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at that., the six largest city in the united states, and united states forces first started by bombarding it. but arming it. aiming for japanese military targets but aware that bombs can't always discriminate friend from foe. and then the united states army, came in on the ground hoping to dislodge them from the city or japanese had set up and fortify their positions. i started by doing it this artisanal weight by entering these buildings, trying to dislodge the japanese from where they were pulled up. leaking out the cost to soldiers site. not huge, nothing compared to what was was suffering. behind is it too high for the army to tolerate. so the army on the 37th infantry division switched tactics and decided that instead respond in the industrial way. by shelley inabilities that contains it suspected to contain hostile japanese sailors and soldiers. in the way the head of that the matter that division put it, to be the thought of losing in american live to save a building, was unthinkable. does that make sense. live his versus architecture. until you understand the building lease discus
at that., the six largest city in the united states, and united states forces first started by bombarding it. but arming it. aiming for japanese military targets but aware that bombs can't always discriminate friend from foe. and then the united states army, came in on the ground hoping to dislodge them from the city or japanese had set up and fortify their positions. i started by doing it this artisanal weight by entering these buildings, trying to dislodge the japanese from where they were...
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in the united states, it has become somewhat of a partisan issue, which is unfortunate. you know, it might make it harder to achieve the type of agreements we need here in the united states, but we have two problems. we have the people who deny climate, and then we have the people who think it is easy to solve. and we need to help educate both of those groups. david: but in the history of human civilization, is there any evidence that people do things that will affect their great-great-grandchildren but that they will not see the benefit from? bill: well, the united states, actually, of all governments, has been willing to take on very difficult problems like cancer and make gigantic investments, knowing that the real payoff would be many decades down the road. when that was first being pushed, people were saying hey, this is important. climate change is like that. where you got to take a long-term perspective and government at its best is when it is taking that long-term perspective and funding the basic r&d and the policies that leads to full-scale deployments. david:
in the united states, it has become somewhat of a partisan issue, which is unfortunate. you know, it might make it harder to achieve the type of agreements we need here in the united states, but we have two problems. we have the people who deny climate, and then we have the people who think it is easy to solve. and we need to help educate both of those groups. david: but in the history of human civilization, is there any evidence that people do things that will affect their...
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this is a process that involves hearings and witnesses from the united states senator 100 of us have provided input and those various issues of the appropriation bill. those that works better than others. from a fiscal point of view with greater fiscal sanity getting our books to balance and in the process of doing that are remaking decisions that determine something is more important than something by allowing the bills to come to theol center floor the ability to offer amendments to change those priorities so every member on behalf of the constituents that ought to care about their appropriation bill being on the floor. so we have a cr that means continuing resolution we will fund the government next nex yer at the same levels in the same way we did this year. so that lacks any kind of common sense not everything is equal just because we spent something last year this amount does not mean that's the right amount next year. and with continuing resolutions after another and three or four years ago is not a priority for next year spending. we ought to do our work that we are only on t
this is a process that involves hearings and witnesses from the united states senator 100 of us have provided input and those various issues of the appropriation bill. those that works better than others. from a fiscal point of view with greater fiscal sanity getting our books to balance and in the process of doing that are remaking decisions that determine something is more important than something by allowing the bills to come to theol center floor the ability to offer amendments to change...
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i went into the road at and watched one close to the united states and one in the united states of america. those kind of innovating problem-solving in the united states. [applause] you know what happened to her and her baby, did you follow the story? >> i don't know where she is or what she's doing. she was treated as if she crossed between the points of entry. >> where is the opposition to this at this point in the courts or the colleagues in the senate on the republican side who were just concerned about this as your. >> the courts have been the effective mechanism to stop the administration from doing things time and time again. for example, the administration said we are not going to give an opportunity for an asylum process for anyone who crosses between the ports of entry this is wrong on two premises. people crossing between our crossing between them because they were objects at the ports of entry and they are desperate because they surrender to a border patrol officer then to be vulnerable to the gangs and the cities in mexico. the second reason is the u.s. loss as you cross betwe
i went into the road at and watched one close to the united states and one in the united states of america. those kind of innovating problem-solving in the united states. [applause] you know what happened to her and her baby, did you follow the story? >> i don't know where she is or what she's doing. she was treated as if she crossed between the points of entry. >> where is the opposition to this at this point in the courts or the colleagues in the senate on the republican side who...
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officials, we have learned that a president of the united states abused his power to coerce an ally that is fending off russian up and get occupation of its territory in order to get political dirt on an opponent. conditioned a white house meeting as mick mulvaney acknowledged, conditioned military support to fight off an adversary of the united states, conditioned those things on getting political help in the form of an investigation into one of his opponents. i can understand why the president doesn't want these witnesses to come forward but i find it harder to understand why the republican members of this body and this house don't want these witnesses to comeforward . where is their duty to this institution? where is their duty to the constitution? where is their respect for the rule of law? this will not be our last president . and as i underscored today, they ought to understand the imperative of congress to get information of the executive. without it, we cannot do our jobs, thank you. >> we are making it easy for you to follow the impeachment inquiry on c-span.org. search all
officials, we have learned that a president of the united states abused his power to coerce an ally that is fending off russian up and get occupation of its territory in order to get political dirt on an opponent. conditioned a white house meeting as mick mulvaney acknowledged, conditioned military support to fight off an adversary of the united states, conditioned those things on getting political help in the form of an investigation into one of his opponents. i can understand why the...
