John mccall, tni looking forward to the authority, came up with the idea of essentially a two battalion u. S. Force. One kind is based in kabul with the assets to ensure that mobility. And the other battalion deployed in the key provincial centers. Kandahar, sharif, herat. Kind of a company of a level plus, very able to hold their ground against any likely force. If there was a serious challenge, you had the airmobile battalion set to go in and really kick some posterior. So two battalions. We send our messages to london and washington. Four hours later i had my response which was crocker, go sit under a tree until this insanity passes from you. There is no way we are going to send two battalions into afghanistan. I just think it was a very long time before we realized what we were up against. I believe as has been exaggerated that because of iraq, afghanistan suffered. I believe that because of erratic, at least during my period as ambassador, i was to a degree successful in increasin
So you mentioned the Supreme Court case. I want to get in a minute for bend the cost curve which seems to be occurring already, but as result of obamacare, made as a result of other things. But could you give the audience here and the students a quick summary of whats at stake in the burwell case in these five words, and what you think might happen if the Supreme Court comes in and says you can have these exchange is funded the way they are funded. Thats actually for words established by the states. Those are the keywords, and the plaintiffs have put forward an argument that suggests that only states that set up their own help exchanges are entitled to subsidies for those constituents. And i would be 17 states. So in 34 states if the plaintiff prevails in this case the subsidies, which make insurance affordable for now about 8 Million People who have signed up for coverage would cease to exist. But thats just step one. The subsidies would go away. The Affordable Care act all ready has
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