there were special forces training just north of there in croatia on a c-130, about 50 guys locked and loaded weapons equipment and everything they needed to get it done and they would turn around. the mentality that we were in the company with one of my proudest moments was when the colonel came up to me and he said he had just come back from the brigade command in baghdad. they knew if things went bad blackwater guys would come with no excuses. america didn't do that night and i think we should be ashamed about that. >> more questions? yes, maam. >> hi. thank you for being here. i'm wondering if you could comment a little bit on what the difference between ctm claim strategies have been in iraq and afghanistan?

>> for those of you not in the know ct is a counterterrorism coin for counterinsurgency. the u.s. military is built and trained for the entire cold war to fight the full gap fight. for 60 years the u.s. military has squared off to fight in that fight, tanks and the tiller to to -- military maneuverable warfare and that is why they did so well willing from kuwait to bed bed. in an amazing movement amazing come back channel combat. the term that force that had become a counterinsurgency operation is really tough. the difference in special operations versus conventional is a conventional unit the artillery and the army and the armor is your key weapon systems or you just man the equipment because the equipment does the killing. in a special operations unit the

individual is the weapon system and he just equipped the man. trying to fight a counterinsurgency you have a tank, artillery a system centric operation versus a special operations capability where you can adapt that guy to fight in that environment. it's a very hard adaptation for the u.s. army to adapt to the marine corps had a better time and it echoes the old adage every rifleman matters. in the counterinsurgency department you have 300 degrees so your cook and your truck driver everyone has to know how to fight and -- defend themselves. the u.s. finally did that somewhat with the surge by getting smaller and moving among the community. it is tough. i would say almost impossible and i characterize it in afghanistan. fighting with their hands tied

as much as they are we have allowed lawyers to be political officers. the point that you can't drop a bomb for u.s. courses in combat under a lot of fire without getting a lawyer's position makes it tough for guys who want to extend themselves and get after it knowing that that little backup is very limited. dakota meyer is a marine who went back into that hot zone to go rescue his buddies. there was quite a bit of -- because the army offers as they were calling for didn't have the artillery support and there were a lot of americans killed that day. this is an example of the medal of honor winner that with great valor rescued his buddies and a lot more people die than necessary because that artillery support was not there. so, the other thing is it's important to remember in the

military that there's a lot more counterinsurgency to be done than conventional wars. the generals want to buy tanks and fighter planes and ships that sometimes it's asked to train up a guy to go and get it done. >> we have time for about one more question. by all means. thank you for your patience. >> thank you for being here and allowing me to have you. i want to ask you what you are doing now? >> i have started a company called frontier resource group and we are traditional private equity fund. we invest in energy, mining agriculture and logistics opportunities throughout africa and taking the know-how with a firm fixed budget to make it work and basic commodities.

basic minerals, oil and gas and the logistics for africa. we are very excited for africa being the breadbasket of the world. there's an enormous amount of economic development to be done there with a lot of opportunities and we are on the leading edge of turning that gap up there on the frontier. >> we will bring india to close at a program that but please ladies and just amend join me in thanking erik prince. [applause] >> thank you erik and thank you tracey for a terrific job. ladies and gentlemen if you would like to have your ducks signed or personalized i ask that you go to the side of the stage and in an orderly fashion if you would line up in this aisle here and we will get the look signed. he will come come up onstage and exit out that door so thank you very much. [inaudible conversations]

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>> the world is still overwhelmingly run by men. i'm not sure how well -- i'm not sure how well that's going. [laughter] [applause] >> lets consider economic growth war petulance disease. >> climate change. >> climate change, i forgot that one too. good luck in washington. >> what's really happening as women have made great progress. it's still true that men run every industry and every government in every country in the world. that means that when the decisions are made the most impact our world women's voices aren't equally heard and that's true in the public courtroom and trip the pta meeting and sure at the town hall. i wrote lean in to address the issue of women to talk openly about the stagnation women are facing at the top and to give you know just practical advice

to both women and men who want to do their part to change that. we are here at the national press club with jennifer mong mom garden and we are talking about redo. tell us about your book trade. >> i would say this look is a feel good book about one of the most tranquil things that has happened politically in last couple of decades. marriage is to be a reliable wedge issue and now it's pretty much a done deal and is continuing, that momentum is continuing so to have the book. i don't often have this happy of the story and it's a meditation on marriage because i'm a

feminist writer. i have thought a lot about marriage. i have thought about marriage as a married person i have a lot of issues with it. i think it has historically a lot of complexity for a lot of this for people who care about social justice but also a lot of value and that is something us tried to grapple with in the book and the american leaders if they came to terms with what it means to have this language of love and commitment extends to everyone and what that means to us as americans it's a feel good book. >> it is a composed of essays by these american leaders or how did you put it together? what is the compilation like? >> it's chronological beginning with harvey milk and its speech is but in some cases if there aren't good speeches of essays or interviews that were done recently and then sometimes just interstitial material. bill clinton for instance because there was a giant waffling going on for him he was allowed to sort of make his case about something he had written but i also analyzed as a little

bit to make it be a little bit more authentic to where he fits in the gay marriage struggle. >> did you include any editorial on essentially the speed with which things have changed? >> yes but madeline keown and my coeditor who has been the governor for vermont and this is an incredible woman politician, she did that more because she is 80 now. when she came into office it was a really big deal that's she liaise with the community. it was controversial and she was making a statement by doing that. she has a daughter happens to be a friend of mine which is a coincidence. those that there's really trying to understand how she could represent your constituents in a meaningful way and be brave in the face of a culture that hadn't changed interrelationship with her daughter and her understanding. most people understand the importance of gay marriage and they understand