The search and rescue efforts in after georg afghanistan and pakistan and focusing on remote areas where the impact of the mondays 7. 5 magnitude earthquake are unclear. 340 have been killed, most of those who died were in northern pakistan, india, iran and forces in afghanistan all of them offering to help but so far local authorities have not requested any assistance. Good morning, welcome to your world this morning im del walters. And im stephanie sy and rushing to deliver aid to quake victims and thousands spent the night outdoors in near freezing temperatures afraid to sleep inside because of the potential for aftershocks. Al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse is in kabul. Jennifer talk to us about some of the challenges in this search and rescue effort there. Reporter stephanie really one of the Biggest Challenges is the scope of the operation here, the earthquake effected people in 11 of afghanistans 34 provinces, nearly a third of the country and terribly remote and villages you can get
We will start with you, director clapper. Well, sir, chairman, my standpoint, obviously im trying to overwatch the entire enterprise of u. S. Intelligence. And as ive said every year that i testified now for five years in this job come and my 50 plus years in the intelligence business i dont recall a time when we have been beset by a greater variety of challenges and crises around the world, both regionally and functionally. And so the challenge for me is as likely to the community is attending to, addressing this wide diversity of threats. In the face of, and i have to bring this up, very uncertain budgeting environment, now approaching our fourth or fifth year of uncertainty about the size and shape of our budget, which poses challenges for us programmatically, certainly with respect to sysems acquisition, and the uncertainty it creates in the work force. So with that i will stop there with a journal over you and i will turn first to john brennan. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman a
Izibility of security. And in every document that nato puts out, we talk about this again and again about indivisibleity of security. Saying all that, the Alliance Still goes at Great Lengths to endorse and support and embrace arms control. And the reciprocity aspect of that. Even the most die hard official within any government in the alliance that believes that we should eliminate all Nuclear Weapon weapons they do it only in the official context of reciprocity and quid pro quo that we would not eliminate our Nuclear Weapons, would not reduce our Nuclear Posture except in a process of discussion and negotiation with russia. In the last summit the alliance again stated that they looked forward to developing various transparency and confidencebuilding ideas with russia and the federation in the context of a nato council with the goal of developing detailed proposals and increasing mutual understanding. They continue to believe that this partnership between nato and russia, based on the
Izibility of security. And in every document that nato puts out, we talk about this again and again about indivisibleity of security. Saying all that, the Alliance Still goes at Great Lengths to endorse and support and embrace arms control. And the reciprocity aspect of that. Even the most die hard official within any government in the alliance that believes that we should eliminate all Nuclear Weapon weapons they do it only in the official context of reciprocity and quid pro quo that we would not eliminate our Nuclear Weapons, would not reduce our Nuclear Posture except in a process of discussion and negotiation with russia. In the last summit the alliance again stated that they looked forward to developing various transparency and confidencebuilding ideas with russia and the federation in the context of a nato council with the goal of developing detailed proposals and increasing mutual understanding. They continue to believe that this partnership between nato and russia, based on the
Izibility of security. And in every document that nato puts out, we talk about this again and again about indivisibleity of security. Saying all that, the Alliance Still goes at Great Lengths to endorse and support and embrace arms control. And the reciprocity aspect of that. Even the most die hard official within any government in the alliance that believes that we should eliminate all Nuclear Weapon weapons they do it only in the official context of reciprocity and quid pro quo that we would not eliminate our Nuclear Weapons, would not reduce our Nuclear Posture except in a process of discussion and negotiation with russia. In the last summit the alliance again stated that they looked forward to developing various transparency and confidencebuilding ideas with russia and the federation in the context of a nato council with the goal of developing detailed proposals and increasing mutual understanding. They continue to believe that this partnership between nato and russia, based on the