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states of america, that today we united states and turkey have agreed to a cease ire in syria. the turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of y.p.g. forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operations under eration peace spring will be paused an operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20-mile-wide safe zone area. south of the turkish border into ir yasm let me say this also includes an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against the community of kobhani and in addition, the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone, working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today with the cease fire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to the defeat isis activities i
states of america, that today we united states and turkey have agreed to a cease ire in syria. the turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of y.p.g. forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operations under eration peace spring will be paused an operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate...
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in the past the united states, the u.s. policy sought to whether investing in the situations or through regular government contact. these things are not there anymore. the president is the key figure. and you would think this should make things easier because you're dealing with one man. but 30 is not saudi arabia or egypt, despite centralization of power and authoritarianism it's public opinion and election still matters in turkey. you're dealing with the public that is anti-american. they think the u.s. is in decline and become irrelevant. so you combine that very anti-american public opinion with a very personalized system in which there is no one that can put the brakes on his worst instincts. so you get turkey where the worldview and domestic electoral consideration becomes decisive and foreign policymaking. in the second thing i want to talk about is the change in turkish military. the turkish military has been an asset in this relationship. and despite the marginal progress for, it's always been very tornado for the
in the past the united states, the u.s. policy sought to whether investing in the situations or through regular government contact. these things are not there anymore. the president is the key figure. and you would think this should make things easier because you're dealing with one man. but 30 is not saudi arabia or egypt, despite centralization of power and authoritarianism it's public opinion and election still matters in turkey. you're dealing with the public that is anti-american. they...
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in the united states, it has become a partisan issue, which is unfortunate. that might make it harder to achieve the agreements we need here in the united states. we have two problems. we have the people who deny climate, and then people who think it is easy to solve. we need to educate both of those groups. david: in the history of human civilization, is there any evidence people do things that their great-great-grandchildren but they will not see the benefit from? bill: united states has been willing to take on different problems like cancer and make giant investments knowing the real payoff would be many decades down the road. when that was first being pushed, people are saying this is important. climate change is like that. you have got to take a long-term perspective, and government is is when it is taking that long-term perspective and funding the policies. david: you worry there is too much power and too much data in the hands of technology companies. bill: technology has become so central, governments have to think about what is immune about elections
in the united states, it has become a partisan issue, which is unfortunate. that might make it harder to achieve the agreements we need here in the united states. we have two problems. we have the people who deny climate, and then people who think it is easy to solve. we need to educate both of those groups. david: in the history of human civilization, is there any evidence people do things that their great-great-grandchildren but they will not see the benefit from? bill: united states has been...
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the ambassador to the united states and now the conservative member of the united states parliament. this is about them. this is about the legacy of senator helms, as brian said so so eloquently. i want to go back to the 1970s. not in this country but in the united kingdom. the aircraft carrier of freedom. the place where democratic representatives of government began. in the 1970s. when sandra helms came to the united states senate, the united kingdom was on the eve of destruction. i saw it, as a young american who was stationed on the british military base. what we now know as the sylvie in, the welfare state to the life out of the people, and the socialist labor government accepted the united states devolution into throat was status. at the depth of this time, truly remarkable leaders. one was a methodist grocery store, the other was a baptist sheriff's son, they became united and unapologetic defense of the belief that western civilization was celebrating and defending. it was britain and her progeny, the united states that created the notion of a limited government in which demo
the ambassador to the united states and now the conservative member of the united states parliament. this is about them. this is about the legacy of senator helms, as brian said so so eloquently. i want to go back to the 1970s. not in this country but in the united kingdom. the aircraft carrier of freedom. the place where democratic representatives of government began. in the 1970s. when sandra helms came to the united states senate, the united kingdom was on the eve of destruction. i saw it,...
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what that would be doing is declaring war on the united states. at this point in time, great britain had no intention of declaring war unless they could win and really win big. they were not going to make the decision to do that. the native americans now see that the british were not going to fight with them. they leave very disheartened and betrayed. forced themhas been to reevaluate their alliances with the british and how they are going to withstand the onslaught of the settlers who are going to continue to push into their land. the battle of fallen timbers lasted approximately two hours. the heaviest losses took place in 45 minutes. between 30 and 50 were lost on each side. although the losses were a little bit lower than we would expect to see when we say that the americans definitively won the battle, what we are seeing happen is this disillusionment taking place with the native americans with the british. they are starting to see that the british are not going to step in and help them keep their homelands. the u.s. can fight. the army is di
what that would be doing is declaring war on the united states. at this point in time, great britain had no intention of declaring war unless they could win and really win big. they were not going to make the decision to do that. the native americans now see that the british were not going to fight with them. they leave very disheartened and betrayed. forced themhas been to reevaluate their alliances with the british and how they are going to withstand the onslaught of the settlers who are...
