Ceremony. We never had a honeymoon but, um, just the journey weve gone and gone through this and just to see her strength ton see her determination, to see her health continue to improve and shes still deals with it, um, but its amazing. Now that hes a father, being here means so much more. We win the super bowl she has no idea. And shes going to love me no matter what, but obviously i want to go in this game and were here to win it. But to have her here at this game with my wife is the greatest thing ever. He gets so emotional every time he talks about his wife and his daughter and how can you not root for guy like that . Coming up later in the show we are going to talk about that pay patriots mystique. Tom bradying look are fbi super bowl rink number six how the eagles are putting that out of their minds this week. Lucy. Thank you much, Kristen Eagles fans are start to go arrive in minnesota, of course. So how are vikings fans reacting especially after some say they had bad experienc
Allies have a disagreement they dont say were not going to help rescue your downed pilots. I think thats not an excuse for turkeys behavior in this instance but just an explanation. The broader point though, on allies and partnerships i think we have to wrestle with is were at a junction because of where we are in our own budget and because the International Order is fraying so bodily where we need our allies our treaty allies in asia and in europe but also our partners who are parts of special relationships who may not be formal allies but clearly are partnered with us in various efforts in the middle east, like israel, like the kingdom of saudi arabia, united arab emirates, et cetera. In most cases however, our allies are spending less and less and less on defense themselves. And so they have less and less capability for us to draw on and thats a sort of paradox. I think one its a little bit beyond the work of our panel, but i do think one of the things we need to think about more is
Permeate over time if we dont do something about it now. So it doesnt help us to just kind of wait to do something. Now, when i describe, you know, in what i recommended about, you know the combination of elements of National Power i mean, you just look at the Information Campaign that is being waged not by just isis, but by alqaeda writ large and the way that theyre able to do it the sophistication that theyre able to do it, i mean, that campaign alone the military has some little bits and pieces of trying to counter that on a tactical battlefield, but there has to be a broader imagination that this country working with partners and working with some of these, you know, these socalled moderate nations. And i say that in my statement about we have partners out there and, you know weve got to really be honest with ourselves about some of these partners. [inaudible] we cant continue to fund and do all these kinds of things and have some of these nations sit at the table with the United S
But nevertheless theres huge opportunities there. I will be another example where engagement by the United States and the region has been a spectacular success. And that is colombia, i dont know what they call in english actually, company plan i guess. [laughter] i think thats a. [laughter] sometimes my mind switches and i apologize. This was the plan to deal with the dramatic social turmoil in columbia with the drug cartel and the violence was significant and the Previous Administration they made a significant effort to provide Technical Support military support economic support, the president made a real commitment to open up the economy to allow people to liberate the economy so that it would be more Economic Opportunity. And it was a huge victory. We should apply that same type of approach right now. The president has not proposed a. I havent seen the details of it, for the northern tribal states and Central America which have a very similar situation perhaps even more grave. And t
Screeria nigeria. And the Senate Armed Services Committee Questions the commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan. At a house Armed Services Committee Hearing today retired general michael flynn, the former head of military intelligence, testified about the threat posed by isis. He calls for a more aggressive strategy against the militant group in iraq and syria. President obama has asked congress to pass a new authorization of military force against isis. Congressman Matt Thornberry chairs this two hour hearing. On wednesday, the president submitted to Congress Proposal for authorization to use military force against isis. Although the president ordered combat operations against isis take place in iraq, since last august and in syria since last september, only now has he sought congressional authorization required by the constitution. Despite air strikes, press accounts say isis expanded control in syria, the world has been horrified at its barbarrism. The u. S. Has a setback in yemen