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what concessions did you get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances if the ypg that they'll comply with the terms of the agreement because this is something they said they would not do and finally with the kurds moving south and with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south how would you say ss critics who would this is bad for the kurds. vice president pence: i think you can see for yourself what concessions were made. president trump in his phone call with president erdogan this week and in the directive he gave us to deliver was clear. he wanted a ceasefire. e wanted to stop the violence. turkey is engaged in an active military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five-hour period of time, we reached a place of agreement about how a ceasefire could benefit turkey, achief president trump's objectives and also contribute to a peaceful resolution of the safe zone. i believe that we've accomplished that. with regard to the y.p.g., syrian defense forces, we
what concessions did you get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances if the ypg that they'll comply with the terms of the agreement because this is something they said they would not do and finally with the kurds moving south and with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south how would you say ss critics who would this is bad for the kurds. vice president pence: i think you can see for yourself what concessions were made. president trump in...
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erdogan is an authoritarian thug. his rule left a glaring black mark on tur keys' historic secular democratic traditions. we need to pressure him while ramping up diplomacy in the hopes of getting turkey back on the right track as a nato ally. that's one of the goals of this measure. this bipartisan legislation also requires the trump administration to develop concrete strategies for combating isis, protecting syrian kurdish communities, and ensuring syrians who partnered with american forces as well as n.g.o.'s and humanitarian organizations can be safely resettled in the united states. this is a smart response to address the calamity caused by turkish forces in sir yasm it's up to congress to act, to make it clear where the american government stands. i want to thank my friend, ranking member mccaul, for working with me to introduce this legislation. i hope our colleagues will join us in supporting it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the letter exchange will be entered i
erdogan is an authoritarian thug. his rule left a glaring black mark on tur keys' historic secular democratic traditions. we need to pressure him while ramping up diplomacy in the hopes of getting turkey back on the right track as a nato ally. that's one of the goals of this measure. this bipartisan legislation also requires the trump administration to develop concrete strategies for combating isis, protecting syrian kurdish communities, and ensuring syrians who partnered with american forces...
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president erdogan allowed fighters to begin with. reporter: why do you think that president trump listened to you last december when he wanted to withdraw and why he is not listening to you? do you think it is election year politics? ? d what specific assurances senator graham: president trump did not wake up two weeks ago and said erdogan, you can have syria. in december, he announced the withdrawal. to president trump's credit, we slowed it down and reassured the kurds that we are not going to abandon you. and create a safe zone where y.p.g. ould feel -- the kurds areize of the terror. we are trying to accommodate both interests. erdogan called the president and accused our germs of slow-walking the safe zones and he could not tolerate it anymore. so it's not like president trump just woke up one day and said i'm tired of syria. erdogan said i'm going to go in and the president counseled him not to but it did not work. and here's what i fear if it doesn't work with erdogan and not work with the eye tolla. now is a moment for the pr
president erdogan allowed fighters to begin with. reporter: why do you think that president trump listened to you last december when he wanted to withdraw and why he is not listening to you? do you think it is election year politics? ? d what specific assurances senator graham: president trump did not wake up two weeks ago and said erdogan, you can have syria. in december, he announced the withdrawal. to president trump's credit, we slowed it down and reassured the kurds that we are not going...
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president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week. and the president made it clear yesterday, we made it clear again today, that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives, in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's ceasefire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it's also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it's important that friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this case. but it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that's now resulted in a ceasefire and we believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable safe zone and the united states is committed to achieving that for all the people of this region. reporter: mr. vice president, can i finish my question
president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week. and the president made it clear yesterday, we made it clear again today, that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives, in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's ceasefire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong...
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we made that clear up to president erdogan. ourey moved against admonitions, and that -- and there were costs imposed immediately on the turkish administration. it is a complex question particularly with the implementation of sanctions against a nato ally. secretary pompeo has made clear we will follow along as appropriate. i cannot give you a timeline, but that issue is under deliberative review. >> thank you both for your service. >> i now recognize the gentlelady from nevada for five minutes. >> mr. ambassador, your valiant attempt to describe what this administration has done through deliberative, diplomatic efforts is in total contradiction to what the president himself said after this occurred. he said even while pence was on his way to do something that there is just a lot of sand over there, that sometimes you have to let them fight like little kids before you separate them. the kurds were no angels, they did not help us in world war ii. isn't this contradictory to the image you are trying to present today? i think you
we made that clear up to president erdogan. ourey moved against admonitions, and that -- and there were costs imposed immediately on the turkish administration. it is a complex question particularly with the implementation of sanctions against a nato ally. secretary pompeo has made clear we will follow along as appropriate. i cannot give you a timeline, but that issue is under deliberative review. >> thank you both for your service. >> i now recognize the gentlelady from nevada for...
