host: ambassador neumann?ry profound concerns, and they are the reasons -- very quickly, i think is important to not mingle too many issues. i was not a great supporter of the invasion ofw3 iraq, but havg done it, the question is how you get out of it. and don't think it is quite fair to say that we have not accomplished anything. i think there is a much better chance athat iraq could evolve -- i say could, not will -- into a more stable country. but the iraqis are increasingly in charge of their own future. in afghanistan, we have accomplished quite a bit, but it has always been behind the curve. but that is problem of not -- putting not not putting -- not putting the right ingredients in. i can try to make pancakes for eight years come in and never put in the -- for eight years, and if i never put in the eggs, it will not rise right. at north korea, i will be smart enough to say i don't know prep. on iran, i worked on iranian issues, and now we have a very, very tough problem. we would like to encourage the

host: ambassador neumann?een behind the curve. but that is problem of not -- putting not not putting -- not putting the right ingredients in. i can try to make pancakes for eight years come in and never put in the -- for eight years, and if i never put in the eggs, it will not rise right. at north korea, i will be smart enough to say i don't know prep. on iran, i worked on iranian issues, and now we have a very, very tough problem. we would like to encourage the opposition, we have no idea if the opposition can succeed or not, and we also have a real interest in pushing for a non- nuclear iran, which means negotiating with the government. there are people would like to say, "because you want to support the opposition, you should not deal withç the government," and there are people who perhaps correctly say that you have to keep an eye on america's interests, which are multiple, and one of which is getting a deal. we have this complicated business of pressure and diplomacy. these are tools that are not alterna

let me ask embassy neumann this.ou recommend that foreign service officers at the state department and usaid should be given risk management training. how do you suggest the department implement this training and who should be in charge of providing that kind of training? >> new curriculum will have to be developed. this is, i think, primarily a mid-level and senior-level training issue, not a juniio junior-level one. it goes to the question of people not understanding each other that game up with gao and you talked about with the first panel, senator akaka. i think it is not that hard to have professionals invent role-playing scenarios, curriculum training, but right now we're not doing much -- we're doing mid-level training in a series of postage stamp modules we try to cram into people's transfer summer. i think this is the kind of thing that you need in the in-service training to expose officers to broadly across the service. the state department has done team exercises, crisis exercises for years where they have

we also concur with ambassador neumann's recommendations.i served in iraq as a senior advisor to the iraqi foreign ministry from july through september of 2003 and for the next three years in bosnia as a deputy high representative and supervisor of bergco district. a high profile position that came with a full security details, a u.s.-led team of security personnel provided under a contract. this close protection unit was dedicated, highly professional and, if i had to have security 24/7, i couldn't have had better people, but i questioned then and i still do today whether that particular security package was needed in bosnia ten years and more after the peace accords. it seemed it was either an all or nothing proposition. either you have the whole package or nothing. nothing was not the right answer either. in iraq in 2003, as i have described in my written testimony, the stated policy was all travel outside the green zone required full military escort. i arrived with the first surge of civilian advisors and it was quickly apparent that suc

ambassador neumann please proceed with your statement? >> chairman and senator voinovich thank you for inviting me to appear. i am not a security specialist at steep is speak to one as one who does live with security issues and surges three threats to his ambassador. want to pay special tribute to the brave new and hard work game officers who have protected me and my mission in dangerous times required also like to a knowledge my respect for the people of those from blackwater who protected me in iraq and afghanistan. they perform discourage judgment and restraint and one lost his leg in the process. whatever it now attaches to other site go all of those men state department and contractor employees my gratitude if i wanted to have that moment to express it. to sum up the problems i wanted to talk about our the inadequate security communications that you referred to in the previous panel. security mobility issues especially the need for expanded air assets that may be required perk utilizing local security forces for branch post and excep

let me ask embassy neumann this. you recommend that foreign service officers at the state department and usaid should be given risk management training. how do you suggest the department implement this training and who should be in charge of providing that kind of training? >> new curriculum will have to be developed. this is, i think, primarily a mid-level and senior-level training issue, not a juniio junior-level one. it goes to the question of people not understanding each other that game up with gao and you talked about with the first panel, senator akaka. i think it is not that hard to have professionals invent role-playing scenarios, curriculum training, but right now we're not doing much -- we're doing mid-level training in a series of postage stamp modules we try to cram into people's transfer summer. i think this is the kind of thing that you need in the in-service training to expose officers to broadly across the service. the state department has done team exercises, crisis exercises for years where they ha

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