hart's throats july task force. >> at the task force meeting they found that was a willful violation you said at the meeting you were unable to respond to the charges and allegations is that what you're saying. >> we had that opportunity but i think part of perhaps the willful violations was attributed to staffs statements my colleagues due to a scheduling issue was national able to make the initial meeting but as soon as supervisor eric mar was aware of that having aids if not 2013 multiplied aids to speak to the commission. >> forgive me what i'm trying to get at what it was that the task force had before them at the time they made this finding that supervisor eric mar had will fully feasibility study to respond to the sunshine ordinance that it is pretty serious finding in regards to supervisors blowing off the sunshine ordinance i think you what agree but i mean asking you to respond but that serious in the supervisor were to do that right. >> from the supervisor were i agree there are - it is a serious issue by no means does supervisor eric mar mean to blow off the commission we

hart's throats july task force. >> at the task force meeting they found that was a willful violation you said at the meeting you were unable to respond to the charges and allegations is that what you're saying. >> we had that opportunity but i think part of perhaps the willful violations was attributed to staffs statements my colleagues due to a scheduling issue was national able to make the initial meeting but as soon as supervisor eric mar was aware of that having aids if not 2013 multiplied aids to speak to the commission. >> forgive me what i'm trying to get at what it was that the task force had before them at the time they made this finding that supervisor eric mar had will fully feasibility study to respond to the sunshine ordinance that it is pretty serious finding in regards to supervisors blowing off the sunshine ordinance i think you what agree but i mean asking you to respond but that serious in the supervisor were to do that right. >> from the supervisor were i agree there are - it is a serious issue by no means does supervisor eric mar mean to blow off the commission we

hart's throats july task force. >> at the task force meeting they found that was a willful violation you said at the meeting you were unable to respond to the charges and allegations is that what you're saying. >> we had that opportunity but i think part of perhaps the willful violations was attributed to staffs statements my colleagues due to a scheduling issue was national able to make the initial meeting but as soon as supervisor eric mar was aware of that having aids if not 2013 multiplied aids to speak to the commission. >> forgive me what i'm trying to get at what it was that the task force had before them at the time they made this finding that supervisor eric mar had will fully feasibility study to respond to the sunshine ordinance that it is pretty serious finding in regards to supervisors blowing off the sunshine ordinance i think you what agree but i mean asking you to respond but that serious in the supervisor were to do that right. >> from the supervisor were i agree there are - it is a serious issue by no means does supervisor eric mar mean to blow off the commission we

or affirm -- >> under the force of the future, we'll now have something that is portable so they don't into combat forces and various other things it's been a pretty steady evolution. ash's focus on reestablishing the connections between the decht of defense and technology innovators especially in silicon valley i think is very important and i think that may be his most lasting legacy. >> connecting in ways that were mutually acceptable and rebuild the bridges of trust. >> our nations are making a choice for a principled and inclusive future, one as bright and miraculous as the recent past. >> i guess one of the funniest stories i can tell about the secretary is when he was preparing for the seth meyers show. there was a picture of him in speedo briefs that was prominently put outside of his office. >> you posed for that one? >> sure. >> and the first time i saw it, i said what the heck is this? ♪ >> i think secretary carter has done an outstanding job. i think he will be regarded as one of the great secretaries of defense. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

future. >> under the force of the future, we will have something portable.men in the convent force means everything. -- combat force means everything. reestablishingon the connections between department of defense and technology. that may be his most lasting impact. >> connecting in ways that are mutually acceptable and rebuilding bridges of trust. our nations are making a choice for a principled and inclusive future. miraculousght and compared to the recent past. funniestne of the stories i can tell about the secretary is when he was repairing for the south mysql. m preparing for the seth eyers show. there was a picture of him in speedo briefs posted outside of his office. >> you posed for that one? this?hought, what is >> i think secretary carter has done an outstanding job. i think you will be regarded as one of the greatest secretaries of defense. [applause] [military commands] >> honor guard! issuing commands] ♪ ♪