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overseas as well as in the united states. again it's less about how we are designed structurally and more about how we work. that's been the very critical part about setting up the working groups or where we have been on public policy officers folks within the ip legacy to come up with the best ways to get gpa at the center of that conversation when conversations are happening. we shape it from the front and a long wait and continue to fine-tune it so we are a partner and how that gets done versus just mitigating on our own. >> go for it. >> thank you. fellow for public diplomacy to american security project. i want to discuss about values because this was brought up several times in the presentation and the concept that we are promoting while at the same time domestically there's an enormous disagreement about what those values actually are and how you practice them and although i could ask 1 million questions, to settle on the idea of a free press and the idea of a repressed, by its very nature, needing to be adversarial an
overseas as well as in the united states. again it's less about how we are designed structurally and more about how we work. that's been the very critical part about setting up the working groups or where we have been on public policy officers folks within the ip legacy to come up with the best ways to get gpa at the center of that conversation when conversations are happening. we shape it from the front and a long wait and continue to fine-tune it so we are a partner and how that gets done...
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as well as in the united states. it is less how it is designed structurally and more how we work but that is the creek apart of setting up the working group to lean on public diplomacy, folks in public affairs legacy to come up with the best way to get gpa at the center of the conversation when policy conversations are happening so we shaped it at the front end along the way and continue to fine tune it so we are a partner and how it gets done versus communicating on our own. [inaudible conversations] >> the microphone. >> i am a fellow for public diplomacy american security project. i want to discuss values. this was brought up in the presentation, and domestically, a disagreement, i want to settle on the idea of a free press and the idea of a free press by its nature needing to be adversarial and how the executive branch, the value of organizations like voice of america to explain how america works and core values written into our constitution and how we square that with statements the president made about the role
as well as in the united states. it is less how it is designed structurally and more how we work but that is the creek apart of setting up the working group to lean on public diplomacy, folks in public affairs legacy to come up with the best way to get gpa at the center of the conversation when policy conversations are happening so we shaped it at the front end along the way and continue to fine tune it so we are a partner and how it gets done versus communicating on our own. [inaudible...
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the united states out of syria. what they don't realize is the next step takes the turks out of syria. completely, all of syria, couldn't have done it as long as the united states was there. this was to be expected. the next move is for bashar al-assad to take over. i don't know, russia is a real agreement. all these lobbyists have been trying to get that expedited. the problem, the file that is one that you can use because they want to get everything they want into those files and it makes no sense. >> sorry we have run out of time but i want to thank this terrific panel. [applause] >> thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at what is live tuesday on the c-span network. on c-span the house is back at 10:00 eastern for general speeches with legislative business at noon. it would impose sanctions on turkey for its recent incursion into syria and other actions. on c-span2 the senate returns to continue work on a 2020 bill with agencies including agriculture, transportation and housing. on c-s
the united states out of syria. what they don't realize is the next step takes the turks out of syria. completely, all of syria, couldn't have done it as long as the united states was there. this was to be expected. the next move is for bashar al-assad to take over. i don't know, russia is a real agreement. all these lobbyists have been trying to get that expedited. the problem, the file that is one that you can use because they want to get everything they want into those files and it makes no...
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david: the united states pulled out of the pirates a quote -- paris accord. is that a concern to you? will this hurt the effort to change climate change around the world? bill: it is a huge step backwards. even if you meet all the current commitments in the climate accord, you are still way over -- most countries are behind the commitments they made. those commitments were a set of reductions where you would emissions to2030 your 2005 emissions. the shift from coal to natural gas, which is a one-time thing, is a lot of that. the world is falling short. to have people like the united states to say, even that is unimportant, it shows how daunting this is going to be. there is no way we will get there without the u.s. coming back in in a strong way. david: do you think you could convince president trump? is that beyond your capabilities? bill: someone else should do that. [laughter] david: the largest companies in the world our technology companies. apple, facebook, google, microsoft and so forth. you worry there is too much power and too much data in the hands
david: the united states pulled out of the pirates a quote -- paris accord. is that a concern to you? will this hurt the effort to change climate change around the world? bill: it is a huge step backwards. even if you meet all the current commitments in the climate accord, you are still way over -- most countries are behind the commitments they made. those commitments were a set of reductions where you would emissions to2030 your 2005 emissions. the shift from coal to natural gas, which is a...
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united states are. these turkey who agreed to cease fire. all right more on that tonight we've got coverage from turkey and the united states g.w. correspondent story of jones and public joining us from istanbul in washington gentlemen good evening dorian let me start with you what more do we know about this cease fire slash suspension slash temporary stop in fighting. detail full details of this agreement and how it actually worked there are really many of them and that is really fueling growing concerns about whether this deal will actually work how it is that there will be 120 alex cease fire during that time syrian kurdish forces will withdraw to 32 kilometers away from turkey's frontier now we have had reactions from the commander of those kurdish forces of the syrian democratic forces general muslim cavani he welcomed the decision but crucially he said that the forces will only withdraw from those that are currently fighting the turkish forces now that will cause concern in ankara because there understand the deal is that kurdish force
united states are. these turkey who agreed to cease fire. all right more on that tonight we've got coverage from turkey and the united states g.w. correspondent story of jones and public joining us from istanbul in washington gentlemen good evening dorian let me start with you what more do we know about this cease fire slash suspension slash temporary stop in fighting. detail full details of this agreement and how it actually worked there are really many of them and that is really fueling...