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president erdogan just sat back. picturethat was -- that of theery clear reminder transformation of turkey's priorities in syria. the final thing i want to syria, thethat conflict in syria played the most important role in the --ntry's domestic and policy and foreign policy the establishment of the republic. transformed the conflict in syria, but it was also transformed by the conflict in syria. you have to look at his domestic power struggle. vulnerable. most he will do anything, no matter how risky. we are reading the news that turkish troops are on the border , turkish officials are talking .bout a military incursion america's partners, allies, are warning about the risk. president might have given the green light, but still. you have a congress that is willing to punish erdogan for other reasons. president trump has been working very hard to prevent congressional leaders to hold sanctions, saying turkey is an important nato ally. it is going to be very difficult for president trump to continue to standby erdogan.
president erdogan just sat back. picturethat was -- that of theery clear reminder transformation of turkey's priorities in syria. the final thing i want to syria, thethat conflict in syria played the most important role in the --ntry's domestic and policy and foreign policy the establishment of the republic. transformed the conflict in syria, but it was also transformed by the conflict in syria. you have to look at his domestic power struggle. vulnerable. most he will do anything, no matter how...
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whether it's 50% america and 50% erdogan% erdogan, or 80% erdogan and 20% america, i don't know, but we played a major role. let's move aside the mistake that we made. let's get past that and to try o do something productive. just a couple of sentenced about what that means. what is that productive? >> donald trump has been forced, doll trump has been forced into, by this bipartisan consensus in congress to put sanctions on turkey. let's use that for negotiation with erdogan, possibly get, maybe get forces to stop, cease-fire in place and then negotiation with the turks but -- about anrrangement and northeast syria that meets their security needs and allows us what we need in northern syria and protects civilian life. and one last sentence just about what blaise said. i agree with almost every word that blaisesaid. >> can i get that in writing? [laughing] >> you can get the full sentence -- >> about what we would like to see in northeast syria, is something on the model of the krg and iraq. but we never tried to build that. this is the key. we converted the relationship between ally
whether it's 50% america and 50% erdogan% erdogan, or 80% erdogan and 20% america, i don't know, but we played a major role. let's move aside the mistake that we made. let's get past that and to try o do something productive. just a couple of sentenced about what that means. what is that productive? >> donald trump has been forced, doll trump has been forced into, by this bipartisan consensus in congress to put sanctions on turkey. let's use that for negotiation with erdogan, possibly...
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released a .etter to president erdogan the president took very tough language with president erdogan and advocated some kind of agreement or arrangement with the sdf leader. , and i think it is a very important point, the idea of the trail and giving a green light, it's as if our troops in northeast syria were like our troops along the korean dmz, to hold off a force. that is not what they were. they were two outposts of 12 people along that whole area of 140 kilometers and we told the turks, i was involved in telling them that, that is to observe whether the kurds are shooting across the order at you or you are shooting at them. that was not a security perimeter of any sort. the forces we eventually did move were way west of any of this fighting, and they were moved again, dod can explain why but looking at him the map, it was clear pretty soon they would've been cut off as the turks came down the main east-west highway. that is my understanding about why the decision was made. having followed up sensibly turkish, including intelligence i can't get into here, to -- turkish views on
released a .etter to president erdogan the president took very tough language with president erdogan and advocated some kind of agreement or arrangement with the sdf leader. , and i think it is a very important point, the idea of the trail and giving a green light, it's as if our troops in northeast syria were like our troops along the korean dmz, to hold off a force. that is not what they were. they were two outposts of 12 people along that whole area of 140 kilometers and we told the turks, i...
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david talked to the israelis about erdogan, talk to the saudis about erdogan, that would be a very, that like a real square peg round whole problem i just don't think that's realistic. i will leave it there. >> next question. >> i am with the center for security policy. we have all heard president erdogan talking, declining over the the last several years his -- declaring over the the last several years his intent to reconquer lands of the ottoman empire. where would you all expect to see them turn next? do you think, do it if you think that erdogan has his sights set in what else besides northeastern syria? >> i don't want to hog the stage, but look what is doing in the eastern mediterranean, look at the maps of syria that he showed in september, and those are the maps he has shown for some time. in the mosul battle, he insisted on being part of the mosul battle. that would've upended the entire battle. we have seen anything like it since the vietnam war or world war ii. we needed to put u.s. forces on the road to make sure turkey would not come in the battle. he is national security zo
david talked to the israelis about erdogan, talk to the saudis about erdogan, that would be a very, that like a real square peg round whole problem i just don't think that's realistic. i will leave it there. >> next question. >> i am with the center for security policy. we have all heard president erdogan talking, declining over the the last several years his -- declaring over the the last several years his intent to reconquer lands of the ottoman empire. where would you all expect...
