Certain areas, if you believe that was the right and to recommend to the president. We have heard from many officials attempting to walk that back. You were a commander saying honestly and sincerely what you would do, you would recommend what was necessary if you thought it was necessary to accomplish the mission. I wonder if you stand by that, if you believe it is necessary you will go to the president say, mr. Obama, i need Ground Troops in certain roles to succeed here . If youre asking me if i would provide my best military advice at all times, the answer is absolutely. If youre suggesting that i might at some point recommend that we need a large ground force to counter isil, the answer to that is also absolutely. It does not have to be americans. Ideally, for the kinds of issues we are confronting there, the ideal for some of the only truly effective force that we would be able to reject isil from within its own population, is a force comprised of iraqis and kurds and moderate syrian opposition. At some point, if we have to advise them more closely than currently we are, of course, i would recommend it, but we have not reached that point. Im not talking about a large presence, but talking about for instance helping in targeting airstrikes or Forward Deployed advisors. Are those specific missions you might ask the president for . I just stand by the statement. I will make a recommendation the president gave me a mission, destroyed isil, and i will recommend to him what it takes to destroy isil. Every meeting i have been in with the president of the United States and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff over the last year and a half, the president has made very clear as i have made it clear, as secretary of defense, he expects the president of the United States, the absolute most direct and honest military advice that general dempsey and other military uniform leaders can be given, and he wanted and he must rely on it. He says he relies on it. A couple questions. What are the resource implications along a Persistent Campaign . Can you realistically conducted within the confines of your current budgeting plans, specifically, you have a 15 billion request for fiscal funny fiscal 2015. Can you accommodate this contained within those levels of spending . As you know, we are generally spending roughly, since this effort started, 7 million to 10 million a day. That is being funded out of oco, overseas contingency operations, and we are going to require additional funding from congress as we go forward. As you know, the continuing resolution isnt due is due on december 11. Were working now with the appropriate committees on how we go forward with authorizations and funding. Could i add . When we submitted the budget last year and it went to the white house for approval and it was approved and sent over to congress, the joint chiefs all said we could come push the nations security needs with that budget with certain assumptions. One was the number of commitments ought to come down, and secondly that we would get some flexibility in the budget to change a, compensation, health care, determined, weapon systems, and infrastructure. Committments have gone up. The things we were looking for in terms of flexibility have only very minimally been delivered. If youre asking me if i assess right now, as you go to the fall review, that we will have budget problems, yes. Theres going to be traffic from 26,000 troops to 9800 yesterday. That is going to come down. Cannot you just move the savings from that into the isil campaign . Youre talking about oco. Oco is gasoline. The baseline budget is what it separate that when we are talking about budget. And we will be. Has the pentagon done and analysis on how long we are doing that right now. We would have to project out, as we are, what the chairmans point was about baseline budgets. That is the critical part of this. So, yes we are doing that now. I just got asked minutes ago, how long will it take to recapture mosul . I say great question. If you do not mind, i will answer it with a cushion. How long will it take the new government of iraq to convince the sunni, shia, and kurds that the future rests with them, not along sectarian lines . This is a campaign that strains the activity together, and one is the government of iraq that can draw the people back to them so that isil can no longer swim freely within their ranks. Chairman dempsey, do you believe it will in fact take some Ground Troops inside syria to destroy isis . And if they are not americans, do you have enough faith in training 5000 Free Syrian Army troops, the nonaggressive militants, to achieve that goal, to destroy isis . I never heard the phrase nonaggressive militants, but i suppose let me see if i can answer the question. Air power alone there is no military solution to isil. Militaryonly solution, ok . There is no air power alone solution to isil, either in iraq or syria. The answer is, yes, there has to be a ground component to the campaign against isil in syria, and we believe that the path to develop that is the syrian moderate opposition. 