in october nato scrambled dozens of f-16s when russia launched a large combat craft near nato air spacenearly two dozen russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the gulf of finland and the baltic sea, that intercept was captured here on never before seen video recently declassified by the norweigen military and shows russia new fighter jet the su-34 which can travel more than 2500 miles carrying a pay load of 8 tons of precision guided weapons. events like this happen more than 100 times in 2014. three times more than in 2013. >> essentially what it is the cat and mouse game where they probe the defenses of the other to see how they will react. >> reporter: that game is putting more pressure on nato out posts like this air base in budda where forces until recently cooperated with the russian neighbors. despite good relations with russia they use this center and f-16 to be nato eyes and ears in the sky when it comes to russia. norway runs that operation from the military headquarters which it recently moved 600 miles north to budda becoming the only country

and nato. a quarter century later, former polish president lech walesa says, his country is on the borderline with another cold war with moscow. rchg 1980 a young electrician climbed this gate and rallied the 17,000 striking workers who had barricaded themselves here in the gadansk shipyards. the solidarity movement was born. poland's solidarity movement exposed poland's first contraction in europe, and that young leader was lech walesa galvanizing support which brought poland's communist government to the negotiating table. ten years later, walesa went on to become poland's first popularly elected president and presided over his country's transition to a postcommunist state. but today, as the crisis unfolds in neighboring ukraine the poles are again feeling pressure from moscow. i sat down with the man who was there from the beginning. a quarter-century after his historic election, lech walesa again has his eye on russia. >> thank you so much for speaking to us. you've been speaking so much ab

>> it would certainly be the end of nato if the soviet union moves into a nato neighbor. absolutely it would. i do not see that happening. putin is a nasty piece of work. i probably should not have said that. i do not believe he is evil incarnate. i think if we tell him quite clearly what we will not stand for in terms of nato members especially, there won't be such an action. >> the best way to tell him is to do something to make him think about it. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today. i appreciate your service very much. we have talked a lot about isis and the middle east. the fact that we do need partners in that region. those arab allies to come aboard. both of you have mentioned it as an aside comment. i would really like to understand. how can we do more you tell we ought to encourage that rather than taking their place. >> thank you. i do agree. i would love to more a more concrete method of engaging them. they do have a lot at stake in that region. i think they can be very valuable partners. i would love to know how we get them to play a mor

let's talk about russia and nato. when russia invaded georgia, about all we could do was talk about it and denounce it. when russia took the action that they took in crimea, a treaty ally of ours whose border we had promised to defend if they gave up nuclear weapons, military action was clearly off the table. presumably russian action would not call for military action by the united states. but, dr. brzezinski, you draw a line when it comes to the baltic states, and i'd certainly want to agree with you there. let me ask you this, could you explain a little more your idea about working with nato on trip wires in the baltic state? general sew croft what do you think -- scowcroft what do you think about that idea as you understand it having been described, and what can we do to get our nato allies to take national defense and western defense responsibility seriously? we asked them to spend a mere 2% of their gdp on the military and, frankly it's only two or three of those nato allies that actually do that. so if you'd co

and nato does not respond. is that in effect the end of nato? >> i would say so. because nato's meant to be a collective alliance. and if the united states doesn't respond that certainly would be the result. now conceivably we could let him do it, let him take latvia and we would mobilize nato to counter this somehow. either on the spot or on the larger world front. but would be a much more risky enterprise than doing what i advocate, which simply create a trip wire within latvia which communicates clearly to russia that nato will be involved, that the united states, particularly, is present. and therefore, the risks you're taking are much much higher than you might calculate in the light of the ease of the operation in seizing crimea. >> and doctor, i'll end with did you see that that's as that's the end of nato? >> certainly it would be the end of nato if the soviet union moved into a nato member. and we did nothing. absolutely it would. but i don't see that happening. i don't see -- putin's a nasty piece of work, probably shouldn't have said that. >> that's fin

many years ago that our support for nato in getting the other nato countries to pay up what they're obligated to do under the 2% of the gdp for activities. as i have understood the new secretary-general he is talking a lot about the necessity of this rapid reaction force in making nato more capable to deal with the kinds of problems that are evident in the region. >> thank you. dr. shultz, secretary shultz and want to follow up on what you said about iran's program particularly their icbm program. i wrote a letter with others on this committee to ask the president to include a negotiation of the missile program because their estimates are they will have icbm capabilities and what we heard from her defense intelligence leaders perhaps by this year. so i wanted to get your thoughts as we look at these iran negotiations do you believe their missile program their icbm capability should be included as part of a result that important in terms of our national security interest? >> certainly. i think the support for terrorism should also be on the table. if you get a weapon you are going to