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whether it's 50% america and 50% erdogan% erdogan, or 80% erdogan and 20% america, i don't know, but we played a major role. let's move aside the mistake that we made. let's get past that and to try o do something productive. just a couple of sentenced about what that means. what is that productive? >> donald trump has been forced, doll trump has been forced into, by this bipartisan consensus in congress to put sanctions on turkey. let's use that for negotiation with erdogan, possibly get, maybe get forces to stop, cease-fire in place and then negotiation with the turks but -- about an arrangement and northeast syria that meets their security needs and allows us what we need in northern syria and protects civilian life. and one last sentence just about what blaise said. i agree with almost every word that blaisesaid. >> can i get that in writing? [laughing] >> you can get the full sentence -- >> about what we would like to see in northeast syria, is something on the model of the krg and iraq. but we never tried to build that. this is the key. we converted the relationship between all
whether it's 50% america and 50% erdogan% erdogan, or 80% erdogan and 20% america, i don't know, but we played a major role. let's move aside the mistake that we made. let's get past that and to try o do something productive. just a couple of sentenced about what that means. what is that productive? >> donald trump has been forced, doll trump has been forced into, by this bipartisan consensus in congress to put sanctions on turkey. let's use that for negotiation with erdogan, possibly...
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erdogan is an authoritarian thug. his rule left a glaring black mark on tur keys' historic secular democratic traditions. we need to pressure him while ramping up diplomacy in the hopes of getting turkey back on the right track as a nato ally. that's one of the goals of this measure. this bipartisan legislation also requires the trump administration to develop concrete strategies for combating isis, protecting syrian kurdish communities, and ensuring syrians who partnered with american forces as well as n.g.o.'s and humanitarian organizations can be safely resettled in the united states. this is a smart response to address the calamity caused by turkish forces in sir yasm it's up to congress to act, to make it clear where the american government stands. i want to thank my friend, ranking member mccaul, for working with me to introduce this legislation. i hope our colleagues will join us in supporting it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the letter exchange will be entered i
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i want to thank and congratulate president erdogan. he's a friend of mine. i'm glad we didn't have a problem. he's a hell of a leader, he's a tough man, a strong man, he did the right thing and i appreciate it. i'll appreciate it in the future. [inaudible] president trump: turkey has a great military power. turkey is a great friend of ours, they're a member of nato. what turkey is getting now is, they're not going to have to kill millions of people and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them. i mean this was going to be a war of lots of other groups coming in. this couldn't going to stop with turkey against the kurds. a lot of different groups were coming in. we might not have been involved. i don't want to be involved in that kind of war. by the way, we have the strongest we have been there for 10 years. so this was a great thing for everybody. and turkey is -- i really appreciate what they have done. they have done the right thing and i have great respect for the president. [inaudible question] president trump no. no. if you let this go, you w
i want to thank and congratulate president erdogan. he's a friend of mine. i'm glad we didn't have a problem. he's a hell of a leader, he's a tough man, a strong man, he did the right thing and i appreciate it. i'll appreciate it in the future. [inaudible] president trump: turkey has a great military power. turkey is a great friend of ours, they're a member of nato. what turkey is getting now is, they're not going to have to kill millions of people and millions of people aren't going to have to...
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in the letter the president sent to erdogan, he's warning him not to do this. the president got a recommendation to remove a number of troops because of what was coming that americans would be in harm's way. the president made a decision based on protecting these troops . the president is now using the full pow over sangs to tray to stop and get a cease fire. the president at the same time in this motion is making sure he's keeping a number of troops in a location to protect and ake sure the homeland is safe. reporter: can you talk about after the speaker left the room. mr. mccarthy: what was talked about after the speaker left was why we came here, what is the plan to move forward? what's the concerns individuals have? these are individuals sit, our ranking members, chairs of armed services, it's a bipartisan, bicameral. the only thing that happened in this meeting was democrat leadership got up and walked away. when there's a time of crisis, leadership stays. whether they like what is said or not. and actually work to solve a problem. to me that's the definit
in the letter the president sent to erdogan, he's warning him not to do this. the president got a recommendation to remove a number of troops because of what was coming that americans would be in harm's way. the president made a decision based on protecting these troops . the president is now using the full pow over sangs to tray to stop and get a cease fire. the president at the same time in this motion is making sure he's keeping a number of troops in a location to protect and ake sure the...
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we have nuclear weapons, reportedly 50 nuclear weapons, on the airbase, and erdogan has become a less and less reliable partner, so the president just moments ago said he is confident that the weapons are secure because they are at a "large, powerful air base," but that large, powerful airbase is inside of turkey with , erdogan right now undermining american security in a way that is almost impossible to fully understand the magnitude right now, the ripple effect. the law of consequences has just been happening and happening and happening, and turkey has previously actually restricted our access to that days during a crisis, so from my perspective, instead of responsibly pulling our troops back from the turkish border, president trump should be pulling our nuclear weapons out of turkey instead. that's the right kind of signal to send. that is an accurate reflection of the reliability of the erdogan administration in terms of wholean security, so this dynamic in the trump administration has tremendous ripple effects, pulling out of the arabian deal, laying footsie with the saudis in te
we have nuclear weapons, reportedly 50 nuclear weapons, on the airbase, and erdogan has become a less and less reliable partner, so the president just moments ago said he is confident that the weapons are secure because they are at a "large, powerful air base," but that large, powerful airbase is inside of turkey with , erdogan right now undermining american security in a way that is almost impossible to fully understand the magnitude right now, the ripple effect. the law of...