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god bless the united states. reporter: you say isis fighters have been recaptured but some -- today or top envoy said that's not true, they don't know where they are. do you have a comment? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, we will discuss the latest in the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria and house democrats impeachment inquiry with maryland democratic congressman anthony brown and florida republican congressman michael waltz. then kimberly leonard talks about the future of u.s. health care. live "washington journal," at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. sunday night, wall street trader turned photojournalist in his book "dignity" about the plight of those living in the margins of society in america. because all of the semis were
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david: so the united states pulled out more or less of the paris accord. is that of concern to you and do you think this is going to hurt the effort to change climate around the world? bill: yeah, it's a huge backwards. even though you meet all the commitment in the climate accord, you're way over two degrees of warming and most countries are behind the commitments they made. those commitments were a set of reductions where you compare your 20, 30 emissions to your 2005 emissions. david: right. bill: and there's a little bit of about that that's easy. the ship of coal of natural gas is a lot of that and the world is falling short and to have people like the united states say ok, that's even that's not important, it just shows how daunting this is going to be. there's no way we'll get there without the u.s. coming back in a strong way. david: do you think if you met with president trump, you could convince him on paris to maybe get back in or is that is beyond your capabilities to do that? bill: someone else could do that. [laughter] david: all right. now t
david: so the united states pulled out more or less of the paris accord. is that of concern to you and do you think this is going to hurt the effort to change climate around the world? bill: yeah, it's a huge backwards. even though you meet all the commitment in the climate accord, you're way over two degrees of warming and most countries are behind the commitments they made. those commitments were a set of reductions where you compare your 20, 30 emissions to your 2005 emissions. david: right....
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states won't let anything happen to them and very often united states troops the literally put their bodies between the turkish military and the kurdish military to prevent any bloodshed essentially what's happened now with the choice of those 2 towns of russell and tell of it is no coincidence these are the exact 2 towns the united states with the drew its troops from the kurds the even for instance trying to prevent the attack from happening in the united states advise them advise them they put down dismantle all their fortifications in the region so they did still that didn't help still the united states decided to withdraw its troops to allow to. to move in the russian foreign minister for instance or. picked up on such behavior superheroes it's hard to say what's wrong with america's actions in syria but they are riddled with contradictions and exhibit the impossibility of negotiating with washington donald trump claimed he would withdraw u.s. troops from syria and other countries but after taking office he's gone back on those promises and my guess is it will be the same this t
states won't let anything happen to them and very often united states troops the literally put their bodies between the turkish military and the kurdish military to prevent any bloodshed essentially what's happened now with the choice of those 2 towns of russell and tell of it is no coincidence these are the exact 2 towns the united states with the drew its troops from the kurds the even for instance trying to prevent the attack from happening in the united states advise them advise them they...
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it does not change the fact that the record of the call shows the president of the united states in a conversation immediately after the ukraine president asks for more military help, the president of the united states asks the leader a favor. on the whistleblower or anyone else will change those underlying facts. subjectpelosi: on the of the whistleblower, i said to the president you have come into my wheelhouse, 25 years on the intelligence member -- the intelligence committee as a ranking member. of i was part of the gang four before i was in the leadership has a gang of eight. for 25 years one way or another i was there when we improved the whistleblower legislation in the late 90's, i was part of that. i was there when they made further improvements and executiveobama made action improvements in the whistleblower legislation. we have further legislation. we that, i was there when created the office of director of national intelligence. it -- and what his responsibility was in terms of a whistleblower. understand, and i suspect that you do, the seriousness of the president of the
it does not change the fact that the record of the call shows the president of the united states in a conversation immediately after the ukraine president asks for more military help, the president of the united states asks the leader a favor. on the whistleblower or anyone else will change those underlying facts. subjectpelosi: on the of the whistleblower, i said to the president you have come into my wheelhouse, 25 years on the intelligence member -- the intelligence committee as a ranking...
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senate and elect a democratic president of the united states. [cheers and applause] today you already heard from some of the extraordinary house women or maybe you haven't yet, our schedule is a little juggled because of the loss of elijah. extraordinary house women who led us to the majority and you will see or have seen the bold effective leadership they bring to our fight for working families. the democratic house majority women just don't have a seat at the table. women have a seat at the head of the table. [cheers and applause] in the house, seven women hold the gavel as chairs of our committee. seven. financial services, appropriations, big-time committees. 39 women head subcommittees in the congress. [cheers and applause] 10 of them are freshmen. mr. chairman, you'll remember this. others may be too young, but maybe you are too. it's history to you. it's my youth. when the watergate babies came to congress in 1976, that was a big transformative class, a big transformative class. historic in its size and its impact. in the first year, not
senate and elect a democratic president of the united states. [cheers and applause] today you already heard from some of the extraordinary house women or maybe you haven't yet, our schedule is a little juggled because of the loss of elijah. extraordinary house women who led us to the majority and you will see or have seen the bold effective leadership they bring to our fight for working families. the democratic house majority women just don't have a seat at the table. women have a seat at the...
