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Are there people elsewhere who will come to the zone could you do have to ask yourself for whom would you be attracted to be in such a zone . And secondly who probably some of the folks in germany who wouldve rather stayed in their own country. If they wish to return to the part of the country for which, in which the zone is created. But again it would depend on where it was and would be contested let me ask you, barrel bombs, weve talked about this time after time. Why are we unwilling to send ...

Opportunity to take advantage of the capacity of opposition elements and syria that can in fact liberate large segments of the population in the region from dsh. We watch it closely, it requires we acknowledge the very delicate diplomatic relation that we have with turkey over this issue. Turkey, of course is attempting to defend itself from the pkk, at the same time manage the border and our relationship with the y pg. I think we worked well them. Just one last point, i would like to underline ...

I got from the former commandant. A few years ago i asked him, general, i dont have the military background. How successful can we be in training the afghans to be soldiers and policemen . And, of course, we realize there is a problem with education in that country, and i understand that. But let me read what he said very quickly. Get real in training an army and police force. Trainers are doing a wonderful job, but we dont have the time to make an army. And he closed by saying every day somebod...

Today secretary of state john kerry talked about u. S. Policy in the middle east. He focused on the israelipalestinian conflict and the syrian civil war. From the carting the endowment washington d. C. This is 45 minutes. Thank you all, very much. [applause]. Bill, thanks. Thanks so much for welcoming me to your new home. I very touched to hear the comments from bills caliber because as you know, he really was the state department premier career diplomat. Now that you have been away almost a yea...

Monk, certainly experienced his share of hard times in the military at the hands of our government. And another person who should be up here with us is Navy Chaplain wes modder, who i have the privilege and honor of representing as well. And i know that chaplain would love to be here himself to tell you his story. Unfortunately he cant do that. But what i am pleased to share with you all that chaplain modder is sitting here in the audience, right here in the first row. And chaplain modder, will ...

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Come under attack by the russians. That is clear. Secretary carter absolutely true. But they have been placed in areas which for many reasons have not been subject to aerial attacks. Secretary carter they are fighting isil. The russians are not. Even though they said they were. But the go back. Let me go back. It has shifted to train individual units to the i sil fight to providing some training to the leader and then some support. This is another aspect of approach which i would like to clarify...

Forgotten war, but it was the first talk or in the cold war, in which the United States really did go to war with communist enemies. In this case, north korea and the volunteer army in china. And because it really does impact our world today. Korea is one of our most important allies, trading partners, and so our involvement in korea was a very important moment. Vietnam is very important for its role in activism and in getting many of the younger people in the United States involved in politics,...

And know that they were working with who they identified as their afghan brothers so just im regret that so much hey, bad i can remember the first time i went to afghanistan with sheila jacksonlee. She pointed out that bad news has no feet and excuse me. What is it . Good news has no feet and bad news has wings. And wow. But the bad the good thing is that extraordinary progress has been made and i agree with the chairman, too, that success in afghanistan is to deny terrorists safe havens which p...

It would limit our ability to train, advise and assist, yes, sir. Okay. Mr. Smith. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Can you talk to us in general about the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan and the various groups that are involved there . I guess related to that is the conversation about reconciliation talks between the taliban and afghan government. First of all, what hopes do you have for that . Second of all, no matter what comes out of that, there will always be groups on both sides of t...