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we had a great talk with president erdogan and it's going very well. thank you very much. >> c-span's campaign 2020 coverage continues, live saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern. senator bernie sanders. listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >> we want to welcome back to the washington alph norman, republican of south carolina who served as -- on the oversight committee. you served with elijah cummings. guest: two
we had a great talk with president erdogan and it's going very well. thank you very much. >> c-span's campaign 2020 coverage continues, live saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern. senator bernie sanders. listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >> we want to welcome back to the washington alph norman, republican of south carolina who served as -- on the oversight committee. you served with elijah cummings. guest: two
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reports that re president erdogan now wants turkey to acquire nuclear weapons. thing this region needs is a nuclear arms race. so here's the bottom line. thursday, the american vice president and secretary of state tood at a podium and announced the administration's effective capitulation and surrender. ethnic ill complete its cleansing and the u.s. will lift all sanctions. syria as full control in under the tutelage of his russian and iranian masters. syria, russia and iran are the winners. the kurds are once more on the and the united states, under president trump, is sadly diminished. syrians are at throwing rotten food at retreating u.s. troops. administration's policies are tragic for reasons beyond the human suffering it's unleashed. our national security, undermine our fight against terrorism, and diminish credibility. we are so much better than this. i call on my colleagues on both to speak out isle and condemn the actions of this administration. sanctions on pass turkey and seek to compel erdogan to stop turkey's assault kurds. and we must compel this a
reports that re president erdogan now wants turkey to acquire nuclear weapons. thing this region needs is a nuclear arms race. so here's the bottom line. thursday, the american vice president and secretary of state tood at a podium and announced the administration's effective capitulation and surrender. ethnic ill complete its cleansing and the u.s. will lift all sanctions. syria as full control in under the tutelage of his russian and iranian masters. syria, russia and iran are the winners....
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i spoke to president erdogan of turkey. we're doing very, very well with turkey. there's a ceasefire. or a pause or whatever you want to call it. there was some sniper fire this morning. there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly. and they're back to the full pause. we have isis totally under guard. turkey is also guarding separately, they're watching over everything. so you have the kurds who we're dealing with, very happy about the way things are going, i must say. the kurds. and you also have the turks watching just secondarily watching, we have isis under control. we've taken control of the oil in the middle east, the oil we're talking about, the oil that everybody was worried about, we have -- the u.s. has control of that. and there are no shots being fired. and a lot of people are doing a lot of things. that is a deal that should have been made 15 years ago, 10 years ago, over the last number of years under the obama administration. the real number is over a million people were killed. we have lost no, not a drop of blood since we've star
i spoke to president erdogan of turkey. we're doing very, very well with turkey. there's a ceasefire. or a pause or whatever you want to call it. there was some sniper fire this morning. there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly. and they're back to the full pause. we have isis totally under guard. turkey is also guarding separately, they're watching over everything. so you have the kurds who we're dealing with, very happy about the way things are going, i must say. the...
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that's an accurate reflection of reliability of the erdogan administration in terms of security. this whole dynamic in the trump administration has tremendous effects, pulling out of the iranian deal. with the saudi n terms of a 1-2-3 agreement that's less than a gold standard. the saudis say they are going to pursue nuclear weapons, effect, tes a ripple and then turning a blind eye to turkish aggressive military action along our border that bankgers our interest, and potentially, if hings really go awry, could potentially endanger the weapons of the nuclear usa.de turkey made in the all of this points, from my nuclear weapons of the united states in turkey is a relic of the cold war. they are not necessary. not be there. and it's highly unclear that the to be ould ever allow us using those weapons in a etaliatory strike against russia with whom at least ostensibly right now they are this effort in syria. it's a crazy policy. we've got to get those nukes out of turkey and do so immediately. thank you. >> do you want to comment? i just say on the first of the question about we've
that's an accurate reflection of reliability of the erdogan administration in terms of security. this whole dynamic in the trump administration has tremendous effects, pulling out of the iranian deal. with the saudi n terms of a 1-2-3 agreement that's less than a gold standard. the saudis say they are going to pursue nuclear weapons, effect, tes a ripple and then turning a blind eye to turkish aggressive military action along our border that bankgers our interest, and potentially, if hings...