>> nato is effective when it has leadership. there's no american leadership in nato now. (?)know where it ends. it's interesting. in his quasi-autobiography, it's a book-length interview. he says if the cession succeeded, they wouldn't have stopped. well the cession succeeded in crimea thanks to putin. and they're keeping going, and he continues to pose threats to smaller baltac countries. it's very disturbing. if it doesn't stop. we could see something much, much worse than isis. as bad as isis is. lou: let's turn to greece. the election of a radical left leader. alexis winning absolutely anti-austerity. anti-european union. and your reaction? i think he is saying very clearly enough is enough. we're going to lead this country in a different direction entirely. what do you think? >> i think in the end, the weight of the financial power of the eu, which is basically the financial power of germany, will probably keep greece in eu. and i don't think we should take any pleasure at all in seeing the eu weakened. after all, it has been a quite important force for stability in the

ground combat forces in conjunction with nato obviously as part of a nato contingent in the baltics 202 that it would be a tripwire, but the force would obviously be of a size that wouldn't be one where we're trying to send a conflict message. i wondered as to what you thought about that in terms of nato's presence in the baltics and what you think we should be doing in addition to providing defensive arms to ukraine to help buttress nato. >> i do think that when we were in cf and ukraine, generally together, i think we understand as together we met with the leadership, the importance of americans support the -- kiev -- for what they are doing there. and nato in the baltics i agree with dr. brzezinski. i think that it's important for the baltic countries are members of nato and i think it is very important to show that kind of support. the question is whether they're kind of rotating troops or their permanently by do think the united states needs to be a part of a grouping, which also requires other countries from nato to be there. i know dr. brzezinski spoke about the importance of ger

we're going to talk about nato. protect the interests of north america and democracies. anders corr advises the u.s. special operations command and he thinks that nato is not merely in our -- not merely large a lot of -- not nearly large enough. the last week in ukraine shows vladimir putin is on ambivalent about what he wants there. do we need to also be on ambivalent about what our goals are? quick our goals need to -- >> our goals need to be to protect democracies globally. we have some democracies in europe, but we are not including other democracies like ukraine. and we are not even fully including some of our nato partners. we need heavy armor to protect our nato orders like poland and the baltics. but we need to expand that because we are also seeing incursions from china into philippine territory, maritime territory. those that are occupied by china since 2012. >> you also right that we should hold up to the treaty that we have with the philippines, with ukraine. why not just draw a line around these guarant

i think nato in many ways is as valuable as it was during the cold war. in a world world where the relationship of the individual to the state is frequently under attack and outlines of states to whom that personal relationship to the state is sacred is valuable and nato has many areas where it can deal with these new forces in a cooperative way which negates the independent sovereignty and atomize the world. the impact of globalization on communications seems most dramatic in the middle east where the impact of the arab spring was very heavy and still very much is being felt. it has brought sunni shia differences to acrimony and even combat. the iso issue in syria and iraq is an excellent example of the devastation that communication can create in the nationstate system. it is attempting to transform of political state systems into a caliphate or religious order and i don't think the nationstate system is under gross attack, but this is a new and very different development which could be dangerous for painful for all of us. also in the middle east howeve

outsourcing the war to nato the diversion of resources to iraq were a big part of that. the other piece was getting our arms around the sanctuary in pakistan. no counterinsurgency has been successful when the insurgents enjoy sanctuary next door. the key piece in terms of a policy mistake is announcing our withdrawal five years in advance of the end of combat operations and the effect that that had out on the field. i talk about an elder that t we were working wit years and years and he withdrdrew his support and his 1,500 tribal militia two weeks after president obama announced the sue in 2009 but also its with withdrawal. he said until you're prepared to truly commit we can't work with you, the i gun to my head tomorrow night. those are some of the key thihings i tried to cover. >> and one of the things though that, point that you also may, much talk is made about international coalitions. that goes to churchill's point it's good to fight with allies than to fight without allies. the reason why some of the nations were fighting was nothing about the mission in afghanis

