a day. >> yes, so during world war ii actually many of the civilian women who were breaking code us army were also members of the us signal corps like your women as well and during world war ii most of the messages were taking place over radio transmissions although not by voice but by morse code and there was a dizzying number of code and cipher systems at the german and japanese were using. german for using the famous enigma cipher which was a machine that was in every u-boat and also used by the army and air force to decipher german message into spam all the letters so that the letter a would go to a series of fermentations and emerge as a really different letter and there were women were recruited from colleges who were adept in that in languages and could do the math could devise early computer programs and they would look at a garbled message and they would have to conjecture what words might be in it was a weather report from the bay of biscay they would look for where [inaudible] would be expected to appear in the message and they would look at the letters they were seen and they

to president trump has signalled he wants to spend around 700 billion us dollars to re—equip the us armyuld some of that money be directed towards this, if it is seen as a threat? the us defence department has said we are ready for whatever action the russians are going to take. already that is causing some nervousness with the language being deployed. the language used by president putin said his super weapons would make missile defence is useless. are we seeing a step above the rhetoric coming from russia? we need to put this into context. there is an election happening in russia. you do need to speak to the base and speak to your population. i think president putin is wanting to look strong to his people and his electorate. that of course doesn't mean there is no reaction outside, but we must be cautious and not see this as really the start of a race for equipment and have a build—up. the start of a race for equipment and have a build-up. military capability. they did single out the us in their reaction saying it is about the threat from iran and not russia. so almost trying to placat

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calls, 156,000 a day. >> during world war ii many of the civilian women were breaking codes for the us army were also members of the us signal court like your women as well and during world war ii most of the messages were taking place over radio transmissions although not by voice but by morse code. there was a dizzying number of code and systems that they the germans were using the famous enigma cipher which was a machine that was in every u-boat in use by the army and air force to cipher german messages and to scramble the letters so that the letter a would go to a series of presentations and emerge as a complete letter. there were women who were recruited from colleges who were adept in math and languages that you could do the math and you could divide early computer programs and they would look at a garbled message and they would conjecture what words might be in it and whether it was the weather report from the bay of biscay they would look for [inaudible] might be expected to appear in the message and then they would look at the letters they were seen and they would have to do the ma

down the third to leave the post since the us president came to office poll picks as one of tom's longest serving advisers. amnesty international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs and its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military. afghanistan's president is offering to recognize the taliban as a legitimate political party. made the announcement during a couple peace conference where twenty five countries have met for talks aimed at ending the sixteen year long war tony but reports from kabul it was a warm and far reaching speech in which the afghan president offered the taliban a peace deal without precondition he also promised official political recognition and an office in kabul if the armed group joins the peace process of the taliban a machine. i call on the taliban and the leadership today the decision is in your hands accept peace a dignified peace will come together to safeguard this country which has been the results of our sacrifices and struggle. they were his most conciliatory words as president ghani has previously described the taliban

attack on friday fighters dressed in army uniforms attacked the french embassy in the routine of us army headquarters the attack was coordinated by another group known as jamaat . well the muslimeen but the aim is the same to attack countries and soldiers currently fighting in the south conway says. we're not surprised with what's going on but we see so many people die like this why do they want to kill so many of us. brooklyn afonso long with new share molly moore tina and chad are deploying troops in the region as part of a multi nation fighting force led by friends their goal is to gain control of territories that are in the hands of rebel groups. the last month there's been a series of coordinated attacks targeting u.n. french and african troops in mali many including civilians have been killed. in a statement the group behind friday's attack warned the government not to get involved in the fighting. in want to do with us as capital the army and security forces are on high alert three men on a motorcycle tried to force their way through a military checkpoint by the presidential palac

american war plan throughout the greater middle east through the muslim world we're going to use proxy armies we're going to use american air power train transition to like allied air power like the saudis saying am in firepower like artillery and mortars like we saw you say in mosul or rocca and we're going to use commandos like the iraqis did or the afghans are now dead then backed up by american commandos or british commandos and that's the way of war that's the way of maintaining these borderlands in the empire this perpetual war that so many of the generals including mattis who is sector defense are kelly who is the white house chief of staff believe is necessary to again maintain the empire i think the british ministry of defense calls him because of this rather than soldiers but britain is in. deed on the ground some type of british shooting will boot is on the ground you talked about all of that what is the actual a move all of this look if you look at what's a general mattis or general kelly. talked about if you go back and look at their speeches they view america the u.k. of the wes