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president erdogan and turkey is satisfied with it. and we are in a very strong position. we are also in a position where we can put tremendous powerful sanctions on turkey or whoever else we want to. our country is a financially much stronger country than when i took it over. china would have been right now the number one economy in the world. and right now china is way behind us. we picked up trillions of dollars in value and they've lost trillions and trillions of dollars. they're having the worst year they've had in 57 years. with that being said, we're working with china very well. we've done subject to getting it signed and i think it will get signed easily, hopefully by the summit in chile where president xi and i will beth be. but a lot of good things are happening. our farmers are taken care of. our bankers and financial services are going to have access the likes of which they've never had to the largest or second largest depending on your definitions, about 1.4 billion people, population, whether it's india or china, they're pretty close. we've done some great t
president erdogan and turkey is satisfied with it. and we are in a very strong position. we are also in a position where we can put tremendous powerful sanctions on turkey or whoever else we want to. our country is a financially much stronger country than when i took it over. china would have been right now the number one economy in the world. and right now china is way behind us. we picked up trillions of dollars in value and they've lost trillions and trillions of dollars. they're having the...
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he is going to meet with president erdogan. president erdogan said he would not meet with anybody but he took it back just a while ago if they don't have a successful meeting, the sanctioned and tariffs we will do. it will be devastating to turkey's economy. i got pastor bronson home. no one else could do it. the previous administration tried but were on able to do it. i did it very quickly but see what happened i think we will be successful but we've got to get out of the endless wars. i go to walter reed and gave up the heart on friday. i see the incredible soldiers coming home to dover in a coffin on areas that we have nothing to do with. nothing to do with. it's heartbreaking. i signed letters all the time to parents whose son was shot in different places in the middle east, mostly. it's heartbreaking to see, very heartbreaking. i've said it. if the strength, not the weakness. much harder to do what i'm doing. others.be like the just leave them there. but i can't do it. probably politically better for me to say we would jus
he is going to meet with president erdogan. president erdogan said he would not meet with anybody but he took it back just a while ago if they don't have a successful meeting, the sanctioned and tariffs we will do. it will be devastating to turkey's economy. i got pastor bronson home. no one else could do it. the previous administration tried but were on able to do it. i did it very quickly but see what happened i think we will be successful but we've got to get out of the endless wars. i go to...
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, president erdogan, this has just a bolstered his poll numbers. he is seen as going after the terrorists that have been attacking. reason to think you will be restrained in what comes next. host: you can see aaron mehta journal mugs are available at c-span.org. products -- see all the c-span products. >> senate republican members spoke about
, president erdogan, this has just a bolstered his poll numbers. he is seen as going after the terrorists that have been attacking. reason to think you will be restrained in what comes next. host: you can see aaron mehta journal mugs are available at c-span.org. products -- see all the c-span products. >> senate republican members spoke about
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if you look at turkey, with erdogan. and kim jong-un. i do not want to have spies in the white house, want to be free to make calls. i do not think it is fair for somebody to interpret a call. i do not mind a misinterpretation, but this was a fraud. that call was perfect. if you read the whistleblower's report, that had no resemblance to what the call was. >> let me go back to the conversation with boris johnson. there was a case involving a car crash and a diplomat's wife, what did you decide? pres. trump: what we are going to do -- it is a complex issue, as you know, because we are talking about diplomatic immunity, which is quite a subject in itself. you could lecture me on it, i suspect. it is quite a subject. a terrible accident occurred. the person driving the car, they know who it was and they have it on camera. a young man was killed on his motorcycle. he was killed. it sounds like instantly killed. the woman through diplomatic immunity left the u.k. and came back to america. and what i am going to try to do, and see, because i u
if you look at turkey, with erdogan. and kim jong-un. i do not want to have spies in the white house, want to be free to make calls. i do not think it is fair for somebody to interpret a call. i do not mind a misinterpretation, but this was a fraud. that call was perfect. if you read the whistleblower's report, that had no resemblance to what the call was. >> let me go back to the conversation with boris johnson. there was a case involving a car crash and a diplomat's wife, what did you...
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vice president pence made the announcement in turkey after a four-hour meeting with turkish president erdogan. vice president pence: one week ago, turkish forces crossed into syria. earlier this week, president trump took decisive action to call on turkish forces to stan
vice president pence made the announcement in turkey after a four-hour meeting with turkish president erdogan. vice president pence: one week ago, turkish forces crossed into syria. earlier this week, president trump took decisive action to call on turkish forces to stan
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decisiondent erdogan's surprise you? and if they did not, would you make the same decision you made before? that a we just heard deal may have been worked out. if i can get your reaction to that. and if i could ask you about the digital tax. did the two of you discuss a possible digital tax as it relates to amazon and google? what progress were you able to make? >> the decision did not surprise me because he has wanted to do that for a long time. he has been building up troops on the border for a long time as you know. our soldiers are mostly gone from the area. we had under 50. it is a very tiny force. all isnot surprise me at unnatural for us but natural for them. they fight and they fight long. they have been fighting syria for a long time on the border. i say, why are we rejecting syria's land? syria also has a relationship with the kurds, who are no angels. there aren't too many around. syria has a relationship with the kurds they will come in for the border and they will fight. russia went into afghanistan when it
decisiondent erdogan's surprise you? and if they did not, would you make the same decision you made before? that a we just heard deal may have been worked out. if i can get your reaction to that. and if i could ask you about the digital tax. did the two of you discuss a possible digital tax as it relates to amazon and google? what progress were you able to make? >> the decision did not surprise me because he has wanted to do that for a long time. he has been building up troops on the...