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states about his policy in vietnam. he mentioned a silent majority of american, who he felt supported his position. what did your organization do following that speech? immediately following the speech, we had a squad of well-trained telephone interviewers contact 500 people across the country and then the results came in the same night, of course, and reconnected them the next day and wired results off to our newspapers at 1:00. >> will you give us the results? found a large majority of american people supported the president's policies set forth in his speech. we also found that a large majority of the public favored the president's program for troop withdrawals. peoplefound that the were divided on the question of whether these policies would bring a peaceful settlement to the war. that byr question found , theytio of six: one think moratoriums and demonstrations do more harm than good in terms of the attainment peace. peoplee are 200 million in the country. you call 500. i do you know this is an accurate sampling? s
states about his policy in vietnam. he mentioned a silent majority of american, who he felt supported his position. what did your organization do following that speech? immediately following the speech, we had a squad of well-trained telephone interviewers contact 500 people across the country and then the results came in the same night, of course, and reconnected them the next day and wired results off to our newspapers at 1:00. >> will you give us the results? found a large majority of...
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. >> they knew what the playbook was that the other thing is estonia is more advanced in the united states because it beat fraud in the technological era. i was a student and you had these things called checkbooks. they went right from the approval to electronic fund transfers and had never seen a checkbook before. i want to get to all those things because you put together the geopolitics of some of the thinking as well of trying to modernize the u.s. military. but let's talk about a little bit of the book itself you refer to it inside of the five sided box of the pentagon and you say this isn't a memoir it is a sort of users manual. >> is exactly right, and executive guide. >> who do you want to be using it right now but? >> first i hope it renews the general citizens appreciation for the wonderful institution that defends them. i'd like to read nonfiction and i like to read about a place that i've never been. if you are curious about this thing and want to know how the troops are recruited or how $750 billion is spent or the war plans are drawn or conducted, it's that. the washington aud
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defend the constitution of the united states. they see his behavior because if you are in government you can make a lot more money somewhere else. and their job is to provide the unvarnished truth than the politicians decide what to do with it. knots what's turned on its head when campaign officials with russian operatives. they have the law called the two hop rule. but if you are interacting with an enemy of the united states and you are two steps removed you are a legitimate candidate i pass the one hop rule. i'm a candidate for surveillance. interacting with edward snowden who is charged with the espionage act. we have long as they have a legitimate right to spy on me. go ahead i'm not that interested - - interesting. so with those campaign officials meeting with operatives they want to investigate. it sounds partisan but it isn't they are trying to uphold republicans and democrats we have some republicans in the audience who think that sounds partisan i'm happy to elaborate but that's the way i see it. >> in a democracy we th
defend the constitution of the united states. they see his behavior because if you are in government you can make a lot more money somewhere else. and their job is to provide the unvarnished truth than the politicians decide what to do with it. knots what's turned on its head when campaign officials with russian operatives. they have the law called the two hop rule. but if you are interacting with an enemy of the united states and you are two steps removed you are a legitimate candidate i pass...
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mexico, europe, the united states. it ended up being a huge miscalculation for the pinochet government. they must have somehow thought this would be ok with the u.s. government. they had done it in all sorts of parts of the world and the government had not done anything about it. also because letelier was a socialist and was allying with other socialists, but he was a democratic-socialist and a peaceful socialist, and the pinochet government probably thought nobody would respond to this, that the americans would not care about this, but it turns out that when you kill a former ambassador in the united states, that is a crime under u.s. law, under the u.s. code, because that person remains a protected person until they die. also, of course, they killed a united states citizen, so these are two separate crimes. immediately, the fbi descended on the scene. they took the investigation away from the washington, d.c. police as soon as they realize who the victims were and who the potential criminals were, so then they had th
mexico, europe, the united states. it ended up being a huge miscalculation for the pinochet government. they must have somehow thought this would be ok with the u.s. government. they had done it in all sorts of parts of the world and the government had not done anything about it. also because letelier was a socialist and was allying with other socialists, but he was a democratic-socialist and a peaceful socialist, and the pinochet government probably thought nobody would respond to this, that...
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ever since the united states adopted its america 1st stance nato has been lambasted crimea's annexation looks permanent south korea was told they should pay for the us bases in their country and there's a renewed attempt to get out of the so-called forever wars in the middle east so can anyone blame america's allies if they're confused does anyone believe that the us will stand by them in their time of need is america 1st really mean america alone or in america on the sidelines of the big global challenges well we're very fortunate today because we have 3 people in the room that have all 'd the answers to these questions kelly playhouses the executive editor of the american conservative magazine james carafano works on national security and foreign policy at the heritage foundation and richard fontayne heads the center for a new american security great to have all of you with us here have a lot to get through today i was surprised by a comment that bret stephens in the new york times made recently where he was agreeing with all people iran's foreign minister zarif and is a reef basicall
ever since the united states adopted its america 1st stance nato has been lambasted crimea's annexation looks permanent south korea was told they should pay for the us bases in their country and there's a renewed attempt to get out of the so-called forever wars in the middle east so can anyone blame america's allies if they're confused does anyone believe that the us will stand by them in their time of need is america 1st really mean america alone or in america on the sidelines of the big...
