there are many kuntz trees in the middle east but they are damned if they can say that given the domestic populations. it's more difficult. >> what you are saying is that we were the beneficient parent but nobody was an appreciative kid? >> i wouldn't go that far. you talk about iraq and afghanistan a lot think america's powers was a double-edged sword. in the absence of the united states doing it and no one else filling the role we will be missed. >> does chinese make a decision after their transfer of power? there is going to be new government toward the end of this year? is there going to be a more aggressive foreign policy on their part. >> there will be a more assertive policy but china is on a path towards becoming the world's largest economy. when it is it will be a poor country, going to act radically different than americans did in that position. >> we will have

. >> senator kuntz. >> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you for calling this hearing for your long and passionate and vigilant advocacy for civil rights and for your real leadership in this area for this legislation and for this hearing. in my own role prior to becoming a senator as county executive, i worked hard in the supervision of a 380-sworn officer department to ensure we had an effective and strong outreach, not just traditional subject to harassment and communities like the african-american and latino communities but also post-9/11 making sure there was better training and outreach in relationship with our muslim community and given incidents that occurred in our community making sure we stayed as a policing organization engaged. and accountable. and i just wanted to start, officer gale and chief davis, by thanking you for your leadership in the policing community and for your service to the public. i appreciate your starting by just helping me understand what's the impact on a police force? that practices racial profiling,

there are more than 50 kuntz trees with troops and contributions to afghanistan and more than 60 countriesinternational organizations helping afghanistan with civilians and social development. it's a huge undertaking. but beyond 2014, the scale is going to dimintissue tram tremendously to something that is much moring manageable. >> so president karzai and president obama can come up with an agreement but that doesn't mean that the taliban is going to follow along. how does that affect intersect with this agreement? >> absolutely correct. the taliban so far has not greed to anything. they have not greed to talk about talks and then suspended it. the taliban are notorious for trying to gain time and use time to their anddvantage and wage war at the same time while we want to reconcile and say anyone who is ready to come and participate in a democratic modernizing afghanistan is welcome. the game plan, of course the problems exist not so much within afghanistan but at the regional level. the key to unlocking the prospects for peace really lay -- lie in pakistan and in the fact that sankuarie