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along with president erdogan of i've gotten to know very well and a man who country and in his mind, he's doing the right thing for his country and we may be very near future, also want to thank general mosloom for his understanding eat strength and for his incredible word today to me just as a representative of the united tates because he knows that we saved tens of thousands of kurds. we're not talking in the long term. we're talking in the short term. something ng about that was going on immediately and something, frankly, that was long time. a the job of our military is not world.ce the other nations must step up and that hasn't share taken place. food's breakthrough is a in that direction. -- today's breakthrough is a critical step in that direction. you, mr. speaker. god bless the united states. isis fighters ay have been recaptured but some they ey don't know where are. do you have a comment? >> president trump announcing that turkey has informed the a . it will make permanent five-day cease-fire in syria. also saying that he is lifting sanctions on turkey. during today's prim
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, president erdogan, this has just a bolstered his poll numbers. he is seen as going after the terrorists that have been attacking. reason to think you will be restrained in what comes next. host: you can see aaron mehta >> washington journal monks -- mugs are available at c-span's online store. check out the washington journal mugs and see all of the c-span products. q&a, wallnight, on street trader turned photojournalist on his book "dignity," about the plight of those living on the margins of society in america. >> it was a saturday morning. it was empty because all of the sunlights w -- the semis were gone. intelligenceer kind of came right through. we spoke for about an hour, half an hour or so. she told me her life, which is -- you know -- it is like a cliche of everything wrong that can happen to somebody. eventually i asked her what i asked everybody i photographed, which is "how do you want me to describe you?" she just shot back with something like, that is what i am, a prostitute, a mother of six and a child of god. >> at 8:00 eastern on
, president erdogan, this has just a bolstered his poll numbers. he is seen as going after the terrorists that have been attacking. reason to think you will be restrained in what comes next. host: you can see aaron mehta >> washington journal monks -- mugs are available at c-span's online store. check out the washington journal mugs and see all of the c-span products. q&a, wallnight, on street trader turned photojournalist on his book "dignity," about the plight of those...
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-- and a country the united states has developed a very good relationship with, including president erdogan. the same people that i watched and read giving me and the united states advice were the people that i have been watching and reading for many years. they are the ones that got us into the middle east mess but never had the vision or the courage to get us out. they just talk. how many americans must die in the middle east, in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts? after all of the precious blood and treasure america has point -- poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldn't be done. today's announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago were scorned and now people are saying, wow. what a great outcome. congratulations. it's too early to me to be congratulated. but we've done a good job. we saved a lot of lives. most importantly, we've voided -- avoided another costly military intervention
-- and a country the united states has developed a very good relationship with, including president erdogan. the same people that i watched and read giving me and the united states advice were the people that i have been watching and reading for many years. they are the ones that got us into the middle east mess but never had the vision or the courage to get us out. they just talk. how many americans must die in the middle east, in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts?...
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i told that to period erdogan. i said -- president erdogan. i said, don't let any of our people get hurt, big trouble. now, a couple of things. i think there's a lot of pressure on turkey. they've been fighting with the p.k.k. for many years. they're natural enemies. if you read today a couple of reports saying that when president obama started this whole thing, as you know it was started by president obama, he created a natural war with turkey and their long-time enemy, p.k.k. and they're still there. and they're still hating each other beyond anybody's belief. but i've told turkey that if they do anything outside of what we would think is humane, to use the word a second time, we talk about hock congress, we talk about this -- hong kong, we talk about this, they could suffer the wrath of an extremely decimated economy. host: that was president trump yesterday at the white house. he would go on to defend his decision several times via his twitter account. here's just a couple of his tweets on this topic yesterday. this one that got a lot of a
i told that to period erdogan. i said -- president erdogan. i said, don't let any of our people get hurt, big trouble. now, a couple of things. i think there's a lot of pressure on turkey. they've been fighting with the p.k.k. for many years. they're natural enemies. if you read today a couple of reports saying that when president obama started this whole thing, as you know it was started by president obama, he created a natural war with turkey and their long-time enemy, p.k.k. and they're...
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along with president erdogan of turkey, a man i've gotten to know very well and a man who loves his country and in his mind, he's doing the right thing for his country and we may be meeting in the very near future. i also want to thank general mazloum for his understanding and for his great strength and for his incredible words today to me, but me just as a representative of the united states, because he knows that we saved tens of thousands of kurds. and we're not talking in the long term. we're talking in the short term. we're talking about something that was going on immediately and something, frankly, that was planned for a long time. the job of our military is not to police the world. other nations must step up and do their fair share, that hasn't taken place. today's breakthrough is a critical step in that direction. thank you all very much and god bless america. reporter: you say isis fighters have been recaptured, but today your top envoy said that's not true, they don't know where they are. do you have a comment? >> thinking about participating in c-span's student cam competition b
along with president erdogan of turkey, a man i've gotten to know very well and a man who loves his country and in his mind, he's doing the right thing for his country and we may be meeting in the very near future. i also want to thank general mazloum for his understanding and for his great strength and for his incredible words today to me, but me just as a representative of the united states, because he knows that we saved tens of thousands of kurds. and we're not talking in the long term....
