as a suspect so, too, for prc and taiwan. we have contributed some instructors for taiwan's annual exercise. as you may know, we have sent some well qualified military instructors. the fact that tension has been defused, if not eliminated, is very encouraging. the steps taken by prc and taiwan, while summer pedestrian in a way with sending exotic animals, pandas, to zoos, increased commercial traffic, making it easier to send mail back and forth across the street. each of these are not watershed decisions but all contribute to a sense of cooperation and collaboration that we find encouraging. >> i am from the world journal. not too long ago, it chinese sub hit a u.s. -- [unintelligible] can you comment the capabilities against conventional submarines, especially with those capabilities? >> is that all you want to know? let me take the mccain peace first. john mccain, operating international water, the way we operate around the world with our navy all the time. it was damaged. investigation is ongoing. i do not know precisely

it's our profound hope as i suspect so too for prc and for taiwan. we have contributed some instructors for taiwan's annual exercise as you may know. we sent some well qualified military instructors. the fact that tension has been diffused if not eliminated across the straits has been encouraging. the steps taken between the prc and taiwan while some are pedestrian away sending exotic animals, pandas to zoos increased commercial traffic, making it easier to send mail back and forth across the strait -- each of these taken in and itself not a watershed decision but all contributing to a sense of cooperation and collaboration that we find very encouraging across the strait. yes, ma'am. >> admiral, betty of the world judici journal. not too long ago it was hit by a sub and can you tell us what kind of sub it was and can you comment on the capabilities against conventional subs especially with aip capabilities. >> is that all you want to know? [laughter] >> let me take the mccain piece first. john mccain operating in international water the way we operat

convergence on being prepared to respond to china, given the uncertainty regarding prc intentions in the region. and a shared interest in middle east stability given the large trade that india has with iran and others in the region. there is political support from top u.s. officials, i believe, and so i th@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ g@ we also cannot underestimate that there are -- as history has shown, balances that can be roadblocks, that can blow the relationship that we all want to see. there are many potential flat -- flash points in pakistan kashmir or another pakistan-based attack or as the type of military aid to pakistan. or tension on other issues. so these are major countries, each have their own national security interest and how those develop is hard to predict and could slow deepening in the national security area. there's also historical concerns about indian sovereignty versus the united states. india will not want to simply follow the united states' lead. india has to be concerned about protecting its sovereignty. and we've seen that in the slow progress in the end use monitor

ten countries india and prc included sent observers to watch chips, soldiers, sailors, coast guardman to have a live field exercise in a dynamic vibrant way and it concluded with shifting from war-fighting if you will or exercising the capability and hope we don't have to do it but exercising the capability shifting over to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and united nations peacekeeping operations. so it started out fairly aggressive and ended up not just peacemaking but peacekeeping all under the umbrella of exercise cobra gold. we're in our 35th year never had participation been more vigorous and more spirited. so that's the readiness piece. it is essential for us to be able to field forces that can move out and exercise across the full spectrum in a military operational capabilities that you would expect. the third, is the presence. junior officers in our headquarters say it this way. virtual presence equals absolute absence. we're all used to the wonders of video teleconferences and multiple secure telephone calls and all that. you got to get out there. you got to get out