and i think you eventually became the acting commander of centcom under the counterinsurgency policy. and my understanding is we employ that kind of strategy so that we can come to the diplomatic and political solutions that she was just talking about. the idea is that we have some space to maneuver so the parties can come together and we can come to a governing solution that is reasonable for all involved. can you share with us your time there? why was it successful? why with was the counterinsurgency strategy in iraq successful? >> well, you know, i think the counterinsurgency strategy is effective when the lines of effort that the sector outlined at the beginning are applied, not just a military instrument. and as you know in those years when there was not much else going on in the world actually we invested enormous resources into the effort. i don't think you're suggesting i guess i should probably ask if you're suggesting whether we should make that kind of commitment again. rather, it seems to me that we're trying to accomplish the objectives of the counterinsurgency, but adap

. >> it does seem implausible but i'm surprised by centcom puts out a useful press release about exactly what they did the previous night. this is how you track it. >> we have got syria and iraqi researchers poring over iraqi syrian social media and trying to get to we are putting the low base numbers at 300. >> who is we? >> it is to i think it's as broader question of we are seeing a lot of the air only conflicts. no the troops on the ground and we are being told that the doesn't kill civilians and it may be the way forward for worker. it just needs to be significantly more scrutiny. >> other questions? >> of i'm sure chris will be more than happy to sign books so if you want to thank him. [applause] >> thank you. >> now is my pleasure to introduce our author to the session. mali manning will be discussing her new book "when books went to war" the stories that helped us win world war ii. molly manning grew up in latin america which is north of -- he graduated five k. -- phi beta kappa where she earned a master's degree in american history. a graduate of the benjamin cardozo school of l

operations for united states central command providing oversight to all military operations throughout the centcom area of responsibility including iraq and afghanistan. he came to me and informed me that there would be an angel flight early the following morning for a fallen special forces soldier who have been killed in action. the general invited me to the ramp ceremony where the us military would load the casket off on american here on a plane to repatriate his remains back to america. when my eyes saw and heartfelt that day has always stayed with me. i watched hundreds of american servicemen and women from all branches, most including myself never knew the soldier personally but gathered in formation in his honor to pay their respects and offer a farewell salute to a brave fellow american soldier. the mood was somber. the casket draped with an american flag was carried by eight members of his unit moving slowly and solemnly onto the plane. indeed, a sight to behold. members of his unit who the day before finding by his side places casket on the bed of a a c-17, kneel down around it and offere

you were the deputy commander of centcom when we employed counterinsurgency in iraq.hink you eventually became the acting commander of centcom under the counterinsurgency policy. we employ that kind of strategy so that we can come to the diplomatic and political solutions that she was just talking about. the idea is we have some space to maneuver so parties can come together and we can come to a governing solution that's reasonable for all involved. can you share with us your time there? why was it successful? why was the counterinsurgency strategy in iraq successful? >> well you know i think that the counterinsergeant enceurgency is effective when the lines outlined in the beginning are applied. not just a military. we invested enormous resources into that effort. i don't think you are suggesting -- i guess i should ask if you are suggesting whether we should make that kind of commitment again. rather it seems to me we're trying accomplish the objectives of a counterinsurgency but adapting bqçcp( on what we've learned to ensure most of that lifting is done by regiona

>> well if you look at the reports that came out of centcom, 14 to 25 missions dropping ordinance inabout a therpd ofird of the cases. doing almost nothing by air anymore. compare that to the gulf war flying 800 to 1,000 sorties a day. barely enough troop there's to provide support for that air campaign. we're not arming the kurds. we're not helping the jordanians. heck the egyptians would like to enter into the fray and help more and we're not eving providing them the aircraft and other types of materials we promised under existing treaties. it's not like we're doing a heck of a lot to help those who want to fight and we aren't doing much of ourselves to bring the phoo it to isis. we have a lot to do if we decide to get serious about this war. >> let's talk about presidential politics if you would. i know you say you're not higher in the polls now because you've been out earning aive willing the last three years instead of being on tv all the time and you note in january 2012 you were at only 4% in national polls went on to win the iowa caulkcuses. analysis, you were doing fine in t