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that changed during the call between president erdogan where president erdogan announced he would begin an operation in the east. host: i want to show what the president just had to say about this yesterday. he brought up the issue of turkey. >> very strong talks with a lot of people. we want to bring our soldiers back home after so many years, and the greatest war in the world they are policing. they are not a police force. we want to bring our soldiers back home and we are being very tough on turkey and a lot of others. they have to maintain their own properties, maintain peace and safety, and we will see what happens, the delegation. we are asking for a cease-fire. sanctions strongest and we have a lot in store in case they do not work, including massive tariffs on steel, shipping steel to the united states. they make a lot of money. host: that was president trump talking about the situation in turkey. we will take your questions and comments on this. you were just talking about some of the major players. what about russia? guest: the russians are stepping in to broker a separate neg
that changed during the call between president erdogan where president erdogan announced he would begin an operation in the east. host: i want to show what the president just had to say about this yesterday. he brought up the issue of turkey. >> very strong talks with a lot of people. we want to bring our soldiers back home after so many years, and the greatest war in the world they are policing. they are not a police force. we want to bring our soldiers back home and we are being very...
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erdogan. my feel is that this is exactly what president trump would do when he gets himself in a corner. he creates another click -- another crisis to deflect. i believe donald trump and mike and need to go. they need to go now. i called the white house yesterday and said they should both resumption -- both resign. host: about the letter that president trump sent to president erdogan, three days after they discussed leaving syria on the phone, that letter, according to bbc, and it was received by president erdogan, in this tweet, he rejected it and threw it in the bin. the letter was described as avoid of diplomatic grace. void ofvoid -- was diplomatic grace. the president has sent vice president pence and mike pompeo to turkey. here's the first picture of erdogan and pens meeting. this person notes that no one looks happy in this picture. to trye president there to negotiate some sort of cease-fire with the turkish president. in little rock, arkansas, a republican. caller: hey, thanks a lot.
erdogan. my feel is that this is exactly what president trump would do when he gets himself in a corner. he creates another click -- another crisis to deflect. i believe donald trump and mike and need to go. they need to go now. i called the white house yesterday and said they should both resumption -- both resign. host: about the letter that president trump sent to president erdogan, three days after they discussed leaving syria on the phone, that letter, according to bbc, and it was received...
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erdogan was a gentleman, he understood it. but not without a little tough love. with tough love, they would have never made this deal. president trump lost -- president obama lost one million people. doing, we are going to see if we can get it finalized and i think it will be. turkey is going to be happy. isis is going to be unhappy. we will deal with whoever we have to deal with but we will get it done. vice president pence and mike pompeo. good job. good job. they are traveling back to our country. they will be back soon. of a lot ofng care religious persecution. we added that in. a lot of things in that agreement nobody thought possible. we have to fundamentally change our approach. that example, nobody would have ever done that. you have to be a little different to do with that way. i took a lot of heat even from some of our congressmen, some of our senators. but now they are all happy. i am happy with them. i am happy with them. say, what as will terrible -- anything we say, the democrats will criticize. if i said, we get beijing for one dollar. they would s
erdogan was a gentleman, he understood it. but not without a little tough love. with tough love, they would have never made this deal. president trump lost -- president obama lost one million people. doing, we are going to see if we can get it finalized and i think it will be. turkey is going to be happy. isis is going to be unhappy. we will deal with whoever we have to deal with but we will get it done. vice president pence and mike pompeo. good job. good job. they are traveling back to our...
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that's an accurate reflection of reliability of the erdogan administration in terms of security. this whole dynamic in the trump administration has tremendous effects, pulling out of the iranian deal. with the saudi n terms of a 1-2-3 agreement that's less than a gold standard. the saudis say they are going to pursue nuclear weapons, effect, tes a ripple and then turning a blind eye to turkish aggressive military action along our border that bankgers our interest, and potentially, if hings really go awry, could potentially endanger the weapons of the nuclear usa.de turkey made in the all of this points, from my nuclear weapons of the united states in turkey is a relic of the cold war. they are not necessary. not be there. and it's highly unclear that the to be ould ever allow us using those weapons in a etaliatory strike against russia with whom at least ostensibly right now they are this effort in syria. it's a crazy policy. we've got to get those nukes out of turkey and do so immediately. thank you. >> do you want to comment? i just say on the first of the question about we've
that's an accurate reflection of reliability of the erdogan administration in terms of security. this whole dynamic in the trump administration has tremendous effects, pulling out of the iranian deal. with the saudi n terms of a 1-2-3 agreement that's less than a gold standard. the saudis say they are going to pursue nuclear weapons, effect, tes a ripple and then turning a blind eye to turkish aggressive military action along our border that bankgers our interest, and potentially, if hings...