throughout those years you have been the force. essed your thoughtful and careful deliberations when ordering our young men and women in harm's way. with you are there visiting the force wherever it was deployed ensuring our men and women had the guidance and support necessary to get the job done. you were there on the holidays meeting with troops and calling them around the world to simply say thanks. you were there when a wounded warrior returned home it heal. constant visits to walter reed without fanfare or ceremony but always heart-felt words, hugs to moms and a few lunges and push-ups with those trying to recover. finally you were there at dover air force base to receive the remains of the fallen and you were there no visit them at arlington. i could go on but let me share a few sentiments from the men and women have you touched as a leader. lieutenant colonel phillips sent this message, mr. president and first lady, thank you both for your tireless leadership to our nation. president obama you set an example as a statesman, f

hart's throats july task force. >> at the task force meeting they found that was a willful violation you said at the meeting you were unable to respond to the charges and allegations is that what you're saying. >> we had that opportunity but i think part of perhaps the willful violations was attributed to staffs statements my colleagues due to a scheduling issue was national able to make the initial meeting but as soon as supervisor eric mar was aware of that having aids if not 2013 multiplied aids to speak to the commission. >> forgive me what i'm trying to get at what it was that the task force had before them at the time they made this finding that supervisor eric mar had will fully feasibility study to respond to the sunshine ordinance that it is pretty serious finding in regards to supervisors blowing off the sunshine ordinance i think you what agree but i mean asking you to respond but that serious in the supervisor were to do that right. >> from the supervisor were i agree there are - it is a serious issue by no means does supervisor eric mar mean to blow off the commission we

i'm confident that the united states and our armed forces will remain the greatest force for freedom that the world has ever known. god bless you and your families and god bless the out of america. [ applause ] [ applause ] ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, the service songs of the armed forces of the united states. ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's farewell tribute in honor of our commander-in-chief, barack obama, the 44th president of the us please remain at your seats and enjoy the united states army band until the departure of the official party from the hall. on c-span three, a hearing on cyber threats against the united states, including alleged russian hacking during the presidential campaign. watch national intelligence and mike rogers testified before the senate arms service committee. live at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern on the civil war. of "abraham lincoln, secretary of war." >> it was impossible for him to avoid interfering with the armies. he could not see that the enemy was in dan

throughout his tenure secretary carter's deep dedication to the men and women of the joint force and us attention to their daily sacrifices set an exceptional example of placing people first and reforced the importance of mentoring both military and civilian personnel. singularly distinctive accomplishments of secretary carter reflect the highest credit upon himself, the department of defense and the united states of america. signed joseph f. dunford, jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. [applause] the distinguished public service award is presented to mrs. stephanie d. carter, for distinguished public service to the department of defense in succession of voluntary initiatives to the servicemembers and families of the united states armed forces of the, from february 2015, to january 2017. during this period, mrs. carter displayed an unwavering commitment to the men and women of the joint force and their family members. her sincere personal involvement in their welfare and untiring advocacy of improving quality of life made an important and lasting impact across the military com

i'm confident that the united states and our armed forces will remain the greatest force for freedom that the world has ever known. god bless you and your families and god bless the out of america. [ applause ] [ applause ] ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, the service songs of the armed forces of the united states. ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's farewell tribute in honor of our commander-in-chief, barack obama, the 44th president of the us please remain at your seats and enjoy the united states army band until the departure of the official party from the hall. >> and armed forces review to honor ashton carter will be held monday at the henderson hall in virginia. chair of the joint chiefs of staff is expected to speak. we will show that to you here on the c-span networks. c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, the senior writer for wired will discuss donald trump's use of twitter to criticize businesses over there practices, including ford motor company, who canceled plans to build an auto plant in m

i'm confident the united states and our armed forces will remain the greatest force for freedom and security the united states of america. [applause] attention. >> attention. right shoulder. [marching] >>. [ patriotic music] >>. [music] >>. [music] >>. [music] >>. [music] ladies and gentlemen, theservice song of the armed forces of the united states . [music] >>. [music] >>. [music] >>. [music] >>. [music]

