I think we need to do both and can do more in the way of securing fiscal materials and the wherewithal with Nuclear Weapons and also biological weapons around the world. And i also believe that the United States needs a safe, secure and reliable nuclear deterrent, because as much as we would like to see Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of mass destruction rid from the earth, that doesnt look like its something thats going to happen soon and its important that the american deterrent that we provide to our own country, but also to friends and allies who rely upon him is safe, secure and reliable. I think we need to do both and can do both. You wrote an article last year for Foreign Affairs and you talked about two lessons from iraq and afghanistan. First, that the pentagon was not prepared to fight a nontraditional enemy and, second, that the length of those wars was underestimated. There was little incentive to pursue acquisitions tailored to the specific fights. Can you talk about how
Our air power and other kinds of assistance inflict defeat onnist skpis then make it a lasting defeat. Thats how i would characterize what i see. Im not in the counsels of government, but thats what i infer. I appreciate that very much. When you were in my office we talked about having just returned from ukraine and also when i first walked in senator heinrich was talking about lithuania and that area. Their concern was all of our attention seemed to be in that part of the world concentrated on ukraine. Its true, we have never had i happen to be there when they had their election for the first time in 96 years they dont have a communist in their parliament in ukraine. So we have that problem at the same time as the others youre addressing. What do you think about our european strength as it is right now . Are we adequate . Are we becoming inadequate . I think that our strength in europe is our alliance with nato and the political solidarity that that represents, which is very important
Screeria nigeria. Hearing. Manhattan institute hosted a discussion about education and the future of the africanamerican community. Today the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion about driverless vehicles. Engineers, legal analysts and state Department Officials participated. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. The u. S. Department of state and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the discussion on bringing Driverless Cars from markets and introduce you to the the Deputy Assistant secretary of state for science, space and health, doctor Jonathan Margolis. As a member of the service, dr. Margolis oversees policy programs in the areas of International Science technology, International Health and body of defense and space and advanced technology and also conducted courses at the university of maryland, American University and the Foreign Service institute on these dr. Margolis began his career as antiamerican association of incident of science policy fellow and
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Va must atone for its gross mismanagement. It should find cost savings in this program and other programs in any way it can. Ultimately congress does have an obligation to ensure va has the resources it needs to complete this project and additionally, further delay and funding uncertainty will only lead to higher costs overrides. Gl. There is no easy answer and i believe the that the facilities are necessary and must be completed. Where that money comes from is another question, but i think it was said its about veterans and veterans need to be cared for and Congress Needs to find the money somewhere to continue. Should never happen again. I think va should get out of the business of building hospitals. We would agree in regard to the construction and just more broadly, in and all cost overruns of va provide high risk of no provides the highest quality care to veterans. Whether for construction or anything else. Iva supports the secretarys budget request. We also support his request fo