you were the deputy commander of centcom, when we employed counterinsurgency in iraq. i think you eventually became the acting commander of centcom under the counterinsurgency policy. my understanding is we employ that kind of strategy so that we can come to the diplomatic and political solutions that she was just talking about. the idea is we have some space to maneuver so parties can come together and we can come to a governing solution that's reasonable for all involved. can you share with us your time there? why was it successful? why was the counterinsurgency strategy in iraq successful? general dempsey: well, you know, i think that the counterinsurgent strategy is effective when the lines of effort the secretary outlined in the beginning are applied. not just a military instrument. in those years when there was not much else going on in the world, we invested enormous resources into that effort. i don't think you are suggesting -- i guess i should ask if you are suggesting whether we should make that kind of commitment again. rather, it seems to me, we're trying

house i've got a call from the ambassador to set up with the itc you anytime you can see me and i centcom over now. he arrived 8:30 p.m.. he told me is really needed an emergency resupply of interceptors for the iron donuts system and the attache read through the substance of what they needed and why they needed it immediately. the very next day, friday morning i went to the oval office for the president responded with three words. get it done. [applause] by tuesday, just a few short-- later we had an additional 225 million of funding from the u.s. congress to do just that. the united states and israel may not always see eye-to-eye and we have our differences but the bedrock security relationship is a pressing and i am here to tell you it is stronger than ever. [applause] i can tell you another thing this morning at the very top of the line as we sit at the negotiating table with i rand united states and israel share a conviction and that iran must not under any circumstances be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. [applause] when it comes to the core strategic goal there is not 1 inch of

and richard was fascinated because he spent time in the foreign service during the war a unit he centcom to one of our defense and i did and i met a woman who was an advocate and was very inspiring individual. that is how i got interested i did not join the board until son years later but unfortunately event died in a horrible accident in close ago as her truck went off a cliff and she is reuniting families with refugees on a mission from refugees international. i was heartbroken because i love this woman. she inspired me to get involved and i am glad that i did. >> this is for either/or both but is the ultimate solution with rohingya to keep pressure on the myanmar government? is that the party that is in the best position to end this crisis? it'd be the focus? >> yes. for many reasons nobody knows exactly the number but hundreds of thousands of rohingya and bangladesh are not recognized they live on the border in miserable conditions and the government is not one international aid to help them so nobody wins them but with me in more or burma for centuries they all have different histor

experienced military leaders in a letter this month 30 retired including the marine corps, the commander of centcom, the commander in chief among others wrote the following and i quote this amendment not only solidifies the other forms of cruel or degrading treatment it also ensures insures interrogation methods used by all u.s. personnel are professional and reflected the government's best practices and we not only ensure that they are humane and lawful but also that they produce reliable intelligence on which we depend against the current terrorist threat. i ask unanimous consent for the letter for those individuals dated june 9 the 2,015th to be included in the record. >> the letter from the retired armed military officers including the former commander-in-chief of the marine corps to also be included in the record. >> without objection. >> in a letter this month the national association of evangelicals wrote the following in support of this amendment. while it's currently prohibited across all government agencies by executive order, this fundamental principle must be enshrined to ensure no futu

to that day for me which was a harbinger of issues to come that the second part of my instructions centcom by the way he shall also seek out the ambassador to united nations and iraq sunday october 6, 2001. urgently and basically be to him the following talking points and they were very tough. i am paraphrasing but if you in iraq even think about taking advantage of this situation that is created by our preoccupation with afghanistan and there will be hell to pay. but it was almost threatening in its language. this is 2001 it in retrospect even though i was involved to negotiate a resolution 1441 in the fall of 2002 that led to the reinstatement of the regime in iraq, it was clear the administration had iraq on its mind right from the beginning it if you read his bush -- his book called voluntary points he explains those operations as early as december 2001 with 12 subsequent meetings or telephone conversations through summer of 2002. i was not nearly as conscious of this when i was working on negotiating this inspection resolution i thought we had more time to allow for the inspection reg