and the risk of force is escape, and you will have to use the physical force. so the court is not at see to look at what the state statute is driving at, and apply the standard. many, and also, many civil statutes have criminal and civil statutes, but it does not mean that private citizens can invoke it. a.b. small, when the court got to the civil context, the court said no standard, but relaxed standard. and immigration is vested in the administrative agency, and always the intervening action by the executive and even in the situation where the agency may not get deference, there is a centralized control of the bringing of the case, and the board of immigration appeals say this is out, this is in, and the court will see the cases where the b.i.a. sustains the removal, but it has a way of limiting and giving notice to people. with respect to -- sorry. >> thank you, counsel. the case is submitted. >>> and news about the u.s. supreme court today and president trump out with this tweet. i have made my decision on who i would will nominate for the united states supr

not been in the labor force. >> one can make that argument. people disagree about that. but that's an argument. >> is this just one more symptom at more symptom at the end of manners? the >> type inc. if you take a look into the pool of him working, you do see different sorts of motivational or is called values, aspirations. i think it's really meaningful that you have such a difference with respect to family structure, with respect to people who are married are making different choices from people not married in very large numbers and probabilities. likewise, people who take the risk of coming to the united states are making very different sorts of calculations from people born here. i guess i'm not spengler and. i think there's probably a lot more hope than just saying that as culture. of course the other thing is when thing is once you say it's all culture that's kind of like well we can't talk about that. i think we can talk about this. >> what he think about the increase in labor participation of older man? >> women, too. i think it diffic

or attempted use of force. the element i threatened use of force. under 16b the question is whether the elements add up to an offense in which there's a risk of force being used, even if it doesn't have to. and burglary is a classic example. of that. and i think -- >> wife isn't also possession of a shotgun a class ying same of that? >> well, let me explain if i may. burglary is descend from the common law and it's rag rationale is because the risk that the burglar ill encounter someone in the burglary and it's logical, built, into inherent in the crime of burglary that there may be a responsible to an invite entry into a home or other structure. that transaction, to the lot's burglary create the risk that force into have to be used. >> with me a contrast. by contrast, what? under the aka residual clause would not follow under 16b pause the same thing could not be said. >> one that did not fall under the aka -- no give me one that would fall under the aka reside all clause 0 there was confusion whether it fell -- >

the current air force is the smallest and oldest in the air force history yet only half of its fighter squadrons are ready to fight in intensive -- intensity combat and general mattis, your marines, the aircraft combat and aviators are at historic lows in terms of flight times. same thing for navy, requirement of 308 ships and we only have 274 so this is not like it used to be. i would only say this, that i really believe that we'll have to re-look at the priorities that we have in this country. and i enjoy quoting president reagan when he first came in. he said, quote, starting by considering what must be done to maintain peace and review all of the possible threats against our security, then a strategy for strengthening peace and defending against those threats which must be agreed upon and finally our defense establishment must be evaluated to see what is necessary to project against any and all of the potential threats. the cost of achieving these ends is totaled up and that -- and the result is the budget for national defense. do you think he was right at that time? >> yes, sir, i

the marine corps today, the air force tomorrow, the army after that and the navy. that is not the position we want to end up in, and we also know that across the world, countries wrestle with preserving civilian control. that is, preserving democratic republics in the face of the power of military machinery in their country, military organizations. and we see military coups and we see massive military influence. and so it's been the desire of our country to model a republic that is of the people, by the people, and for the people. not a nation that becomes controlled by the massive concentration of power in the military. now my colleagues, many of whom are very learned in the history of our country, have arisen to say that there is a set of special circumstances, a unique set of circumstances that merit an exception, and they note that there was an exception once before in our history. that exception was the appointment of george c. marshall to become secretary of defense in the time following world war ii. but think about how many circumstances we face in the worl

i am confident that the united states and the armed forces will ofain the greatest force freedom and security the world has ever known. god bless you, and your families, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> [drill instructions] [band playing] >> ladies and gentlemen, the service arm of the united states -- the armed forces of the united states. [band playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's farewell tribute in non-arab our commander-in-chief, the 44th president of the united states. please remain at your seat and enjoy the united states army band until the departure of the official party. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> foreign-policy analysts discuss the national security council and the potential for change during the incoming trump administration. that is live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. on c-span three, a hearing on cyber threats against the united allegedinclud

