So, ladies and gentlemen, and congressman, thank you very much for that conversation. Heres how were going to proceed for the remainder of our our. We will engage in a short and brief conversation up here. Ive a couple of questions im going to pick up on based on your comments this morning and then we will open the microphone for questions from the floor. So be thinking about the questions that you want to ask and when the time comes well ask you to raise your hand and do our usual procedure of wait for the microphone and identify your identify yourself. Let me start out with a couple thoughts of your very useful description of both while youre doing what youre doing and what you hope to do. Theres a lot on worth the effort peace if you will. I think he made the case very strongly for why its important or critical. Its a little harder though to talk about the possibilities, not necessary the possibilities of undertaking the effort of the possibilities of achieving results. How are you
Question for jonathan. Can you talk about sharing with countries of the region to reduce tension can you give what the incentive would be and theater what do you think would be the new approach or the balance look like in the new year and obviously there is a criticism about too much emphasis, and the book you wrote about is very optimistic about the rebalancing strategy received, that after your competing organizations, 37 if i remember correctly, said it is up so very different. And to look to them to be concluded as somewhat expected especially in the congress. What is your thoughts . I think it is fair to say that in retrospect in the early years of the rebalancing policy, it was significantly over sold by some of the proponents that advocated it. That said, the essence, i think as jeff and i tried to argue in our paper makes sense. It makes sense because it is a framework Political Economic and security that the United States would wish to operate in this most dynamic region. The
By suggesting one. Chairman carper, youre recognized. Mr. Chairman, to you, our friend, Ranking Member cummings, to our colleagues with whom dr. Coburn and i have worked including the fellow from utah, most recently on really surplus property, access properties, wasted properties. I have a prepared statement im going to ask if we could be included in the record. Without objection. Both of your statements will be required we are not running a clock on you. This isnt the senate. Bear that in mind. [laughter] i like to think, first of all thank you for this thing. Thank you for giving us a chance to participate. Last year when we were new in our positions as Ranking Member and chair of the Homeland Security Government Affairs committee we invited both you and represented coming to come and bleed off are hearing on reform. Im courage to report today i think dr. Coburn and i have been working on bipartisan legislation. I think we are close to hammering out the final details. Report on the b
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