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that. yes, ma am. that was the question? yes, ma am. one of the other things we heard about on the trip is the importance of the cooperation that had gone on in the past, on the border between the afghan pakistan troops in avoiding the border incidents, and obviously that situation seems to have deteriorated since that time. can you talk about where we are in those relationships and whether there is hope to get them back on track to restore the kind of communication that can allow us to avoid those border incidents? senator, even in our worst days in the last several months when we were unable to talk about the reopening of the ground line to kick indication, and a lot of friction and statements in the press on both sides, even in the worst days, our brigadier s and colonels and majors were meeting as we tried to coordinate better to avoid the tragedy that happened in late november. so it s actually been the one area where i can tell you we have not been humbl ....
interpreted that. he is not leaving somebody in a good position to undermine him. it turns into a lame duck immediately. president obama is mostly who these guys don t like. we re talking about relationships. senator mitch mcconnell and the president have a non existing relationship. they re from different generations and see the world differently. how might that factor into any potential outcomes? the relationship is strained and not agree with the president and speaker john boehner. it is ok but is not great. they have the same john boehner was at a press conference and someone asked a question about hearing from the white house on a certain matter and he said it would require the white house to pick up a phone. they don t do that. whether that is true or not, that is his perception. there is a distance created by the white house itself from congress. congress is about providence, perquisites, and power. when you requested, you want it respected. republicans f ....
good morning everybody. mccreary here to consider the three military nominations for command of some of the most critical and challenging conditions facing the nation that. our witnesses this morning are what is truly a joint payoff general james thurmond, u.s. army nominated to be commander united nations command, combined forces command and u.s. forces korea, vice admiral william mcgreevey u.s. navy for appointment to the greed of that model and nominated to be commander u.s. special operations commander and lieutenant general john allen, u.s. marine corps of for appointment to be commander of the nato international security assistance force and u.s. forces afghanistan. thank you for your years of great service to this nation and your willingness to serve once again. let me also extend thanks to your families. support is so essential to yours and the nation s success as is the tradition of the kennedy i would invite eac ....
fair, not fair at all to come to come down on people already hurting and leave unscathed the wealthiest people in the countr. in large profitable corporations. so what i would say today to the president of the united states, mr. president, stand tall, do not yield to the republican black male, stand with the vastb majority of the american people who believe deficit-reductionfie requires shared sacrifice, thatt everybody makes a sacrifice, not just working families or the j elderly, not just the sick, not just the poor. with that, mr. president, ind i would yield the floor and the believe note the absence of a quorum. of och to lead u.s. forces in afghanistan. at his senate confirmation hearing he discussed the president s plan to draw down 40,000 troops by next september. also at this hearing he s been nominated to head the special rations command and general james thurmond picked as the commander of u.s. forces in korea. this hearing of the senate armed services commit ....
literally shown some deterioration would you agree? that appears to be the case. do you believe we ought to have an enduring military presence for example airbase in afghanistan and everything that i know and here is president karzai is very interested in such an arrangement. we would have an enduring military relationship with the afghans. it would be negotiated and ultimately the missions and rules and functions would be determined i think remains to be determined by discussions with the afghans and certainly our own discussions and determinations. with regard to a permanent base i don t believe we need a permanent peace in afghanistan we can conduct operations over the long term from the shared based in concept. i guess to get into the semantics now, the base concept is fairly agreeable. this committee has shown serious concerns about the cost and policy of the base realignment. i hope you will work with us closely on that issue and we are going to ask for a ....