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So we remember and we honor their service. There are real risks involved in being a diplomat. There always have been, and many of those risks are accentuated today. I know that service can mean sacrifice for families as well. Some of you serve at unaccompanied posts, which means that you are separated from your loved ones. When families deploy and spouses and children serve in their own way, we know that they dont always hear directly from the president. So i need to you transmit to them how much we appreciate the work that they do. Let them know that we know they are part of the ambassadorial team as well. More broadly, i want to thank you for your partnership in what has been a priority for us. And that is renewing american leadership. I believe that a Broader Vision of american strength that harnesses all elements of our national power, including diploma diplomacy, is what is going to make a difference in this complicated age that we live in. Thats how we build a Global Coalition to
Its very important and in the United States. Its like we are not in the practice of making distinctions between whose lives are more valuable. A christians life is very valuable, no one should be slaughtered in syria. No one should be put through assads killing machine whether these are christians, whether these are yezidis, shia. I always like pushing back on that idea, protector of minorities, because minority lives are not less valuable than those of the sunni arab majority in syria. So thanks very much again. Mike, if you could follow up, quickly, as many of you i hope have read mikes piece from last year on mosaic and mike has mike has, i believe, uniquely identified the different ways the administration has been moving in the region which are largely about iran but also syria is a major part of this. So i think mike is especially well positioned to be able to put this in a larger regional context and also in terms of u. S. Policy and different changes. So, mike, thanks very much.
It was very clear that we will not develop new Nuclear Weapons. Existingrefurbish 61, but weke the b would not provide than any new military capabilities. That remains this administrations policy. Theuld argue if you look at refurbishment program, it is fully consistent with the 2010 Nuclear Posture review. With regards to the delivery vehicles. This is the new submarine, the new bomber as well as the new ground launch missile. Heres the challenge. Most of these platforms have been operating well past their service lives. Therefore in order to maintain a secure and effective arsenal, we are going to need to modernize these platforms. We dont have a choice. Commander of Strategic Command mentioned in his speech a couple of weeks ago at the center for strategic and international studies, we have run out of time. And therefore i believe that the modernization of our delivery platforms are fully consistent with the 2010 Nuclear Posture review as well as the presence 2009 prague speech. Thr