thousands of nato employees working there. that is not the specific reason terrorists are there. it provides a target-rich environment. >> what do you make of the response since the attacks in paris of the european authority's ability to handle the threat? >> i applaud the use of hard power. over the long term, the solution is soft power and integration. it is jobs and opportunities. it is getting people out. in the immediate moment, forceful action is required. over time, you need to balance the hard and soft power. at the moment, i applaud the lean forward we have seen. >> to yemen rebels have taken over the complex after heavy clashes. the leader of the rebels said that the country is at a critical and a finding moment. later today, the united nations expressed grave concern and called for a cease-fire. we have more on the situation. >> on the hillside shiite rebels have reinforced the grip on the capital. they are further weakening the remaining military backing for the president. they launch their most direct and dangerous attack on the president's authority. they shelled hi

nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg said iraqi leaders asked for help.he said air strikes by a u.s.-led coalition are important but not enough. aircraft have been attacking militants in syria and iraq. nato is not involved, though its leaders consider islamic state a regional threat. the u.s. and french governments have already committed to train iraqi forces. analysts suggest nato leaders are thinking of taking on that role as a way to show solidarity and spread the burden. >>> in other news, authorities in southern pakistan are investigating a deadly bombing at a mosque. the explosion killed at least 51 people and wounded at least 70. the bomb went off while shias in the city of shikarpur were holding prayers. local authorities say the blast destroyed the building and they say the casualties include children. the sunni militant group jundullah claimed responsibility. they see shias as infidels. islamic militants in pakistan launched extremists attacks on military, government and shia targets. last month they attacked an army-run school. they killed mor

i cannot say. >> in the meantime, nato is stepping up its military capabilities.ltenberg announced that an interim version of the rapid response force is now operational. >> the american part of the international space station was evacuated after an alarm went off. >> the alarm could have been triggered by a faulty sensor or a computer error. nasa could not confirm russian reports that there had been a leak of ammonia gas. nasa says that all six astronauts and cosmonauts on board are safe in the russian part of the space station. >> in one minute, we will be right back. stay with us. >> welcome back. u.n. talks to try to stop the fighting in libya started in geneva, but one of two parliaments vying for control is not attending. >> the government that is recognized internationally has lost control of several main cities. an islamist coalition declared its own government after it took over tripoli last year. they will decide on sunday whether or not to take part in the peace talks. >> a lot to talk about with libya. to do that, i'm joined by an expert on libya with

. >> reporter: all this just hours after nato's combat mission officially ended.e war isn't over. the fighting has been fierce all year. the taliban control much of the countryside. it's a similar story in the east. the afghan army says it can't move more than a few kilometers from its bases because of the taliban. it says al jazerra is rebuilding its training camps on the mountain tops nearby. all signals of a difficult year ahead for a country asserting its sovereignty. >> and the afghan president has been speaking to the security forces as they take over from nato. jennifer glass is in kabul for us. and what did he have to say? because this is another indication of how big of a battle the afghan national forces have in front of tell. >> reporter: that's right martine a forceful speech by the president in a ceremony still going on at the presidential palace celebrating the fact that afghan security forces have taken overcontrol of security for the country, that will happen about 12 hours ago when the nato mandate ended. the president con garage congratulated the

and handing emission over to nato but frankly it wasn't prepared to do. as we transitioned the lead for security over to nato and to isaf coalition they frankly thought they were getting into kind of the a bosnian style keep peace -- peacekeeping. i was then kandahar when the canadians took over and they came prepared to do what they called the soft parade patrolling and frankly in 2006 they ran into a buzz saw. their political constituencies were prepared to deal with it so they signed up to do peacekeeping and found themselves by the time they deployed in a folbaum counterinsurgency effort. i write in that quite a bit in the book about being on the ground and special forces that didn't have the equipment, didn't have compatible radios sometimes didn't even have enough ammunition to being with dutch forces and asking them to work with us and had to go all the way to the parliament for approval. it promulgated this kind of under resourcing but then it also really tied her hands to fight an enormous the complex war with the 42 nation coalition. three is we

