Armistice, which brought an end to the fighting stages of the war. One of the interesting aspects of the way that you have framed this book is that its not just about the events of the fighting phase of the war itself, but also talks a lot about the impact of the korean war on asian issues and on world history, and even on the contemporary positions of the main countries and actors. How did you decide that you wanted to write a book on the korean war . Yeah, well, in 2007 i was asked whether or not i might consider writing a project on the war. And at the time i was looking at policy issues at the u. S. Army war college, and i thought that it was a worthy project because at the time, because ive interest in contemporary korean issues i thought a book about, and, of course, i thought a book about a history of, beginning with the division in 1945 was, could serve as a way in which we could understand contemporary events. So thats sort of the basic reason. But then as i started to get int
Hat issue something that you can rally republicans and democrats behind. Both republicans and democrats in the congress and republicans and democrats in the country. There will be fringes on the extreme right and extreme left that wont go along, but i think the vast majority of the people will. This is an opportunity, mr. President , to pull the country together. Secondly, it is an opportunity to show real leadership, to take this issue and explain it to the American People and lay out the program for dealing with it. This is an opportunity for you to step forward and, frankly, mr. President , rebut the critics who unfairly criticize you for not showing enough readership. This is an issue for you. It is important, mr. President , because i think there is a good chance that how you react to this crisis will have a major impact on your legacy. I would try it. I dont know if it would work, but that is what i would try. This has been a rich, and informative discussion on this topic today.
Professor at oberlin college. Director of the northeast asia policy studies. She has just come out with a new book called brothers at that war. We are right on the cusp of the armistice, which talks about prisoners of wars. One of the interesting way for you have framed this book is that it is not just about the events of the fighting phase of the war itself. But it also talks a lot about the impacts of the korean war on asian history and World History and even on the contemporary positions of the country. How did you decide that you wanted to write a book on the korean war . Guest in 2007 i was asked if i would consider and i thought that it was a very good project. Because i was interested in the contemporary korean issues and i thought a book about the problems of north korea, i thought that a book about the history of the two countries, beginning with the division in 1945 was particularly active and could serve as a way in which we could understood particular event. So that is sort
I remain concerned about whether the administrations priorities are when we weaken our presence in the region of such huge strategic importance to our National Security. Let me ask you, will our removal of an Aircraft Carrier from the persian gulf affect our ability to deter iranian action in the gulf . Or elsewhere in the region . Obviously, it is more difficult for us to reassure our friends and to deter iran, but i believe that a strong statement of political will and the forces i have their right now would cause iran to take pause before they decide to try to take advantage of what is not really an opportunity. Icann by the time because theyre out of with the combat power i have out there right now in the gulf. You think will be okay with the time you can buy one order to get that out there . Yes, sir ideal. I thank you very much, general and mr. Chairman,. Thank you. Senator lee . Senator shaheen. Thank you both for your service and thank you for being here this morning. General m
Inconsistent. Can you tell us in your judgment whether or not first of all the is our mission succeeding in afghanistan, first of all, but secondly, can you tell us about the capabilities of the Afghan Security forces and whether they are on track for where we expected them to be at this point in the campaign with a little over 20 months to go until the end of the i. C. F. Mission. Thank you, chairman. Ill defer. I thought i would start with general madison. Did i say you, admiral . Im sorry. Chairman, our mission is succeeding. The Afghan Campaign is on track. It is obviously a combination of progress and violence but i would say when it comes down to the ansf, the Afghan National Security Forces, they are proving themselves capable. Obviously; when we were looking at the drawdown numbers, there was a certain amount of forecasting that the Afghan Forces would be capable. Let me give you some statistics to take this beyond simply my evaluation. Since the first of january we have lost f