Clear and precise and to get the pentagon to react in in doing so before it is too late. It to succeed to make that offset strategy real so it is more satisfying. You are up. Give us another perspective. And that terminology of spoiler alert with that budget request to throw cold water on it. And the perspective of the budget that came over recently. And what we will have with the new administration in place. The reality is and looking at the house of representatives of the of budget of 30 billion debate with the defense hawks and speaker ryan to see that budget expressed in oco which is roughly 23 billion higher. So even with the budget deal have not seen the debate to go beyond more than 10 or 20 year 30 million despite having the majority to put in for that last budget request the us senate announced a hearing or a budget that is essentially for them. We have a of a great discussion of the architecture of deep and important thinking that they probably will not have Appropriations Bi
We do that with a budget deal, it didnt take a billion for that. So if youre going to add another 18 billion or so and oak oh within the house of publican caucus right now they will not go along with it. The strategy has been floated that maybe you wait and have an additional request in the next administration. You basically pond and then wait for a new administration and new Congress Takes office and then try to take a new higher level of funding them. What do people think about that. It is very uncertain what would happen because of the election. The trick here is whether if i can go back to the crs, the trick here is timing. What is the risk of the weight in a transition year despite whoever comes in, whatever party comes in, there is always a. Of time sometimes a very substantial, think during the Bush Administration there is quick action to increase the Defense Budget but there is a huge risk. Of course that could be a strategy but timing on it, who comes in with the contents of i
Sort of like having to use not at can imagine that . If such an enormous Nuclear Program and have had for years. Then not taking part of such an important summit seems to be a myth. We would welcome russias constructive participation in all this but it has not affected our ability to advance the goals of our two countries. Let me give you come a couple other examples. The United States does work effectively with russia to secure some Nuclear Material that is in you pakistan. Obviously, uzbekistan. Is this iran by chance because i dont know much about that nuclear richard but i do know that the russians have worked effectively with the United States to safeguard that major you. I dont know its current status but its another example of how the United States and russia to Work Together even if its not in the context of the security summit. The other thing i would observe is russias agreement early in president obamas tenure to sign onto the update of the star trek the that has a positive
Up the project and run with it. Great. Please, yes. Give her the mike. Please stand up so they can see you to give you the mike. Im the executive director of the u. S. Afghans council at georgetown university. We are so grateful you are here and id like to publicly thank you for staying up in the middle of the night. Very quietly, i dont think people know this. And you have been sending us support and at times when you dont have the staff to do it. Were so grateful for reaching out to us here in washington, d. C. Id like to ask specifically if you could talk further about one of the myths that you brought up. The myth of the afghan male, the afghan man as being uncivilized. Part of why i the about that, in my work, what i found is with all of these successful, beautiful, talented afghan women that you talk about, there is always usually a strong and supportive and feminist and wonderful father, husband, brother, cousin, uncle. That i think we dont always hear about. So if you could tal
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