Any such plans that might be in the preliminary stage. Theres an important election suggesting the nsa is a very dramatic role in the drone campaign. I wonder if you can talk about that but also more broadly, keith alexander, was this prompted by the Edward Snowden scandal in terms of the terms of the presidency ended . The answer is no pity if we can confirm several weeks ago general alexander confirmed to the president in the spring of 2014. When he was extended for the third time as the director of the nsa for the fiber command in march of 2013, general alexander indicated his interest in retiring next spring. And having served as the director since 2005 and commander of u. S. Cyber command since 2010, general alexander served in extraordinary and let these agencies through critical periods of clintons transition. The president looks forward to continuing to work with general alexander until his term as complete and he thinks him and the men of the nsa for the patriotism and dedicat
The third step that the u. S. Could help with is the finalization of the provisional constitution. Which deeply ambiguous contradictory in many ways. I think the three steps can be a strong starting point. Its unrealistic to expect that. Well have a clearer picture three years from now. Thank you. Well, i mean, as we know here in the United States federalism remains extremely contentious issue even in the halt halls. In places far away especially when they dont have formal links with these local administrations or they are in very hostile relationships with them as they have been with juba land. The important point that people need to recognize is that alshabaab benefits from these types of agreements and benefits from these tensions and one of the biggest problems we have in the juba land is well juba land is somewhat or stable and it is arguably less of a safe haven for alshabaab the fact that juba land is being dominated by a single allows alshabaab to recruit from minority clans wh
Most fundamentally is the absence of understanding for fiscal 2014 what our planning levels are to work with. It impedes on the long emerging term business in somalia what title x dod resources and title ii will be available to brought to bear whether its somalia or any other country in the region. I would just add to this. We are in a critical time as we move toward these important milestones that will be critical for seizing the moment and helping somalia move forward. Its an effort that the United States is doing in Close Partnership with the International Community. There are a number of important meetings as well as that we are constrained in being able to participate in right now. Several of you mention that the particular structure amazon in some ways a model of africanlead Regional Security being successful. I would be interested in each your respective sphere. Sort of how you see the model playing out Going Forward. What are the Lessons Learned strength, weaknesses. I have rep
I just came out of the Clinton Global Initiative in new york which was really born out of my husbands insight when he left the white house. They were so many different players now in in the world you you who had a role that could contribute to solving primarily Development Problems that we needed a vehicle to get them together to make commitments to do so. I think the same is true on the Security Side as well. We are never going to deal with the problem of cybersecurity and lessers of partnership between governments and we are never going to be able to deal with a lot of the trendline problems compound whether its terrorism or poaching for Human Trafficking without having a Broader Network of invested players and leaders. So i dont know that its some kind of a new philosophy. Its more a recognition that is the way the world is evolving. If we want to stop elephant poaching and murdering and africa you have to use social media to inform patients that the elephant has to be killed in ord
Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune madam president , i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , two weeks ago, the New York Times accomplished an article on Congressional Democrats plan for the rest of the year. It boiled down to one thing campaigning. Thats right, eight months out from the election, democrats in congress have given up on legislating. Instead, theyre going to spend the next eight months focused on show votes which will and i quote from the story be timed to coincide with campaignstyle trips by president obama. End quote. While these he votes wail focus on quote pocketbook issues democrats hope will appeal to voarkts, the votes arent designed to accomplish anything. The democrats concede, the times goes on to say that making new laws is not the point. Rather, theyre trying to force republicans to vote against them, end quote, thats