I think at that point, pakistan will accept that they have given up the notion that the taliban. Re going to take over i think pakistan now feels that afghanistan threatens pakistan. I will say that pakistan would lower its objective and except some kind about, as long as there is some type of taliban and role. Be toitical thing will have an empowered, fairly elected government supported by the supported Afghan People that can rectify the society. That is critical to discussing the things they talk about. I appreciate hearing the words thank you because that is something president karzai never seems to be able to say. With reference to your own view, what would you want the united to help you achieve the type of elections that the Afghan People will have faith and . I will endorse what he said about the elections, but to add on that, one of the critical things is the type of messages that both the afghan Political Leadership and the public receives starting with raising the bar higher
On off grid and opportunity for. S. Companies. How is power africa leverage dging its resources to protect african workers to have cent work conditions and safety on the job . At this point were not looking at taking equity in the prompts themselves but im not going to rule that out in the future if the right opportunity present themselves especially for the smaller off grid and mike grid activities. But were learning some of the risk is the up Front Development financing. Were trying to listen to the private sector and find out what are the constraints. Were using the existing tools in our tool box and developing new tools. I cant tell you what tools we may have a year from now and consult with congress if we can make the case and their support for it to see if Congress Gives us the authority to do that. In terms of protecting african workers were doing Due Diligence on every partner we work with or developing Due Diligence protocols. These are still in development. Were still sorting
House strategy and the white house role in the alliance with your. President obama and our allies faced difficult choices in dealing with a leader of the second most powerful nation on earth. He is a leader who appears intent on achieving full control of crimea and may well be expanding his ambitions to include all of ukraine. If that is the case then nothing stands between Vladimir Putin and the realization of his objectives in ukraine. Western leaders look either adequately prepared or unified to confront the geopolitical challenge that the latter putin has faced before them in the world through the white house released this picture of president obama yesterday. Make of it what you will of our leisurely attire present with phone to hear in a lavish setting. It seems hardly to project hi there energy or engagement without allies intent are restoring the ukraines control crimea or for that matter preserving what is left to the ukrainian sovereignty. We will take all of this up with adm
The taliban shows little sign of being released or able to negotiate or respect our constitutional order. Our womens rights for democracy. They have actually become more extreme in their deliberate attacks against civilian population. I know held rules they are. I lived through their rule. If we focus on political transgression which a new government, a fresh mandate backed by bilateral Security Agreements we can create incentives for the taliban and pakistan. For them to rethink their strategy and to one that is more inclusive. Our security, mr. Chairman. The newfound strength and courage of our Security Forces has been demonstrated by the speed with which they have closed down recent affects the mesh attacks on our capital with minimal loss of life but we still face challenges. Our forces are already missing the coalition enablers support. Senator corker spoke about that. Where the force is not in place, people want to serve in the air force, takes more time. Technical knowledge, mil
I dont know if you heard in the closing you and i like to go out and do things outside. People watch tv for hours, they binge watch. They have everything delivered at home all the time and now theyre being asked to do just that and theyre freaking out. Its hard to just sit on the couch, though. Im a recluse. I can sit on the couch a while. I do like to get out, but im a recluse. So all those things they were saying about social distancing, i was like i kind of do that all the time. You know, i dont have to leave my house. We can do this. Its not that big a deal. And if we do it for a few weeks it can change this situation. It can. And you know, something that i thought about today as i was listening to the president finally saying its not done. And i was talking to one of my friends whos a die hard trump supporter who finally admitted that people may have made a different mental calculation and even he would have made a different mental calculation had he not heard it was a hoax, that