Very excited to be on stage with general bleedlove. I need to do a blanket apology. I just got out of den tangherlini surgery this morning sorks if you see me drooling on this side of the face, thats why. We were talking youd like to begin. Id like for you to do that with a broad brush through of the coming nato summit thats next summer. The last one was last year and i remember covering that, covering president obama and then secretary of defense chuck hagel. The big news was all about the coalition against isis. Thats not going to be the case, i imagine, next year. Why dont you start off with your thoughts about what the key outcomes of next years summit should be and id love to hear me tell you what you think they will be. Thank you, first of all, and thank you for having me. Its good to speak to this crowd. As i looked at the diversity of those in attendance, i expect a lively question and answer period. Thats all very good. I think that in talking about warsaw, you start at wales.
In the bucket that compares to the challenge that is likely to come. Am i wrong . Is that a strategy thats the wrong way to go about it . Im not sure you would get a majority of votes in this body for it. I think the vote we had about using military force against the use of chemical weapons against civilians barely got a majority in this committee and likely will not get a majority in the senate or in the house. Still if the administration were to advocate strongly for it, there is some bipartisan support for the notion. As folks who do this work, am i looking at this wrong . Senator cain, i have long wrestled with this question through this crisis. You know, the history of safe zones and nofly zones for humanitarian purposes is fraught with cases where it didnt work well and its filled with moral hazard. And at the same time i think that as the crisis progresses and the level of killing continues that is prompting this level of crisis for us to continue to not take some action that is
Specifically targeted against isis itself. And it would be very hard to see how there would be any stretch that would fit any Legal Authority whatsoever to direct that. There are other legal arguments availability to deal with president assad. Let me make that clear. Not the least of which is the fact that if he were to join in an effort that actively engaged with isil or we had evidence of that in some way. He could be thereby aiding and abetting. Theres an extensive argument you could make. But, no not directly out of the aumf. That would not be anywhere in what is envisioned or allowed by it. With respect to the drc and exit permit, we have raised that issue. Ive talked to the president about it personally. Weve had we have an ongoing effort to try to make some progress on that and im hopeful that we will finally get some kind of success. These are those difficult internal kinds of, you know, negotiations that take place. Theyre very i think this may be tied to the prospects of the
An effort that actively engaged with isil or we had evidence of that in some way. He could be thereby aiding and abetting. Theres an extensive argument you could make. But, no not directly out of the aumf. That would not be anywhere in what is envisioned or allowed by it. With respect to the drc and exit permit, we have raised that issue. Ive talked to the president about it personally. Weve had we have an ongoing effort to try to make some progress on that and im hopeful that we will finally get some kind of success. These are those difficult internal kinds of, you know, negotiations that take place. Theyre very i think this may be tied to the prospects of the potential election that may or may not take place in the drc. Were waiting to see what happens. I will continue to push it. With respect to congressman boyle on the subject of northern ireland, we are deeply engaged still. With the president s consent i appointed former senator gary hart to be engaged in those talks. Hes been ve
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