for so long is because during world war ii, code breaking was a top secret operation and when the us army and navy recruited thousands of women, school teachers and college graduates who were asked to do this work, they were at first told they couldn't tell anybody what they were doing w at the giant barb wire surrounding compounds in washington dc. they were told if anybody asks what they were doing they were to say that they were secretaries, they sharpened pencils and filled in guelph and empty trash cans and because they were women, people believed them. people believed the work they were doing must be trivial so in that way, they were the ideal intelligence officers because people assumed that their work couldn't be interesting and they wouldn't get grilled for very long people ask them and after the twar, there were shortened the war by at least a year and a saved thousands of lives. the united states had d an even larger code breaking operation and the british did. we worked at lashley park. uneasily at first but then closely as the war progressed and we had more than 10,000 women

them near the fence yesterday thousands of hundreds of palestinians were on the scene that israeli army used to i mean nation live bullets and tear gas. and for the first time the israeli army used a drone to throw tear gas canisters and on the protesters anticipate them. the annual march of return is a demonstration denouncing the israeli occupation thousands of palestinians have pitched tents across five like ations where they're expected to stay for six weeks in response the israeli defense forces have station more than one hundred snipers overlooking the area we spoke exclusively to the senior political leader of the palestinian political movement hamas. masuk he says the israeli actions a criminal. returned the mother of all those killed were from gaza what the israelis did is a crime against unarmed civilians who just want to return to their villages and towns and who have a right to under the nine hundred forty eight un resolutions or these really is are displaying the kind of fears seen in the thief was trying to protect what he's stolen this is how they treat unarmed civilians who j

heritage foundation hosted a discussion with carl walling, a naval war college professor and former us army interrogator on the tactics and strategies of terrorist organizations. >> the discussion is an hour. >>. >> good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation, i'm at lewis auditorium and thank you, those joining us on heritage.org as well as those joining us on the "after words" network this morning. for those in house we would ask that courtesy check for our mobile devices are silenced or turned off and we will post today's program on the heritage homepage for everyone's reference. today's event is hosted by heritages kenneth simon center for principal politics. the simon center focuses on teaching the foundations of liberty and principles of the american political tradition to those who shake the public opinion. meeting and welcoming our guest is doctor david as ram, director of the center for principal and politics and awc family foundation fellows. >> good afternoon. the caliphate has fallen. osama bin laden is dead. the threat of islamic terror remains. indeed, isis continues to

follows a group of us army veterans much i used by wars. as they struggle to get their lives back. at this time on al-jazeera. he said with a quick trot through your top stories hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in mass protests across the u.s. hundred thirty six other countries calling for stricter gun laws the march for our lives events were inspired by calls for action from teenage survivors of last month's school shooting in florida where seventeen people died on the speakers was an eleven year old elementary school student named walter whose pledge to take political action resonated with many of my friends and i might still be eleven and we might still be in elementary school but we know we know life isn't equal for everyone and we know what is right and not. was. we also know that we stand in the shadow of the capitol and we know that we have seven short years until we do have the right to. a car bomb exploded near the center of the rebel held city of live in the northwest of syria killing at least fifteen people the head of the local civil defense agency says i

he previously served as an interrogator in the us army and has top at harvard. republicanuthor of empire alexander hamilton on the war and government, and the coeditor with brandon lee of strategic logic and political rationality. he currently is writing a book on the history of the peloponnesian war. [applause] nothing in this reflects thex -- u.s., the department of the navy, or any other government entity. handout i passed around i have two quotations at the top. one is from sun tzu, know yourself and know your enemy in 100 battles you will never be defeated. that strikes me as a bit optimistic. sometimes your enemy has much superior force that it doesn't matter how much you know you are still going to lose. in most cases knowledge of strength and weakness of your opponent are crucial upon incentivizing's strategy. those of you who know american football or even played it after a high schoolor game you take a break and then you watch game film. you look at what you did well and what you did badly, then you look ahead to the next game, whatever film you can ge