to recognize the task force staff and members thank you. the floor is yours welcome. >> thank you very much thank you for your time today my name is michelle i'm a member the san francisco cannabis legalization force team on on behalf of the task force i'll begin this one update and that the presentation that is prepared for the committee the task force is in two parts part one i'll provide a high-level and succinct overview the task force purposes and the theme of the recognitions that are designed by the task force in the 3 main categories public safety and land use and social you gentrification and city prima facie case for part two the task force were lined up will address the committee and highlight the specific represents one the 3 main categories that members feel are important for the supervisors consideration in the interest of moving the systematically through our presentation and the timeframe i'll requesting the questions be held. >> after the presentation. >> yelping. >> got it. >> so in november the voters passed the adult use

. >> coming up next, the air force, the air force staff. four member staff are members of each component of the service. active duty, reserve, national guard, and the united states air force academy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ let's hear it for the band. following them, the united states air force academy. beneath the colors of the cadet wing. these young men and women represent more than 4,000 members of the air force cadet wing. following them is the united states air force cannot representing the active-duty air force and the united states air force honor guard. the unit has represented the air force at official ceremonies around the nation since 1948. following them is the united states air force color guard, proudly carrying the colors of the nation for the united states air force are members of the united states air force honor guard, established in 1948, the honor guard performs in a variety of ceremonies including promotion, retirement, military funerals, and stage funerals, including president reagan. >> now marching on behalf of the united states ai

our marine corps is the world's only truly expeditionary force. to welcome the talents of more of our fellow americans. service members can now servervs the country they love without t hiding who they are or who they love. all combat positions in ourn military are now open to women. and joe biden and i know that women are at least as strong as men. stronger we're stronger for it.military it's one of the reasons that our military stands apart as the most respected institution in our nation by a mile. [applause] the american people look up to you and your devotion to duty, and your integrity, and your sense of honor, and your commitment to each other.er. one of my proudest achievements is that i have been able to, i think, communicate through the constant partisan haze, along th this institution is, and the esteem in which our military is held has held steady and constant and high throughout my presidency. h and i'm very grateful for that. because you remind us that we are united as one team. at times of division, you've shown what it means to pull

the element is the actual or threatened use of force. where as under 16b, the question is whether the elements add up to an offense in which there is a risk of force being used even if it doesn't have to. and burglary is a classic example of it is a classic example of that. and i think that -- >> why is it also possession after shotgun a classic example of that? >> let me explain if i may. burglary is extended from the common law andi its rational is precisely because of the risk that the burglar will encounter someone in the course of committing the burglary. it is logical built into inherent in the crime of burglary. that there may be a response of an uninvited entry into a home bity natu by its nature, that create the risk that force is the same and the same is true of -- >> give mae contrast and by contrast, what? that fell under the acca residual clause would not fall under 16b because the same thing could not be said. >> well, i mean, one that did not fall under the acca -- >> no, give me one that would fall under the acca residual

guys who have checked out of the work force or the gray line. today there are over three times as many men who have left the work force altogether and who are unemployed without a job and looking for work. so the exit from the workforce dominates the mailbox of work problems today. this kind of crazy chart is meant to show how the u.s. vote in international comparison and it's not a happy story. we are the dark black dashed line. you can see that we have won the race to the bottom. actually, the drop in male labor force participation in america has been worse than in countries like greece or in france or in countries that have had a sort of lost generation of economic growth like japan. we have the dubious distinction of winning this race i'm afraid. this chart you probably won't be able to see. you may have to go into the book, amazon.com. what it shows is that men who are out of the labor force by and large are checked out of civil society. about a 10th of them are adult students tried to get back into the game. their time pattern, very much l