on nato in the baltics, i agree. i think it is important that the baltic countries are members of nato. i think it is very important to show that kind of support. the question is whether they are rotating troops or they are -- i think the u.s. is to be part of a grouping which also requires other countries for nato to be there. i do think that it is an important aspect of the common approach to this through nato. i also think that nato is at a stage where it has -- we were talking about organizations that had been started many years ago. our support phone nato and getting the other countries to pay up but they are obligated to do under the 2% of the gdp for activities is they are talking about the necessity of this reaction force of making nato were capable to do with the problems that are evident in the region. >> thank you. secretary schultz, i want to follow up on what you said about iran's program their icbm rhogam. wrote a letter to include the negotiations on the missile program. i wanted to get your thoughts a

led nato forces there. a combat mission that began 13 years ago officially comes to an end today but the fighting goes on as afghanistan continues to face attacks from within. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> in 2007, helman province was filled with nato fighters. they had been there for six years. nato troops walked a delicate line in a country suspicious of strangers. >> sort of a double edged sword there could be enemy in there but at the same time reassure the locals we are not there to hurt them or harm them. >> another part of the nato mission was to get rid of opium poppy crops. 13 years and spending $7.5 billion later the opium crop is bigger than ever and the crop employs more than the military forces. while there are 375,000 afghan security forces they are struggling against a resurge entent taliban. the eunlts has united nations has only been keeping track since 2008, but for afghan forces this has been about the worst year yet about 13 soldiers and people die every day. ieds

nato.ikens the stationing of nato troops in their territory as being akin to 1960 warsaw pact invasion of czechoslovakia. these are leaders of democratic allies, members of nato a hungry at this point would probably not be able to join the e.u. given the democratic backslide the we have seen. the russians have been expert at using ed snowden. however you think he got to moscow whether he was a russian agent from the beginning gorgeous ended up miraculously in moscow they have used a remarkably well in turning european public opinion against the united states particularly in germany where most of the most embarrassing leaks have been directed at german public opinion. i see michael hayden here. when i was in germany at told my german friends i am sorry but angela merkel should not have been discussing anything other than potatoes to a recipes on her cell phone. it is not a safe mode of communication. that has provoked very strong anti-american sentiment in germany. real unprecedented step of

leaders of countries in good standing in nato. hungary won't bench able to join the eu due to the democratic backsliding we have seen there the russians have been expert at using edward snowden however you think he got to moscow whether he was a russian agent from the beginning or ended up miraculously in moscow they have used him remarkably well in turning european public opinion against the united states particularly in germany, where most of the most embarrassing leaks have been directed at the german public opinion. i see michael hayden here, and when i was in germany issue told my german friends, i'm sorry but chancellor merkel should not have been discussing anything other than potato soup recipes on her cell phone. it is not a safe form of communication. but that has provoked very strong anti-american sent independent germany. real unprecedented step of having our cia station chief kicked out of an allied embassy, something that doesn't happen. that happened in germany this summer. very easy to lament european pacifism sinc

nato allies. [ applause ] >> last year as we were doing the hard work of imposing sanctions along with our allies as we were reinforces our

and there were little green men inside nato. would countries like germany be willing to start a war against russia to drive little green men out of astonia? or on the other hand are we going to sit there and say i guess nato doesn't work. so the u.s. could easily find itself in a terrible position with no good choices. >> let me ask you about those little green men. what do you think is the true danger of that infiltration, that potential infiltration? does that mean a breakup of the e.u.? does it mean nato doesn't work? how high a cost are we talking about right now? >> i think if you could demonstrate to the world that the nato alliance which is our strongest and oldest military alliance, is a kind of a hollow facade and that in fact it can be -- being a member of nato doesn't mean you're secure, then i think that is -- that strikes at every single alliance the united states has around the world. >> really quick here josh earnest was just holding a presser at the white house and he says this. we're hopeful that at these costs,

>> we're holding a principle that bigger nations can't bully the small by reassuring our nato allies. >> that is how america leads with resolve. >> karl rove your thoughts on that? >> well, the suggestion is that

by opposing russian aggression and supporting ukraine's democracy and reassuring our nato allies.

