Led us to make truly outrageous claims about these peoples commitments to liberty and human rights and democracy and again, it was a bipartisan conceit. And he quotes both george h. W. Bush and bill clinton about how vitally important these peel are. So id urge people to make a case honestly for american high homo homogeny. Arthur vanderburg advised dean atchison to scare the hell out of the American People. And he said he would paint a picture clearer than the truth. So this is a long history of American Foreign policy of speaking to the American People in a way that doesnt expect them to respond well enough or urgently enough unless things are painted to them clearer than the truth. So let me lay out three aspects in which if we conduct this debate honestly, well bring the American People into this discussion. First of all is this argument about allies. What exactly are our relationships with our allies, what do they purport to do . What are they actually doing . Are their interests
General, thanks for your time this morning. I was hoping you could clarify how air strikes are being conducted without any jtax on the ground in most cases and also how you assess civilian casualties in most cases, if at all . Let me start with civilian casualty piece. You know, the coalition is really very deliberate about how it conducts strikes out there. And we have some great capability in terms of precision. Whats in the balance here if youre not careful is you can be precisely wrong. You could strike, you know, tribe, you could strike Iraqi Security forces and you could create a very bad situation. To date weve got a very good record. Im tracking no civilian casualties where we just if we even suspected civilian casualties, we would immediately direct investigation, determine the cause and then seek to understand the lessons is learned from that and apply those lessons learned. So thats the civilian casualty piece of this. And again, a very deliberate process. And the second que
Changes in fiscal policy will probably be needed. Its not our job to lien those up. Its the job ch congress to decide what policy changes over time might line those lines up. First, please join me in thanking these two guys for such a good [ applause] i also want to remind everybody that all of this and more is on our website. As you know, these events dont happen automatically. Everyone for helping us make this such a success. Im no more certain about what the right answers are, but im a lot more sophisticated about my understanding of uncertainty and i hope the same is true for you. Finally, people on the hutchins advisory committee, marty phillips, others, would like to take a picture. I appreciate it. For the rest of you, thank you very much. [ applause] in about an hour, remarks from donald trump at the Economic Club of washington. Hell discuss the trump brand entrance into the d. C. Business community and his possible political aspirations. See those comments live 7 00 p. M. East
Prosperity agenda and runs our mideast program but thinks broadly about how america functions on the global stage. He argued against disengagement in a recent article in the journal of democracy. So we look forward to a very robust discussion today. The panel is going to be moderated by our own larry korb, our senior fellow and former assistant secretary of defense who needs no introduction and who is a frequent and prolific contributor on the debate. Im really pleased that all of you all are here today, to have what i think will be the first of many debates on the u. S. Role in the world, as we start entering a new political season. Were really thrilled that all of these very thoughtful leaders in National Security and defense and Foreign Policy have joined us. Please welcome our guests. Thank you. [applause] let me join in welcoming you all here today, which given the folks that we have, its going to be, i think, a very vigorous, and enlightening debate, given all the challenges that
Are acting except those who are clearly incompetent. The only thing in your brief i did not follow is the importance in getting this question solved. Here is the question, what is the rule, one light or two lights. Yet in this case the evidence that came and had nothing at all to do with the Traffic Violation. So the court would not need to decide the Traffic Violation case. I think the North Carolina immediate Appellate Court said there was consent. There was consent, and we never have to deal with what the traffic regulation was. That is correct, and this comes up into context. Sometimes it will be litigated because the officer issued a citation. Our concern is if the court takes the position that whenever an officer is wrong about the law he violated the Fourth Amendment. Its going to deter officers from making stops when their arguments on both sides. Do you agree if there is any legal stop, the consent is the fruit of a poison tree . That is a difficult question. We dont necessari