An opportunity for transition to a Coalition Government to represent guarantees key constituencies, all of the kurds and moderate sections of Syrian Opposition. For now the u. S. Russian cooperation can be limited to fighting isil in iraq and that could include a joint operation which is something u. S. And Russian Special forces have done on a very low scale in afghanistan. They could include providing more arms and more training to the Iraqi Armed Forces and the kurds fighting isil come at it could of course include disrupting financing which is not a counterterrorism tactic per se but it is an important comment is important element of countering such organizations. But looking beyond that, countering terrorism with force alone would not suffice. Are certain of root causes can contribute back to the i want now the other in the statement that both russia and the United States need to address as they think how to defeat terrorists, not only in the middle east, but also in their own cou
Secondly, even if we are producing okay a few hundred thousand barrels a day more, that in no way changes our linkage to the Global Oil Price and the exposure to a price spike. In fact, if anything, its both the fact that we are connected to the crude Oil Global Market and the fact that we are and i believe will continue to be major oil product exporters. We are exposed just as in that anecdote i gave about britain in 2000, we are exposed to the Global Oil Price spike and thats really the modern issue in terms of what the sprol does for us. Point being, if were allowed to compete in the Global Economy well have a more robust oil and gas industry in this country than well have if were not allowed to compete with a more robust industry were less dependent on the sprol . Again, im sorry, senator i dont its not only the eia but the other studies that have shown that by lifting the oil export ban, we not only, panned our industry we create more jobs and Economic Activity in our country so w
Job and also Holding Accountable the people who arent doing a good job. And im sure thats demoralizing to the people who are doing a good job. Senator, i think your points are very well made. Im not sure we reward our Program Managers very well. I think that only thing that i have seen in my experience is you promote them. In terms of holding folks accountable, when we see a clear connection between what they did and their outcome, we do retire them or move them. Both civilians and military. Beyond that, the incentive structure that youre referring to is not clear and is not adequate. And it ties to what the earlier chairman and the Ranking Member talked about, is where the decisions are made and what paul talked about in terms of how is it that the culture and how the decisions are directed into a Program Manager relates to their ability to perform. Well, one thing i would say is also as leaders, if youve got someone you have to let go at the captain level, the leader needs to be held
Russians do before the United States does Something Else to counter it . Or is all of this allowable and all right . Josh earnest first, as it relates to the turkish airspace incursion. The United States and our allies have been active on this discussion. It is fair to say the United States and our nato allies are quite concerned about the provocation. When it comes to the russians, the real risk that is taken here is the risk being taken by the russians. They are involving themselves into a civilply inside syria. Again, you dont just have to take my word for it. This is consistent with the Public Statements of the leaders of many of our 65 nations who are part of our counter isil coalition. Just looking at the facts on the ground. Russia is ramping up their support for assad. They are carrying out strakes against opponents of the regime. They appear to be, based on reports, essentially colluding with the iranians to carry out this military activity. What that does is, it more deeply i
Failed. We ask, whether you support continued u. S. Military efforts in syria. If you do, give us a call. Tell us why. If not, give us a call. Also tell us why. You can catch up with us on social media, twitter, facebook or email. A good saturday morning to you. We are talking about the shift in strategy in syria, taking up headlines around the country today. Here is the front page of the financial times. U. S. Abandons project to create syrian rebels. Obamas options narrow in syria. The New York Times, the u. S. Ends effort, admission of failure, plan to provide weapons to groups fighting isis. The decision to scuttle a central piece of the strategy to confront extremists was made after mounting evidence of the Training Mission had resulted in no more than a handful of american coached fighters and comes amidst russias fourfold forceful entry into the syrian conflict, a move president Vladimir Putin we will be talking about it for the first 45 minutes of todays program. For more on th