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Is the balance that has to be struck in any kind of legislation like this. Mr. Vitka i would think the most informative part there, for policy makers, would be the number of americans who are affected, and i do not mean the numbers who are targeted, that it would indicate a pretty broad number that would not drive down to something that would compromise surveillance operations. Bob, is that the case, or am i mistaken . Mr. Litt it is difficult for me to answer that. There are other considerations that go into the issues of exactly what we can and cannot report beyond is it a good idea to repor...

Public of the need for validity of a broad program. The concept delineating between the number of people affected or how targets are picked, versus the program itself, i think is valuable, and it gets to a question that i would like a from everybody on. There is a trust problem that now exists, for whatever series of reasons. An example of a concern that i at least have was revealed through a usa today piece that came out last month that revealed that the dea had been conducting a Metadata Collection Program ten years before 9 11. One of the concerns and maybe this is pessimism or paranoia dep...

Leaders that can govern with an inclusive agenda are going to be able to pull the country together and guide the iraqi people through this crisis. The Current Situation today in iraq remains extremely, extremely serious. Isl remains in control of mosul and it is targeting all iraqis, sunni, shia, kurds, who disagree with its twisted version of a caliphate. It joined in an unholy alliance with the baath party and some former insurgent groups like the islamic army of iraq. Going forward, the iraqis with our support must seek to split the latter groups from isl and isolate isl from the hard core ...

They have control of significant territory. They are tested in battle. They are a serious threat and while we dont assess right now that they are doing distinct homeland plotting certainly they are open about it that theyre coming for the United States. Mike strank is a defense official and a want that to faster. I want to do something about that. I thank you for that and i think you have done a good job of outlining the reason why this matters. Its not simply about iraq but about the United States. Could you briefly if i brought people in from florida or there watching. What are we doing . Wh...

The infrastructures not built, so part of what we have to do is to find ways to integrate africa. Much of that is a question of infrastructure, some of it has to do with coordinating regulatory systems between countries. Were embarking on some experiments starting in east africa to see if we can get uganda, kenya, tanzania see, you guys know all of them. [laughter] were starting to work with these countries to see can we get some blocs of effective trading taking place . Because, look, obviously theres going to be a certain market for certain goods. I mentioned flowers from kenya. The market, ...