Arms, the killing of palestinians in gaza will stop. The International Trade conference. We are pleased to welcome ambassador montezuma of mexico, ambassador liu of singapore, ambassador of costa rica, the appointed ambassador e. U. Our moderators are Kristin Silverberg thank you to karen and to wet a for having us here today. The ambassadors panel has become a tradition at weta. I am excited because the topic we are discussing is critical for the ongoing debate in the u. S. About our approach to trade agreements. There was a time not too long ago when u. S. Administrations went unapologetically tout the benefits of trade. But that line of argument has gone out of fashion in parts of washington. You hear officials from the tone the Biden Administration talking about the connection between National Security and trade. They are likely to be talking about the risks of trade, rather than the way that trade can be used to advance u. S. Foreign policy interests. I am thrilled to have the opp
Arms, the killing of palestinians in gaza will stop. The International Trade conference. We are pleased to welcome ambassador montezuma of mexico, ambassador liu of singapore, ambassador of costa rica, the appointed ambassador e. U. Our moderators are Kristin Silverberg thank you to karen and to wet a for having us here today. The ambassadors panel has become a tradition at weta. I am excited because the topic we are discussing is critical for the ongoing debate in the u. S. About our approach to trade agreements. There was a time not too long ago when u. S. Administrations went unapologetically tout the benefits of trade. But that line of argument has gone out of fashion in parts of washington. You hear officials from the tone the Biden Administration talking about the connection between National Security and trade. They are likely to be talking about the risks of trade, rather than the way that trade can be used to advance u. S. Foreign policy interests. I am thrilled to have the opp
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Live to the Atlantic Council for a discussion about relations with the European Union. We will be hearing from the Vice President of the european commission, federica mogherini. To hear what eager report you can give us from your trip thus far and answer their questions and then my questions as moderator on broader issues in the Transatlantic Relations which we believe is the cornerstone for all u. S. Engagement in the world. We would like to think of ourselves as the home for europe and washington, d c im honored to welcome the high representative of the European Union and Vice President of the european commission, federica mogherini. Madame high representative, thank you for coming to your home away from europe. We had a fascinating discussion last month at the World Economic and it wasvos apparent to there that we are facing a particularly important time. The scum i am very interested to hear your comments and enter into discussion with you. Im also very pleased to welcome ambassado
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