mr. donnelly? mr. donnelly: i think the hedge monoin the middle east is the greatest threat we face. the middle east is such a mess and it's critical to the whole system. it's the point of most likely failure. again, iran's bid for hegemony there. mr. preble:: i think the greatest threat is what threaten ours greatest strength, which is our ability to mobilize power through a strong, vibrant economy. the greatest threat to our country are the things that that's a different kind of threat than north korea or iran which will be very sharp and erratic and very pointed. senator manchin: i'm just talking about the greatest threat to our national security. mr. wood: yes, i do think they're our greatest threat. mr. krepinevich: i think the greatest threat emanates from russia and china. i think the exiss ten rble threat is nuclear conflict though i'd expand that to say that there's a blurring between nuclear and conventional weapons that's been occurring for the last 15, 20 years or so. lower yield nuclear wea

mr. donnelly. >> i would tend to agree with actually both. there used to be a national guard artillery brigade that a long-term association with every army division. we got rid of those some time ago. there are roles the guard can play for early deployment and so on and so forth but if we find ourselves in a situation as without ourselves say 2006, 2007 where we were using anything that were a uniform as a soldier, that is a testament to that strategic planning. >> thank you. >> and not a knock on the guard at all. >> i would quickly say, senator, that the guard is an operational reserve. they have been used that way for the last 10 plus years. in my mind i see them that way. i think there is value, hundreds of thousands former active duty troops who are now publicly the national guard. now is the time to think through effective use that we have to do so. i would just say i've been frustrated to see relations between the active army and the army national guard deteriorate in recent years. i think, i know there's a lot of blame to go around ab

mr. donnelly: mr. president, whether you're a farmer or a small business owner in indiana, a republican, a democrat or someone who works at the e.p.a., we all want clean water. if we're going to ensure that our clean water protections are effective, we need to work together and we need to use the feedback from the people who work with the land every single day. unfortunately, the e.p.a.'s waters of the u.s. rule was written without sufficient collaboration with some of the people who care about this rule the most -- our farmers, our small business owners, our cities, our states. as a result, the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit has blocked the implementation of the waters of the u.s. rule known as wotus nationwide. this ruling was in line with the concerns we have raised all along. when you write a rule without significant input from all of those impacted, including our farmers, our ranchers, our small business owners and our local government, legal challenges are inevitable. instea

donnelly. - [sighs] - mr. reese, i'm afraid you're on your own now. carter just had a visit from your old colleagues in the cia. - copy that. [door opens, closes] - hey, tommy. - johnny. [grunts] [groans] - that's for shooting me in the back. - [grunting] - that's for murray. where's the platinum? - [laughs] i'm not telling you. - you won't get away with this. you have no idea who you're dealing with. - you think? i'm just as smart as every one of those jerks. - tommy, you were clean. you had a wife, a kid, no prior record. but you threw it all away. why? - because every day for the last ten years, i've protected other people's money, and i have nothing to show for it. nothing. - so the world owes you, is that it? - no, it doesn't. i figured that one out. took a while. you know what else i figured out? hauling around all that money-- you get what you take. the thing about striking out on your own, tommy, is that's usually how you end up. - oh, yeah? i think you got that just about right. [gun clicks] - hi, tommy. - hi, babes. help me get rid of this m