mcmaster. lieutenant general h.r. income master. go back a long -- mcmaster. go back a long way. he's probably known to most of you -- i'll touch on a few of the highlights -- a hero of the first gulf war at a battle called 73 east which made his mark. also made his mark with a dissertation called dereliction of duty, one of the more important books that has come out with civil-military went on to other commands most notably serving in the iraq war. continuing on to serve in afghanistan. and now i will put your title so i will let you give it to me directly. lieutenant mcmaster: the long title is the army capabilities center director. dr. cohen: really that extraordinary combination of thinker and great military leader. there are not many in our history. there are a few. it is very few. we are privileged to have somebody with us who has an extraordinarily did he wished record of command and combat. also with an equally distinguished record as a thinker. he was a senior fellow at iiss and remains affiliated with iiss as well. it is wonderful to be here with him, particularly since

mcmaster's is not the deputy which i applaud -- now the deputy. i think they're some of the right people, it's been a decade-long effort if not longer to get some of the right people in place. and begin as we're just talking but with pakistan from some of the younger generation that hopefully stays the military to effect change rising up and part of it is the world situation is changing. the army this administration can wish the world to look different and want to shift where it wants to should that the enemy gets a vote and they are certainly putting right now. it's going to require highly trained, highly skilled, hopefully a tuned coming in, special operators that are willing and capable and able to live among local national populations and take a bite and through approach. one of the disconnects right now going on with iraq is boots on the ground or new boots on the ground. and i think to a lot of folks boots on the ground means another invasion, a division going through. we are talking about taking the trainers and letting them advice. letting