arms control agreements. and let's get more perspective on this joining me from washington d.c. is kingston reef he's the director of the arms control association a nonpartizan organization that promotes arms control policy now as we heard the trump administration it says it will pull out of the treaty in six months completely if there's no progress on arms control from the russian side how worried are you about that. withdrawing from the i.n.f. treaty at this time and in the manner the trump administration has chosen to do so is a kind of productive and self-defeating own goal in my view withdrawing from the treaty will do nothing to bring russia back into compliance with the agreement and greatly increases the risk of unleashing a new missile race that would reduce the security of our allies in europe and our forward deployed troops in europe unfortunately as has been the case with the trump administration's withdrawal from other international agreements the administration has no viable strategy to constrain russia from developing and deploying additional intermediate range missiles in the absence of the treaty and in the absence of the treat

daryl kimball of the arms control association. he serves as the executive director. what is the most important thing for the united states to consider in this upcoming summit with north korea? mr. kimball: the window for the diplomatic breakthrough is not going to last forever. this is the second summit at state -- head of state level. there has been an easing of tensions since the 2018 singapore summit but there has not been progress on the plan for denuclearization and for easing tensions and move towards a piece regime. -- peace regime. after singapore with each side demanding more than the other was willing to give in, which is the usual with diplomatic negotiations, the two sides finally on track, there have been working level meetings with new senior advisor on the north korea issue, steve beegan. they are on track to reach an agreement on a framework for an action to action plan that freezes the north korean nuclear and missile program, there has been a mitchell and desk missile and nuclear predestined -- they continue to produce nuclear bomb making material a

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this is daryl campbell of the arms control association. he serves as the executive director. what is the most important thing for the united states to consider this upcoming summit with north korea? guest: the most important thing all trump needs to consider is the window for the diplomatic breakthrough is not going to last forever. this is the second summit at the head of state level. there has been an easing of tensions since the june summit. there has not been progress on the plan for denuclearization of the korean peninsula, easing tensions. those were the twin goals of the singapore summit. after fits and starts, after singapore for each side demanded more of the other than the other was willing to get in, which is the usual diplomatic negotiation , besides finally on track and have been having working level meetings with senior advisor on the north korea issue, stevie in -- eagan. that freezes north korea's missile programs. there has been a testing north korea continues to produce material and improve its capability but they are not going to stop giving up their capabi

secretary of state colin powell to the private group known as the arms control association a disarmamentgroup that warned that it was not likely to bring russia into compliance the u.s. withdrawal and in fact could spark a costly and dangerous missile competition between the two countries going forward and the united states forecast that it was going to do this it threatened it was going to do this more than a year ago and russia didn't budge even now with nato coming on board and supporting the u.s. maneuver saying that it wants russia to get into compliance with the treaty russia doesn't seem to indicate that it's going to change of course a lot of near putin says that the united states is. not taking them up on any negotiation offers and that in fact they aren't they are in compliance they deny that they have violated the treaty anyway so i don't think it's unexpected but for the united states this is really bigger than just russia for them it's about controlling china as well and they feel the trumpet ministration feels that its arms are tied in responding because of this treaty this

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the arms control association's daryl kimball previews next week's u.s./north korea summit, in the future of the inf treaty between the united states and russia. and chicago tribune columnist tribune page. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. remarksr: tomorrow, from former treasury secretary jack lew on the impact of sanctions. he served as treasury secretary from 2013 to 2017 during the obama administration. he speaks live tuesday at the atlantic council. that begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. at the same hour, air force to pilot gives a keynote speech on his branch's strategy funding,, and personnel needs. he will speak at the brookings institution tomorrow on c-span2. then a discussion on u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan, and how that decision could impact stability in the region. that event is hosted by the center for the national interest, live at 10:15 eastern on c-span.

warning coming from these critics whether it's former secretary of state colin powell or the arms control association a nonproliferation group is that this could lead to a costly and dangerous missile competition between these two countries and the united states knew that was a risk they've been threatening to do this since last year and russia had moved to their satisfaction on the issue and even now with nato backing up the united states russia just seems to be digging in of course the president of russia vladimir putin says that they are in compliance and that the united states has been unwilling to negotiate so i don't think this is a big surprise for the united states but for the united states this is about more than just russia it's about china as well with u.s. intelligence officials warning that both countries are seeking to expand their global influence china is not a party to this treaty it has deployed long range missiles the kind that are banned under the treaty in asia and the united states says it's worried about that president says his hands are tied to deal with these issues because o

arms control association's dro kimbrell previous next week's u.s.-north korea summit. and the future of the inf treaty between the u.s. and russia. and chicago tribune columnist clarence page discusses news of the day. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at some eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. -- at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> live tomorrow on c-span, jack lew. he will discuss u.s. census policy at the atlantic council at the clock a.m. eastern on c-span. you can also scream the discussion life at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. also tomorrow, a look at u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan at the center for national interest. announced last week that is mars rover is no longer operational. the rover arrived on the surface of mars nearly 15 years ago on a mission expected to last 90 days. during a press conference at the nasa jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california, officials talked about why the mars explorer lasted so much longer than expected and why it finally stopped working. >> hell

arms control association's darrell kimball previews next week's north korea summit and the future of the i.n.s. treaty between the united states and russia. and the chicago tribune columnist terrence page discusses news of the day. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> one once told president george w. bush that you were excited over a certain vote and he said, really? how can you tell? so why so few words? senator mcconnell: well i'm not afraid of talking but i've found i learn more by listening. frequently i start out listening and i think about what i want to say before i do it. think it's fair to say that i'm in the era of trump probably very different approach to commenting on public affairs. host: that was mitch mcconnell in 2016 talking about his memoir "the long game" and he is now the longest serving republican congressional leader in history and our goal over the next hour or so is to look at his senate career and his rise to leadership and power. to help us do that we'll use the c-span video archives. w

daryl kimball of the arms control association. he serves as the executive director. what is the most important thing for the united states to consider in this upcoming summit with north korea? mr. kimball: the window for the diplomatic breakthrough is not going to last forever. this is the second summit at state -- head of state level. there has been an easing of tensions since the 2018 singapore summit but there has not been progress on the plan for denuclearization and for easing tensions and move towards a pie

hear fromlk-- later on we will the arms control association's guest, on the upcoming summit between thenited states and north korea. those conversations coming up on washington journal. ♪ >> there are over 100 new faces in the u.s. capitol after last year's elections, including senator josh hawley, he previously served two years as that states attorney general. earlier in his career he worked for a nonprofit that does legal advocacy for religious freedom issues, and taught at the university of missouri law school. he's now the youngest member of the u.s. senate. kansas representative sharice davids is often described as a former mixed martial arts fighter, but she's also an attorney who worked on economic development in tribal issues. she's the first openly gay person to represent kansas in washington, d.c., and one of the first two native american women elected to congress, along with deb haaland. of kansas district elected steve watkins, a former u.s. army captain and military contractor who suffered a traumatic rain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder from his service in afghani

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warning coming from these critics whether it's former secretary of state colin powell or the arms control association a nonproliferation group is that this could lead to a costly and dangerous missile competition between these two countries and the united states knew that was a risk they've been threatening to do this since last year and russia had moved to their satisfaction on the issue and even now with nato backing up the united.