♪ it's the force ♪ that keeps you moving inwe can get past this loop-the-loop. [laughing] we can bounce through the loop on tire springs! [laughs] - [boinging] - whee-hee! whoa! bouncy! - come on, pickles! [laughing] it's working. we're bouncing around the loop-the-loop. - oh, yeah! this is great. just one question. how are we gonna bounce around the upside-down part without falling? - there's an upside-down part? - [bird squawks] - oh, no. [screaming] - pickle: whee! - [screams] - whoa! - [screaming] - pickle: whee! [laughing] whoa, whoa. - [sighing] - ♪ - hey, aj, when we get to the wishing wheel, what do you think we should wish for? - hm... i think we should wish for something really cool, like... fireworks. - yeah. that would be a great wish. - guys, look! it's another sign for the wishing wheel. - [tires screeching] - it says to get there, we need to keep following the track in this direction. - [engines revving] - look out! - all: [screaming] - whoa! - uh-oh! something's blocking the track. and it kinda looks like...a fo

since the passage in 1947 the statutory requirement die signedded to protect civilian control of the armed forces has only been waived one or time and that was for generay george c. major shall. it's completely port we considered the implications on the future of civilian and military relations. civilian control of the military is in our constitution and dates back to george washington and the revolutionary war. this principle has distinguished our nation from many other countries around the world askac has helped ensure our democracy remains in the hands of the people.ct the national security act of 1947, which established the department of defense, including a provision prohibiting any individual within ten years of active duty as a commissioned officer from being appointed as a secretary of defense. however, in 19 50, president harry truman nominated former secretary of state and general george' marshall to serve as the secretary of defense, necessitating congress to pass an exemption. while congress waived the restriction for general marshal, the law chewed a nonbinding serving that stated, a

wai design for civilian control of the armed forces that was from general george marshall.es of it is extremely important we looked at the consequences the and the implications they may have on the future of relations. to be enshrined in the constitution with the revolutionary war to help insure the democracy remains in the hands of the people.bitig establishing the department of defense or any individual within tenures of the component of the armed services harry truman nominated former secretary of state and former chief of staff george marshall to serve as secretary of defense and ultimately wave to that restriction is not to be construed in it is hereby expressed that after general marshall leaves the office of secretary defense app. nobody should be approved.al and then to make a determination in the case of general mattis. during the committee hearing the defense secretary is unique in the system acting as the commander-in-chief that the only civilian official operating in the chain of command and like the president he or she is not an elected official so we must be very cautiou

[applause] >> the rebuilding of the united states armed forces --dash. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [applause] this is the protection of the nation from foreign terrace entities into the united states. we all know what that means. protection of the nation from foreign terrace entry into the united states. i want to thank everybody for the many great heroes and the great warriors. we have tremendous respect for you all. [applause]

it is really a presumption against the use of force, not a prohibition against the use of force. i'm not a pacifist. after all i served in the united states navy, nor is richard an advocate for the use of force in any and all cases. we're trying today to clarify this elusive middle ground between the two extremes of never and always. it's a useful discussion. there are several different legitimate justifications and rationales about the use of force and this is not primarily in self-defense, the res like explicitly focuses when the united states is not directly threat threatened. we can have a debate i imagine in q&a and back and forth, we might parse the direct threat and richard td that up. we can say this particular debate is focused on ail truistic use of force on behalf of friendly nations not that they will reciprocate that effort. it turns in large measure on the word "friendly." friendly. what's that mean? i was in new york today, i love new york. i see people on the street, not all of them glare at me, they're friendly. not good enough. i'll concede that's not really what

you end up with task force smith in the korean war. i have talked to him about it. do we rest k when we don't have much military experience that other leaders don't understand what task force smith is? having people that understand those issues through their own military service which is increasingly less andless in their civilian government? >> senator, first of all i think military readiness is an issue. i do know what it is, but i do not believe you have to have served in the military in order to have knowledge and appreciate. is it different? absolutely. >> i'm talking about rigorous military training. >> again, i do think -- as i said before, i think there's a distortion when you a society i think we can point to instances in the current administration and bush administration and throughout history where those tensions have moved from helpful to unhelpful, but the only thing i am going to say -- and obviously i am biassed. i have dead call itted my entire professional life to the department of defense and service that i do not think you have to have served in th