but that centcom since the great recession with monetary policy and for that military policy the necessarily because of that it is much more reliable and effective fran the distribution of outcomes to have the consequences with a history of the federal reserve actions that should affect a strong way and that will have regressive implications of what happened i think the fed policy has been strongly progressive and i a matter of time. thank hero. [applause] >> thank you for inviting me today. first i will congratulate josh john an interesting paper on behalf of quantitative easing and lsap in particular. he took us through a lot of the theory and empirical evidence that presents to the interesting counterfactual what would have happened with the fiscal policy and had the fed does nothing? refine that helpful for anyone to read but to expand on the overall contention but those that have worsened but no one is disputing the fact we have seen increases of that inequality is the united states not only since 2007 but the long-term trend tenuity economist of the aggregate consumption is 70% of gdp

this month, 30 retired in putting in putting it and the marine corps and centcom and the commander in the u.s. army europe among others the following and i quote this amendment only solidifies the stand of cool and inhumane degrading treatment. the interrogation methods used by all u.s. personnel are professional and reflects the government's best practices. in that way we not only ensure that the interrogations are humane and lawful and that they produce reliable intelligence on which we depend if we are to win against the current threat. i ask unanimous consent that would be dated june 9, 2015 to be included in the record and -- the armed military including the commander marine corps also to be included in the record. >> the evangelicals wrote the following support of this amendment. by all the use of torture is prohibited across all of the government agencies by the executive order. the fundamental principle should always be enshrined in the law to ensure that no future president may authorize the use of torture. that is from the national association of evangelicals. the committee

operations for united states central command providing oversight to all military operations throughout the centcom area of responsibility including iraq and afghanistan he came to me and he informed me that there would be an angel flight early the following morning for a fallen special forces soldier was been killed in action. the general invited me to the ceremony would use military would load the casket of our fallen american heroes on a plane to repatriate his remains back to america. what my eyes saw and what my heart felt that they has always stayed with me. i watched hundreds of american servicemen and women from all branches, most of them including myself never knew this soldier personally but they gathered in formation in his honor to pay their respects at all for a farewell salute to a brave fellow american soldier. the mood was somber. the casket draped with an american flag, was carried by eight members of his unit moving slowly and solemnly onto the plane as the formation was commanded to give their final salute to an american who gave his last full measure of devotion for his country.

by the most experienced military leaders in a letter this month, 30 retired not delivering core, centcom, former commander-in-chief among others wrote the following and i quote. this amendment not only solidifies america's stance against torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment but it ensures methods produced by all u.s. personnel are professional and reflect best practices. in no way we not only ensure the the interrogations are humane and lawful but also they produce reliable intelligence on which we depend if we fight again against the current terrorist threat. i ask unanimous consent the letter from this individual is dated june 9th be included in the record. >> without objection. >> in the letter from the 30 retired armed military officers including commander-in-chief of the marine corps also be included in the record. >> without objection. >> in a letter this month the national association of evangelicals wrote the following and supported this amendment. by use of torture is currently prohibited across all government agencies by executive order, the fundamental princi

we had a web site with centcom that describe the facts of the campaign and what was going to and forthe audience in the region so they could learn and tell the truth but we were denied the authority to operate that and told that was not appropriate for the department of defense to be doing i have that authority. >> tonight from? >> by congress. with respect with the situation there is plenty of responsibility to pass around i would not put all on iraqis tore us or congress or the pentagon but you pass the money during 2015 the appropriations bill in december the money came out in january then there was it your bill the requirement will be spent 25%. we met that requirement. but it was limiting for was building training sites what we did do in the meantime is reached into the other pots that we have. retried to fill the gap in the gap is closed now but it wasn't all on the iraqi side although there were an impediment the government did not want us to do that but we are back on our feet now. i will not excuse what we should have. >> on the resources that the state department will have

centcom has even said the iraqi security forces will not be ready for an assault to take back mosul untiled to be thinking about is what are we going to do about isis now that is still gaining and holding their ground? >> matthew, you lived in iraq for several years and have gone back frequently. what's your take on how difficult it is to get sunnis to join the fight alongside shiite soldiers? >> it's going to be extremely difficult. as the siege in ramadi take place, there will be an increase in sectarianism and reports of atrocities committed by shiite troops against sunni neighborhoods. and i think that's going to destroy iraq. this is quickly turning into a civil war. there's no end in sight. you can train sunnis to fight but you can't give them the will to fight against isis when they feel like they're fighting against their own government. >> how do you deal with a country that has different tribes, different religious beliefs within islam and yet they're dealing with isis that regardless of the religious aspect, is actually an imperialist force? >> right, it is except in the minds

