I think we are handicapped in the way we proceed. And thats because the people that are selected to do the work, i know many people in town and in academia who could have been that additions to the negotiating team over the years and who were never asked and instead, we have people who were working on the Obama Administrations last effort and at the end of it, two of them gave an interview to a paper and said after the failure of the negotiations said we did not realize that the Israeli Government issuing new tenders for the new Housing Construction in the west bank would subvert the Peace Process or it was intended to subvert the Peace Process and we didnt realize the settlements involved the palestinian land. Wow most american undergraduates to study the subject note that the two very important people running the program for the Obama Administration said they didnt understand that. I dont know if thats what you call ignorance or willful ignorance im not sure which it is. [laughter] s
That polar approach. And so weve learned the absolute necessity of a close relationship with canada, we learned that was in our National Interest. That relationship we have with canada has enabled us to truly be able to provide Aerospace Control and maritime morning. That relationship is critical to the security of the United States and canada. Both our countries have benefit from the against existential threats. That relationship we have with canada is a model that is worthy of emulating. But in Aerial Threat over the poles is not the only threat that north america faces are the Security Landscape is evolving, and north america faces a threat from the south. Now, our threat from the south is not presently an existential threat but it is a Security Threat nonetheless. And this threat, that is transnational in nature, exploits seems between countries. Its an organized threat. It is a networked threat. It is agile, its adaptive and it can reach the point where it actually destabilizes re
As president , but warning against taking them out on an arbitrary time line next year. The president announcing today that he would keep nearly 10,000 troops in the region until october 2016 and then cut back to 5,500 in early 2017. In a statement the majority leader said the decision to reduce troop numbers should be left to the next president. You can read more here at the washington examiner. Weve heard from the chair of the Armed Services committee, who released a statement saying given the troubling conditions on the ground in afghanistan and the other Security Problems in the region keeping 9,800 troops through at least 2016 is necessary for our security interests. You can also hear the president s announcement for yourself in its entirety and well have it at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time over on cspan. Known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our cspan cities tour joined by Time Warner Cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo wrarks new york, on become tv
And that relationship that we have with canada has enabled us to truly be able to provide Aerospace Control and maritime warning. That relationship is critical to the security of the United States and canada. Both our countries benefit from that against existential threats. That relationship that we have with canada is a model that is worthy of emulating. But a an Aerial Threat over the poles is not the only threat that north america faces. The Security Landscape is evolving. And north america faces a threat from the south. Now our threat from the south is not presently an existential threat but it is a Security Threat nonetheless and this threat that is transnational in nature exploits seams between countries. Its an organized threat. It is a networked threat. It is agile. Its adaptive and it can reach the point to where it actually destabilizes regions and it can also challenge sovereignty. So we broadly describe that threat as transnational organized crime. Now this threat enters th
And from a safety or a human rights perspective, the migration of unaccompanied children. So supporting mexicos southern border strategy is in our National Interest in the United States. Because the threats that mexico sees on their southern border, if not checked, we see then on our southwest border. So were working with mexico to provide a cooperative plan that supports the implementation of their strategy. And in the near term were focusing on providing them with some needed capabilities like biometrics or Tactical Communications and in the long term were working on helping build sustainable capacities that will improve what were terming as regional interoperability, enhancing equipment commonality between our forces so we can Work Together. Theres a leadership role that mexico can play in the region to address this kind of a threat and that is something that we are seeking to foster. And what we consider to be a very historical event, weve had the leaders in the staffs from the tri