open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. jill: there has been a lot of discussion about expanding the naval fleet. shipsbout today's 308 supporting the service? our reporter spoke to her admiral ron boxall about ensuring a long life for the existing fleet. >> i message is not different amount of the size of the fleet. 308, whatever it is, we need to keep those ships hold. they need to deploy and the fly on time. one of the things we have seen is as if the budget challenges, -- as we have had the budget challenges workforce, we have seen delays in -- not just about the money. the money has created timeline delays in which affect us operationally. it is happening right now, happening today, happening for a while. our senior leadership has been clear. you were the vice chief talk about size matters, but size matters only if you are whole. -- we fleet isn't whole need the ability to man and train and equip those ships. we have had unfortunate examples of late where the ships have not cameable to get the money, late, and therefor

one piggybacking on what beth already said, the work force. work force issue is a spectrum of challenges. it ranges from s.t.e.m. for our kids and through hygiene, that is, engaging in good practice, to, at the other end, building the education systems and the acrettation systems that license high-end practitioners. the report emphasizes that there's also a dimension and this really piggybacks on something that senator whitehouse mentioned, with we don't have and we're not ever likely to have sufficient number of high-end specialists for every organization to be what we would call cyber competent. with apologies to my good friends at the office of personnel management, they would never be a center of excellence in cyber security and the report, even though it doesn't look like a work force recommendation, in fact, says that one of the things that we can do is have agencies get out of the cyber security business, that is, place greater emphasis on shared services, place greater emphasis on use of the cloud, gsa has a capability through fed grant

we will not be the police force but if you're doing something id the middle it has to be okay and are we protecting the vital interest in the force for good in the world. >> host: on the line from ohio, go ahead.h our >> caller: good day sir, how are you? >> host:. >> caller: it seems to me that there is chaos throughout the middle east -- can you hear me? >> we can hear you, go ahead. >> caller: that's what the bush administration and when dick cheney was president after the 5-4 decision this summer before 9/11 when they came in and they wanted a chaos throughout the middle east, what they did is sent james baker into the middle east, and he set up contracts throughout the middle east before 9/11, then they came and we had traces in t the twin towers with three times as much production now we scratch our heads and wonder w why. changing the topic above it. >> guest: we all agree that it is a troubled area. but that gets back to something that obama and the next president as well. there are three parts to the world where the united states does have a vital interest where the large-sca

you have to take care of the external factors. brexit will force them to look inward as well. what could set in motion, and already has, along with the victory of donald trump in the usa, these political forces that are tearing at the whole ethos of the eu. the migration crisis was emblematic of just how divided europe is politically, socially, morally, in every which way in terms of how they responded. there was no eu response to that and there still isn't. from the united states, is the european project in serious trouble in 2017, and particularly the euro? the european project is in tremendous trouble and far worse than the people in the us are aware of. people are focused on the domestic situation. having watched the eu closely for several years, there's never been a crossroads like this before and the idea of a closer union is so discredited at this point that it's almost not worth uttering the words. i've had this disagreement with annalisa before. she talks about a common european response to the immigrants and i think that's beyond the leadership of europe. you put thos

to recognize the task force staff and members thank you. e floor is yours welcome. >> thank you very much thank you for your time today my name is michelle i'm a member the san francisco cannabis legalization force team on on behalf of the task force i'll begin this one update and that the presentation that is prepared for the committee the task force is in two parts part one i'll provide a high-level and succinct overview the task force purposes and the theme of the recognitions that are designed by the task force in the 3 main categories public safety and land use and social you gentrification and city prima facie case for part two the task force were lined up will address the committee and highlight the specific represents one the 3 main categories that members feel are important for the supervisors consideration in the interest of moving the systematically through our presentation and the timeframe i'll requesting the questions be held. >> after the presentation. >> yelping. >> got it. >> so in november the voters passed the adult use of

the department of defense. men and women of our armed forces. distinguished guest. thank you for for being here today for the ceremonial swearing-in of general james matus as the 26th secretary of defense of the united states of america. it is a high honor for me to be with you today. we look around this room, we stand in a place of honor, the hall of heroes, the names of 3498 american patriots are inscribed on this wall. each of them performed personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty and received the metal of honor is a consequence. it is humbling for us to be among their names. secretary matus seemed to mark his 50th anniversary in the service of this country. during more than four decades of uniform he commanded marines at all levels from an infantry rifle platoon to an expeditionary force. he led a battalion in iraq and 91, a brigade after the 9/11 terrorist attack and led the marine forces in central command is a joint force commander he commanded u.s. a joint forces command nato supreme allied commander for transportation u.s. central command. a

