wexler, thank you.we would -- we have a lot of witnesses waiting, and we get kicked out of this room literally at 5:00. so we will ask you if you could, please, do your response in three minutes. >> i'll try to do better. >> there's a light right there in front of you that'll help you. >> okay. >> thank you. [laughter] >> with respect to ms. sherman's most recent comments, in terms of defining national interest in the context of why i am here, the last part of the presentation was about, number one, the necessity of america continuing its global leadership role are. and that global leadership role is, as wendy defined it, to defeat terror in whatever form it comes up where it has an impact on our interests which, unfortunately, what we have learned where there is a void of leadership more often than not it is filled by interests that are adverse to us and our allies. so first and foremost, of course, is defeating isis. not containing isis, but defeating isis. second, of course, is the continuing effort

wexler, thank you. we would -- we have a lot of witnesses waiting and we get kicked out of this room literally at 5:00 so we will ask you if you could please do your response in three minutes. >> i'll try to do better. >> there's a light right there in front of you that will help you. >> okay. >> thank you. >> with respect to ms. sherman's most recent comments, in terms of defining national interests in the context of why i am here, the last part of the presentation was about, number one, the necessity of america continuing its global leadership role. and that global leadership role is as wendy defined it to defeat terror in whatever form it comes up where it has an impact on our nationals. which unfortunately what we have learned where there is a void of leadership more often than not it is filled by interests that are adverse to us and our allies. so, first and foremost, of course, is defeating isis, thougnot containing isis but defeating isis. second, of course, is the continuing effort to build or h

wexler, thank you. we would -- we have a lot of witnesses waiting and we get kicked out of this room literally at 5:00 so we will ask you if you could please do your response in three minutes. >> i'll try to do better. >> there's a light right there in front of you that will help you. >> ok. >> thank you. >> with respect to ms. sherman's most recent comments, in terms of defining national interests in the context of why i am here, the last part of the presentation was about, number one, the necessity of america continuing its global leadership role. and that global leadership role is as wendy defined it to defeat terror in whatever form it comes up where it has an impact on our nationals. which unfortunately what we have learned where there is a void of leadership more often than not it is filled by interests that are adverse to us and our allies. so, first and foremost, of course, is defeating isis, thoughtnot containing isis but defeating isis. second, of course, is the continuing effort to build or h