is using banned cluster bombs and its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military but the army says the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by so-called terrorist elements. the chief executive of the us a lympics committee has resigned citing health problems got black and had been under fire following the committee's response to a series of sex abuse scandals in january former u.s. gymnastics team doctor larry nasser was jailed for life for molesting hundreds of girls are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us the stream is coming up next. more than forty thousand africans are facing deportation from israel is awarded more than ninety percent of. the if it is the way europeans point one percent of the two of those in danger of being thrown out of the country and which they sold refuge talks al-jazeera at this time. and i'm really could be today we are crisscrossing the globe to discuss a few stories that have a lot of people talking online so join the conversation tweet us using the hash tag a.j. stream and if you happen to be watching us live on you tube

follows a group of us army veterans traumatized by war. as they struggle to get their lives back. at this time on al-jazeera. the nature news as it breaks this was a great election about it was going to win but it was about by how much with detailed coverage of the syrian civil war most of them said to the states yes but what is no different is that each day some people will live until to morrow so many innocent people will die from around the world the bats and balls are several years old the really good players to end up trading at cricket academy and maybe one day play for the national team. he's seen a family. politicized by the forces of nature. will know before year ends i can name farmland documents his struggle for his community survival and builds a template for global action on climate change. to see the climate dialing east a witness documentary that based on our dizzying. other again adrian from going to here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera syrian rebels in the southern parts of eastern surrendering thousands of faces and civilians are being taken to adlib this l

a missed international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the human rights group made the accusation after analyzing this egyptian military video the military argues the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls terrorist elements. the next phase of china's anti corruption crackdown is set to become law a new detention measure and an anti corruption super ministry will give the government the power to investigate all states employees president xi jinping is valid to root out illegal behavior among chinese officials joseph chang is a political scientist and former professor of social sciences at city university of hong kong he joins us now from hong kong thank you very much for joining us it seems he really is tightening its grip on power is any. yes it appears that siege in paint would like to stay longer as the part among the need of time now for more than ten years are like all powerful leaders he believes thirty years indispensable but at the same time certainly. what he does goes against the masters introdu

using live and ammunition. well we've seen that and pasta ministrations whether that be at the border in the gaza strip malls in the occupied west bank that the israeli army used live ammunition against demonstrators also tear gas and . stun grenades and rubber bullets. army spokesperson has said that they had pinpointed lies against protesters who came close to fans because israel has said whoever tries to preach to the border it will be met with what they call a harsh response and that is what happened that's why have you seen this high casualties sixteen people were killed and over seven hundred wounded now human rights organizations have also said that this has been a disproportionate response and also as you said the u.n. general secretary has called for an independent investigation what actually happened our correspondent tanya came on the israeli border with gaza thank you. russia has announced more diplomatic expulsions in the roué of the poisoning of a former russian spy moscow has now told twenty three countries that they have to send fifty nine staff members home and that's in addition to the sixty american diplomats expelled on thursday it's t

american war plan throughout the greater middle east through the muslim world we're going to use proxy armies we're going to use american air power train transition to like allied air power like the saudis saying am in firepower like artillery and mortars like we saw you say in mosul or rocca and we're going to use commandos like the iraqis did or the afghans are now dead then backed up by american commandos or british commandos and that's the way of war that's the way of maintaining these borderlands in the empire this perpetual war that so many of the generals including mattis who is sector defense are kelly who is the white house chief of staff believe is necessary to again maintain the empire i think the british ministry of defense calls him because of this rather than soldiers but britain is in. deed on the ground some type of british shooting will booties on the ground you talked about all of that what is the actual aim of all of this look if you look at what's a general mattis or general kelly. talked about if you go back and look at their speeches they view america the u.k. the west a

american war plan throughout the greater middle east through the muslim world we're going to use proxy armies we're going to use american air power train transition to like allied air power like the saudis saying am in firepower like artillery and mortars like we saw use say in mosul or rocka and we're going to use commandos like the iraqis did or the afghans are now dead then backed up by american commandos or british commandos and that's the way of war that's the way of maintaining these borderlands in the empire this perpetual war that so many of the generals including mattis who is sector defense are kelly who is the white house chief of staff believe is necessary to again maintain the empire i think the british ministry of defense calls them because of this rather than soldiers but britain is in. deed on the ground some type of british shooting will boot is on the ground you talked about all of that what is the actual a move all of this look if you look at what's a general mattis or general kelly. talked about if you go back and look at their speeches they view america the u.k. the west

