Michèle Flournoy

A7. Restore readiness funding and protect seed corn for future - R&D and critical capability investments.#thinkdefnese

A5. Advise and assist, yes; joint training and ops, not at this time.#thinkdefense

A5. US and Europeans should provide lethal assistance to enable Ukrainian forces to defend their territory and sovereignty.#ThinkDefense

A4. US should immediately grow such efforts but continue only if Iraqi government formation stays on track #ThinkDefense

Form a coalition, provide military assistance to forces on ground, cut off ISIS financing, and counter its propaganda.#ThinkDefense

The international effort is being pieced together, with UK and others joining. A work in progress but needs greater urgency. #ThinkDefense

A2. Yes, the US should supply Kurds with what they need to defend key territory and thwart ISIS #ThinkDefense

ISIS poses a serious threat to the US; we need to lead an international effort to counter #ThinkDefense

A1: Yes, but only if in support of Iraqi forces fighting on behalf of an inclusive Iraqi government and if civilian casualties avoided.

Happy to be on Twitter. Looking forward to conversation with @TBowmanNPR #ThinkDefense