Not just casualties, they were dead as a result of the civil war. And then sunday morning at 10 00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1988 campaign of democratic candidate gary hart. We begin with a former colorado senator announcing his candidacy in denver and then facing questions about an alleged marital affair what w a woman. And then his plan to reduce from the white house. And the life of civil rights activi activist huerta. And they would beg the union to send anyone but her to negotiate contracts. However she was at the forefront of that effort for a reason and her name above which is interesting, because among in of the participants of the Farm Workers Movement, when you interview them and hear about them, they talk about her. And at 8 00 on the presidency. He just kind of tensed up and said those doson of a those partners, did they ever invite me to play golf at their fancy country clubs or did any of them invite me to their clubs and he goes on and on. And his lip was qu
Untouched by our counterterrorism effort. So in the future just recognize that in order to restore deterrence, were going to have to show capability, capacity, and resolve. Recognize this is an International Arms control agreement and not a very good one although there are some advantages, recognize the advantages as well. But its not a Friendship Treaty, and some people have tried to make it into a Friendship Treaty say its worthless. As a Friendship Treaty it would be worthless but its an arms control agreement that fell short of a lot of hopes but its not completely without some merit. We have allies out there. We have allies who want to rally to our side. I dont forget sitting with the king of jordan one day. We were working on his syrian refugee problem and i have seen refugees all around the world from the Southeast Asia to africa to the dalmatian coast. I have never seen i have been up in the refugee camps. I have never seen refugees as traumatized as those coming out of syria.
Most of them are not. And the harsh reality is to get them to move, actually to take isis on they will have to be convinced that there is reckoning for a longterm political inclusion in this new government. It is a major issue for us. The province will be largely sunni tribes with some iraqi army assisting to retake that river valley. Peshmerga will not participate. Sunni tribes will also be needed to participate in a counteroffensive to retake mosul. While they will not be the main force, theyll need to be a supporting force because of the tribes that are up in that region. So yes, its key, and i think weve known that from the outset. So in effect, the politics will drive the military operations. Without effective political reconciliation or signals from baghdad, our military efforts, as strenuous as we may mount are not wont be particularly successful. Yeah, i just it would be hard to visualize a scenario with a successful counteroffensive to retake the territory thats been lost with
Al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula uses the horrible security situation in ye united eights and ourmen. A country the president cited as a counterterrorism success story, to carry out attacks throughout the world. In the asian pacific, china is using historic Economic Growth to build middle military power. It is bullying its neighbors and testing internationalin laws that are essential to the United States. Our Partners International security and prosperity in that region. While each of these threats and challenges are unique, there is a consistent and concerning cap gap between security and the strategies visit ministration is pursuing. With defense sequestration set to return next year and threats growing, there is an increasing gap between military capabilities and the capabilities we will need to address these threats. The key question for this panel and for all of us remains, what is the best path forward to address these National Security challenges . Few in our country have as mu
Credible specific dental policies. They would turn this great nation into the position of quality leadership it has earned and kept for many years. A thoughtful, focused and collaborative strategy, formulation process to agree on the few High Priority National security goals and objectives should set us on a there course. Agreeat the International Level active engagement, underpinned with a strong forward resins by u. S. Military forces whose credible capabilities are our best deterrent to Credible Threats worldwide. Thank you very much and i am pleased to address western questions. I want to thank each of the members of this panel and i would like to start with general keane, a question to you about the fight we faced against radical islam, you said that you believe our policy has failed that essentially al qaeda has grown four fold in the last five years. Can you help us understand what you think would be the strongest strategy in terms of defeating radical islam and can you speak to