american war plan throughout the greater middle east through the muslim world we're going to use proxy armies we're going to use american air power train transition to like allied air power like the saudis saying am in firepower like artillery and mortars like we saw use say in mosul or rocca and we're going to use commandos like the iraqis did or the afghans are now dead then backed up by american commandos or british commandos and that's the way of war that's the way of maintaining these borderlands in the empire this perpetual war that so many of the generals including mattis who is sector defense are kelly who is the white house chief of staff believe is necessary to again maintain the empire i think the british ministry of defense calls him because of this rather than soldiers but britain is in. deed on the ground some type of british shooting will boot is on the ground. about all of that what is the actual aim of all of this look if you look at what's a general mattis or general kelly. talked about if you go back and look at their speeches they view america the u.k. the west as the apex

american war plan throughout the greater middle east through the muslim world we're going to use proxy armies we're going to use american air power train transition to like allied air power like the saudis saying yemen firepower like artillery and mortars like we saw used say in mosul or rocka and we're going to use commandos like the iraqis did or the afghans are now dead then backed up by american commandos or british commandos and that's the way of war that's the way of maintaining these borderlands in the empire this perpetual war that so many of the generals including mattis who is sector defense are kelly who is the white house chief of staff believe is necessary to again maintain the empire i think the british ministry of defense calls him because of the rather. than soldiers but britain is indeed on the ground some type of british shooting will boots on the ground you talked about all of that what is the actual a move all of this look if you look at what's a general mattis or general kelly. talked about if you go back and look at their speeches they view america the u.k. the west as t

artists and why does the army have so much art and we explained to me that since world war i the us army has had a painter, a painter on staff who is in charge of painting disasters whether it's storming the beaches of normandy or going on in vietnam or whether 911 it is currently still exist and there is a painter, war artist, they called the artist in residence that is still on staff and i said you tell me that everyone is reading with guns blazing and you are telling me that someone is running in with puzzles and paintbrushes in their pockets and that's the craziest person in the whole world and i want to meet them. they said no, no, you need to her. her. i was like oh, it's woman. of course it's woman. she's amazing. i knew right there i knew nola. that is it and i knew it instantly. this is it a woman can go out there and see things that no one else sees. is working on the justice league a few years ago the artist came to dinner with me in florida. we had this great dinner together and i said brad, after reading your blood work together but now i know so much more about you and i wa

attack on friday fighters dressed in army uniforms attacked the french embassy in the routine of us army headquarters the attack was coordinated by another group known as jamaat . well the muslimeen but the aim is the same to attack countries and soldiers currently fighting in the same. way. we're not surprised with what's going on but we feel sad and see so many people die like this why do they want to kill so many of us. brooklyn afonso along with new share molly more tina and chad are deploying troops in the region as part of a multi nation fighting force led by friends their goal is to gain control of territories that are in the hands of rebel groups. the last month there's been a series of coordinated attacks targeting u.n. french and african troops in mali many including civilians have been killed. in a statement the group behind friday's attack warned the government not to get involved in the fighting. in want to do you know forces capital the army and security forces are on high alert three men on a motorcycle tried to force their way through a military checkpoint by the presiden

he graduated first in his class at the college where the us army train.rector especially leaving the president of this is more a public facing job, a differentjob and the bureaucracy of the state department and complexity of- of the issues and complexity of some of the issues makes it a very difficultjob for mike pompeo to do. well we just have images from the state department and rex tillerson is going to make his statement in about seven or eight minutes. as we look at that what are your thoughts about body might say how nervous the white house might be feeling the top — feeling. how nervous the white house might be feeling the top - feeling. there could be some nerves and you can understand why rex tillerson might be frustrated. that this decision was made while he was travelling. even the report, but the president did not tell them directly. clearly he did not have time to discuss his consent and the president wanted to make the decision while he was gone. exactly what he did with james carmi infiring him exactly what he did with james carmi in firing

