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Security issues . What are the things that we have to be concerned with as a nation and what is the armys role in those National Security issues . So i hope we will have a good discussion on that today. We face many challenges today, whether it be budgets and balancing our budget, reducing that debt and what is the right level of funding for our military . We face social problems which was mentioned, such as assault and harassment. We are working on the issues of suicide, the issues of taking care of our soldiers who have been wounded both with physical injuries and those that are nonvisible i...

Bank of south sudan, picking up the pieces economically when this is all done will be much, much harder if we pull that support out now. So i do think that its important and imperative that Development Assistance continue. That the modalities be examined. That the strategies be updated as the situation changes. But that we keep the commitment to the people of south sudan and not harm them further. And one last point. The building leverage is critical. Thats what weve got to be looking for all the time. The aid doesnt i agree. The aid doesnt make a big difference to these guys. But it does make...

Poverty in china, in indonesia, in india, yes is the answer to that. I remember doing a piece with my colleague linda lim from the university of michigan on wages in Southeast Asia and socalled race to the bottom hypophysis. Empirically we are in exactly 180 degrees different world. It is not race to the bottom in wages at all in china, very similar, phenomenon. I think it is a fair question, i dont want to overstate the point. I dont believe that economic integration is a panacea and it doesnt always work. The term i use was a mitigated ranted clearly is. In particular as i look at the middle...

Congressional, but generally, you know, voters dont have a ton of familiarity with the people on that ballot. So i think for the voters it was actually a pretty typical election. There and you remind me what the other questions were . So the others were would you expect a similar effect in a higher visibility race, and would you expect the parties really to start weighing in this more often in primaries, primaries and higher level races such as for congress . So they, these endorsements were for congress as well. So we actually have a pretty broad distribution state assembly, state senate and ...

Improvement in 2013 in relations between china and south korea, i think really has taken a lot of broader risk out of the north korea crisis. The north korea crisis would clearly be a big challenge for south korea, but i think the fear always was that the Korean Peninsula could really be a focal point for a broader International Crisis. And i think thats really gone way, way down. Jack wilson. Hi, jack goldstone, George Mason University and brookings. Want to pick on something that david said. 2013 had a lot of crises, but nonetheless we saw quite a lot of resilience. Despite the fact that deb...