it is necessary to de-escalate. and a defense conference in singapore last, week defensive quarter lloyd austin only shook hands with the chinese counterpart, who refused a formal meeting. billy hasn t spoken to his counterpart in nearly eight months. i ve not had an opportunity to talk to my counterpart, talk to my previous counterpart, we have sent out, messages they have sent messages back, and for their icing we need commissions going back and forth but we would like to have an opportunity to talk, and i think they would like to have an opportunity to talk. back in washington, milley says he spoke with senator over a one-man blockade of 200 general officers, a number that could triple by the end of summer and affect military readiness. it is a large and then you figure that each one has to replace somebody, all somebody s gunther blaze that multiplied by three. so you are really looking at potentially somewhere between 1000 to 2000 officers who are impacted, mostly no