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the other day i heard president erdogan attack israel, and i want to say to him, you, who brutally oppress the turkish people, slaughter the kurdish minority, you are the last one who can lecture israel. you are not the sultan and turkey is not the ottoman empire. shame on you. the main problem threatening security and stability in the middle east is iran, which threatens to destroy israel and works against the regimes of many countries in the region. iran uses its proxy to organizations, hezbollah, the houthis in yemen, the shiites in syria and iran against israel. we recently saw a serious escalation in which iranian missiles were launched from iran against saudi oil facilities in order to destabilize world oil supplies. this terror attack against saudi arabia was done on the direct orders of the iranian leader. iran is the biggest terror state and the biggest sponsor of terror in the world. i call on the international community to unite in order to stop iran. the world cannot allow iran to develop nuclear weapons. the world cannot allow iran to develop ballistic missiles. and the world
the other day i heard president erdogan attack israel, and i want to say to him, you, who brutally oppress the turkish people, slaughter the kurdish minority, you are the last one who can lecture israel. you are not the sultan and turkey is not the ottoman empire. shame on you. the main problem threatening security and stability in the middle east is iran, which threatens to destroy israel and works against the regimes of many countries in the region. iran uses its proxy to organizations,...
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challenge is that the president's impulsive decision has created a days to that has allowed president erdogan to make these dangerous and reckless actions. and it has disturbed the balance within our -- with our allies. it is deeply unsettling that we are proceeding without a long-term strategy and that is what we all have to work together to do. because in this chaos, we are emboldening our enemies. and that is why i am pleased that at least we have a bipartisan call to action, that we have to protect our kurdish allies. this is the issue that secretary mattis quit over. this is something we have to work together for. and we must do this work and not allow other things to distract us. so as we work together to protect our allies, we must reinforce the importance and stand up against impulsive decision making that has reckless consequences and stand for long-term strategies to provide stability in the middle east. i have the honor of introducing my colleague, congressman andy kim, who can speak more to the importance of our relationship with our allies. mr. kim: thank you. i know that the iss
challenge is that the president's impulsive decision has created a days to that has allowed president erdogan to make these dangerous and reckless actions. and it has disturbed the balance within our -- with our allies. it is deeply unsettling that we are proceeding without a long-term strategy and that is what we all have to work together to do. because in this chaos, we are emboldening our enemies. and that is why i am pleased that at least we have a bipartisan call to action, that we have to...
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china am negotiating with and syria and all of the countries, if you look at turkey and erdogan. kim jong-un, i don't want to have spies in the white house. i want to be free to make calls. i don't think it is fair that somebody interprets a call. i don't mind a misinterpretation. if you read the whistleblower report, it bore no resemblance to what the call was. c-span's campaign 2020 coverage continues as president trump post a rally in minneapolis, minnesota. eastern,sday at 8 p.m. the washington times on c-span.org, and listen for you wherever you are in the free c-span radio app. vice president mike pence visited iowa where he gave a speech on the u.s.-mexico trade agreement. this is 25 minutes. [bombastic music] well, hello,
china am negotiating with and syria and all of the countries, if you look at turkey and erdogan. kim jong-un, i don't want to have spies in the white house. i want to be free to make calls. i don't think it is fair that somebody interprets a call. i don't mind a misinterpretation. if you read the whistleblower report, it bore no resemblance to what the call was. c-span's campaign 2020 coverage continues as president trump post a rally in minneapolis, minnesota. eastern,sday at 8 p.m. the...
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. >> putin and erdogan and the notion russia is moving into the vacuum the u.s. is leaving. is whatary gidley: that we are trying to avoid. the president went into these national security issues wide-eyed. now you see some of his detractors like lindsey graham saying it is optimistic. the president was clear when he ran, what he wanted to do was secure those regions and bring our troops home. that is what he is trying to do. he still wants to keep forces behind to protect oil and ensure stability in the region. today is the final day of the cease-fire. we expect that temporary de-escalation to transition into permanent by the end of the afternoon. the president takes this very seriously, because he sent a delegation heading by the vice president to secure a historic deal between two warring sides of hundreds of years. we are monitoring that deal closely, because we want to maintain the games we have had. -- gains we have had. he is the one that defeated the isis caliphate 100%. >> [indiscernible] >> are you saying black americans should suck it up? -- it up because the econo
. >> putin and erdogan and the notion russia is moving into the vacuum the u.s. is leaving. is whatary gidley: that we are trying to avoid. the president went into these national security issues wide-eyed. now you see some of his detractors like lindsey graham saying it is optimistic. the president was clear when he ran, what he wanted to do was secure those regions and bring our troops home. that is what he is trying to do. he still wants to keep forces behind to protect oil and ensure...