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we have two, one in thailand and the other stations in bulgaria. they are the cornerstone of our international effort. they are critical to the kinds of work we do. they are there in a country regionally based. a develop relationships over time with law enforcement. you need to do that. you need to develop trust. you need to work together on these kinds of activities. they have done countless trainings. they have assisted in thailand during an extradition, the first extradition for an i.p. offense of a philippine national who was in bangkok. it brings together law enforcement from maybe 13 economies in asia to meet each other, talk about what is gging on in that country. there is no match for you can apply around that -- to keep apply to see how successful it is, but we are brought some of those folks to the u.s., and we have met with and trained and/or trained probably 10,000 foreign judges and investigators and prosecutors over the past few years. we have also had very targeted training in certain countries that we've been working the cooperative

we have one stations in bangkok, thailand, and the other in sofia, bulgaria. they are the cornerstone of our international efforts. theyyare critical to the type of words we do. they develop relationships overtime with law enforcement. you need to do that. you need to have relationships. you need to develop trust. you need to work together on these types of activities. they have done callused capacity building training said. they have assisted in extraditions. they assisted with they -- with the extradition of a filipina -- a filipino suspect. they bring together law enforcement from 13 economies in asia to kind of meet each other, talk about what is going on in their countries, see if there are opportunities for cross- border cooperation. there are no metrics you can apply to that to see how hard -- to see how far they have come. we have met with and trained probably over 10,000 foreign judges, investigators, and prosecutors over the past few years. we have also had very targeted training approaches in certain countries that we have been working cooperatively

our great allies of bulgaria has over 500 troops. these are new allies. poland has 3500 troops. in fact, 45 other countries have troops in the country. our traditional allies of the u.k., australia, we can count on, i believe, germany. and they are truly making a difference. host: since you spent time on the ground with the soldiers who are fighting, the -- an issue this country has been fighting about for the past 67 years is troop fatigue. what can you tell us about in terms of reinforcements and continue deployments? guest: rotations are extremely deport g-8 important. we should be very mindful about persons being rotated at such an level, whether it is iraq or afghanistan, that there is time back home with their families. fatigue can be with the troops, but also a threat to stable families. i, as a parent of two sons who served in iraq, i know the sacrifices and dedication of families. so, we need to be mindful of the troops and their families. host: an issue that really took front and center yesterday and captured headlines was the promised year end the war review, and on t