we needed to train the iraqi forces. we needed to position them there and support them for the destruction of isil in northern the rack -- northern iraq. every step, the general and i were saying to ourselves and talking to our commander, how can we make that go faster? how can we hasten that toss us -- hasten that process? every time we said we could do more, and i said we will do more when we see an opportunity. more, hee we have seen has given it to us. i am grateful for that and it has allowed us to come up both in iraq and syria, carry out the plan. it is necessary to destroy isil in iraq and syria. because that is necessary to destroy both the fact and the idea that there could be an islamic state based upon this ideology. it is necessary. it is not sufficient because we have to operating -- operate against them in other places in the world. our top priority is external operators. that is people who were plotting attacks on western countries. we are killing those people. charlie: that is ratcheting up and they lose

the sovietess lon forces to disperse and diminish for 3 days. it didn't seem very credible. and that evolved into the need to deal with the ultimate problem which was the russian selkd and third generation capabilities. andrew marshal was very effective in the decisive technologies that made it possible to without firing a shot the soviet forces by convergence with precision navigation and guidance with per sis tant surveillance. it enabled the u.s. and nato forces to completely expose the second and third. it contributed to the ability of president reagan and president bush to wind up to cold war without the kind of warfare. we are in a new environment where the defense science board has done several studies where technology of modern warfare is more or less universally -- and it suggests that china is perhaps the most powerful exponent of the use of this universally available technology for military purposes. other countries are doing the same thing, perhaps on a different scale including iran and north korea and russia adopting its own tactics

relating to the icbm force. and there's a broad recognition that the legs of the triad have different strengths. the bombers are visible, and, therefore, they have what i call signaling value. the submarines are highly survivable, and the icbms are the most responsive leg. and they can be launched at a moment's notice, you mentioned what you called the targeting challenge of our icbm force, and what that targeting challenge poses for our adversaries. could you explain that further? >> ma'am, in my review of the triad that you brought up here, senator, i looked at each one of those legs, is it necessary. and i haven't had access to all the classified data, but i had a fair amount of background on this, and some of the aspects of why we have a triad have not changed. so in looking at each leg of it with the icbm force, it's clear that they are so buried out in the central u.s., that any enemy that wants to take us on is going to have to commit two, three, four weapons to make sure they take each one out. in other w

he's the guy who built the israel defense forces. whereas conversely a few look at at -- and it has been a much more strategic decision-maker, working with the chief of staff. i think it's a pretty good example of that. >> the civilians always win. but not without occasionally sends eeriest pushing and shoving. >> may i just simply outcome i want to answer that question a different way than i'm sure you intended it. they are stating here that era have a political cause sometimes for exercising that civilian control of the military that macarthur is a good example, very popular. truman very much not popular and he returned and truman didn't seek an additional term in office and that the next amaral was eisenhower who had then and it too with her third. i think you can look at where the political for the public weight of approval of the military may be very strong. even when civil military analysts look at it and say these are good pieces, there can be a significant political cost to pay for that. >> what was the cost of president paid

"the unitedon is states should beep peer to use force even when not subject to the direct threat of force." you can read about richard and chris on our website. want to say that chris from the cato institute is the author of a book called "the , power problem: how american military dominance makes us less safe, less prosperous, and less free." chris is apparently such a fierce debater that bret stephens of "the wall street journal" declined my invitation to debate him on foreign-policy. but richard epstein was happy to accept, and in fact, when you set up a resolution between two debaters by email, it sometimes goes on for days. in this case, richard crafted the resolution. it was written by him word for word. chris immediately accepted it. it was over in a minute. richard has been called a rebel without a pause and a force of nature. in fact, i am the one who has called him both of those things. those phrases have stuck. he is probably willing to debate anyone in a public forum on the many subjects he feels strongly about, which go on -- the list is incredibly long -- provided his oppone