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only do united states have listed. democracies the whole world should stand behind hong kong and try. to preserve freedom it's very lonely and it's very weak the hong kong. approach to still protesting in the in the hong kong to against the tennis garment protests in hong kong have entered their 17th week now and while the demands to strike down the extradition bill that initially sparked the demonstrations to begin with were successful some activists are claiming that he spoke protests are not making enough of a difference in the area and that activists should read doing more to class with police while protests to rage on in hong kong the hong kong human rights and democracy act is moving forward here in the united states now this bill would call on the united states government to place sanctions on any chinese officials that they deem is undermining human rights in hong kong the legislation has the support of both pro-democracy activists and politicians like republican senator marco rubio and there are concerns that
only do united states have listed. democracies the whole world should stand behind hong kong and try. to preserve freedom it's very lonely and it's very weak the hong kong. approach to still protesting in the in the hong kong to against the tennis garment protests in hong kong have entered their 17th week now and while the demands to strike down the extradition bill that initially sparked the demonstrations to begin with were successful some activists are claiming that he spoke protests are not...
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the united states out in the northeast. what is really important is that we find a way to create some sort of continuity between the northwest and northeast and all of the areas that are liberated and free from regime control. it is important we do everything we can in the united states to come back and sit at the table where the others are not the drivers of the future and syria, but geneva, and at the same time, by doing all we can hear theigher the costs of ethics regime, russia, and iran and the atrocities unfolding in syria. one way to do that is the act, one that is not going to end the conflict but present hope to many syrians who see this as the very least united states can do. as somebody who spent a whole year in conflict zones, i could not agree more. the u.s. military plays a part and certainly should not ever be the only answer to the complex probms. i break it down to three things and all of these groups that i can talk about. the kinetic elements. obviously, the quality and the capability of the partner force
the united states out in the northeast. what is really important is that we find a way to create some sort of continuity between the northwest and northeast and all of the areas that are liberated and free from regime control. it is important we do everything we can in the united states to come back and sit at the table where the others are not the drivers of the future and syria, but geneva, and at the same time, by doing all we can hear theigher the costs of ethics regime, russia, and iran...
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now i don't does that include the united states i think the united states in the sense initially and i think frankly the problem in syria how it started and who became exacerbated is probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed their regional allies to take care of sticks. and that's where things got complicated there were a number of opportunities like you said. earlier there were a number of opportunities to resolve the conflict there were a number of opportunities. if they were seized and there were serious attempts by moscow and washington to solve the problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and would have shortened the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no don't now unlike other countries be it the russia or turkey for example the united states was not actively involved in different nation of the constitutional committee and i think as a result some of its partners on the ground war specifically kurdish groups in this in syria are not represent
now i don't does that include the united states i think the united states in the sense initially and i think frankly the problem in syria how it started and who became exacerbated is probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed their regional allies to take care of sticks. and that's where things got complicated there were a number of opportunities like you said. earlier there were a number of opportunities to...
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states american people have a right to know what was going on. all of my discussions with the leadership in ukraine was entirely focused on president trump's priority of supporting efforts to end corruption. >> [indiscernible] [inaudible] >> i think that is why president trump is so concerned about foreign interference in our election in ukraine. if you read the transcript, you will see the president said to president zelensky that our country had been through a lot and he had a question about foreign interference in our 2016 election. to be honest with you, when did you lose interest in foreign interference in the 2016 election? president trump to get to the truth. he wants to know what happened in 2016 and the american people have a right to know whether the former vice president, who is representing an leading the united states interest in way affectedin any by the fact that his son was being paid $50,000 a month to be on a board of a major ukrainian energy company. >> [indiscernible] >> i do not believe that is the case great i know that is t
states american people have a right to know what was going on. all of my discussions with the leadership in ukraine was entirely focused on president trump's priority of supporting efforts to end corruption. >> [indiscernible] [inaudible] >> i think that is why president trump is so concerned about foreign interference in our election in ukraine. if you read the transcript, you will see the president said to president zelensky that our country had been through a lot and he had a...
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states of the congress there of the leadership there well i mean what i think the united states congress and the administration should do is we should stop all arms sales to saudi arabia and all military assistance congress in a bipartisan way has sent the trumpet ministration various bills calling for an end to certain weapons sales the administration has vetoed those those bills i find it unconscionable by continuing to sell arms to the saudis in light of not only what happened to jamal but what they're doing to dissidents and the brutal war that they're conducting in yemen but to continue to sell arms to saudi arabia in light of all of that means that this administration is complicit in these killings i mean this is this is it is a matter of principle that the united states at all stands for human rights we ought to draw a line in the sand there ought to be accountability and so i'm very disappointed that the trumpet ministration you know has really done nothing to hold the crown prince or the saudi government accountable i think it's unconscionable you're disappointed you say it's un
states of the congress there of the leadership there well i mean what i think the united states congress and the administration should do is we should stop all arms sales to saudi arabia and all military assistance congress in a bipartisan way has sent the trumpet ministration various bills calling for an end to certain weapons sales the administration has vetoed those those bills i find it unconscionable by continuing to sell arms to the saudis in light of not only what happened to jamal but...
