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
In part, the food and medical products that American Consumers and patients use in their daily lives. Nearly 40 of finish drugs americans consume today are made elsewhere, and 80 of the active pharmaceuticals in those drugs are manufactured outside our borders. For the food supply, the numbers are equally startling. More than 85 of seafood that is eaten here comes from other countries. About 50 of our fresh food and 20 of our fresh vegetables, and these changing dynamics obviously introduce new complexities, new risks for American Consumers, as these products follow increasingly complex Global Supply chains to get to your table. And your kitchen cupboard. We can no longer rely on simple inspections at the border to track the products that are coming through. The volume has quadrupled over the last decade. We have introduced new hightech riskbased screening systems of the borders to allow us to target on the most vulnerable commodities, the ones with the highest risk. We really have to
Porch was the crimea storm one of the us military facilities on the peninsula still in ukrainian hands soldiers smashed through the front gates of the bell back their base with armored vehicles. Gunshots and explosions could be heard coming from inside to call the plaques at least one ukrainian soldier was injured earlier officials at the base said russia had given them an ultimatum to surrender. Well Russian Forces have also been seizing Ukrainian Military assets elsewhere in crimea. Earlier in the porches of us uphold it took control of ukraines only submarine. Russia says the vessel is now officially part of its black sea fleet for more now we go to our correspondent your ears shut the news on the ground in sync on a pole. You are a plenty of dramatic new developments tell us more about the milbank airbase how important is that the seventy a few. Russia said it had been generally to look for the kill apple. Only politically. If you look in the uk. Two of them all protected the multi
From the American Energy point of view, iraq matters. Youve been there many times. The Central Government collapses and the iranians enrich and the world as a whole suffers. The American People its in our National Security interest not to give these guys safe haven in syria and iraq because the next 9 11 could very well come from that region, is that an is that anover statement or is that in the area of possibility . As i have said in other settings, there are several groups the al qaeda ideology has spread as we have seen. Several of the groups are more dangerous than others. Would you put this at the top . I think at this point in time i would probably keep al qaeda on the arabian peninsula. Director of National Intelligence says he thinks the deterioration in syria now is a direct threat to the homeland. Is he right . If he said it, and if he is assessing that its there now, then i would agree with him. Does that make sense to you . It makes sense they will be a threat to the homela
Thats right. And if isis has assets from aleppo to baghdad, theyre enriched, the country that we know as iraq, financially collapses, dont you think that would affect the region and energy crisis, from the average American Point of view, iraq matters. It does, and also, you know, youve been there many times, senator. The southern part of iraq possesses a tremendous amount of o oil, so different scenarios the iranians operate the southern part of iraq. Well get hit in the wallet. But isis theyre about to attack the United States, is that correct . Although a regional threat, they do have aspirations to attack western interests. If they have a safe haven in syria or iraq, thats a bad scenario for us, is that true . That is a high risk scenario. Yeah, to our homeland being attacked by this group. Over time, not at this time, but over time. I would say that the baghdaddy, the director, the head of this group was a former gitmo a camp bucca detainny, is that correct . Correct. I know the co