list on _ it is not a surprise to see the idf list on the — it is not a surprise to see the idf listabout the treasury consider a universal credit boost, etc, because people _ universal credit boost, etc, because people wiii— universal credit boost, etc, because people will need help, but also possibly— people will need help, but also possibly slightly cynically, if your rishi _ possibly slightly cynically, if your rishi sunak and you are thinking about— rishi sunak and you are thinking about a — rishi sunak and you are thinking about a leadership challenge, do you want to— about a leadership challenge, do you want to be _ about a leadership challenge, do you want to be the chancellor being blamed — want to be the chancellor being blamed for making the country pour 'ust blamed for making the country pour just before — blamed for making the country pour just before you launch your campaign?— just before you launch your campaign? sonia, it is very intriguing. _ campaign? sonia, it is very intriguing, isn't _ campaign? sonia, it is very intriguing, isn't it? - campaign? sonia, it is ver

have been reports also recently when benjamin netanyahu was prime minister, the chief of staff of the idf went in a few times and asked for an increase in the defense budget in israel, and that netanyahu declined. i bring that up because on the israeli side you have historically unusual -- israelis highly critical of the israeli government, saying that we are with the israeli plan b for this withdrawal from the jcpoa. shouldn't israel have strengthened itself and prepared better for iranian breakout because now you knew afte withdrawalr from the jcpoa. could you address the idea about the idea that did israel prepare itself militarily, allocate the necessary resources for that? ron: ok, well here, i don't want to get too specific. i will tell you, in all the years that i was with netanyahu, -- i have been him in what capacity or another for 20 years. for the 12 years that he was prime minister, i never saw one request that would had israel confront iran in any significant way where he denied funding for that request. what happens in israel that may surprise you, there are a lot of budget

that's the idf or investors, a difference between removal of accommodation and monetary policy.chieve what the fed is trying to achieve, which is to bring inflation down, without tightening financial conditions? if you want to tighten financial conditions, how much work you have to do? that has got to be the debate in 2022. tom: i 100% agree. i am bored by the fed parlor game and yes, we will be here for important fed coverage through the end of january. what's interesting is everything you just said wrapped against the societal reality that washington is dealing with, which is a huge perception that america is unemployed, we are talking about fully employed america and the politicians are focused on a large unemployed america. can we ask the fed to fix that? absolutely not. jonathan: neel kashkari wants it to and that essay is really interesting. "the cost of ending up in the high inflation regime are likely larger than the cost of ending up in the low-inflation regime." his base case is the latter but the risk is the former and he wants to do something about it. a member when

contains as he looks at not only how mission command was applied historically but its implications for the idf in the future. thanks very much. [applause] the next author i've had the pleasure of reading his articles over the years and presentation today is a compilation of all of his articles that he's put together. it's a worthy read if you've not looked at it. it's a thought-provoking and lays out the basic facts of going to war and conducting war. >> thank you, general, and all of you for being here today. it's a pleasure and honor to be back. the book has about 16 chapters so it is a little bit of a challenge for me to focus across the spectrum of issues but i would like to highlight for you, the audience, some of the key leadership challenges that i think the leadership is facing today and maybe we can elaborate on that afterwards. i would leave off by observing that today the reorientation of the state on state is near pure competition finds the army in my opinion still transitioning a bit slowly towards the preparation for the major theater war and this presents some leadership challen

we are taking the idf from the state of the state speeches -- the idea from the state of the state speeches. you can add your thought to the mix may be pegging off the thing the governors have addressed, other issues you think are important to address as well. (202)-748-8000 for those in the eastern and central time zones, (202)-748-8001 in the mountain and pacific time zones. in new york this is inis, if i'm saying it correctly? . caller: inez. host: inez, sorry. go ahead. caller: we have a new mayor, sorry, and we have a new governor and we have a new world. everything is uncertain and i don't get tied up with so much democrat or republican do right. make it make sense as much as we can and everybody look after each other. host: you think new york has one major issue? is there a major issue in your state that needs to be dealt with? caller: that is tough. let me speak on new york city because new york state is a very large place and different and nuanced. in new york city yes, we have an exceptional skyrocket of crime. with our new mayor i don't know how he is going to approach it and how

we are taking the idf from the state of the state speeches -- the idea from the state of the state speechesyou can add your thought to the mix may be pegging off the thing the governors have addressed, other issues you think are important to address as well. (202)-748-8000 for those in the eastern and central time zones, (202)-748-8001 in the mountain and pacific time zones. in new york this is inis, if i'm saying it correctly? . caller: inez. host: inez, sorry. go ahead. caller: we have a new mayor, sorry, and we have a new governor and we have a new world. everything is uncertain and i don't get tied up with so much democrat or republican do right. make it make sense as much as we can and everybody look after each other. host: you think new york has one major issue? is there a major issue in your state that needs to be dealt with? caller: that is tough. let me speak on new york city because new york state is a very large place and different and nuanced. in new york city yes, we have an exceptional skyrocket of crime. with our new mayor i don't know how he is going to approach it and how t