in this hole was zero follows a group of us army veterans. by war. as they struggle to get their lives back. at this time on al-jazeera. new yorkers are very receptive to al jazeera because it is such an international city they are very interested and that global perspective that al jazeera provides . zero. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news live from doha i'm martine dennis coming up in the next sixty minutes airstrikes kill at least a dozen children who'd taken shelter in a school in syria's eastern ghouta. hamas rejects the palestinian president's accusation that it was behind last week attack on the prime minister. the former french president nicolas sarkozy is detained by police over allegations of illegal campaign funding from libya. and this is sudan the world's last mail northern why dry no use just died in kenya. but we saw it in syria's eastern ghouta where the u.n. has now calling for urgent access to the civilians who've managed to get out of the own flavor as well as those who are trapped inside it says that many of the fifty thou

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police brutality in brazil's impoverished favela districts, and the government's recent decision to use the army, her name tweeted millions of times, her death mourned everywhere from new york to paris. many here believe she was targeted because of her outspoken criticism of brazil's police and security forces. officials say her death is still being investigated. meanwhile, campaigners say more marches are planned across the country. russell trott, bbc news. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. beginning in washington, in a few hours time, saudi prince mohammed bin salman makes his first visit to the us since becoming heir to the throne, he is scheduled to meet president trump on tuesday. later, in brussels, british brexit minister david davis and eu chief negotiator michel barnier meet to hammer out key details ahead of an eu summit this week. finally, in australia at 2200, myanmar leader aung san suu kyi will deliver a highly anticipated speech following her involvement in the asean summit at the weekend. whale sharks are the world's largest fish. they're endangered,

brazil has used the army to try to stem violence.her name was treated millions of times and her death was mourned everywhere from new york to paris. many here believe she was targeted because of the outspoken criticism of brazil's police and security forces. officials they had bet is still being investigated. meanwhile, campaigners say more marches are planned across the country. andrew plant, bbc news. scientists say they've achieved a breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, after the results of an international trial involving stem cell transplants. doctors in sheffield in northern england were part of the study, which showed an improvement in symptoms and the progress of the neurological condition halted. around 100,000 people in the uk are affected by ms, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. so nice to finally get out. it feels like my diagnosis wasjust a bad dream. before her transplant, louise willetts from rotherham had severe relapses, attacks of multiple sclerosis. at one point, she was in a wheel

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use our military forces. the old saying about sparta. the purpose of the spartan army was to give credibility to spartan diplomacy. but the purpose of spartan diplomacy was to avoid having to use the spartan army. - [narrator] balancing the foreign policy toolkit is an enormous challenge. - the remedy to some of these issues is not just pouring more resources in. it's doing it in a way that is going to make the different pieces of our government more interoperable, optimize their ability to interact with one another, and to comb out unnecessary redundancy in systems. - it's easy to appropriate money for defense, because it's almost a litmus test for patriotism. give more money to the troops. that's the obvious one, and we think that if you are offered a higher defense budget, you're more patriotic. well, that's obviously too simplistic. the other part is, there's a constituency for defense expenditures. often, when we think about funding our diplomacy, we get that confused with straight foreign aid. - there's a combination of reasons why congress seems to embrace nearl

hundred seventy thousand civilians to flee the city according to the un turkish affairs analyst told us the army is trying to cut kurdish groups off from each other do they actually trying to push the border just by getting cooperation. from the turkish touristic to wipe it from the point. section i think p.p.p. care what it was and so you come to college not to buy a ph d. from. naples and also cite. the forces east of. the diplomatic standoff between the u.k. and russia has created this week with twenty three diplomats from each country expelled is followed the poisoning of former double agent to sergei screen paul and his daughter in england three weeks ago the investigation is still underway but british officials have repeatedly pointed the finger at the russian government and on thursday the prime minister asked the e.u. to back her up. it was highly likely that russia was responsible for one thing that the current analysis is already very well grounded and nobody questions that everyone was also indicate didn't do willingness to develop a fuss russia is concerned. about the relations we ha

