be easily destroyed hidden, or falsified. Tr