admiral, a sailor takes command at nato."h for being here. first of all, nato is headquartered in brussels. you lived there. is it a hotbed of radical islam more than other parts of europe? >> i think it is, jake. just for the same reason that nato is in belgium, which is that it's centrally located. you border on france on germany, on the netherlands, a short hop across the english channel, it's a nexus, a hub. as a result you see a great deal of radical islamic preaching going on here as these jihadis come back it's a very convenient centrally located place. during the four years i was nato commander, we saw steadily rising level of threat and i was briefed on that monthly. you are seeing that come to fruition now. i am happy to see the belgian security forces leaning forward, because that is necessary in that country. >> you are still plugged into the military and intelligence communities. it seems as though from the experts and counterterrorism officials with whom we're speaking that this is just the beginning. tony blair

he is urging all night nato companies from doing this. do you see any possibility of this happening? >> in terms of defense spending it is unlikely in any cash strapped european country. in germany there may be more for missions in northern iraq and those are mostly described as humanitarian. in terms of buying any new euro fighters i wouldn't bank on it. sweden is the only one that is upping their defense budget as a response to russia. one note on the bomber incursions. u.k. had to scramble jets. that is remarkable. >> we have the ruble almost to 72. >> but to hanz's points there were skwraeptsd -- jets and that is the picture. >> this feels very cold war. we have not seen this since 1983. >> that is not a flight pattern into heathrow, is it? >> tom mentioned the ruble. it is heading to 72. credit suisse is heading to 82. a lot of this depends on what is happening to the banks and is there any chance russia is kicked out of swiss? >> well, the sanctions are an extension of the previous ones and the news out of brussels is they are able

bully the small by opposing russian aggression and supporting ukraine's democracy, and reassuring our nato allies.

. >> we're holding a principle that bigger nations can't bully the small by reassuring our nato

. >> we're holding a principle that bigger nations can't bully the small by reassuring our nato allies. >> that is how america leads with resolve.

nato's chief has dismissed vladimir putin's claim that nato forces are fighting in ukraine. >> putinmonday called ukrainian army nato's foreign legion. nato's secretary general called the allegation nonsense. fighting in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro-russia rebels has ramped up. the comments came as ambassadors of nato countries and ukraine met machine to sort out a response to the fighting. >>> the ukrainian governmentness an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity. that comes in the wake of a missile attack that you saw a clip of in the city on saturday. >> a senior u.n. official says civilians were targeted. city officials say at least 30 people were killed including two children. ukraine says russian-backed rebels are responsible, but russia blames ukraine. nick paton walsh was there on monday as loved ones buried the victims. >> reporter: the processions will keep coming to the edge of this hard scrabble town. 30 of them. first to be buried olga. she once appealed on social media to putin to help this windswept poor city. ukrainian officials say ru

at nato he's familiar with the west. the president -- they are talking different and the mullahs are not nearly as vociferous as before. does that mean anything? we don't know. but it seems to me it is worth testing. and think two things are likely to happen if we increase the sanctions. they will break the talks and a lot of the people who have now joined us in the sanctions would be in danger of leaving because most of the people who joined us in sanctions on iran didn't do it to destroy iran, they did it to help get a nuclear solution. >> dr. brzezinski? >> basically i have the similar perspective. i would only add so as not to repeat in addition to what he said, i think the breaking off of the negotiations or the collapse of the negotiations would at rest and reverse the painful and difficult process of increasing moderation within ukrainian political life. we're dealing with a revolution of extremists and revolutionists but there a ukrainian society a significant change, which every visitor to iran notices, a more m

nato said today it will set up forward command headquarters in six nato countries near ukraine. a cease-fire in ukraine collapsed, and the neighbors are nervous about russia's intentions. nato says russia is arming rebels fighting the ukrainian troops there and here is elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: here's the new front line in eastern ukraine. pro-russian rebel fighters are pushing forward under heavy fire fire. they're trying to surround the ukrainian military, who so far appear to be holding on inside the town of debaltseve air strategic prize with key air rail and road links but the whole area is a battleground where sporadic shelling kills civilians randomly as it did today in donetsk. some families have sought refuge underground where it's safe but where there's little light or heat, and no prospect of life returning to normal any time soon. in the nearby town of svitlodarsk, after the local hospital was destroyed by rocket fire, local authorities loaded the children on to buses to get them out of range. but there wasn't enough room for parents. "why not us?" asked one of