police brutality in brazil's impoverished favela districts, and the government's recent decision to use the army of her killing spread around the world on social media, her name tweeted millions of times, her death mourned everywhere from new york to paris. many here believe she was targeted because of her outspoken criticism of brazil's police and security forces. officials say her death is still being investigated. meanwhile, campaigners say more marches are planned across the country. andrew plant, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the million—dollar teacher from london who has scooped up a global award. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and the dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the wes

developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon and thanks for taking the time the syrian army says advances have divided eastern time to several parts a rebel forces are disputing that claim what are you hearing about the situation on the ground or be hearing is a syrian nosiness actually in quite a strong position right now and that's actually not surprising that thought militarily the rebels so far weaker up there to the city intervene adult with their russian lives in my bus and ethel's that they're also using what we've been hearing from the round residents fast the regime has entered the center of that as an excuse of she claiming but and they have they are perhaps always stating that it. was a little bells are also persisting under the weather also fighting. the not set that . you can do what i mean jean not the other way we. will be back with the bot we have this march is the regime easing these areas and it has been over the last two to three days intensively bombing all of these areas and it's just a matter of time before they get to the well as. you mentioned a dozen

thousand civilians to flee the city this is according to the un the turkish affairs analyst told us the army is trying to cut kurdish groups off from each other do they actually going to push the border just by giving quotations like. you can from the turkish perspective why. from the point. i'm actually to me i think taking p.p. care what p.g. always does and so you come to college not to buy p.g. from and you don't need and also cite. the forces on the east coast is. the diplomatic standoff between the u.k. and russia escalated this week with twenty three diplomats from each country expelled is followed in the poisoning of former double agent sergei scrip hall and his daughter in england three weeks ago i mean resignation is still under way but british officials have repeatedly pointed a finger at the russian government and on thursday the prime minister asked the e.u. to back her up. it was highly likely that russia was responsible this list for one thing that the current analysis is already very well grounded and nobody questions that everyone was also indicate didn't do willingness to d

male yes that's have a look at this one online says traits and i wants to use an army of computerized mind readers to help win the next election and this was before this was back in twenty sixteen twenty sixteen yes the crucial thing here is less the timing rather than the connection this once again goes back to cambridge and let it go so we now see this connection between two reason may be secret service the honeytrap exploits and cambridge and there is nothing nothing in all of this to say that tourism a arranged honeytrap is against nothing at all or me calling it all cambridge analytical refuses to comment perhaps because they want to sustain the privacy of their clients but it's a very opportune time for this to come out given all the other accusations pointed in other directions and i'm thinking of no particular country when i say that well i should say the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg says he's going to be interviewed by the information commissioner whose office is in this building show where we're all very excited here you'll be listening in someone's obviously been listen

used to protect. my four years in the army we were trained to use a weapon for protection of the united states and our constitution. we took an oath to do that. we were never in combat in my four years, but that's what we were trained for. it was not an assault weapon. it was a protective weapon, to protect our country. so when we hear all this talk, well, maybe it's time to, again, ban assault weapons. any weapon is an assault weapon. any weapon is also a defensive weapon. it's all in the hands of -- all about the hands of those who are holding the weapon. we also know that as a fact, the years in which so-called assault weapons were banned, it made absolutely no difference. we also know in cities where there's the most citizen with laws, -- strenuous gun you often find the most violent number of gun attacks. "wall street journal" has an article sometime back talking out the mentality of those who use a gun and kill and engage in a mass shooting. it said, almost invariably, these are control freaks. their thought is, i got to be in control, and so they want to go to a place where no one else will hav

as soon as we grew this army to a size approaching us, we drew down our troops sharply.e drew down too fast and too far and the exercise we have gone through here, is rightsizing that forces so we can provide the appropriate amount of advising, training and assisting to the afghans so they can own the fight, they are the ones taking the fight, they are the ones taking the fight to the enemy. they do need our help, yes, and they need our financial support. but they are the ones who are fighting and dying for their country and by doing that they are protecting us. you have been supporting them now for almost 17 yea rs, supporting them now for almost 17 years, what are you doing now that will make a difference? the end state is reconciliation, this is what the afghans want. in a to—do that there needed to be more military pressure applied to the enemy. in order to do that there needed to be significant improvement in the afghan military. the investment in the afghan army is already well under way. one of america's top special forces officers shows me the huge training compo