major general peter burke, mobilization assistance the commander of us northern command and miss elsa kania, senior fellow with the national security program of american security. thank you for joining us today. i would like to turn to you for an opening statement. >> as vice chair for military service, i will be meeting the efforts for the military service commission. when it comes to military service there is commonality, it is understood by a small portion of americans. we found that many americans do not understand the requirement to register for the purpose of the selective service system. although there is no draft the selective service is in existence but there seems to be much confusion between the two. most young men today see it as a secondary process whether they apply to driver's license or federal financial aid. 75% of young men registering as a byproduct of another state or federal requirement. registering the law and if a male fails to register there are penalties like not being able to obtain a federal job, financial assistance or other sorts of federal or state assist

russia claimed for its own back in twenty fourteen if memory serves but peter this is really an opportunity for a young soldier burke and the twenty nine foreign ministers gathering here in washington to talk about what has been achieved in the course of nato's seventy year long history will he mention all raise those issues that you just take us through there as when he meets mr pompei you know a little later at the state department where you are. yes that's very likely to be on the agenda between the secretary of state pale in the secretary general mr stoltenberg they're also going to we expect to well look at such matters as russia's involvement in the crisis the political crisis in venezuela looking at ways of trying to stabilize the middle east as well as look at the ongoing nato mission in afghanistan as many of our viewers know the u.s. is currently talking with talabani leaders trying to find a path towards a comprehensive peace settlement between the taliban and the afghan government and certainly given that nato has been part and parcel of that mission starting with the invasion back in two thousand and on