in tennessee, thomas schwartz, professor of history at vanderbilt university.washington, tom roguen, columnist for the natural review and the telegraph. professor schwartz president obama only has a couple of more years in office. what's his goal in terms of legacy issues? peace brokered in the middle east. freedom in iran. what is he trying to achieve. >> i think he has focused on domestic affairs as his legacy. and you're right. he does need a foreign affairs legacy and the middle east and peace may be the one he's looking for. although his policy is pivotin pivoting towards asia. all of this will require him to reassert a stronger american role in the world and matches take more action in dealing with both of these crisis. >> professor schwartz, what is that stronger role look like? does that mean that being at the tip of this sphere? does that exclude coalition building and working with other nations side by side? >> not at all. most of our successes in the cold wear came from coalitions. in dealing with the ukraine, dealing with chancellor merkel, for exam

thomas shannon, counter the state department. ambassador shannon has a long has been hemispheric and does well this issues. emperor schwartz swartz at the criminal department of justice. thank you for being here. let me advise you your full statements have been included in the record. i ask you to summarize in five minutes or so so we can get into the q&a. we'll start with you, ambassador shannon. >> mr. chairman, senator corker, distinguished members of the committee, thank you or the opportunity to get by today. it is not to appear before you put my colleague from the department of justice, bruce swartz. i'd also like to thank you, mr. chairman. and you senator corker for the work you have done in moving ahead in nominations through the recent conservation as genial in a ponderous enhancer diplomatic presence. thank you very much for the effort you have made and the committee has made. i'm grateful for the offered committee to address the consequences of the surge in unaccompanied children along the southwest border. in my written test money and they had her understanding of the challenge we face on our south was border