he is both the military head of nato and head of the u.s. european command. u.s. troops in europe there's more than 60,000 of then. now he's in europe monitoring this entire situation very closely. awareness in the last several days has been raised for u.s. troops in europe. they're warned about being on social media. they're warned about and have been for some time about wearing uniforms in public. about being aware of their presence. we know that isis has threatened to attack u.s. troops. tonight general breedlow very much getting briefed on this aware of the situation even as back here in washington word is beginning to filter across all of the u.s. government all of the national security and intelligence agencies about what has happened in belgium. brooke? >> this u.s. awareness, let me ask you broadening this out with you barbara. we talk aboutfighters traveling to syria to train and join this fight wherever it may be europe or beyond. how many westerners? i've heard different numbers. do you know how many westerners have travelled to syria to train? >> well,

if you look at the countries that did join nato. in this century. it enabled us to take the next step. in the foreign policy front we all owe him for that. >> and let me say the trip that he's talking about. >> the speech was given in radio free europe was an important signal i have no greater pleasure than being able to announce. it was really amazing. >> one more quick question that might follow on the last question but i wonder how you would explain the success of the czech republic from the revolution to build or to develop a thriving democracy dynamic economy to join the eu. is it something in that leadership is it something in the spirit of the czech republic and why he was the czech republic successful when other countries were in the former soviet union and have not had that success? >> it was certainly a combination of factors and i would be the first to say that it is a work in progress because it is not perfect and there are things that we continue to be unhappy about and some of them have been mentioned here and we will have to all work

. >>> admiral is a former nato supreme allied commander and author of the book "the accident." now dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. admiral, this interview with lieutenant general abdul assadi the guy who is leading much of the batting against isis in iraq is complaining u.s. airstrikes are eve rat tick. what do you make of those claims? >> i think that's nonsense, john. the strikes have been ramping up pretty proportionally. we're up to around 1400 total. i would argue we probably could raise that number but you always need appropriate intelligence you. can't just randomly drop bombs in a confused situation. i think the air response has been quite capable and quite good. >> some of our military analysts have said you cannot conduct an effective air campaign without a significant number of forces on theground to act as spotters and thus far, either the president or the pentagon or both have been loathe to put those forces on the ground. your thoughts? >> we are not going to be able to bomb our way to success in this campaign, john. we know t

this is just days after the nato combat mission ended. >> the eu police vehicle was traveling along the jalalabad road in the eastern outskirts of the capital when he was caught in the blast. it is understood that an attacker detonated a car laden with explosives as the convoy passed. it was civilians in this vicinity that fared worst in the explosions. >> i heard a big blast. there was a lot of dust. pieces of debris were flying everywhere. i was scared. i'm still scared. but the incident occurred near the headquarters of the eu police academy in kabul. earlier on monday, an explosion detonated new the city's international airport. attacks by taliban led militants surged in the latter half of 2014 as nato troops and their 13 year con that and thousands of troops withdrew. last week my the f -- last week, the afghan president announced his own security forces had officially assumed full control. >> in southern australia battling to contain wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes. a forecast of strong winds and a heat wave is making the situation more urgent. about 30 people have b

>> >> we are one of the few nato countries that do achieve 2% of spending on defense, and because of that, we will see, in the coming months and years, a defense equipment program that is second to none in europe -- two aircraft carriers, new joint strike fighters, hunter-killer submarines and new frigates. we can see a strong defense industry, supported by our commitment that the defense equipment program specifically should be protected. >> order. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions from the house commons. question time is live on c-span2 everyone stay at 7:00 p.m. eastern. watch anytime at www.c-span.org where you will find video of past run ministers questions and other british public affairs programs. >> next, harry reid outlines the democratic agenda. then it is crushed the white house communications strategy and relations with the news media. after that, a look at the 2016 democratic presidential candidates. senator harry reid discussed the democratic agenda and provided an update on his injuries from an exercise accident earlier this month. this is about 15 m

united nations, nato, marshall plan, and more. it reflected the wisdom of those world war ii veterans who recognized no nation lived as an island. and we needed new ways to deal with challenges that, for better or worse, impact all nations. like it or not, we are part of this larger world and bus carry out our part. we cannot wait for problems to arrive here or it will be toco the. -- too late. the system is not self sustaining. it believes england and america standing for each of the freedoms we have enjoyed. the hearing today addresses the need for america to adapt to changing circumstances, to come out from our reactive crouch and take a firm strategic stance in defense of our values. while we recognize that we oh future generations the same freedoms we enjoy, the challenge lies in how to carry out the responsibility. america needs a refreshed national strategy. the congress can play a key role in crafting a coherent strategy with bipartisan support. doing so requires us to look beyond the current -- events currently consuming