5000 has never been the end state. We have that estimate anywhere from 12,000 to 15,000 is what we believe to recapture lost territory in eastern syria. Im confident we can establish their training if we do it right we have to do it right, not fast. You have to have military leaders that bind them together. They have to be to have a political structure into which they can do, and that will take some time. Mr. Secretary, you said earlier this week that the u. S. Would defend militarily the Free Syrian Army. What does that mean . Are you talking about possibly engaging Syrian Forces are forces militarily . The questions goes to those who we would be training. If they were attacked, if we would help them, i said yes. Why was the decision made to send the headquarters element of the First Infantry Division to iraq . What will they be doing there . Will they be leading joint Operation Centers . First of all, i can help you with that one. The generals son is with the first division. You recall the president , when he announced to the nation what his strategy was and what he was instructing the Defense Department to do, he mentioned that there would be an increase of 475 personnel. So the command and control function of that will come out of the first division. As other personnel will be assigned as well from other components. Coherent,sa banding organization that understands how to integrate these multiple activities and manage the activities of the coalition. The group that went in there and focused on making the initial security contacts. This is an organization that actually has the bandwidth and the skill sets to manage a campaign. I wanted to follow up with a question. Can you give us an update on the training of iraqi forces . And what are the risks to u. S. Forces doing the training . Update, as i mentioned previously, of the 20 or so the brigades, we are beginning to do two things good working with the Iraqi Military leaders to ensure that what occurs on the ground is their campaign, not our campaign. We wanted to be there campaign. Our campaign where we dragged them along for legitimacy. I can assure you that some of the activities all of the activities in and around baghdad have been iraq military leaders establishing priorities and objectives enabled by us. We are making progress. We have to have a larger, longer campaign that actually recaptures lost territory. What risks . By the women, the men and women in uniform understand how to manage risks. They have been trained and equipped for the last 12 years. Zero, never have risks at but i can assure you that these young men and women will mitigate and reduce it to the greatest extent possible. Believelieve do you you have avoided civilian or casualties . Do you have any reason to believe the reports that Senior Leaders of isis have been killed . Received no reports of Collateral Damage up to this point in the campaign. Some latency in reporting on the ground and eric campaign. We are marked for. On the ground or in an air campaign. We are alert for it. Monitor various intelligence, scan social media, normally the first place you would find out, but it is too soon to tell. Who is the head of the free syrian opposition, the moderate rebels your training . , do you needsey spotters on the ground to be more precise . Is that what is stopping you from helping along the Turkish Border now . Are in the all, we process of setting up the venting system for those that we will begin training, moderate opposition syrian fighters. We are vetting and continue to partners,are Regional State department, intelligence departments, as they will build their coalitions with our help. We will not instruct them as to who their leaders are. They will make their own decisions on who their leaders are. Theifer, the weather question about whether we need spotters to help in syria and whether that is a limiting factor in what is going on with , the answer iss no. The issue of the requirement for forward controllers on the ground really manifests itself when forces join. That is when it becomes berry complicated and difficult to full motion video feed from a predator. These forces are separate. That is not a limiting factor. I would also like to remind you that you cannot see everything. I know somebody has an iphone out there taking a picture of that weit does not mean are nearby. Not be looking at the Syrian Border right now. Thank you. Next, some of the speeches from fridays session of the values voter summit being held in washington d. C. Then a debate between the candidates running for oregon governor. And live at 7 00 a. M. Your calls and comments on washington journal. 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Find our Television Schedule at let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. 2026263400. Email us. Or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. The Family Research council valuesing its 9th annual voter summit in washington d. C. This session includes several militarymbers of the who were critical of president obamas Foreign Policy. Senator ted cruz and senator rand paul of kentucky also spoke. On kive values and the constitution. This is just over two hours. [applause] good morning to great to be here with you. It will be a great day. I am excited to be here with you all. Council, thank the , allperkins, frc action great, wonderful lawyers for the conservative cause. I appreciate all they do for here in washington and getting the word out across the land and some a different ways to make a difference. Upas looking at the line this morning. It is a little intimidating. Ted cruz. [applause] rand paul. Michele bachmann. [applause] oliver north. I kind of feel like on the warmup act at A Tim Hawkins show. That are yet, i know what it feels like to be a chaperone. What a great family. Josh is such a good friend. Their family. What a great