smith and i would be very interested to know or to followup who denied centcom the ability to put up a website with the facts and on what basis they denied snit we have worked for years to update the restrictions on these sorts of issues and we are very interested in fixing the problem if part of the problem is with this branch of government, so if you ask your lawyers to do that, that's very important. >> thank you. >>> chairman klein. >> thank you mr. chairman and gentlemen for being here today. i was looking at the preparation sheet here for today's hearing and it says this is a reference, quote, united states policy and strategy in the middle east, and i think we've concluded we don't have the strategy and in fact the commander in chief said we really didn't have a strategy. i'm a little mystified about what we're doing here since we don't have a strategy. i am looking at the situation in iraq, and i was over there just in baghdad a couple months ago around easter timeframe and talking to some of our troops there, and we got over 3,000 troops on the ground, boots on the ground, a

september, october of last year you a series of interagency fights, confusions false starts where you had centcom commander lloyd austin asking mr. president am i running this war? in the energies yes, you are. but then you have -- and the answer is yes, you are. running the coalition and a strategy and thus not surprising that you just come with these competing authorities have a kind of policy confusion that hurts our efforts i think confuses our allies. if there's one thing in the next year you ask where will we be in a year i think the president is not going to put tens of thousands of years of troops in. he doesn't have to if you about one person in as a decisive commander of this effort the military piece, strategic these domestic -- diplomatic and strategic piece to this. i think that is doable even for this administration. >> i'm a great believer in ambassadors. i've had opportunity my career to work with the some people i think are very great capacity. tom pickering ryan crocker, anne patterson, others who are designated by law and by the president by the confirmation by the president di

. >> the this is a new strategy coming from centcom.hey have to get inside anbar province and set up a base there and establish that they can take back ramadi and they can take back mosul to the north there which they lost about a year ago. the question is, can that be done by adding 400 or a00hundred 500 advisors. you're not allowing american troops to do the things that they're good at doing. and are advisors enough to push the iraqi army along which hasn't shown the ability to win the fights. >> see, that's the question. is this in the end a jv team that's allowed to win 100-0 because nobody -- it's like the harlem globe trattrotters against the washington generals. >> those are the comments we talked about yesterday. can you really set it up? >> yeah. >> you cannot create you know something that we have. >> right. at the same time because we went in 2003 there's a massive void that has to be filled. and we can't fill it ourselves but we can certainly help others fill it. i do think strategically focusing on anbar province is critica

operations for united states central command providing oversight to all military operations throughout the centcomed me that there would be an angel flight early the following morning for a fallen special forces soldier who have been killed in action. the general invited me to the ramp ceremony where the us military would load the casket off on american here on a plane to repatriate his remains back to america. when my eyes saw and heartfelt that day has always stayed with me. i watched hundreds of american servicemen and women from all branches, most including myself never knew the soldier personally but gathered in formation in his honor to pay their respects and offer a farewell salute to a brave fellow american soldier. the mood was somber. the casket draped with an american flag was carried by eight members of his unit moving slowly and solemnly onto the plane. indeed a sight to behold. members of his unit who the day before finding by his side places casket on the bed of a a c-17, kneel down around it and offered final prayers and farewells to the brother. and the rest of the formation follo

and they have -- we will take everyone we can get it on the blue-on-green i will have to defer to centcom there has probably been a case or two. nobody is perfect at this. we are just historically better than we have ever been before. and then in ramadi if the enemy were in ramadi they would be dead. airpower doesn't hold and govern territory. iraq will have to do that and we will be with them when they go back in and we will be as much help as we can possibly be. >> this is joe with algora. since you have said that isis is not achieving any chances how do you explain what isis has achieved in ramadi and in syria and do you still believe that isis is still on the defensive? >> i didn't actually say that they hadn't achieved tactical advances. what i said was they have achieved tactical advances. what i said is let's not give them credit for strategic victory. that is not what's happening. i've been able to move around the battlefield in small waters and are they able to show up and wreak havoc in the places that they do? they are and that is why some ground forces have to peel them out of