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across the united states. there were mormon women advocating in utah. there is a nationwide approach to this reform movement. it was probably one of the longest reform movement's in the united states in american history, and one of the most widespread. entitled the new woman. it goes up to 1912. educated, on was her bicycle, not bound in her home. as you can see in this depiction of the former, his wife and possibly his daughter. this new woman, she is wearing what looks like bloomers, pans, she asked them for a glass of water. they of course oblige, but as she is drinking, they are thinking, what is this person? woman, what is she doing, is she outside of the home? you can see a lot of the confusion women had when they advocated for rights. magazines were picking up on this. to become misses frank leslie. in order to assume the authority it took to publish a magazine like this, you can see the use of the color. she's obviously carrying the banner of votes for women. it speaks to privilege behind the movement. a lot of wealthy white women were the ones
across the united states. there were mormon women advocating in utah. there is a nationwide approach to this reform movement. it was probably one of the longest reform movement's in the united states in american history, and one of the most widespread. entitled the new woman. it goes up to 1912. educated, on was her bicycle, not bound in her home. as you can see in this depiction of the former, his wife and possibly his daughter. this new woman, she is wearing what looks like bloomers, pans,...
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i think impeachment to the respect to the president of the united states has become atavistic. we do not need it anymore except for the severe kinds of situations and other president of the united states knows he's broadcasting and wants china to help. this is a question of judgment but not let's remove him from office. do you think they should make the impeachment process has fallen into disuse? >> i think you clearly demonstrated to most people satisfaction with president clinton that he did like and maybe obstructed justice. and yet the senate would not convict him in the senate didn't come close to convicting him. some people say this president has abused his power and committed a series of abuse in office and i don't know anybody who thinks will be removed from office. it is ultimately up to the people to decide in election customer. >> exactly right and for the people to decide of impeachment removal. in the american people have in fact set a very high bar. they have not said, this is the standard in a legalistic sense. i think insane perhaps impeachment with respect to e
i think impeachment to the respect to the president of the united states has become atavistic. we do not need it anymore except for the severe kinds of situations and other president of the united states knows he's broadcasting and wants china to help. this is a question of judgment but not let's remove him from office. do you think they should make the impeachment process has fallen into disuse? >> i think you clearly demonstrated to most people satisfaction with president clinton that...
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it has not gotten it done this is the united states of america let's take it back and lead the world again. thank you for protecting the troops and thank you for having me. [applause] ♪ >> if you're headed over to the museum thank you so much. >> congresswoman johnson the democrat of texas also chair of the science -based technology committee and is a first time guest on "the communicators". madam chair thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >>host: before we get into some of these issues of telecommunications
it has not gotten it done this is the united states of america let's take it back and lead the world again. thank you for protecting the troops and thank you for having me. [applause] ♪ >> if you're headed over to the museum thank you so much. >> congresswoman johnson the democrat of texas also chair of the science -based technology committee and is a first time guest on "the communicators". madam chair thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me....
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states from places in the middle east which he sees there's no interest for the united states so it's perfectly consistent with what he announced earlier today about the withdrawal of the united states from syria to him this is a local problem and it's for local pride local actors to work it out for him the islamic state has been defeated and it's time for even a small number of american forces to come home but we know of course that it hasn't been defeated completely in the way that trump would like it's to think and he's been getting some blowback from what he said today tom supporter u.s. senator lindsey graham from south carolina he is upset with the president this is what he tweeted today let's put that up for our viewers he said we will introduce bipartisan sanctions against turkey if they invade syria and will call for their suspension from nato if they attack kurdish forces who assisted the u.s. in the destruction of the isis caliph it just a few minutes later trump tweeted this as i have stated strongly before and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i in my great u
states from places in the middle east which he sees there's no interest for the united states so it's perfectly consistent with what he announced earlier today about the withdrawal of the united states from syria to him this is a local problem and it's for local pride local actors to work it out for him the islamic state has been defeated and it's time for even a small number of american forces to come home but we know of course that it hasn't been defeated completely in the way that trump...
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in the past, the united states, u.s. policy thought to weather the storm during the turbulent times by investing in institutions or through regular government context. but these things are not there anymore. erdogan is the key figure. you would think they should make things easier because you didn't with one man, but turkey is not saudi arabia. turkey is that egypt. despite the centralization of power and authoritarianism, public opinion and elections to match the turkey. you were to do with the public that is deeply anti-american. they think the u.s. is in decline and it has become irrelevant. you combine that very anti-american public opinion with a very personalized system in which there is no one that can put the brakes on erdogan worst instinct. so you get a turkey where erdogan worldview and is electoral considerations becomes decisive in foreign policymaking. the second thing i want to talk about is the change in turkish mr. kirk the turkish military is been an asset in this relationship. despite the very marginal
in the past, the united states, u.s. policy thought to weather the storm during the turbulent times by investing in institutions or through regular government context. but these things are not there anymore. erdogan is the key figure. you would think they should make things easier because you didn't with one man, but turkey is not saudi arabia. turkey is that egypt. despite the centralization of power and authoritarianism, public opinion and elections to match the turkey. you were to do with...