testimony they have in the work they are doing. We are here to gather because we want to provide an important voice in washington for american values. I am from the great state of indiana. Christian. L, i am a [applause] i am a husband. Father. Im a conservative and republican. Before i entered in two politics, i was a farmer. I grew up on a farm in north indiana. I learned many lessons in life from my grandfather and my father. Working on a family farm is artwork. I enjoyed it. Working on a family farm is hard work. God knew that i would need those lessons when he sent me to congress. [applause] [laughter] i have to brag about indiana. Good things are happening there. Our economy is growing. We were listed by george mason the freest state in the nation. It does not heard that we live next to illinois. In illinois the politicians philosophy is by different. Just like obama, they love the government. Theirrrange with executors to varied than in chicago because they still want to be politically active after they die. [laughter] our values are under threat today. Recently, it is only becoming much worse. Big government progresses are ingerested and marginaliz critics. They believe the solutions are in the federal government. We believe that the American People have the answers. There are three institutions i believe in. Church, thethe government. Each one of these institutions play a bury significant role. If they are out of balance, things can go wrong. The family has to be strong. We have to have fathers in the home. Divorce rates need to be lowered. Support. He love and the church as a Critical Role in our communities. They need to have Community Awareness and involvement. Supporting the family, building character in young people. Two are fulfilling their appropriate roles, the government will then fulfill its appropriate role. National defense, have a structure. When i think about what makes america great, we can think of a lot of things, our history, culture, hard work, entrepreneurship, all these qualities make us unique to the rest of the world. Sadly, there is a new formula in washington, d. C. About how to start a Small Business. And you heard about this . Will take your hardearned money, start a large business, and then wait one year. [laughter] after one year, you will have a Small Business. America has never been a mindless mastery we have always celebrateduntry that and encouraged the power of each individual to dream, work, live his life and these. When it makes it easier for them to lose their individual dignity to convince them to train traded dignity for independence, it is the height of disrespect. Many forget quickly that the United States government would not exist without the people. It is quickly becoming a government above the people, without the people, and against the people. The proof of that, look no nsa, epa, and irs. The nsa, about the vehicle. Epa, without the people. Irs, against the people. We would be better off if they were all mia. [laughter] it is time we cut the federal Government Back down to size. In spite of everything, i still believe in america. About american greatness, i dont think about inside the beltway. I think about the American People. Since our founding, we have grown from 13 colonies to a country that now stands as the worlds number one superpower. We are that superpower because our government and people have had the freedom to create, explore, innovate, and invent. We must protect this individual freedom and make sure that the government does not squeeze anyones ability to grow, 60, or live the American Dream. Important that the first three words of the constitution are a reminder to every politician. It is not we the government, but it is we the people. We all come from different places and have different stories. I believe in the American Dream is what unites everyone of us. This is my vision for a Strong America. I believe that a Strong America is a place where religious and no is embraced longer threatened by overreaching federal health care mandates. Ee a Strong America [applause] america as a land where families decide where their children attend school. Whether it is a choice between public schools, private schools, or the protection of homeschool. Education is vertical to a free society. The federal government that overtakes families and individual states responsibility is out of line. A Strong America is a place where people dont need to depend on the federal government, because opportunities exist for all who work and embrace personal responsibility. I believe in america that stand shoulder to shoulder against tyranny with our friends and allies around the world, and never abandons gods people in israel. [applause] i also firmly believe that a Strong America is one that protects the lives of the born and the unborn. [applause] i want to share with you a story. There was a young lady who was 17 years old she all of a sudden found herself in an unexpected pregnancy. She was actually the daughter of a pastor, large family, variable , and foundmmunity her self in a difficult situation. She did not know what to do. She did not know who to talk to. She did not know where to go. Family andhat, her home, where she and 10 children lived, birds of the ground. She lost everything. Burnt to the ground. Getknew that if she could the kalamazoo, michigan, there was an Abortion Clinic there. If she could just find a ride, get to theto Abortion Clinic she could take of this problem. Sobbing, crying.