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schumer, democratic leader of the united states senate. senator schumer: in his first speech in congress, elijah famously quoted maryland congressman mitchell extolling the virtues and deficiencies of the one minute. the 60 second limit of speaking on the house floor. this morning i feel the deficiencies of having only one minute to honor our friend, elijah cummings, because he exuded such a rare quality. he was strong, very strong, when necessary. but also kind and caring and honorable. universally respected and admired in a divided time. his voice could shake mountains, stir the most cynical hearts, inspiring us all to be better. his authority came not from the office he held, nor from the timber of his voice, nor its sometimes thundering boom, it came from the moral force of his life. a sharecropper's son, born and raised in baltimore, elijah cummings never forgot where he came from and never lost sight of where he wanted his country to go. that's why no matter your politics if you knew elijah you went to him for guidance. i often did.
schumer, democratic leader of the united states senate. senator schumer: in his first speech in congress, elijah famously quoted maryland congressman mitchell extolling the virtues and deficiencies of the one minute. the 60 second limit of speaking on the house floor. this morning i feel the deficiencies of having only one minute to honor our friend, elijah cummings, because he exuded such a rare quality. he was strong, very strong, when necessary. but also kind and caring and honorable....
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the united states the united states has set a hard-line towards eroding u.n. resolutions on the international legal framework of the middle east peace process. it suggests waiting for some sort of deal of the century. meanwhile, it's taking unilateral decisions on jerusalem and the golan heights. the two state solution to the palestinian issue, which is essential for providing security for israel and the whole region is in danger. apparently, when nato members were bombing libya, blatantly violating united security council resolutions, they were also guided by the logic of the rules based order. it resulted in the destruction of libyan statehood. the international community is still untangling the disastrous repercussions of nato's adventure with african countries affected the most. there is still a hidden agenda and the countering -- in the countering terrorism, despite the universally binding security council decisions on lifting -- listing terrorist organizations. some countries made it a rule to terroristsshield from punishment and to even work with them o
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states because the united states throughout the syrian war they have been saying they've been telling us that they are their biggest allies that they are their force on the ground they have been relying on the kurds heavily and the kurds have been counting that the united states won't let anything happen to them and very often united states troops they literally put their bodies between the turkish military and the kurdish military to prevent any bloodshed essentially what's happened now the choice of those 2 towns of russell and tell of it is no coincidence these are the exact 2 towns the united states with drew its troops from so essentially what you had the night i mean the kurds they even for instance trying to prevent the attack from happening the united states advised them. advised them they put down dismantle all their fortifications in the region so they did still there didn't help still the united states decided to withdraw its troops to allow turkey to move in the russian foreign minister for instance are. picked up on such behavior. it's hard to say what's wrong with americ
states because the united states throughout the syrian war they have been saying they've been telling us that they are their biggest allies that they are their force on the ground they have been relying on the kurds heavily and the kurds have been counting that the united states won't let anything happen to them and very often united states troops they literally put their bodies between the turkish military and the kurdish military to prevent any bloodshed essentially what's happened now the...
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people who worked for the united states. this in some ways was your first experience of personal attacks. >> explained the files and why you came under criticism? >> i'm not sure i can explain. i talk in the book but let me -- these are two different things. i really was never attacked with the embassy bombings in effect the accountability was legal in the state department appointed the board that is set up anytime there's an attack on u.s. personnel overseas and diplomatic services. they found nothing wrong with my conduct or anything of the sort. >> it was the aftermath? >> this is not us about about the embassy bombing as it was 9/11. fast-forward almost four years later, when 9/11 occurred. i was at that point a private citizen whose home in private life, not even really working full-time. in two or three months after 9/11 there was an article published in vanity fair that alleged that i as well as former secretary of state madeleine albright and former national security advisor were in effect responsible for 9/11 . . .
people who worked for the united states. this in some ways was your first experience of personal attacks. >> explained the files and why you came under criticism? >> i'm not sure i can explain. i talk in the book but let me -- these are two different things. i really was never attacked with the embassy bombings in effect the accountability was legal in the state department appointed the board that is set up anytime there's an attack on u.s. personnel overseas and diplomatic...
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fentanyl's footprint here in the united states, where is it, who is being impacted, affected? what factors are contributing to this crisis? fentanyl is not new. it's been around far while -- for a while. and then i will turn it over to bo who will talk about some of the possible futures of how this might unfold given with what we're seeing in other countries, given the history of fentanyl and what we know about drug and drug markets. and bo will wrap up some ideas on what the federal government can do to respond to this. rand has been working diligently the last several years on opioids as many of you know. we have been putting together many different reports on opioid and policy. last year we launched a new initiative called opioids uncharted, trying to understand the ecosystem of opioids. this is not something that is isolated to a part of social policy. it touches on healthcare, criminal justice, in some cases international affairs, trade. we were looking at the dynamics around open yeah policy. -- opioid policy. this book is the first kind of comprehensive analysis of fent
fentanyl's footprint here in the united states, where is it, who is being impacted, affected? what factors are contributing to this crisis? fentanyl is not new. it's been around far while -- for a while. and then i will turn it over to bo who will talk about some of the possible futures of how this might unfold given with what we're seeing in other countries, given the history of fentanyl and what we know about drug and drug markets. and bo will wrap up some ideas on what the federal government...